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HTC has just announced that for the first time in 2 years they’ve posted a profit decline. Income during Q4 2011 dropped to $364 million, down 26% from the same quarter a year prior. Worse yet, operating margins hit a 3 year low, it’s now just 12.8%. How many devices did HTC ship during the…
Alongside the white Samsung Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch, Sprint also unveiled another device, though for very different kind of customers. The Samsung M370 is a basic flip-phone, described as a “staple wardrobe item,” and made for folks who just need basic phone features like calling and texting. It comes with a 2.4-inch internal…
Dolphin updated its mobile browsers for the iOS and Android devices. The new version is all about UI improvements, packing cleaner and lighter Speed Dial & Webzine features along with a new Dolphin landing page for the iPad. Moreover, there are performance updates included as well. Webzine — which is basically Dolphin’s fancy news (RSS)…
According to a new report from Juniper Research, the global redemption rate of mobile coupons will average at over 8% by 2016, representing an eightfold increase over the best paper coupons campaigns. The secret for this growth lies in the North American and Western European markets where users are now beginning to follow the same…
Another Google Android app has been updated – Google Earth. This is a small maintenance update that primarily fixes problems users with NVidia Tegra 2 devices experienced. As far as I’ve understood, NVidia uses special instructions for the Tegra chip that could make it difficult for the “generic app” to use the full set of…
We usually don’t think of Velocity Micro as a maker of high-end devices, quite the contrary. However, they are targeting different kind of users and we applaud them for finding the niche where they can compete in. And the best part is that they keep pushing their agenda and are preparing to unveil two new…
SEGA is bringing its popular Virtua Tennis franchise to the Android Market. The game, called Virtua Tennis Challenge, will be unveiled at the CES in Las Vegas next week and will deliver a ton of entertainment for on-the-go users. Here’s a snippet from SEGA’s official announcement: Virtua Tennis Challenge has been designed specifically for mobile…
Google updated its podcast client for Android – Google Listen. As far as I could tell there are no visible changes except that reference to the now defunct Google Labs was removed. Other than that, it’s the same app that allows users to listen to the podcasts while on the go and that sings along…
Nokia Car Mode has been released for Nokia (Symbian) Belle devices in the Ovi Store, providing users with easy access and simplified user interface to the most relevant apps for in-car use such as music player, contacts and navigation. As a result, drivers are less distracted and more focused on the road ahead. There are…
Two years ago Steve Jobs unveiled the iPad to the world and since then we’ve seen Google fumble the ball with Android Honeycomb, Microsoft radically rethink the PC user interface with Windows 8, and Amazon compete on price by introducing the $199 Kindle Fire. With all that being said, Apple is set to change the…