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Verizon announced during its earnings call today that 15 million Android phones were activated and nearly 11 million iPhones were sold. This news comes after the largest wireless carrier in the United States activated a record of over 4 million iPhones in the fourth quarter. Apparently these numbers weren’t too impressive as investors punished the company’s…
If you’re waiting to get your hands on the Droid Razr Maxx, you’ll be happy to know that Verizon Wireless said the device will be available Jan. 26 for about $300 with a new, two-year contract. Internally, the Droid Razr Maxx isn’t much different than the Droid Razr but it packs a huge battery inside.…
Don’t know about you, but I’m a big fan of audio books and an audible.com subscriber. That said I’m happy to report that another audio book service has opened its virtual doors for business. The name of the company is easy to remember — Audiobooks.com — and unlike audible.com it provides a cloud-based streaming service.…
Dolphin Browser, my favorite web browsers, now has the Evernote (my favorite note-taking service) add-on. Yes, this is like a geek’s small dream come true as I can now clip webpage content to Evernote directly from my phone. No longer will I have to copy a portion of the page only to paste it later…
Verizon released its earnings statement for Q4 2011 and the carrier had a banner quarter. The company added 1.5 million net retail customers, its biggest jump in three years. This 1.5 million figure includes 1.2 million new retail postpaid customers which brings Verizon up to 92.2 million retail customers. The wireless carrier now has a…
Late last month we reported on a rumor that said Nokia was going to introduce two new color variants of the Lumia 800. The French website MonWindowsPhone said that white and yellow will soon join the existing color choices: black, cyan (blue), and magenta (pink). What they failed to say was when those color variants…
Anderson Teixeira used to be the President of Sony Ericsson’s U.S. division until very recently. According to 9to5Mac his new role is Head of Apple’s Latin American division. What’s his C.V. like? Well, he’s from Brazil, has been with Sony Ericsson since the company launched in 2001, he started his career as head of Sony…
You know how they say – better late than never. That seems to be exactly what LG is thinking when it finally decided to release a Gingerbread update for its Optimus Black smartphone. Not sure why it took them so long, but the good thing is that the new Android version is now available to…
So you the shiny new Sony Xperia Ion but don’t want AT&T’s contract? No problem, the sexy device is now available for pre-order in its unlocked form from Negri Electronics, which is offering it for $569.50. It may sound too steep but bear in mind we’re talking about one of the best Android smartphones announced…
This isn’t the first time I’m writing about this topic, though my earlier post was dedicated to Sony Ericsson. Now that Sony is running the show it should do something about it – get us the Android-powered Vaio P-like smartbook. Aside from the cool mini-laptop form factor, I would also like to have that screen…