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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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Posts by Ian Kersey

Deals of the Day – ASUS 16GB MeMo Pad 10.1″ Tablet For $269

Mother’s day is coming up, have you found a present for mom yet? Forget flowers, check out our deals below to find the perfect gift that is sure to make mom’s day. Our top deal of the day is the Asus 16GB Memo Pad 10.1″, which runs on Android 4.1. This tablet is perfect for mom, and even comes in a pink color! The MeMo Pad can be yours today for only $269, including free shipping. This tablet is usually $299, so get this deal before it’s too late! Plenty … Read more

memopadpink 2 weeks ago

Ian Kersey

AT&T To Offer New “All In One” Prepaid Plans In June?

According to Fierce Wireless, AT&T will be revamping its prepaid services by launching a new prepaid brand called “All In One.” Sources suggest that AT&T will be offering unlimited voice, text and data service starting at $35 a month for feature phones, and $50 per month for smartphones. Although details on data allotment for the feature phone plan is not known, the smartphone plan will include 2 GB of HSPA data in the unlimited $50 plan, and may provide a plan with 5GB of data for $70 per month. AT&T … Read more

AT&T Wireless logo 2 weeks ago

Ian Kersey

Firefox OS Simulator 3.0 Now Available

Mozilla’s Firefox OS may not be so popular here in the states, but in Europe and other emerging markets the new mobile OS is showing much promise. To help developers create the app ecosystem of the fledgling OS, Mozilla has released version 3.0 of its Firefox OS simulator. The new simulator gives developers an array of useful tools, the most potentially useful being the ability to push work in progress applications to connected test devices. The new simulator includes support for rotating displays and mock geolocation data for testing location-based … Read more

FirefoxOS-Featured 2 weeks ago

Ian Kersey

Verizon Galaxy Note II Receives Android 4.1.2 Update Today

Verizon Galaxy Note 2 owners, get ready for Android 4.1.2! Verizon has started rolling out the update today, which will bring some new features and security fixes to the device. Here’s a list of some of the enhancements: •Download images via Enterprise Exchange email •Download ring back tones through VZTones version 5.1.2 preloaded application •Access downloaded languages on the Samsung keyboard •Use Multi Window support for more applications (YouTube, Gmail, Facebook, Twitter, Amazon Kindle, Viewdini, Google Maps and Talk) • Search or filter by Name in the dialer screen • … Read more

galaxynote2 2 weeks ago

Ian Kersey

Instagram Adds “Photos of You” User Tagging Feature

Tired of having to tag your friends in Instagram by typing their name into the comments? I know I am. Instagram has a new feature coming up that will allow users to tag themselves as well as friends in their snazzy snapshots. The new feature, called “Photos of you” will be available in version 3.5 of Instagram’s app,which is rolling out today. Users will have until May 16th to check the feature out before it starts becoming visible to others. “Today, we’re excited to introduce Photos of You and bring you a … Read more

instagram 2 weeks ago

Ian Kersey

Behind the Scenes With AT&T’s “It’s Not Complicated” Commercials

You’ve probably seen AT&T’s recent “It’s not complicated” commercials, where the company enlists the help of children to hilariously highlight the simplicity of AT&T’s wireless service. Today, the AT&T consumer blog has released a behind the scenes video for all of you “It’s not complicated” fans, which showcases the hard, diligent work that the actors experience while working with children. Actor Jorma Taccone of HBO’s Girls and The Lonely Island fame teams up with Beck Bennett to create the commercials, where they ask first graders simple questions such as, “What’s … Read more

kids 2 weeks ago

Ian Kersey

Google Glass: Developer Creates App That Snaps Pictures With the Blink of an Eye

While Google Glass is not available to the public just yet, developers are having all sorts of fun with the device. A developer by the name of Mike DiGiovanni has developed a Glass app called Winky, which takes photos with a mere blink of the eye. Winky uses functionality which lies dormant in Google Glass’ source code. While talking to Ars Technica, DiGiovanni stated, “I wound up decompiling some of the code that was on the Glass devices and investigating there. I found that the wink gesture is disabled by … Read more

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Ian Kersey

Android Leads Tablet Market With 56.5% Market Share, According to IDC

Android tablet shipments took off last year, shipping more units than others in the tablet market, according to technology research firm IDC. According to IDC’s numbers, Android tablets shipped 27.8 million units in Q1 2013, which is a 247 percent improvement over Q1 2012. That leaves Android with a 56.5 percent share of the tablet market, with Apple coming in with 39.6 percent of tablet market share. One would assume that more Android tablet sales would spell trouble for Apple, which turns out not to be the case. Apple still … Read more

tablet-market-share 3 weeks ago

Ian Kersey

Rumor: Samsung Galaxy Note III to Pack 3 GB of RAM, Octa-Core Processor?

Thanks to SamMobile, we now have some new rumors about Samsung’s Galaxy Note III phablet. The device is tipped to be touting a 5.99″ Full HD Super AMOLED display, an Exynos 5 Octa-Core processor,  a Mali 450 GPU with eight cores and a whopping 3 GB of RAM. The device will be running the newest version of Android, which was previously thought to be Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie, but it’s now looking like Android 4.3 will be the next iteration of Google’s operating system. As for the aesthetics of … Read more

snote3 3 weeks ago

Ian Kersey

FCC Filing Shows T-Mobile Prepping Sony Xperia Z For Release

According to a new filing from the FCC, T-Mobile is planning on releasing the Sony Xperia Z on its network. We heard a rumor suggesting the device was making its way to T-Mobile last month, and the FCC filing nudges that rumor closer to reality. The FCC filing shows a version of the Xperia Z that will take advantage of T-Mobile’s HSPA+ and LTE network. Alongside the FCC filing are some photos of the device, which resemble pictures of the international version of the unit. The Xperia Z touts a 5.0 … Read more

xperiatmo 3 weeks ago

Ian Kersey

Leaked Renders Show HTC One Mini in The Works

The HTC M4 has been making its way through the rumor mill since last February, back when HTC’s One was still being called the M7. A new render of the rumored HTC M4, or HTC One Mini as it has now been dubbed, has been leaked today. The render shows us a device almost identical to the HTC One, the only difference being a smaller form factor and a repositioned camera flash, which now resides directly above the rear-facing camera. The M4 is said to be touting a dual-core CPU … Read more

htcm4 3 weeks ago

Ian Kersey