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AT&T announced its quarterly earnings on Thursday and reported a banner quarter that was driven by strong iPhone sales. The carrier had its best-ever quarter for smartphones, selling a record-breaking number of iPhones and Android handsets. Overall, the carrier sold 9.4 million smartphones which almost doubles it Q3 2011 sales. Smartphones are the dominant handset…
Nokia pulled a little trick when reporting their Q4 2011 financial results this afternoon. They said Lumia sales topped 1 million units “to date”. Now what does “to date” mean to you? To me it includes everything until today, which in this case happens to be the 26th of January. Chris Davies, from SlashGear, saw…
Asus will release the bootloader unlock tool for its Transformer Prime tablet/netbook device in February. The Taiwanese company turned to Twitter to announce the news and give developers some head start as they begin working on their own custom ROMs. Yep, the minute the bootloader unlock tool is out, we expect to see few custom…
It was only a week ago when Verizon Wireless started selling the LG Spectrum and it’s already discounted at Amazon. The online retailer is offering the 4G LTE-enabled smartphone for just $79.99 which is a much lower price than what Verizon is asking ($199.99). Of course, you’ll still need to put your signature on a…
One of PopCap’s original developers, Roy Liu, launched a new incentives platform aimed at boosting in-app revenue by incentivizing game players with real rewards. The name of the company is Gimmie, and it unveiled its in-game incentives program in beta with ten mobile app developers and ten consumer product brands. The main idea behind Gimmie…
Nokia has just posted their Q4 2011 financial results and the numbers aren’t exactly what one would call pretty. Regarding sales of the Nokia Lumia lineup, they topped 1 million units, but that number is deceptive since it includes devices sold after the end of the quarter. In other words, 1 million Lumias were moved…
Looks like Apple’s recent purchase of Anobit was just the first step in the company’s expansion into Israel. Reports coming out of the Israeli daily business newspaper Calcalist say that Apple is going to open a Research Center in Haifa by the end of next month. Apple is said to be looking over “several hundred…
The EDF Energy London Eye has teamed up with Samsung to offer in-capsule experience for visitors using the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1s tablet. Each capsule will feature six tablets dotted around the edges, allowing visitors to find details and information on London landmarks which can be seen from the Eye. Moreover, 3D models of the…
GetJar has managed to corner a new (and major) game publisher for its GetJar Gold scheme that offers premium apps for free. That publisher is Gameloft which just launched its racing title Asphalt 6: Adrenaline for Android smartphones in the “world’s largest free app store.” Not sure what this game is all about? Here’s a…
We love when big government institutions and agencies are joining major trends, helping the mainstream consumer adopt new technologies. In that sense we’re glad to see UK’s national meteorological service, aka the Met Office, launching its Android application. Available as a free download, it [app] is said to provide the “most accurate and reliable weather…