Mobile Phone Reviews

PocketCPR for doing life-saving CPR on the iPhone

Some of you might remember when covered the iStethoscope as well as the iStethoscope Pro, and I found this medical App known as PocketCPR. PocketCPR is designed to give audio and visual instructions to the user to make certain that he or she is following the instructions of CPR. It uses the accelerometer [...]

Best Buy puts the Samsung Gem on their buyer’s guide

Best Buy has been doing a lot tricks with the Fascinate, the Best Buy App, and prepping for definite holiday sales for tablets. They are also planning to put the Gem, Verizon’s low-end Android phone on their buyer’s guide. It will have Android 2.1 and have TouchWiz 3.0 and Swype. It also [...]

Philips Fidelio DS8550 dock for iPod, iPhone, and iPad

Philips is certainly in no short supply of cool mobile devices with the GoGear Connect revealed the other day, which could easily compete with the new iPod Touch. However, they have created a dock for the iPod Touch and other Apple products with the Fidelio DS8550, which looks like some sort of sequel to [...]

Panasonic also announces the TOUGHBOOK CF-19

In addition to the TOUGHBOOK CF31, as well as others in the TOUGHBOOK Series like the H1 and 52, today is the release of the TOUGHBOOK C19. The TOUGHBOOK CF19 has a 10.1 inch screen with XGA resolution, Core i5-540M (1.20 GHz) CPU, Intel QM57 Express chip set, 160 GB HDD, 2GB of memory [...]

Toshiba Folio 100 formally announced at IFA

I believe that the Samsung Galaxy Tab is the toast of the town at IFA, but Toshiba’s Folio 100 also made an appearance as well. It had what we expected, the 1024 x 600 10.1 inch touchscreen, Tegra 2, 16GB of storage, HDMI out, 802.11 WiFi, SD card slot, and a 1.3 Megapixel webcam. [...]

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Panasonic the TOUGHBOOK CF31

I’m not certain if this has anything to do with IFA, but Panasonic announced two of their TOUGHBOOK models. They are the makers of the TOUGHBOOK H1, TOUGHBOOK 52, which just got an upgrade. One of them is the TOUGHBOOK CF 31, and it is loaded with lots of features. It has [...]

Samsung exec already has next Tablet planned

Now that the Galaxy Tab was on prominent display at IFA, it is going to be quite a cool thing. Apparently, a Samsung head of product planning named WP Hong is already making the next model. This new one is apparently being called the Honeycomb, but that could refer to the operating system [...]

The Samsung Galaxy Tab gets spotlighted at IFA

We have talked about the Galaxy Tab many times before. We have shown a video, talked about its accessories, and the rumor of it going to Verizon. It has shown up at an IFA Press Conference, and it’s the Android 2.2 tablet that could give the iPad a run for its money. [...]

Sony Walkman sales exceed iPod sales, at least in Japan

I’m sure all of you know about the Apple announcement yesterday with the new Nanos, Shuffles, and iPod Touches. However, does anyone remember the Walkman back in the eighties? Sure we do, but do we remember it now? In Japan, they sure do. In fact, the Sony Walkman S series has just [...]

NAVTEQ takes the boring out of GPS directions

I’m sure that all of us have used GPS directions in the past, and found them boring with their robotic “turn left at 100 feet” or “turn left at 0.2 miles” directions. NAVTEQ, recently acquired by Nokia and the makers of the 500 PND, announced at the IFA show that they intend to “humanize” [...]

Official Twitter app updated for iPad

A few months ago, Twitter announced that they had acquired Tweetie and the web (I refuse to use the word "blogosphere" because it is a stupid word) exploded with predictions that they had effectively killed off the market for 3rd party Twitter applications by offering a free alternative.

With the release of Twitter as a universal app that now includes iPad support (read the official announcement here) I feel confident that the reports of the death of 3rd party Twitter applications have been greatly exaggerated.

The UI for Twitter for iPad is, without question, unlike any other Twitter application that we've seen. Opinions around the TUAW offices differ on whether this difference is "awesome" or "an abomination." I definitely range towards the latter end of the scale, and judging by most of the comments of people that I follow on Twitter, the initial reaction is definitely one of "too busy" and "over designed."

This is in sharp contrast to Twitterrific, which just released a major update for the iPad and iPhone where the Iconfactory made dramatic simplifications to the app, while retaining the most important features for the most users. (Craig Hockenberry talked about those changes here.)

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Official Twitter app updated for iPad originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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TUAW’s Daily App: Super Mega Worm

Sometimes you roll along, having a pretty good day... and sometimes, you just want a giant worm to rise up out of the ground and destroy everything. Super Mega Worm is for that second type of day. (You'll have to find something else for the first -- Doodle Jump, perhaps?) It's a game where you control a gigantic worm on a 2D field. You use a slider (or the accelerometer) to direct it through the soil and up onto the surface of the Earth, where puny little humans await their inevitable destruction. The game is funny in a morbid way; you end up cheering for the little worm as it grows (and learns new abilities) over time, and eventually, you'll find yourself reveling in the destruction of the human race.

Quality pixelated graphics and excellent sounds help immersion a lot, and the control scheme is surprisingly fitting for the kind of movement that the worm does. There's even a little mini-game in jumping off of various vehicles into the atmosphere and exploring the game field in both directions. Super Mega Worm isn't really a title for the faint of heart; even though the graphics are pretty retro, things get gory fast. But if you've ever found yourself laughing at or cheering for the monster in a horror movie, Super Mega Worm will probably dig its way into your free time. The game is US$2.99 on the App Store right now.

TUAW's Daily App: Super Mega Worm originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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1 Million Samsung Galaxy S (SHW-M110S) Sold In South Korea

Samsung has proudly announced that they have sold a million units of Samsung Galaxy S (SHW-M110S) in South Korea. The Galaxy S has surpassed the Yu-Na Haptic phone that sold a million units in approximately 210 days. For your info, the handset features a 4-inch Super AMOLED display, a 5MP camera with 720p HD video [...]

Samsung Announcing New Galaxy S Smartphone On September 16th?

Samsung’s first attempt at an Android powered device has been immesnely successful with the Galaxy S. Not only does it feautre highly sought after specs like an AMOLED display and a 1GHz processor, but it has made its way to virtually every carrier in the United States. AT&T has the Samsung Captivate, T-Mobile the Samsung [...]