There was a time when BlackBerry devices dominated the smartphone space. But the past few years have been tough for the company, with growing competition from Apple’s iPhone and an army of Android devices. BlackBerry’s brief foray into the tablet space wasn’t exactly a home run either. So what’s a struggling company to do? In […]
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ZTE Open $80 Firefox OS smartphone coming to US, UK
Firefox OS is a mobile operating system based on open source software, designed to run web apps, and made to play well on low-cost smartphones. The first few Firefox OS devices have featured pretty modes specs including small, low-resolution displays and limited amounts of memory. But they’ve also had low price tags, selling for less […]
Most popular Liliputing articles from the week of 8/03 – 8/09
After spending a few weeks with the new Google Nexus 7, I came to the conclusion that it’s one of the best Android tablets around. But it’s not the only cheap, decent tablet around. Some of the most popular stories this week at Liliputing have been about budget tablets. The 2013 Nexus 7 sells for […]
Lilbits (8-09-2013): HP TouchPad updates, Amazon Kindle Fire rumors
A few days after developer JC Sullins released an unofficial software update for the HP TouchPad allowing you to use Bluetooth when running Android 4.2 Jelly Bean on the discontinued tablet, he’s released another update. This time not only does Bluetooth file transfer work, but you can pair the official HP Touchpad Bluetooth keyboard with […]
Lilbits (8-08-2013): Straight Talk AT&T SIM cards are back
Straight Talk is MVNO, or mobile virtual network operator. That means the company acts like a phone company, but it actually sells you air time on someone else’s network — typically at a much lower price than you’d pay if you went straight through that larger network. Up until recently, Straight Talk allowed customers a […]
Lilbits (8-07-2013): Building an open source laptop
Ever wish you could design your own laptop from the ground up? I don’t just mean choosing how much RAM it will have or what the screen resolution will be — I mean choosing every single element of the circuit board? That’s what Bunnie Huang is doing with his Novena laptop project — and he’s […]
Lilbits (8-06-2013): Ubuntu Edge, XBMC, and Firefox 23
Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth and friends have been working to bring the open source operating system to smartphones and tablets. And last month they introduced a side-project, a phone called the Ubuntu Edge which would dual boot Android and Ubuntu and work both as a phone and a desktop computer (when docked to a mouse, […]
Lilbits (8-05-2013): Samsung Galaxy Gear smartwatch on the way?
Smartwatches have been all over Kickstarter for the last year or two, with watch makers and startups alike raising millions of dollars from folks interested in wearable computers. This might be the year where the startups have to begin competing with big name companies. Rumor has it that Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Samsung are all […]
Most popular articles from the week of 7/27 – 8/02
It’s been a very Google-centric week at Liliputing. Looking back over the most popular stories of the past week, we have stories about Android 4.3 Jelly Bean, Google’s Nexus 7, and Google’s new $35 Chromecast media streaming device. Canonical’s crowd-funding campaign for an Ubuntu smartphone also generated a lot of interest — but even though […]
Lilbits (8-01-2013): BlackBerry Messenger for Android,
Once upon a time BlackBerry pretty much ruled the smartphone space in North America. Those days are long gone thanks to the rise of Android and iOS, but there are still some die-hard fans of at least one BlackBerry service: BlackBerry Messenger, or BBM. What started out as an alternative to sending text messages eventually […]