MobileTopSoft news and reviews tagged with Smartphones

There is a question that has been looming in over our heads for a long time, and that is, do we really need smartphones? Keep reading to see my views on the matter, you might or might not agree.

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The Microsoft and Nokia deal, which began in early 2011, always seemed one sided in the favor of Microsoft, now it appears both companies are trying to balance things a bit. Soon, Bing Maps will be covered with the Nokia Logo, a move that could give Nokia more power in this deal, and possibly piss off other Windows Phone manufacturers.

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Ever in a situation where you just want to escape but can’t because a good reason is lacking? Well, how about giving Fake Caller a try, it might just be the hole in one you needed.

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Owners of the Google and Samsung joint Galaxy Nexus are being plagued by random reboots, the cause of the problem is unclear at the moment, but we do know for a fact that owners of the GSM version are mostly facing this unfortunate problem.

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We’ve seen Liquipel, a sort of coating that makes your phone waterproof, now here is something similar called HzO that appears to use similar technology to get the job done by the looks of things. The company behind HzO, ZAGG, have spoken to Samsung and are planning to have words with Apple on incorporating HzO in future devices.

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Something interesting is happening, Samsung is merging its Bada OS effort with Tizen, the open source platform that gobbled up MeeGo after Nokia ditched it for Windows Phone. We’re guessing Samsung figured it couldn’t go it alone so help was needed, and rightfully so because Bada was going nowhere but down hill.

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Finally Google seems to be taking Android’s fragmentation a little bit seriously. Today Google introduced some application design guidelines for Ice Cream Sandwich, Google is hoping that developers and hardware manufactures alike would follow these guidelines to ensure a more consistent user experience.

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Intel is making a huge entrance into the world of smartphones with its Medfield chipsets for Android and other devices. One of the first Medfield powered Android smartphone is the Lenovo Racer-A, and this badboy is blazingly fast.

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If you thought the Motorola Droid Razr was the thinnest smartphone on the planet, think again, that crown now falls to an unlikely source, Huawei. At CES, Huawei showed off the Ascend P1 S smartphone running Android 4.0, aka Ice Cream Sandwich, and we are impressed with it.

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Here’s something rather interesting that I believe you all should know about. The Xbox Live team sent out a job posting recently, and from what it is saying, there could be an app in the works to bring the full Xbox Live experience to Android and iOS.

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