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T-Mobile is reportedly boosting the performance of its LTE network by adding more antennas soon, according to a report from GigaOM. T-Mobile will be utilizing 4×2 MIMO antenna technology to boost its network, which will double the number of antennas, as well as data transmission paths for LTE data. The rollout is expected to take…
The HTC One Mini has been making its rounds through the rumor mill for some time now, but we still have not heard any official news of the device being a reality. Some new photos have leaked today, showing the HTC One Mini in the flesh. And it looks, unsurprisingly, like a baby HTC One.…
Last month, BlackBerry had announced that its popular BlackBerry Messenger app would be coming to iOS and Android this summer, but provided no official date for the rollout of the app. Today a tweet has surfaced, showing an iPhone running the BBM app and claiming a June 27th release date. The app will only support…
Toshiba is revamping its Excite tablet line, with the introduction yesterday of three new tablets running on Android 4.2 and utilizing NVIDIA’s Tegra chips. The three tablets, named Excite Write, Excite Pro and Excite Pure, have similar features at varying price points. The Excite Pure comes in on the lower level of the spectrum, offering…
Google has updated its YouTube for Android app today, bringing with it bugfixes and a new video suggestion system. The update also expands the slide-out drawer feature, bringing new animations and the ability to pull up the side panel app wide. Here’s the changelog from the Google Play Store: Open the guide from anywhere in…
HTC has been facing some tumultuous times as of late. The HTC One was slow to roll out to customers, and another COO stepped down today. But HTC’s May monthly sales report points to an upswing in sales for the company, which grew by 48 percent in May when compared to the April sales figures.…
2013 has been an interesting year for celebrities and mobile companies. BlackBerry scooped up Alicia Keys for its creative director, and Jennifer Lopez is backing Verizon’s new Viva Movil. Now the New York Post is reporting that the blinged-out Samsung will be striking a $20 Million deal with the CEO of the R-O-C, Jay-Z. “The…
The portable Android Gaming devices are coming! With the release of NVIDIA’s SHIELD just around the corner, another player in the portable gaming realm is stepping up. The Wikipad, a 7 inch tablet that touts an interchangeable game controller will be available on June 11th for $249 in the U.S., with a U.K. and global…
Last week, Google announced that it would be bringing a new version of Gmail to desktop, Android and iOS users, and that update is starting to show up for some users in the Google Play Store. Google had mentioned that the rollout would be a slow one, so it could still take some time to…
T-Mobile HTC One owners are receiving a mysterious system update today, that is reported to bring improvements to the capacitive buttons on the device. It is still unclear exactly what this update is bringing to the HTC One, and exactly how big in size the update is. The update brings the HTC One to version…