A security gap in iOS 7 allows people to make calls using your iPhone; all it takes is for someone to get to the emergency dialer, punch up a phone number, and press away at the call button. Yes, the phone will freeze and reboot, but the number will be dialed anyway. This includes international calls and premium numbers. And if this isn't bad enough, there is an exploit that allows a stranger to view all of the photos in your gallery...Source: http://www.phonearena.com/news/Exploit-on-iOS-7-allows-others-to-make-calls-with-your-phone-even-without-your-lockscreen-PIN_id47638
BlackBerry has put up a message on its Facebook site asking for patience from those who have been waiting all morning for BBM for iOS or BBM for Android to be available; earlier today, we were told to expect BBM for Android to arrive at the Google Play Store at 7am EDT and five hours later for iOS users. Now, only New Zealand based iOS users are said to have access to the app...
BlackBerry has put up a message on its Facebook site asking for patience from those who have been waiting all morning for BBM for iOS or BBM for Android to be available; earlier today, we were told to expect BBM for Android to arrive at the Google Play Store at 7am EDT and five hours later for iOS users. Now, only New Zealand based iOS users are said to have access to the app...
BlackBerry has put up a message on its Facebook site asking for patience from those who have been waiting all morning for BBM for iOS or BBM for Android to be available; earlier today, we were told to expect BBM for Android to arrive at the Google Play Store at 7am EDT and five hours later for iOS users. Now, only New Zealand based iOS users are said to have access to the app...
After Friday's announcement from BlackBerry that it is writing off over $900 million in BlackBerry Z10 inventory, a picture from a report published in India on Saturday shows a new BlackBerry device; according to the report, the phone is from BlackBerry's C-Series or Cafe Series, also known as the Americano Series...
LG launched their latest flagship, LG G2 in August, a month before IFA 2013 and the Optimus G Pro was announced way back in February. G2 is meant to be a direct competitor to Samsung's Galaxy S4 while the Optimus G Pro is aimed at the phablet market and as a competition to Galaxy Note 2. Check out our quick hands-on comparison video right below. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bubDpakA9s LG G2 is one of the first to come out with power lock and volume rocker at the back of the phone and it comes with extremely small bezels. Optimus G Pro has very solid build quality with a metal rim running across the device. The G2 is made of plastic and feels considerably lighter than the G Pro.G2 has no on screen buttons and navigation is restricted to on-screen keys which occupies valuable screen real estate. On the G Pro, we have traditional physical home button flanked by capacitive touch keys on both the side. G2 is powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 800 SoC clocked at 2.2GHz and Adreno 330 while the G Pro is powered by quad-core Snapdragon 600 SoC clocked at 1.7GHz and Adreno 320. Both the phones have 2GB RAM and have 16/32GB ...
Apple's new iPhone duo was finally released yesterday, and if you happen to be among the lucky early adopters, chances are that you may want to sync your new iOS 7-powered smartphone with your Google account, allowing you to access your Gmail, Google Contacts and Calendar right on that 4" Retina Display...
Samsung has provided many of the parts for the Apple iPhone and Apple iPad over the years; but this year, there were some who believed that Apple had reached an agreement with TSMC to replace Samsung as the provider of the A7 processor that drives the Apple iPhone 5s. But apparently that deal won't take affect until 2014...
After BlackBerry announced on Friday that it was writing down over $900 million in unsold BlackBerry Z10 handsets for the second quarter, giving up on the consumer business and laying off 40% of its workforce, the Canadian based OEM had one more order of business; it tweaked a bit the release day and time of its BlackBerry Messenger for Android, and announced an official launch time for the iOS version...
Twitter is currently looking to add more investment banks to its list of those helping distribute the company's stock when it goes public sometime before this Thanksgiving; while these underwriters usually split 7% of a deal's proceeds, higher profile deals result in lower fees since they are considered easier to sell to the public...
A businessman in L.A. came up with a way to get hundreds of Skid Row bums a job on Friday, that didn't require too much training; but before you praise this gentleman for his altruistic act, be advised that it was all a scheme to make huge profits. Looking for a way to get his hands on as many Apple iPhones as possible on launch day, he offered $40 for each homeless person who would wait in line...
After BlackBerry announced on Friday that it was writing down over $900 million in unsold BlackBerry Z10 handsets for the second quarter, giving up on the consumer business and laying off 40% of its workforce, the Canadian based OEM had one more order of business; it tweaked a bit the release day and time of its BlackBerry Messenger for Android, and announced an official launch time for the iOS version...
Canadian carrier TELUS has posted its schedule of upcoming software updates and lo and behold, on the schedule is the HTC One; apparently, TELUS customers toting the Taiwan based handset manufacturer's Android flagship model (that's a mouthful), will soon be getting their HTC One updated to the last of the Jelly Bean builds, Android 4.3...
