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Archives for 2012
Verizon reps tout 4G Android phones over iPhone
If you walk into a Verizon Wireless store knowing you want a smartphone, but are unsure about which one to get, the likeliness that you’ll walk out of that store with a 4G Android phone is pretty high. After numerous reports from ordinary consumers looking to buy a phone, Verizon pushed really hard to get…
China overtakes the US to become world’s largest smartphone market
Canalys, an analysis and consulting services company, today released to clients its detailed smart phone shipment estimates by country for Q1 2012. In the release, the company found that total shipments in smartphones worldwide grew 45 percent year on year to 146 million units. The most significant part of the stats were the differences in…
No solid iPhone rumors = no iPhone at WWDC this year
iLounge recently picked up some “insider information” on the next iPhone. According to the report, Apple’s sixth-generation handset will support all the rumors lately by having a 4-inch display, but it will also apparently have an odd glass back with a metal plate in the middle. Does anyone actually believe this? I don’t mean to put…
CTIA 2012 preview: 4G LTE and the Big Easy
Can you believe that it’s already time for the Spring CTIA show? CES and Mobile World Congress have already passed and now it’s time for the mobile world to focus on CTIA, which is generally a big time for U.S. carrier announcements. This year’s conference is taking place in New Orleans, so you know it’s…
HTC: Sense is better than stock Android
Recently, Laptop Magazine sat down with Drew Bamford, HTC’s AVP of user experience, and the HTC exec had some interesting things to say about Sense stacked up against stock Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. The latest version of Sense 4.0, HTC’s software for ICS phones, added many improvements that made the custom skin unobtrusive. The…
Nokia responds to class action lawsuit from investor
Nokia is under scrutiny from its investors who are concerned that the Finnish company is not turning things around fast enough with Windows Phone. One investor, Robert Chmielinski, is so fed up that he filed a class action lawsuit against the company in US District Court in New York. Not surprisingly, Nokia denies the allegations that it misled investors with Windows Phone and…
Walmart slashing prices on the iPhone 4S (Updated)
Walmart is dropping the prices on both the iPhone 4 and 4S in select locations. According to Cult of Mac, a Walmart store out in Edmond, Oklahoma is offering the 16GB iPhone 4S for $114, and The Verge reported this morning that an Austin, Texas Walmart store is offering the 16GB iPhone 4S for $114 as well. These stores…
Video of Samsung’s Galaxy S III event now available online
Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S III on Thursday in a London event. The manufacturer live-streamed the event and it was covered extensively online. If you missed the event and the live coverage, you can now watch the full presentation online. The video is available from Samsung’s “The Next Galaxy” website and is embedded below. [Via…
eBay revamps its iPad app to “bring visual shopping to life”
eBay launched a new version of its iPad app, which is said to come as a result of over two years of insight into consumer tablet shopping habits. As a result, the free to download application provides a “new streamlined and visually stimulating shopping experience,” the phrase that includes new design with customizable home screen,…









