Samsung says it has completed and tested one possible format that could be used as a basis for 5G wireless data technology, claiming to have magically pulled connection speeds of up to 1Gbps through its new super-super-fast mobile data connection. Read More >>
LG is going to have a more robust plastic display to battle Samsung's alleged plastic OLED Galaxy Note III, with the company planning to launch a device with a flexible OLED display before the end of the year. Read More >>
UK network O2 has been shouting about its plans for its forthcoming 4G network launch, claiming it'll be "mind-blowingly aggressive" when it come to pushing out its future LTE services in the UK. Read More >>
Featured comment by EvilSamo:
"Having left giffgaff(o2) due to network shoddiness, this is a sign of a good step forwards.
as some of you may know vodafone and o2 network infrastru..." More »
The National Audit Office, which is like the nagging voice that keeps track of the government's spending and receipts, is to investigate the results of the recent 4G auction -- which saw the mobile networks paying £1.2bn less than anticipated. Read More >>
Well, someone's going to be proven a big old liar by the course of time, with yesterday's rumour of a Google/WhatsApp deal now quashed by the cross-format messaging company. Read More >>
Internet rumour has it that Google is currently negotiating terms for the purchase of hot cross-platform messaging app WhatsApp, with a final price expected to top out near the hallowed one billion dollars mark. That's about £652,000,000 which doesn't sound quite as cool. Read More >>
Featured comment by JulianT:
"I think you overestimate the tech level of my friends....half of them still have dumb phones and I'm the go-to-guy for any pc issues and I'm hardly Bi..." More »
Need fried chicken and need it very soon? There is an application to help you with that. KFC is now trialling a fully mobile-based shopping and payment system in 10 UK branches, which lets users order their enormous buckets of meat and coleslaw and other assorted fried goods through an app. Read More >>
A prolific Twitter tech spec leaker has published an image of a new smartphone going by the name HTC First, which, according to wild internet speculation we're happy to be part of, may well be the first proper Facebook phone to feature the social network's bespoke mobile software. Read More >>
Here's an interesting stat courtesy of EE. Around half of the UK's population lives in and around just 50 towns and cities. And they're all now able to pay a premium to access EE's 4G mobile service. Read More >>
Nvidia has announced new updates to the Tegra line of mobile processors that power a huge chunk of today's mobiles and tablets, with a roadmap that covers developments up to 2015 shown off by the hardware maker. Read More >>
Featured comment by Someone Else:
"They presumably wanted names that people would understand were superhero related. Considering 'Green Lantern' tanked there aren't many names on their ..." More »
One of the big boasts Opera's been making for years is that of the power of its mobile data compression routines, which shove web traffic through an optimisation process to lessen the eventual downloads over your phone's data link. Now Google's doing the same thing in the latest Android Chrome beta. Read More >>
Featured comment by JamieLawther:
"I don't see Windows Phone or Internet Explorer mentioned once here, do you? Whilst we're at it, Blackberry does too and has done for many years. Compl..." More »
Kim Jong Un's hip, young reign over North Korea continues today as the mobile operator Koryolink officially turns on its data services, opening the gate to Instagram, Foursquare, and Twitter, among other social apps. Read More >>
Featured comment by otaviokz:
"I'm not taking sides. I just won't be fulled by the "war propaganda machine" and act as someone else's war horse. People keep talking all imaginable s..." More »
We've known about Sony's Xperia Tablet Z for the last month, with Sony promising incredible lightness, thinness, speed, and beauty. Guess what? It delivers. Read More >>
When Nvida announced the Tegra 4 back at CES, they laid down the claim it was the world's fastest mobile processor. Now, at Mobile World Congress, the benchmarks are coming in and there's no questioning it. The Tegra 4 is a total speed demon. Read More >>
An online security firm has sounded the alarm about mobile internet porn, claiming you're three times as likely to pick up a mobile malware STD on your phone when browsing adult sites as you are when looking at normal, safe for work web pages. Read More >>
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