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Three weeks ago T-Mobile and Nokia announced that the Lumia 710 would become the first Windows Phone from the Finnish handset maker to be sold in the United States. It hits the market next Wednesday (January 11th) and it’s going to set you back just $50 with a new 2 year contract. To be perfectly…
Later this month every handset manufacturer is going to post their Q4 2011 financial results. We’ll finally find out how many iPhones Apple sold, how many Windows Phones Nokia sold, how deep in shit RIM is, and more. Companies usually don’t give hints as to what sorts of numbers they’re going to reveal, but Samsung…
We’ve been waiting for the 802.11n successor to arrive, and today Broadcom finally made it official. The global semiconductor company announced the first series of IEEE 802.11ac chips based on the 5th generation of Wi-Fi technology. This 5G Wi-Fi, which should not be confused with cellular 3G or 4G, is three times faster and six…
I have a friend who’s not very tech savvy. She not on any social network and doesn’t use a computer all that much. Ironically, she’s now at the forefront of mobile technology because she doesn’t use cash. Her paychecks are direct deposited, she uses debit or credit cards for purchases, and she makes most of her payments online. Now that…
It looks like the successor to the LG Revolution is finally here, as the LG Spectrum will be landing on Big Red on January 19th. The Gingerbread-toting handset is packed to the gills with high-end specs, the 1.5GHz dual-core Snapdragon S3 being one of them. The Spectrum sports a 4.5 inch (1280 x 720) True…
Well, well, look what we have here. The wildly popular Galaxy Nexus phone which at the moment, is available in the United States only for Verizon Wireless, is supposedly coming to Sprint. Yes, you heard right. Some tech reader out there spotted the Ice Cream Sandwich-infused device on an ad that appeared on CNET’s website. Naturally,…
Swype, one of the most popular keyboards in the market, today announced its plans of soon releasing a beta release for Ice Cream Sandwich at the end of January. Swype like many other Android apps out there is prepping new updates to accommodate the latest OS to Google’s mobile operating system. Here’s the company’s full tweet below: Good…
You might recall our report on the Steve Jobs collectible action figure set to hit shelves in February for $99. I called it “just plain creepy” and Apple doesn’t like it much either. Those Cupertino-based rebels reportedly threatened to sue Icons, the Chinese company behind the doll, if it goes on sale. According to Apple,…
Qualcomm announced its plan to launch its Snapdragon GameCommand app on the Android Market on Jan. 10 at the Consumer Electronics Show and this app will allow users to find games that have been optimized for the SnapDragon chipset. If that sounds like what NVIDIA is doing with the Tegra Zone, you’d be right but…
Get ready, Texas, as you’ve got some good news coming your way. Dan Hesse has just announced the rollout of LTE and 3G upgrades by mid-2012 in Atlanta, GA, San Antonio, Houston, and Dallas. Little else is known, as news was announced through Twitter. This is just the first few markets of Sprint’s rollout, of…