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Things just got a whole lot better for folks serving in the United States Navy, as sailors on board the USS Kearsarge and USS San Antonio will get access to 4G LTE service. In addition to the fast data speeds both crews are expected to receive free LG phones powered by Android. We’re not sure…
U.K. carrier O2 is pushing out Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean updates to the Sony Xperia T. The Jelly Bean update will bring the usual goodies we’ve become all too familiar with such as Google Now, Project Butter (for UI smoothness), better voice recognition, enhanced notifications, a better keyboard, and more. In addition the Android 4.1.2 update ushers…
Sony today announced its results for its third fiscal quarter, which saw some improvements. The Japanese manufacturer narrowed its loss to $115 million, compared to a crushing $2 billion loss in the same quarter a year earlier. This is how the numbers shake out. Sony’s operating profit came in at $496 million and revenue during…
GetGlue, a social network app, today announced a long overdue update to its iPhone application. The social network company added some significant features in version 4.0, including a main feed that now combines updates from friends and shows, a new smart, personalized guide to improve your second-screen viewing experience and the launch of new “Show…
Sprint Nextel, the third largest wireless provider in the U.S., has just announced results for Q4 2012, reporting a net loss of $1.3 billion, and a negative EPS of $.44. That’s compared to a net loss of $1.3B and a diluted net loss of $.43 per share in the same quarter last year. The Wall…
Canada’s Motorola Razr HD LTE is getting served Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. An upgrade that was long overdue. Motoblur (Motorola’s custom UI) will share the stage, but thankfully, it isn’t nearly as intrusive like it was in the old days as the custom user interface has gotten a lot closer to resembling the real thing: stock Android.…
Apple and Samsung are without a doubt the top dogs in the cellphone market. In 2012, both companies managed to grab most of the market share, recording an insane 103 percent in cellphone profit, according to Cannacord Genuity’s estimates. These bitter rivals were able to obtain this seemingly impossible number from the failures of companies…
Dropbox is releasing new APIs for iOS and Android that is supposed to allow developers to synchronize their apps with the cloud service. Simply put, this release makes including Dropbox in apps much easier. This is a pretty bold move from Dropbox as it tries to become more than just a typical cloud storage company,…
Motorola is officially pushing Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean updates to the Electrify M on U.S. Cellular. The Electrify M is the variant to the Razr M seen on Verizon Wireless, and being that its brethren already received its Jelly Bean update the Electrify’s turn was only right. The new update (build number is 9.8.2Q-50_SLS-7) will…
It’s been only a week since BlackBerry announced the Z10 in the U.K., and we’re already hearing different theories of how the Waterloo company is fearing with sales. Earlier this week Jefferies analyst, Peter Misek, said that the Z10 is doing well in many retail stores overseas. Misek claimed that the white Z10 was in…