Archive for August, 2011
Toshiba’s New Thin Android Tablet Ready For Unveiling At IFA (Photos)
Although the doors to the show floor buildings (yes buildings) haven’t even open yet at Messe Berlin for IFA 2011, NotebookItalia was able to grab some pictures of the new Toshiba Android Tablet. We’re hearing that this ultra thin tablet running Honeycomb will be called the “excite” we will know later this afternoon after Toshiba’s [...]
IFA 2011 Preview: Tablets, Washers Dryers And More Tablets
At press time we are just over five hours away from Samsung’s official Mobile news event called “Unpacked”. Absent this year from the event will be Samsung Mobile’s Vice President of Public Relations, Kim Titus, who has often hosted and emceed events like this. In his place we are expecting Nick DiCarlo and Samsung Mobile’s [...]
HTC Sensation “Special Edition” With Beats Integration Leaked Specs
HTC is reportedly working on a new version of their Sense 3.0 device, the HTC Sensation. After recently announcing their partnership with Beats by Dre, HTC would be wise to start releasing devices supporting this technology as soon as they’re ready. They already seem to be up to this as CNET is reporting they are [...]
HTC Announced Thunderbolt and DROID Incredible Gingerbread Updates Are Coming In September
Today HTC announced via their Facebook and Twitter accounts that the Thunderbolt and beloved DROID Incredible would be receiving Gingerbread. The updates are going to be rolling out in September, although we’re not sure of the dates yet or if they will both get the update at the same time or on different dates. The [...]
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[UPDATED] Google Voice Gets Updated, Allows Calls Without Data Connection
Google Voice has received an interesting little update today. The favorite messaging app of many has received bug fixes including notification delays and an issue with voicemails, but the really interesting part of the update is that now it does NOT require data to make a phone call. Text messaging still requires data (the update [...]
Sprint: If AT&T/T-Mobile Merger Goes Through It’s Going To Get Pretty Hard For Them To Maintain Pricing
Sprint’s President of Network Operations, Steve Elfman, just gave a very revealing interview to the Seattle Times. During the interview he talked candidly about the AT&T /T-Mobile merger and what it means for the wireless industry and for Sprint, the nations third largest carrier. Elfman spoke about what happens it means if the merger doesn’t [...]
AT&T Makes The HTC Puccini Official As The HTC JetStream Just $700
AT&T has officially announced the 10″ HTC Jet Stream tablet. This is AT&T’s first 4G/LTE capable tablet. It will be available at AT&T Core stores on September 4th (that’s Sunday) for just $850 off contract and $700 on a new 2 year agreement. That can be compared to the tried and proven, Samsung Galaxy Tab [...]
DOJ Sues To Block AT&T/T-Mobile Merger; AT&T Reacts
The Department of Justice has sued to stop the $39 billion dollar buy out of T-Mobile by the second largest wireless carrier in the United States, AT&T. When AT&T first announced their intention to buy T-Mobile back in March of this year they felt there wouldn’t be any major snafus when it came to federal [...]
Samsung’s Trio Of Galaxy S II’s – The Breakdown
Yesterday we attended the launch event for the Samsung Galaxy S II – the follow up to the incredibly successful Galaxy line of Android devices. You probably remember last year the Galaxy S devices were announced together in New York, on June 30. Each of the four major networks had their own with T-Mobile launching [...]
Samsung Mesmerize On US Cellular Getting Android 2.3.4 Now
On Monday US Cellular sent out a media notification to let us know that Android 2.3.4 was on the way as soon as possible. It turns out that as soon as possible was Tuesday. The Samsung Mesmerize, US Cellular’s variant of the original Samsung Galaxy S, is now being upgraded to the latest version of [...]
New HTC Device On The Way With 4.7″ Screen And Beats By Dre?
Pocketnow is reporting that a new HTC Android device is in the works codenamed Runnymede. We’re not sure what’s prompting the latest round of HTC code names but Puccini (their 10 inch tablet) is an Italian operatic composer, while Runnymede is a meadow on the South Bank of the Thames River. After you read some [...]
Our Theory On Why Verizon Skipped Over The Samsung Galaxy S II
Samsung Telecommunications USA (Samsung Mobile) officially introduced the United States to the Samsung Galaxy S II for AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile earlier this evening at a press event at the Samsung Experience in New York City. As expected Verizon Wireless is not getting a Samsung Galaxy S II, at least not at the moment. There [...]
comScore: Android Still On Top
The latest comScore numbers are out and Android is of course still on top. Smartphones as a whole increased a full 10% from April 2011 to 82.2 million. Google’s Android operating system increased from 36.4% to 41.8% while Apple’s iOS moved up one percentage point from 26% to 27%. Both Android and iOS’s increase were [...]
