Nuance has just announced the availability of their new Dragon Mobile Assistant on Android, building on the technology that was included in its Dragon Go! software.

Watch the video after the jump to learn more about the Nuance Dragon Mobile Assistant Android application, and see it in action providing a hands free way to interact with your Android smartphone.

Dragon Mobile Assistant has been created to make it easy for users to create and sends texts, makes calls, sets appointments using just your voice. As well as including direct access to open content on the mobile web from more than 200 content providers.

"Consumers loved the original Dragon Go! and wanted even more”, said Michael Thompson, executive vice president and general manager, Nu ... Read more »

If you are considering purchasing the new Samsung Galaxy Note II complete with S Pen stylus or already have, you might be interested to view this awesome video which has been put together by the Phonandroid website, which shows just what is possible using the S Pen and the right skills.

The video after the break features Gérémy Arène who is described by the French website PhonAndroid as a "génie du stylet” a stylus genius, and it shows in the nine minute video.

The awesome Samsung Galaxy Note II S Pen painting created using the S Pen stylus was digitally painted by Gérémy Arène over two hours and compressed down to nine minutes for your viewing pleasu ... Read more »

If you would like to automatically record the events of your life without the need to get out your camera or video, the new Memoto Lifelogging Camera concept which has just landed on Kickstarter might be worth more investigation.

The Memoto Lifelogging Camera has been designed to be a small camera you clip on an wear, and is equipped with a GPS module. As you go about your daily life the Memoto will automatically take photos as you go, and even seamlessly organise them for you.

The Memoto Lifelogging Camera has no buttons, and as long as you continue wearing the camera it will continue taking photos. Watch the video below to learn more about the project.

"Have you thought about how much of life goes missing from your memories? Many fantastic and special moments become bl ... Read more »

T-Mobile recently announced that the LG Optimus L9 was headed to their network in the US, and now they have announced that the handset will be available from the 31st of October.

The LG Optimus L9 will retail for $79.99 when you sign up to a new two year contract with the carrier, this price is after a $50 mail in rebate, and the handset comes with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.

The LG Optimus L9 features a 4.7 inch qHD touchscreen display with a resolution of 540 x 960 pixels, it is powered by a dual core 1GHz processor and comes with 1GB of RAM.

Other specifications on the LG Optimus L9 include a 5 megapixel camera, a 2,150 mAh battery, and 4GB of built in storage, you can find out more information about the device over at T-Mobile.

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Samsung announced earlier this year that they would be putting their new YOUM flexible AMOLED smartphone display into production before the end of 2012, and now it would appear that Samsung has delayed the display until 2013.

According to a recent report by, Samsung has had production problems with their new YOUM display, and also their current AMOLED displays are so popular that they have had to increase production in facilities which were to be used for the flexible displays.

Samsung has apparently increased production of their existing AMOLED displays from around 56,000 units per month to 64,000 units per month, due to high demand for the displays.

So it looks like we will have to wait until next year to see the first smartphones with Samsung’s new YOUM flexible AMOLED displays, although there are no details as yet on when in 201 ... Read more »

Apple is holding a special press event tomorrow at the California Theater in San Jose, California, where the company is expected to debut a number of new devices, the main one being the much rumored iPad Mini.

Apple has been getting ready for the event, and the Theater has been decorated with various banners and posts, the event will take place at around 1PM ET,  have a look at the photos below.

As well as the new iPad Mini we are also expecting Apple to launch a new Mac Mini, and a new 13 inch MackBook Pro with a Retina Display, plus an updated iPad 3 with a lightning dock connector and maybe some new iMacs, we will have full details of all the new devices tomorrow.

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After being first announced back in May alongside the Samsung Galaxy S III, Samsung has now finally launched and started shipping their new S Pebble Music Player, starting with the South Korean marketplace.

The Samsung S Pebble Music Player has been created by Samsung to provide a companion Music Player that can accept music directly from a smartphone, without the need to attach it to a computer.

However if you would prefer or need to you can also connect the Samsung S Pebble directly to a PC to transfer music. The S Pebble is available in either white or blue and is supplied with a metal clip and Sound Alive software, and provides up to 17 hours of audio playback.

Samsung is selling the S Pebble Music Player in South Korea for 79,000 won, no ... Read more »

HTC recently announced its new Windows Phone 8 smartphone, the HTC 8X and the HTC 8S, and now we have some details on when the SIM free versions of the devices will be available in the UK.

The HTC Windows Phone 8X will go on sale in the UK from the 2nd of November and will retail for £399.98 including taxes, and the HTC Windows Phone 8S will launch on the 15th of November and will retail for £224.99 including taxes.

The HTC 8X comes with a dual core 1.5GHz processor and a 4.3 inch HD touchscreen display with a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels at 342ppi.

The HTC 8S is powered by a dual core Qualcomm S4 1GHz processor and it comes with 16GB of storage, and a microSD card slot , plus 512MB of RAM.

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US mobile carrier T-Mobile has announced a showcase event for the 29th of October, this is the same date that Google is holding their special event, so T-Mobile’s event could possibly be for the launch of Google’s next Nexus smartphone on their network, the LG Nexus 4.

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It has been revealed by The China Post, that the Vice President of Acer’s Business Division in Taiwan Peter Shieh, has announced to the press that Acer is planning to launch a new Intel powered smartphone before the end of 2012.

However don’t get too excited by the possibility of the new Acer Intel smartphone being available to purchase before the end of the year. As it took a Acer nearly 8 months after announcing their S500 smartphone earlier this year, for Acer to start shipping them to stores.

During the next few years you can expect to see a huge influx of Intel powered smartphones, as Intel has been eager to enter the mobile processor market in a big way for a number of years, and provide Samsung and Qualcomm with real competition.

Unfortunately no information on pricing or worldwide availability has been released as yet by Acer regards the new Acer Intel smartpho ... Read more »