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Raised in rural Northern California, Ian spent his early years embroiled in video games, comic books, and making spaceships out of Legos. He escaped to San Francisco in the early 2000's, mastering the art of coffee making to pay his bills. Ian then attended Mosaic Art school in Italy, returning to the bay area afterwards, and worked on a few art projects of his own. Harnessing his long-dorment nerd powers, Ian now spends his days trolling the interwebz to bring you the most awesome mobile news, ever.

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Nokia Lumia 521 Available on T-Mobile Online Store Starting May 22nd

T-Mobile today has announced the availability of Nokia’s new Windows Phone 8 powered Lumia 521, which will be exclusively available on T-Mobile’s network. The device will retail for $29.99 down with 24 monthly payments of $5 for qualified customers who choose a new simple choice plan. The device will be available online and in selected retail stores beginning on May 22nd. The Lumia 521 will also go on sale at Microsoft Retail Stores for $149 and at Walmart for $129.88 on May 11, and customers who have already purchased or … Read more

Nokia Lumia 521 1 week ago

Ian Kersey

AT&T Launches Aio Wireless, BYOD Pre-Paid Services

AT&T has announced today the launch of a new pre-paid, BYOD subsidiary called Aio Wireless. The new wireless service will offer unlimited talk text and data options with no annual contract. The service is launching in select stores Houston, Orlando and Tampa, with the service coming to other U.S. markets across the U.S. over the next year. The pre-paid plans, which closely resemble the recent T-Mobile Simple Choice plans. The plans offer unlimited talk, text and data, with data speeds being throttled after a certain amount of usage. The plans … Read more

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Ian Kersey

Hipstamatic Releases Oggl, New Photo Sharing App

The creaters behind the well-known photo sharing app, Hipstamatic has announced the release of a new app called Oggl. Oggl is basically the same app as Hipstamatic, but with a bevy of new photo editing options. Oggl is free to use, with the free version coming pre-loaded with five “favorites” for shooting, including nightlife, food, portraits landscapes and sunsets. Users who would like to access more lens and film options will have to pay however, with a subscription service that costs $.99 a month or $9.99 a year. Oggl will be … Read more

oggl 2 weeks ago

Ian Kersey

Instagram Support Comes to SoundTracking Android and iOS App

SoundTracking, an awesome music sharing service has added Instagram support today, which allows users to share their Instagram photos directly to their posts on the SoundTracking app. Users can also share their SoundTracking posts to Instagram as a “music postcard” image. The update is available for both the Android and iOS versions of the Soundtracking app. SoundTracking is gaining popularity with the teenage demographic in the U.S., but forty percent of its traffic is coming from overseas, with Brazil and the U.K. topping the international user base. The app combines the … Read more

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Ian Kersey

Japanese Report Points To iPhone 5S Screen Production, Same Size as iPhone 5

According to Venture Beat, a report from Japan is pointing to iPhone 5S production, with Sharp, Japan Display and LG beginning their screen production runs in June of this year. The screen production timetable line up with Tim Cook’s earlier statements, where he indicated that there would be no new product launches until after the summer. Apple added Sharp to the list of screen manufacturers last year in an attempt to met the overwhelming demand for its devices. Japan Display and LG have manufactured screens for Apple devices for some time … Read more

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Ian Kersey

AT&T Cuts Price of HTC First; Wouldn’t be Facebook’s First Flop

The HTC First has received a price drop from AT&T today, making the device available for $0.99 with a new two-year contract, or $350 off- contract. The handset was previously $99 with a two-year contract and $450 off contract. Although official sales figures for the device have not been revealed, a price drop this significant after only a month of release seems a bit troubling for the Facebook centric smartphone. The HTC First features Facebook Home, which is Facebook’s software suite that runs over an almost stock version of Android. … Read more

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Ian Kersey

Telefonica Confirms Firefox OS Device Release In Q3 2013

Firefox OS device launch plans have been confirmed today by Telefonica, which will be bringing Alcatel and ZTE devices to Spain, Colombia and Venezuela in Q3 2013. Firefox OS handsets manufactured by LG, Huawei and Sony will be launched in Q4 2013. Carriers that have pledged support for the nascent smartphone OS are Deutsche Telekom (T-Mobile), Etisalat, Smart, Sprint, Telefonica, America Movil, KDDI, Telecom Italia, Telenor, China Unicom, 3 Group, KT, MegaFon, Qtel, SingTel, TMN and VimpelCom. The announcement came as part of Telefonica’s Q1 2013 financial results, which were … Read more

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Ian Kersey

Leak Shows Samsung’s Summer Release Plans: Galaxy S4 Activ, Mini and Zoom

Another leak from SamMobile is shedding some light on Samsung’s summer release plans, giving us release dates for the Samsung Galaxy S4 Active, the Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom, and the Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini. Also making the list is the previously announced Samsung Galaxy Mega, which is slated to arrive in May. The Galaxy S4 Active is rumored to be a Galaxy S4 but with ruggedized features, and the Galaxy S4 Zoom will be a mid-level Galaxy S4 with a 16 MP camera and Zoom lens. The Galaxy S4 Mini … Read more

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Ian Kersey

Staples Announces Availability of Samsung Galaxy S4

Staples today has announced details regarding the availability of the Samsung Galaxy S4 in its retail stores. The retailer will offer the Galaxy S4 on a variety of carriers, including AT&T, Sprint, Verizon and T-Mobile. Staples is offering the device for $199.99 with a two-year contract, with availability depending on the carrier. Currently, Sprint’s version of the Galaxy S4 can be purchased online, and the Verizon version of the device is available for pre-order, and will be available in-store or online on May 30th. The T-Mobile version is available in stores now, … Read more

Sprint's Samsung Galaxy S4 gets its first update (and we've no idea what it brings) 2 weeks ago

Ian Kersey

Facebook Photo Sharing App Comes To Google Glass

While Google Glass allows users to share their photos directly to Google +, posting to Facebook has been impossible with Google Glass, until now. A third-party app called “Glass to Facebook” lets Glass users share their snaps with the super popular social networking site. Created by Tesseract Mobile, the app shares the photo to Facebook in a thumbnail sized image, which can be clicked on to reveal the photo in full screen mode. The app is extremely easy to use, requiring users to download the app and then grant access … Read more

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Ian Kersey

Twitter Kills TweetDeck For iOS, Android And Adobe AIR Today

One of the best Twitter clients around, TweetDeck is facing an untimely demise of its app on iOS, Android and AIR. Twitter had announced last month that it would be sending the mobile version of TweetDeck to the guillotine, but the desktop and web versions are still intact. Twitter is also cutting Facebook integration from the remaining versions of Tweetdeck. This marks a sad day for TweetDeck users, but there are plenty of other Android and iOS apps out there that provide functionality similar to TweetDeck. But for those of … Read more

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Ian Kersey