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A new survey from Velti provides some trends to expect for the upcoming Super Bowl and your mobile phone. Some interesting (and obvious) stats are shown and we can expect the usage of the “second screen” to increase quite a bit during this year’s Super Bowl compared to last. While Super Bowl commercials are often…
US Cellular has officially announced its first two LTE devices for its yet-to-be-born network in the form of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and the Galaxy S Aviator. The devices will launch in March and April, with no shred of pricing details to be found. The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 is easily the most popular…
Amazon just announced its 4th quarter earnings and dropped a few pieces of information pertaining to its growing Android application store. Even if it’s not your go-to Android application portal, Amazon’s App Store is worth having around just for the free app of the day and according to its latest earnings report, its application store…
We know that HTC has come out and said that it will be making fewer but better handsets in 2012 and one of those handsets has just leaked. That handset would be the HTC Ville, a name we’ve heard quite a few times. The handset is running Android Ice Cream Sandwich with the latest version…
Samsung sent out a tweet that is both vague and exciting today regarding an upcoming, “revolutionary” device. Said device will be launched in an ad during the Super Bowl this coming Sunday and while we want to say it’s the Galaxy S III, in all likelihood it’s the Galaxy Note. There have been rumors that…
If you like to apply custom ROMs to your Galaxy Nexus and Nexus S, you may want to turn your attention to the newest custom recovery option from ClockworkMod. Chances are that if you are using a custom recovery already, it’s ClockworkMod. This is the same ClockworkMod recovery you’re used to but is now touch-enabled.…
Amazon Wireless is known for some rockin’ deals when it comes to new smartphones but its latest offering is a doozy. You can grab the Samsung Galaxy Nexus for a mere $100 on a new two-year contract with Verizon. The Galaxy Nexus was officially released on Verizon just a little over a month ago, so…
We know that the strategy ultimately ensures success in some ways but we’re still surprised with the number of Android tablets in the world. The latest numbers for Q4 of 2011 have arrived and tablets running Google’s mobile operating system has risen to 39%. While the Android tablet market is gaining steam, it’s probably safe…
Google has updated three of its Android applications today, which include Maps, Listen, and Goggles. Both Maps and Listen bring small but it Goggles seems to have received most of the attention. In a nutshell, here is what all three updates bring to the table: Google Maps: Google Maps Navigation (Beta) will enter ‘night mode’…
There may be many different Android devices in the world today but there are still only a handful of decent custom user interfaces available. While we prefer stock Android over anything else, HTC’s Sense UI has been a favorite for many people for a while now. However, one thing we’ve never heard before is someone…