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The two largest cell phone companies in the United States today announced they’ll be offering the new iPad on March 16. Both wireless providers plan to offer their own Wi-Fi + 4G models of the third-generation iPad across all sales channels. Subscribers can expect the 16GB entry-level model to set you back around $630 on Verizon…
Virgin Mobile announced its latest Android device called the ZTE Venture at $100. The Venture is a QWERTY handset with Android 2.3 Gingerbread, and it’ll take advantage of the carriers budget-friendly plans that start at $35 — no contract. The Venture will be available starting on March 15. Customers who buy the ZTE Venture will…
When it comes to building an app for a ridiculously large amount of users only iOS and Android fit the bill. Both OS’s share hundredths and thousandths of apps, but they have different mechanisms when it comes down to development. Well, for some developers those internal differences are too much, as Mika Mobile, developer of several…
Well, the group known as Rockstar Consortium, a team that includes the most powerful tech companies Apple, Microsoft, RIM, Ericsson, and Sony, has announced that the U.S. Department of Justice will give the green light on its purchase of the majority of Nortel’s patent portfolio. The five companies splurged about $4.5 billion on a collection of about 4,000…
2011 was a turbulent year for Research in Motion as the maker of the BlackBerry watched its market cap rapidly diminish, thanks to poor PlayBook sells and overall lack of innovation. This year started off just as bad with the loss of its two top executives, and the hiring of a new leader chosen from within…
Sprint today announced a new entry-level smartphone called the ZTE Fury. The Fury will be available March 11 for just $20 on contract, and it is billed as The Now Network’s family-friendly Android device. New subscribers can expect the addition of some optional features such as Sprint’s Family Locator, mobile usage controls (which locks down text messages)…
Bad news for Verizon as the FCC formally announced its disapproval of the company’s potential $3.6 billion acquisition of spectrum from cable companies (Cox, Time Warner, Comcast, and Brighthouse). The feds want the largest cell phone provider in the United Sates to resend its filings because it feels the original filings submitted by Verizon Wireless…
Well, this didn’t take long. The iOS hacking community has cooked up another jailbreak, this time for the newly released iOS 5.1 update. Now users have the ability to tether their iProducts to whatever computer or device they please, courtesy of an updated version to the Redsn0w jailbreak tool. But there is a catch, in…
Google surprised us all yesterday when out the blue it decided to dump the name Android Market for Google Play. Now the search giant plans to make available audiobooks and magazines to it’s already impressive lineup of media related offerings, including apps, music, movies and e-books. Google is trying to make its store a more intuitive experience…
Apple has announced plans to bring its personal assistant on board for the new iPad happened, well, sort of. Sir, Apple’s voice command service that works as a personal assistant is not featured on the new iPad, but instead, there’s an Android-like voice dictation that’ll support US English, British, Australian, French, German, and Japanese. This new…