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Dish Network, who most of us consider to be a budget satellite television provider in the United States, sits on 40 MHz worth of spectrum in the 2 GHz band. Said spectrum comes with a restriction however, it has to be used for a satellite based network. Dish sent a letter to the FCC in…
Google likes to name their Android releases using sweets in alphabetical order: Cupcake, Donut, Eclair, Frozen Yogurt (FroYo), Gingerbread, Honeycomb, Ice Cream Sandwich. This obviously begs the question, what’s next? Benson Lin, who is a Vice President at ASUS, revealed to TechRadar in an interview that Android 5.0 will be called Jelly Bean. He doesn’t…
Apple’s iPad 3 is going to be announced in less than 60 hours, so I’m not going to bother speculating about what it’s going to be called, how fast it’s going to be, or whether or not it’s going to be 4G LTE enabled. That being said, the folks at Aatma Studio, who describe themselves…
In late January Samsung announced the Galaxy S Advance, which can best be described as a 4 inch version of the Samsung Galaxy S II, except that it’s slightly slower (1 GHz versus 1.2 GHz) and has a less capable camera (5 MP versus 8 MP). We didn’t know the official price tag back then,…
It’s hard to believe, but Mobile World Congress 2012 kicked off one week ago today. HTC’s One series may have been impressive, as was Nokia’s 41 megapixel PureView, but there was one device we all kept in the back of our minds. One that we’re pretty confident in saying will be the most talked about…
Personal data stored on smartphones has become quite the hot-button topic of late. With Apple and Google playing the defensive after it was outed that applications are allowed to have access to contact information or all your photos stored on the device (among others), smartphone users don’t always know what their rights are when it…
It seems that Sprint and one of its prepaid MVNO brands, Virgin Mobile, will get their own versions of the LG Optimus Net. Dubbed LG Optimus Elite, it is said that it’s an NFC-enabled smartphone with low-to-mid range specs that include a 3.2-inch HVGA touchscreen, 800MHz processor, 512MB of RAM, 5-megapixel rear-facing camera with flash,…
SugarSync updated its Android app with few handy features, allowing you to even better manage how your files and folders sync across all your devices. Here’s what’s new: File and folder sharing via social networks, so you can for instance share photos and videos from your vacation to all your Facebook friends and Twitter followers.…
ARCHOS unveiled a new tablet, catered towards kids. Called Child Pad, it’s a 7-inch Android ICS device with a “compact light weight design,” 1GHz processor, Wi-Fi connectivity and 1GB of RAM. Moreover, to make it a truly “kid-friendly” product, ARCHOS revamped the UI, featuring colored icons, home screen folders with direct access to games, entertainment,…
Mobile ad network InMobi conducted an iPad-focused study to find out who will buy Apple’s new tablet once it’s released. Here’s what they’ve found out: 29% of respondents are planning to buy the iPad 3 with 54% of those do not already own a tablet. 65% of those who intend to buy an iPad 3…