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Sprint is preparing a neat “buy one, get one free” deal for mid-range smartphone buyers, offering the Samsung Conquer 4G for $49.99. That’s right instead of asking $99.99 (Conquer 4G’s existing price), folks can get this handset for 50% off as well as an additional device free of charge. In order to take advantage of…
McAfee unveiled its 2012 Threat Predictions report, outlining the top threats for the coming year and it said the next twelve months will see increased attacks on smartphones and mobile devices. The emerging threats from 2011 also include “legal” spam, virtual currency, industrial attacks, embedded hardware, hacktivism and rogue certificates. Needless to say, the mobile…
It’s not just the green initiative – Verizon Wireless also wants to increase the efficiency of its operations and make things easier for the customers with paperless receipts, which are already available at more than 300 locations across the country. As a My Verizon user you can access your receipts from the newly redesigned “My…
It’s incredible how high-end smartphones are getting more affordable so quickly. We still think of the Sensation XE as one of the best smartphones HTC has ever made (after Rezound), yet it’s available for next to nothing on an affordable plan. We have Phones 4U to “blame” for this deal which lists the Beats Audio-powered…
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ASUS released a new software update for the original (not the new Prime model) Eee Pad Transformer tablet. Unfortunately this release doesn’t come with a brand new version of Android (4.0 – Ice Cream Sandwich) — rather, it’s a maintenance update that makes sure most of the things run even better. In other words, some…
When it comes to positioning systems, U.S. has GPS, Russia has Glonass and EU – Galileo. China is joining the race and has finally launched its own such system called Beidou. According to a spokesman for the system, Beidou has started providing initial positioning, navigation and timing operational services to China and its surrounding areas.…
Although Samsung had an excellent 2011 in terms of mobile phone sales, the company has even bigger plans for the next year. According to Korea Economic Daily, the Galaxy S maker jacked up its sales projection by 15%, which translates into about 374 million handsets. What’s more, of the total figure, 150 million units are…
One of the main problem Windows Phone users have is the lack of proper, easy to use tool to backup their devices. Sure the contacts and calendars are (usually) synced with the third-party servers, and you can also keep some other content in the cloud, but you may need some of the files from the…
Huawei is working on the Ice Cream Sandwich update for its MediaPad tablet as we speak. As you can see from the image above, the official launch date seems pretty close, though at this moment we can’t confirm when exactly that will happen. Hopefully, by the time of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona both…
Talk about a useful app for the New Year’s Eve – BreathalEYES will use the iPhone’s built-in camera to measure your (or your buddies’) Blood Alcohol Content (BAC). The software looks for the presence of Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus (HGN) in the eye to do its magic, returning accurate results between BAC 0.02%-0.17%. As I don’t…