What the iPhone 5 could mean for mobile payments: nothing yet

Rumors have been swirling all year that the iPhone 5 (or whatever it might be called) will ship with NFC technology onboard. however, lately that story hasn’t had much fuel. That’s probably because it doesn’t matter at this point if the next-generation of the iPhone has NFC or not. At one point, it seemed as …

Meet the N5Zero: a cheap 5 inch Android tablet – Liliputing

Tweet Email Android phones are now outselling the Apple iPhone (although there are hundreds of Android phones, and just a few iPhone models), and device makers are cranking out Android tablets in an effort to take on the iPad. But up until recently the iPod touch didn’t have much competition. Samsung is set to launch …

Google+ iPhone app updated with Hangout support

Google’s iPhone app for its new social network Google+ has just received a hefty update. Key among the new features of the Google+ app is support for Hangouts, Google’s answer to multiuser videoconferencing. Hangouts has seen a lot of use among the TUAW staff so far, and being able to use the feature on an …

Top 10 Features iOS 5 Copied from Android

Like us on Facebook Wireless Sync: The iOS 5-powered devices can now find iTunes on a Wi-Fi network and automatically sync and back up apps and contacts. Android users have been enjoying these privileges for long. with the help of third party apps, Android-powered phones can sync movies, music, bookmarks and contacts wirelessly between the …

Google removes eBook purchasing on iPad and iPhone

Google has removed the ability for iPhone and iPad users to purchase eBooks in the Google Books app due to Apple’s demand for a 30 percent cut of all in-app purchases. Apple and Google are feuding on new turf. Google Books users  on the iPhone and iPad can no longer buy books from within the app. Phandroid reports that …

Travel advice: data roaming charges revisited

Browsing the web on your mobile using Opera Mini (opera.com/mobile; free) instead of the default Android, iPad or iPhone browser could help conserve your data allowance, because Opera compresses pages before displaying them. Be offline whenever possible. It’s easy to forget that many apps work in the background even when you’re not using them. Make …

Jobs’ exit opens door for nimble Apple rivals

By Miyoung Kim SEOUL  – The resignation of Apple inc CEO Steve Jobs opens the door for rivals Samsung Electronics and HTC to battle for smartphone supremacy in salesrooms and courtrooms globally. Jobs passed the reins to his right-hand man Tim Cook on Wednesday, saying he could no longer fulfill his duties. Taiwanese group HTC, …

SMS 2.0: Why operators need to fend off Apple and Facebook

Industry News Blogs Briefing Room A host of new mobile messaging services have arisen to challenge the primacy of SMS. Apple, Research in Motion, Facebook and Google have all launched services that mimic yet greatly expand on the capabilities of carrier text and multimedia messaging. While services like Apple

Iriver Story HD Review – Watch CNET’s Video Review

the Story HD supports the EPUB, PDF, TXT, FB2, and DJVU e-book formats, and the Office Viewer supports PPT, PPTX, XLS, XLSX, DOC, DOCX, and HWP file formats. There’s no audio support of any kind, and while there’s a hidden Web browser, Iriver hasn’t chosen to surface it at launch so we’re not going to …

Bugs and Fixes: Apple Patches Safari and iOS Holes, Skype Blocks XSS Hole

What’s new in the land of secuirty fixes? over the last couple weeks, Apple released a fix to iOS, Google updated Chrome, and Skype patched a nasty server-side bug. Read on to get caught up on the latest patches. Similar Articles: If you own an Apple product, you’ll want to make sure you’re up to …