Archive for December, 2011

Google Rips Off Young Crafty Entrepreneur: Android Beanie

December 31st, 2011
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A lot of people have asked me to comment on a little controversy that's going on in the Android community. (sure Scotty I'll donate the ad rips from this piece to Rachel). There are many people who are familiar with the original "Android Beanie". The Android Beanie is a soft, cute hat that was created in ...

OFFICIAL: Verizon Pulls Two Dollar Fee! Forgetaboutit

December 30th, 2011

Verizon Wireless had planned to implement a $2.00 fee for customers hoping to save time and money by paying their bills online or by phone. We ran this story the other day as the news was breaking. It seemed silly to us and many other mobile tech websites, as well as the public, to institute a ...

Custom Google Music App Coming To All Devices From Cyanogen Team

December 30th, 2011
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When it was announced back in August that Cyanogen Mod's name sake and founder Steve Kondik was going to work for Samsung many thought the Cyanogen team may slow down. That was definitely not the case. The Cyanogen Mod team and all of it's offspring have been working vigorously on great things. CM7 is on ...

Noah Kravitz Speaks To TheDroidGuy About Phonedog Suit

December 29th, 2011
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As you've probably noticed because we are a twitter focused site and have nothing but good things to say about Noah Kravitz (or Aaron Baker for that matter) we started savenoahkravitz.com. Kravitz, Editor at Large over at technobuffalo.com and Phonedog are involved in a lawsuit of sorts. As Kravitz says in our interview below, this was ...

Save Noah Kravitz

December 29th, 2011
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We couldn't stand by idly watching the battle between two great mobile sites, as the PhoneDog vs Noah Kravitz war or the Noah Kravitz vs Phonedog war continues we wanted to create a page to show everyone's support of one of our communities most favorite video reviewers Noah Kravitz. Noah has no connection to this site ...

An Open Letter To The Big Daddy Bob Parsons

December 29th, 2011

Bob We've got a problem. As you know we have a long history together both with GoDaddy and also because through several incarnations of my dj career I've done several of your family events. I started buying and hosting with GoDaddy in the beginning when domains and hosting cost a lot more. Heck our customer number is ...

Verizon Wireless To Start Charging $2 Convenience Fee January 15

December 28th, 2011
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According to an internal document obtained by our friends at Droid-Life, Verizon Wireless plans to start charging a $2.00 convenience fee for payments made online and using the telephone. Verizon writes: "Verizon Wireless strives to provide you with the best wireless experience. Effective January 15, 2012 we are implementing a $2.00 online and telephone payment convenience fee ...

Sprint Says They Are Still On Track For LTE In 2013

December 28th, 2011
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Earlier this year Sprint laid out their Network Vision plan to take Sprint's Now Network into the future. Sprint was the first carrier to roll out something called "4G" with their WiMax service, a joint venture with ClearWire for which the own more than fifty percent. While WiMax is fast, it appears that as analysts predicted, ...

Asus Eee Pad Transformer Gets Update, Not Ice Cream Sandwich

December 27th, 2011
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If you are one of the owners of the Asus Eee Pad Transformer Tablet (the original variety) than you may have noticed or taken an update today. The software update is build 8.6.5.21 and we're sorry to report it's not Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich. The update is said to add some enhancements and bug fixes ...

Apsalar Answers A Very Valuable Question For Mobile Developers: Now What?

December 27th, 2011
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Once a developer has taken the plunge, worked the kinks out in an idea, found an audience, developed a niche and an app and has gone all in to the mobile platform a very important question looms. Now What? That's where Apsalar comes in. Founded in 2010 and backed by some of the big names in ...

Samsung Looking To Sell 150 Million Smartphones In 2012

December 27th, 2011
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Samsung has been on a roll since they started selling Android phones with the Behold II and the Samsung Moment. Now, Samsung has become a household name in the world of Android. They started to take hold of the Android world with the Samsung Galaxy S series smartphones. Shortly after those were released they stepped into ...

Apple Wins Important Multi Touch Patent

December 27th, 2011
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While Samsung and Apple have been dealing blows back and forth in their current patent disputes spanning the globe, Apple just received another patent to put in their arsenal. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has awarded Apple a patent for their "core iPhone multitouch". While touch screen smartphones predated the iPhone over at Apple (like ...