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Sprint keeps unveiling new rugged devices with push-to-talk capabilities. The latest in the series is the Kyocera DuraPlus, which is certified to Military Standard 810G for resistance to dust, shock, vibration, temperature extremes, humidity, blowing rain and water immersion (up to 30 minutes in up to 1 meter of water). Moreover, the handset also features…
Amazon UK is now selling the unlocked Samsung Galaxy Nexus for 449.41 GBP, which is some 50 GBP off the phone’s launch price. That’s still a lot of money (about $707) and the reason why we don’t call it a “hot deal” but only “deal.” However, it’s a well known fact that Europeans are used…
Amazon’s affiliates program, Amazon Associates, is one of the most popular such programs on the web, counting some 900,000 users. Some of them must have an iPhone and may like to be able to access their stats and earnings reports while on the go. No problem – they can fire up Safari, login to Amazon’s…
If you a) have an iPad 2, and b) like “everything Ferrari” – you’ll love this case. Since it wears the famous prouncing horse logo, Tod’s Ferrari case for iPad 2 costs a small fortune. As a matter of fact, it costs almost as the iPad itself, making it a case only for the selected…
At first you may think that having the Samsung Galaxy Note will make you somehow unique. However other folks also grabbed the huge smartphone/tablet and suddenly your device uniqueness was lost – what can you do about it? Well you can personalize your particular Galaxy Note unit by engraving your name (or whatever else you…
If Glu can do it, so can Gameloft. Yep they’re launching their own Sprint ID packs on the Now Network to provide gamers with an “entirely new mobile experience through a customized bundle of widgets, applications, wallpapers and more.” The two ID packs Gameloft and Sprint launched are: HD Games ID Pack – features access…
Sprint and LightSquared are both facing an incredibly tricky situation. Starting with Sprint, they were America’s first operator to launch a “4G” network, but they made the mistake of betting on WiMAX technology while the rest of the world chose to wait for LTE equipment to hit the market. It took a few years, but…
Japanese fixed line and mobile operator eAccess has just finished testing their soon to be launched 4G LTE network. What makes their 4G LTE special compared to say AT&T’s or Verizon’s 4G LTE is that eAccess is maxing out the technical capabilities of the LTE standard. They’re using 40 MHz worth of spectrum (2×20 MHz…
ARM reported excellent financial results for calendar year Q4 2011 and it likely has Samsung and Apple to thank more than any other companies. Revenue last quarter rose 21 percent to $217 million while profits leaped 45 percent to roughly $90 million. Since public statements almost never dive into details, ARM accordingly gave credit to…
Big ups to our pals at CrackBerry, as they unearthed what looks to be an official image of the first BlackBerry 10 smartphone: Say hello to the London. This isn’t the first time we’ve seen the London but this image does look more complete than the prototype models which appeared late last year. Blake says…