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Obviously there’s something about bars that lead us to discover new phones. Could it be that handset testers get drunk enough to forget that the device is supposed to be incognito? Whatever the case, first it was an iPhone, but now it’s a prototype HTC phone that was left in a bar and now found.…
The Toshiba Excite 10 LE Android tablet first spotted at CES 2012 now has an official release date and price. It’ll start at $529 and land on March 6th. I’m sure it’s just a total coincidence that Apple is unveiling the iPad 3 the very next day. The Excite 10 LE appropriately features a 10.1-inch…
Don’t lie, Android fans. So far, sales of Android tablets suck. Apple is selling millions upon millions of iPads while Android hardware vendors scratching their heads wondering why their tablets aren’t selling even remotely as well. Sure the software was buggy at first and prices are often not where they should be, but things have…
Chief financial officer of Verizon Communications, Fran Shammo, confirmed that Verizon Wireless would soon offer shared data plans for families and that the carrier’s offerings would be available some time around the middle of the year. “This is going to be a long-term migration into where we want to get data plan sharing, but this…
Public Knowledge, a public interest group, is calling out AT&T for fraudulent data practices. These practices are clearly exposed in a new service possibly launching soon that would allow developers to pay AT&T for data used by their apps. Apps that integrate this feature would not count toward a user’s data cap. Just when you…
Samsung Mobile today announced the Galaxy Note S Pen App Challenge. The company wants developers to create apps specifically tailored for the Samsung Galaxy Note and its S Pen stylus using the S Pen Software Developer Kit. Over $200,000 will be awarded to developers with the best apps. The contest begins today and begins on…
Verizon Wireless launched its next-generation 4G LTE network a little over a year ago, but unfortunately most customers are still using 3G. Wall Street Journal reports that only 5 percent of all Verizon customers are taking advantage of LTE speeds a year after the nationwide rollout began. As of the end of last year, Verizon Wireless…
How kind of Facebook. The social networking giant reached out to developers recently inquiring what it can do to help the mobile web thrive in ways that it has not been able to yet. Facebook found that the three biggest challenges developers face when creating web apps are app discovery, browser fragmentation, and mobile payments.…
Verizon Wireless is sending out a special promotion to the email inboxes of its current customers. Those due for an upgrade can obtain a high-end smartphone completely free with a two-year contract. The qualifying handsets are the Motorola Droid Razr, Samsung Galaxy Nexus, and Samsung Stratosphere. There’s just one small condition: the promotion only applies…
Specs for the Samsung Galaxy S III, the rumored successor to one of the most popular Android devices to date, have been obtained by Boy Genius Report. Sources are reporting the upcoming device will feature a 1.5GHz quad-core Samsung Exynos processor, which is a faster clockspeed than my 13-inch MacBook Air. A spacious 4.8-inch 1080p HD display…