Archive for January, 2012
TDG Live: 2012 Crunchies
This years Crunchies aren’t going to be the same without Michael Arrington, Heather Harde or any of the other legacy TechCrunch members who’ve now left the AOL owned website for other endeavors or Sarah Lacy’s Pando Daily. Nevertheless, the show must go on and on it is! GigaOM, VentureBeat and TechCrunch have teamed up for [...]
Japanese Carrier DoCoMo Wants Google To Make Changes To Android
Last Wednesday, Japan’s largest carrier DoCoMo experienced a rather large service outage. Oddly enough DoCoMo is blaming an Android application as one of the main sources for the disruption. An Android application that enables “free of charge voice communication” is the cause of the disruption, according to this report. DoCoMo says that Android applications signals [...]
Samsung Gets Wi-Fi Approval On Two New Tablets Ahead Of MWC
Rumors originating out of Androidandme started circulating this weekend about a new Samsung Galaxy Tab 11.6 with a 2ghz Exynos processor. Those rumors are from a very well placed source, and now it looks like they have been substantiated even more by the Wi-Fi Alliance. Two new Samsung tablets, going by the model numbers GT-P3100 [...]
If MetroPCS Drops Their Unlimited Plan Does Anybody Notice?
Despite the fact that MetroPCS is a prepaid carrier, they were the first in the United States to introduce 4G LTE. They even beat Verizon to the punch, although Verizon now has the largest 4G/LTE network in the country. When MetroPCS introduced their 4G/LTE network they did it with the Samsung Craft a 4G/LTE feature [...]
Steam Out Of Beta, Ready To Go In The Android Market
Over the weekend we reported that gamers who used the Steam Network could download the beta version of Valve’s Steam app for Android. Valve had already accepted 70,000 members into the beta. Today, just a few short days later, Valve has released the full version into the Android Market. The new Steam app for Android [...]
Advertising Doesn’t Have To Be A Bad Thing, AdMecha Will Explain At Android Homecoming
After getting tired of the day to day routine and blandness of standardized mobile advertising, three mobile marketers set out to create a new mobile advertising company that was less obtrusive to the end user of an app or game, and more rewarding for the developer. For some developers, advertising has a bad rap and [...]
While T-Mobile UK Gives Users The Full Monty, T-Mobile USA To Throttle Roaming Data
A new leaked document uncovered by the team at Tmonews has some big news for T-Mobile users. While T-Mobile UK users are celebrating over their new “Full Monty” data plans, T-Mobile USA has plans to throttle roaming data users. According to the leaked document, T-Mobile will cut off customers roaming data when they cross over [...]
Uh Oh Apple’s Going To Be Pissed: Samsung Engraving Galaxy Notes In Korea
Have you ever wanted to have your name engraved in the back of your phone or tablet? Yeah, me neither, however it seems to be a hot thing to do. After all Apple’s been engraving iPads and iPods for quite some time. I once received an engraved iPod from my little brother which was kind [...]
Slacker Radio Kickin The Old School Jams
Our favorite online and radio mobile app, and host for TDGN , Slacker Radio, has announced the addition of a new “Old School” station. The Old School station is a dj procured station where dj’s will host old school jams from the Motown era to the early 90′s. You’ll be able to hear anything from [...]
Take Note: Samsung To Introduce Revolutionary Device During The Super Bowl
We’ve searched Adweek everyday since Samsung’s Dallas based PR firm announced that Samsung had bought ad space during the Superbowl. Adweek, the nation’s leading publication related to advertising, has a huge Super Bowl section and tracks which companies bought what space and if they can, they say what those companies will be showing. Mums the [...]
T-Mobile UK Introduces No Holds Barred Unlimited Data, T-Mobile USA, Not So Much… Yet
T-Mobile in the UK has unveiled a new plant that their customers are going to love. They’ve released a totally unlimited plan which will debut Wednesday at UK T-Mobile stores. The plan will cost just £41 per month on a new two year agreement. But wait there’s more…. Where T-Mobile USA throttles customers on their [...]
Galaxy Nexus Plus On The Way? To Who?
The folks over at Androidandme spotted something very interesting on nenamark. They found a Galaxy Nexus sporting a PowerVR SGX 544 processor. The original graphics processor in the Galaxy Nexus that’s currently available is the SGX540 which is part of the Texas Instruments OMAP 4460 processor. By all means this is still a great processor [...]
From the Basement to the Block: This SmartPhone Repair Store is Android’s Genius Bar
I’ve been busy this past year – making videos, attending press events, establishing professional contacts, writing for various tech sites and constantly trying to find somewhere close to home to work 9-5 so that I wouldn’t be too far away from my wife and newborn. I test phones everyday, from the consumer low level to [...]
