By Megan Fleet
Serious kudos to Symbian for not slinking off to die in a corner after Nokia made its bold move to work with Microsoft and paired up to bring Nokia WPs to the world and to win back some market share in North America. Besides its following in India and die-hard Nokia fans, Symbian has been slotted as a mobile OS not long for this world…

But the flailing company has grabbed onto a lifeline: photography. The well-known camera phone with the Symbian platform, the Nokia N8, set a high bar. Its sequel will blow other camera phones out of the water. Carl Zeiss and Nokia have collaborated to develop an optics/ lens/ software system that brings a 41 megapixel sensor camera to the marketplace. This is accomplished by a system that combines 7 pixels for every one used. The result is 5 MP photos that are high quality (i.e [...]

By John Castell

Apple today issued invitations to the media for an event next Wednesday, March 7, where it's expected to launch the next generation of Apple tablet the - iPad 3.  Invitations to join this corporate event to be held in San Francisco were received by bloggers and reporters alike.
Apple will host the launch event at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, a regular venue for the company's press-only announcements and where former CEO Steve Jobs introduced the iPad 2 on March 2, 2011.
Most experts believe the iPad 3 will feature a higher-resolution screen, a faster processor - perhaps Apple's first quad-core - and more internal memory. They have been split on whether the new tablet will support the faster LTE data networks like those now being deployed in the U.S. by Verizon and AT&T.
Apple’s iPad 3 is expected to feature a high-definition 2,048 x 1,536-pixel Retina [...]

By Aldo Panessidi
For all those who are using Android phones, such as, Motorola DROID Razr, Samsung Galaxy S II, HTC Amaze, and the Sony Xperia, can turn to AppAware. They just re-launched a couple months ago with a completely overhauled version that turned the service into a social network for app discovery.

Perhaps the best ways to discover useful apps is to look at what people are actually updating, and not focus on which apps have the most installs. This is a good indicator of those apps having active support from their developers..
The following is the Pure Mobile Top 10 list of apps which were updated in the last seven days and received the most updates during that time period on AppAware.
Twitter – Version 3.1.0

What’s new in this version:

Swipe shortcut
Improved scrolling and network performance
Improved support for devices running Ice Cream [...]

By Aldo Panessidi
Last December, Sony released an alpha Android 4.0 ROM... now they are regaling us with more ice cream sandwich goodness.  Sony has released the beta version of this ROM for select Sony Xperia devices

While this update comes with much more functionality than its predecessor, it still lacks very important features.   Some of the more prominent added features include activated GSM modem, FM radio, updated UI, beefed up lock screen and a quick dialer.  Being able to access GSM networks is probably the most important, consumer utilizing this  ROM will now be able to make calls... precisely what phone is designed to do.
Leaving your valuable mobile devices unprotected is risky!  Discover the latest innovative protection solutions... stylish top brand bags, sleeves and cases specifically designed to protect your devices from scratches and blemishes.  Tough on the outside, sweet on the inside these brand name protection accessories combine complete device [...]

By Aldo Panessidi
Verizon may still be blushing a bit from its “free” PR blurb on Saturday Night Live the other weekend for its convoluted explanations and advertising of its 4G LTE network.   Luckily for the telecommunications giant, Verizon is looking to get a bit more positive press this week with the Android 4.0.3 update whispers for its Motorola DROID RAZR. And based on the leaked images to date, the details on the new user interface are much needed improvement over the most recent UI images of the MotoBLUR.
Watch this video for additional insight on the Motorola DROID RZR ICS

If you compare the images between the two Motorola devices, it is clear that the handset manufacturer has done an overhaul. Resplendent with the much touted Android 4.0, most of the custom skin has been removed to better let the ICS Holo theme come through. Motorola has made its mark on the [...]

By Aldo Panessidi
Today Apple can seemingly do no wrong. But if you think back a couple of years, you will likely recall the fuss made around the iPhone4 and the unheard of design flaw that had jaws flapping. Honestly, it had been ages since the incident had crossed my mind. And unfortunately for Apple, Antennagate has reared its ugly head once again.

The silver lining for the tech darling is that this time the reminder comes in the form of a bookend on the class-action lawsuit that had been levied against Apple after the 2010 iPhone 4 release that caused some serious problems for customers trying to actually use their iPhones to speak with others. Some users noticed that when the strip along the side of the handset was covered it would result in a loss of signal and eventually a dropped call.
Enhance your mobility and turn your device into a [...]

By Megan Fleet
With LG’s Optimus Vu and Samsung’s Galaxy Note launching  this year two concerns come to mind:

With a device this size having these specs... is it a smartphone or is it a tablet or is it a little bit  of both - to coin a new phrase smartabletphone
Do they really expect customers to hold this handset (overall dimensions of the Vu are 139.6 x 90.4 x 8.5mm) to speak on the phone for any length of time? At least the latter bodes well for Bluetooth headsets.

In addition to being a “multimedia lover’s dream device” - the phone features a 5-inch 1024 x 768 IPS display, a 1.5GHz dual-core Qualcomm processor, an 8-megapixel camera, and will support LTE. What's new is the storage capacity — the phone will come with 32GB of storage — and the full dimensions. The phone measures in at 5.49 inches by 3.55 inches, making it [...]

By Aldo Panessidi

The producers of the fake iPhones that are popping up at carrier stores across Canada should be ashamed of themselves. Not only are they doing something morally reprehensible that the karma police will come after them for, but their counterfeit product is laughably poor quality. At least the iPad scam over the holidays (where clay tablets were delivered to some big box retail stores) was more aesthetically accurate.
The following video does an excellent job highlighting what  look for in fake iPhones

Enhance your mobility and turn your device into a power tool!  Discover select accessories such as; stylus & pens, micro SD memory cards, batteries, docking stations, Bluetooth headsets, data cables and glider gloves all specifically designed to make your devices functionally efficient and performance rich.
Because TELUS (or some of its employees) were among the first to let us know that there were fake iPhones in circulation, the initial [...]

By Meagn Fleet

There’s a new luxury phone out there for those with a large enough bank account, as Gresso has now launched the latest addition to the Gresso Grand Monaco Collection.   Apparently there are two versions of the luxury phone, the Pure Black Carbon that features Italian carbon leather and the Pure Black Cayman that features crocodile leather...  design wise it takes a Rolex approach to the hardware and then neglects to deliver much on performance.    Unfortunately for Gresso, it is unlikely that many nabobs will purchase this cell phone simply to put it in a protective case like they would with their high-end watches.
The build quality of this device truly is impressive. Hand-made with highly durable titanium alloy used for the body, the Grand Monaco goes a step further by covering the metal with a number of ceramic layers. The surgical steel crafted number pad is set on a [...]

By Aldo Panessidi

Riddle me this Batman: what exactly is an exabyte? Technically it is “a unit of information or computer storage equal to 1quintillion bytes.” Wrapping your head around this large of a number is like trying to fathom the national debt of the United States and all of its ramifications.
So when we saw Cisco’s Visual Networking Forecast that shows global mobile data traffic projection for the next five years, the numbers were similarly difficult to swallow: 10.8 exabytes per month. To put it in perspective, this is an 18-fold increase from today’s data consumption. And with 71% of this massive amount of data will be consumed by cloud traffic and the approximate 10 billion mobile Internet-connected devices projected to be in use in 2016.

With the world population expected to be 7.3 billion, these numbers point to a trend of consumers toting around more than one device. They will be [...]