Posts Tagged with ‘iPhone’

Russian scientists from Intersoft Eurasia have reported plans to manufacture a device that will enable iOS, Android and Windows 7 mobile devices to measure radiation and inform the user of normal or elevated levels. Basically the dosimeter is nothing but a sensor based on graphene, the material awarded with Nobel prize in 2010. It will be [...]

Last week the blogosphere in Russia discussed yet another interesting topic regarding the famous Apple’s device and a huge bill sent to one of subscribers of a local mobile carrier for some international exuberance. And since the summer full of vacations abroad is in full play, the story quickly got to be a very hot [...]

I can hardly describe myself as an Apple fan: every time I buy a computer, I consider switching to a MacBook but invariably end with something Windows-based finding quite a number of excuses for why I would not do that right now. I have frequently criticized Google here for many things in their politics toward [...]

Today one of the Russian mobile carriers starts selling a very interesting product: microsim cards for usage in iPad along with contracts. What’s so interesting about this product? Of course its launch date: selling microsims that enable use of a device that is not officially available in Russia is quite interesting. And the date of [...]

Today here in Russia we have finally learned the date when we should expect iPhone 3GS to become officially available in the country as one of the leading local mobile carries and one of the largest electronics retailer have announced that they are initializing the sales this week, on the 5th of March. It is [...]

Most of the time Russian news agencies are not particularly eager to cover the latest gadgets (especially those introduced on another side of the ocean). The reason is simple: these novelties are rarely something that many people in Russia are actually interested in so why bother covering them if only a handful of people will [...]

The New Year vacation is normally the time when I reevaluate the results of the previous year and consider plans for the upcoming year. This year these thoughts are more or less focused on various tech-related aspects for two reasons. The first reason includes me getting an iPod Touch as a gift and spending probably [...]

The situation with Apple iPhone in Russia is a very peculiar one but Russian mobile carriers still seem to believe in the geeky gadget – believe in it enough to arrange for the new model, iPhone 3GS sales in Russia even despite of the disaster with the previous model, iPhone 3G. The very first iPhone [...]

Only last week registration of the domains in the first fully Cyrillic top-level domain zone began here in Russia – the zone is .рф and the attention it receives from international companies definitely deserves a post. To prevent cybersquatting, initially only the trademark holders and various government institutions are allowed to apply for their new [...]