The video of that alleged Nexus 5 found in a bar seemed to confirm the speculation that in Kit Kat, Google is eliminating the blue Holo theme, to be replaced with a white/gray color scheme; now, a picture from the Korean keyboard IME app offered by Google and sitting in the Google Play Store, reveals more information about Android 4.4 (Note: Google has since removed the picture)...
Earlier today, trading stopped for BlackBerry's stock and now we know the reason. The company has reported a net loss of $950 million and will be laying off 4500 employees. This comprises of almost 40% of the entire workforce. The company plans to reduce expenses by almost 50% and will retain about 7,000 jobs worldwide. The heavy losses are on account of extremely poor sales of BB10 based handsets. The company sold 3.7 million handsets in the last quarter with the majority of them being BlackBerry 7 based devices. This news come hot on the heels of the launch of BlackBerry's new large screen BB10 device, the Z30. BlackBerry's service revenue accounts for half of the company's cash flow and has shown a mild amount of growth as well. "Our enterprise business continues to reflect the trust that governments and businesses have placed in the BlackBerry platform, Security matters and enterprises know the gold standard in enterprise mobility is BlackBerry," said Thorsten Heins Revenue for the company is down to $1.6 billion from the $3.1 billion in the last quarter with the majority of it being from the services division. At its current rate, the company will burn out of cash sometime in ...
Some time in the middle of next month, Apple will introduce its new Apple iPads; we expect to see the Apple iPad 5 with design cues taken from the Apple iPad mini. That means rounded corners, a thinner, lighter tablet with individual volume rocker controls and stereo speakers on the bottom of the device. Some information about the unveiling of the next-gen iPads has come to light along with a picture allegedly showing a new color choice...
Beleaguered Canadian manufacturer BlackBerry announced on Friday that it expects to report an operating loss of nearly $1billion for the second quarter; The company has decided to give up chasing iOS, Android and Windows Phone and will concentrate on the enterprise part of the industry, a sector where BlackBerry's name still carries some cache...
According to a published report on Friday, Apple expects that there will be some issues with the full-featured Apple iPhone 5s that the manufacturer will repair for free; the Apple iPhone 5s and Apple iPhone 5c both launched earlier today. Apple did not offer a pre-order period for the iPhone 5s and that, combined with low inventories of the model, has led to the phone being sold out at a few Apple Stores...
A published report on Friday says that Microsoft is considering using its Windows RT OS on a series of phablets; this was disclosed during Microsoft's Financial Analysts Meeting on Thursday in response to a question from someone attending. Microsoft's Terry Myerson responded to a question about the future of the ARM based platform used on the Microsoft Surface RT...
Sprint has officially launched its One Up program, which allows consumers to receive an annual upgrade to a new phone along with unlimited talk, text and data for as low as $65 a month; last Sunday, information about the new plan leaked including a chart comparing the new service to the competition. T-Mobile's Jump, AT&T's Next and Verizon's Edge offer similar features...
Just a few days ago,, there was talk that the Apple iPhone 5s was going to be hard to find on launch day because of a couple of rumored production problems with the fingerprint sensor and the camera; add to that the lack of a pre-order period for the full-featured iPhone, and demand for the Apple iPhone 5s was bound to be extraordinary today...
Just a few days ago,, there was talk that the Apple iPhone 5s was going to be hard to find on launch day because of a couple of rumored production problems with the fingerprint sensor and the camera; add to that the lack of a pre-order period for the full-featured iPhone, and demand for the Apple iPhone 5s was bound to be extraordinary today...
LG just sent invites for the launch of the new G2 here in India. We've previously taken a look at the handset at IFA and found the hardware to be seriously impressive. We're already working on the review and here is our unboxing of the LG G2. Under the hood is the latest Snapdragon 800 processor paired with 2GB of RAM. There's also very interesting hardware design going around here with all the physical buttons placed at the rear of the phone below the camera module. The screen is a 5.2 inch Full HD panel and has an edge to edge screen with almost zero bezel on the sides. The camera is a 13MP unit with optical image stabilization built in. The phone has 16GB of storage paired with a micro SD card slot. You also get WiFi ac support because of the Snapdragon 800 processor being used. The operating system is Android 4.2.2 with LG's custom interface layer on top of it. We're not huge fans of this OS layer and have taken a look at it previously on the LG G Pro as well. We'll have more on the LG G2 closer to launch, in the meanwhile you should ...
We've been talking about the Nokia 1520 for what feels like an eternity, and that's despite the fact that it wasn't all that long ago since the number 1520 was thrown into play by the the rumor-spewing machine...