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A 20-year-old Android developer in France is behind bars after he was caught spreading a virus via an Android app that stole user’s passwords and sent text messages to a premium phone number. The unnamed developer created fake apps that mimic original ones in order to trick people into downloading them. Once on a user’s smartphone,…
Motorola’s Punit Soni told Bionic customers earlier this year that they had “gotten a raw deal” and promised the company “could do way better.” This “way better” comes in the form of an Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update which should start hitting Bionic handsets on Friday. The update will rollout in phases and should…
Verizon Wireless announced its quarterly earnings on Thursday and the company had an exceptional three months. Service revenues grew 7.5 percent year over year to an impressive $16.2 billion. Total revenues climbed to $19.0B, another 7.3 percent yearly increase. Retail postpaid bills also increased 6.5 percent from last quarter, with the average customer now paying…
Looks like Huawei is looking to enter the nascent phablet market, currently dominated by Samsung and its Galaxy Note devices (though LG is also experimenting with the Optimus Vu). The Chinese company is apparently working on something similar and while we don’t have an image to show you, we’re hearing that the Ascend Mate will…
Yesterday we told you about T-Mobile roadmap that includes the Huawei Summit. That device is already available from the Magenta carrier which is selling it for $49 after instant discount of $150.00 and mail-in rebate card worth $50. As far as I’ve understood, we’re talking about the phone that looks like the Huawei Prism though…
After that leaked photo of the upcoming Huawei Ascend W1, we have the first press image to show you, compliments of EVleaks. From what I can tell, the Chinese company will have a compelling Windows Phone device which as far as we know won’t break anyone’s bank. We’re hearing that the Ascend W1 will rock…
Nokia is bringing its new flagship smartphone, Lumia 920, to China which is now the world’s largest smartphone market. The special version of the device is marked as Lumia 920T and it’s heading to the country’s largest operator, China Mobile. From what we’re hearing, it won’t come with support for TD-SCDMA (China’s 3G standard) and…
Few days ago we’ve told you about the special Samsung Galaxy S III model NTT Docomo will offer (Galaxy S III Alpha) and now KDDI got its own version of the device. Unfortunately it’s not as nearly as cool as Docomo’s Galaxy S III – KDDI’s Galaxy S III Progre (SCL21) supports LTE connectivity but…
Folks looking for excellent audio with their mobile device will be glad to know that Beats Electronics unveiled three new products. First comes the Beats Pill, which is touted as the first wireless speaker to hit store shelves with tap-to-pair NFC AND apt-X technology for “easy and instant Bluetooth audio.” The device was also designed…
According to a new report by Juniper Research, new “Rich Communication Suite” (RCS) mobile messages will generate 83 billion messages per annum in five years’ time. However, the research company also notes that this will be less than 1% of total messaging traffic in 2017, with “older services” like SMS, and already-established IP services such…