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By now, unless you own Apple’s iPhone or one of the handful of other devices, you’ve grown accustomed to having your carrier’s logo blasted onto the back or front of your phone. Usually, these logos are placed onto unused space, either on the device’s backplate or on the bezel of the front of the phone…
Sprint posted its earnings for Q3 2012 and the company failed to beat Wall Street estimates. Sprint reported wireless service revenues of $7.3 billion, which is a 6 percent year-over-year increase and a decrease from the $8.8B reported in Q2 2012. Sprint had a net loss of $767 million and a diluted net loss of $0.26…
Corning recently hit a milestone that shows just how prevalent its popular Gorilla Glass has become. During its earning conference call this week, the company confirmed its scratch-resistant screen covering material is now present on over 1 billion devices worldwide. Gorilla Glass was made famous when it appeared on the original iPhone and is now present…
Samsung held a big Galaxy Note 2 event on Wednesday to celebrate the US launch of its 5.5-inch smartphone. While Sprint and T-Mobile have announced their launch details, Verizon has taken the unusual strategy of launching its pre-order page without confirming the phone’s launch details or pricing. Earlier rumors suggested Verizon would start accepting pre-orders…
Sprint is adding the iPad and iPad mini to its device lineup and will offer a set of new LTE data plans that’ll complement these incoming tablets. The plans do not include a contract and are not tied to any device or brand, so you don’t have to buy an iPad or a Galaxy Tab…
ToshibaDirect has the . That’s $280 (or 32%) off the list price of $879.99. Along with the Intel Core i7 (3630QM) processor, this laptop has a 500GB hard rive, 4GB DDR3 memor, 802.11n WiFi, and a 15.6″ 1366×768 display. For a Core i7 laptop, this is a heck of a deal! Mobile phone deals today include…
Well it’s a little bit over one month since the iPhone 5 has been out. About one month ago, we posted a roundup of apps that were updated for the iPhone 5 because developers rushed to release them before or at least shortly after the iPhone 5 came out. After that initial influx of app…
Despite numerous reports that Apple is falling behind on supplying carriers and customers with iPhone 5s to meet demand, AT&T came out strong with its Q3 2012 numbers especially when compared to the year-ago quarter. The carrier rose to 4.7 million iPhone activations in the third quarter of 2012. That’s up from 3.7 million in…
AT&T announced its earnings for the third quarter of 2012 and its wireless business continues to show strong performance. Wireless revenue for the company was up 6.6 percent to $16.6 billion and wireless churn was at an all-time low for the quarter. The carrier also posted its strongest ARPU (average monthly revenues per subscriber) boost…
Despite their limited use cases, conversational personal assistants such as Siri are becoming more and more popular for smartphone users. Personal assistants rely on a wealth of transcription information, and one company that has excelled in this arena is Nuance, whose Dragon Speaking software is the de facto standard for voice transcription services on computers.…