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Silent Circle Begins EPP With Secure Smartphone

by Tom Allen

If privacy is a concern, Silent Circle has the answer for you. The company announced its Enterprise Privacy Platform (EPP) at MWC this year, and has now released the first component: the Blackphone 2, …

Tags:Android| business| Mobile Display Monitor| Security| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 39

Blackberry Looks to Android to Save Falling Share

by Tom Allen

The Blackberry Priv was seen earlier this year, known as the Venice (Rumour: Curved Screens Appear on Blackberry)During the announcement of its latest finance results (Blackberry Result 28/9/15), Blackberry confirmed that it is working …

Tags:Android| BlackBerry| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 39

Omate Breaks Smartphone Link

by Tom Allen

Two years ago, Omate raised over $1 million on Kickstarter to fund its first Truesmart smartwatch. Now, it has announced that its newest product – the Truesmart+ – will be a standalone model that …

Tags:Android| Crowdfunding (Kickstarter etc)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 22 - Issue 38

Omate announces the TrueSmart+ Standalone Android Smartwatch.

by Tom Allen

Omate announces the TrueSmart+: its newest standalone smartwatch 2.0 powered by Android 5.1 and Omate User Interface 3.0. The TrueSmart+: Truly Smart. Truly Free. After raising over a million USD on Kickstarter two years …

Tags:Android| Smartwatches| Wearables

Archos ‘Reveals’ Windows 10 Mobile Release

by Tom Allen

A product announcement by French firm Archos has provided a hint at when Windows 10 Mobile might be available. Archos will launch the 50 Cesium and 50e Helium smartphones this year, in November. Although …

Tags:Android| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 34| Windows

Blackberry Running Android Appears Online

by Tom Allen

Credit: Dudu Rocha Tec, via YouTubeThere have been rumours about Blackberry phones running Android for several months, and now a video has appeared that supports the claims. A Blackberry Passport running Android can be …

Tags:Android| BlackBerry| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 34

Conversion of NYC’s Public Payphones to Begin Soon

by Tom Allen

The plan to convert New York City’s public payphones – now largely obsolete – into internet access centres (10,000 Touchscreens for New York) will begin this year. Each of the new kiosks will be …

Tags:Android| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 33

Is Turing Phone Unhackable?

by Milos Pavlovic

A new “Turing” phone has been developed by Turing Robotic Industries which is based in San Francisco. The company has released details of the prototype phone which is a 2.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 801-based Android …

Tags:Android| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 30

Intel Climbs in Mobile Space

by Tom Allen

Shipments of Android tablets with Intel processors will fall to 10.8 million units this year, from 14.23 million in 2014. The prediction comes from ET Mag. The site has also said that Android smartphones …

Tags:Android| Intel| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 22 - Issue 29

Directable Lowers Signage Costs With Sony

by Tom Allen

A digital signage application called Directable, running on Android, has been launched for Sony’s smart TVs. The app, which can be downloaded from the Google Play store, is intended to turn a consumer TV …

Tags:Android| Large Display Monitor| Software| sony| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 28