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Sprint’s 4G LTE landing page has few goodies for us today- a sneak peek at the LG Viper and a confirmation of the Sprint Galaxy Nexus. As expected, the flagship Android 4.0 handset will land on the CDMA carrier at an undisclosed date in the future. The 4G LTE landing page will let you sign-up…
LG took to the stage at CES and detailed the LG Spectrum for Verizon Wireless. The spectrum will replace the Revolution, LG’s first LTE handset which was introduced a year ago at CES 2011. The Spectrum ups the specs with: 4.5-inch True HD IPS display, 1.5GHz dual-core Snapdragon S3 processor 8MP rear camera with 1080p…
USB 3.0 ports are going to get thinner and land in mobile devices by the end of the year. These ports will let customers transfer files at speeds faster (up to 100 megabytes per second) and charge their device more rapidly than current USB 2.0 ports. Laptop ports will also get an overhaul as the size of current USB ports is making it difficult to produce ultra-thin notebooks. The USB…
Online video website Vimeo is making the jump to mobile with a new application that’ll let you upload, watch and share videos using your mobile phone. It’s a combination of improved camera sensors and 4G LTE connectivity that makes this step a timely one for the video website. Mobile phones now account for about 15 percent of Vimeo’s site traffic, says Joe Schmitt, Vimeo’s lead mobile developer. The company doesn’t go into the…
Microsoft announced on its Windows Phone blog that it will no longer update its Where’s My Phone Update? web site. The site was the place to go to find out about specific updates for individual phones and carriers. Instead of posting info to Where’s My Phone Update?, Microsoft will post news to its Windows Phone blog and it won’t be posting…
If we’re ever going to get an A5 jaibreak, it’s going to be now. After working for months and making great progress, pod2g has assembled a dream team of iOS developers to help him finish the jailbreak for A5 devices like the iPad 2 and iPhone 4S. He will be working with some of the…
We’ve been waiting for the 802.11n successor to arrive, and today Broadcom finally made it official. The global semiconductor company announced the first series of IEEE 802.11ac chips based on the 5th generation of Wi-Fi technology. This 5G Wi-Fi, which should not be confused with cellular 3G or 4G, is three times faster and six…
I have a friend who’s not very tech savvy. She not on any social network and doesn’t use a computer all that much. Ironically, she’s now at the forefront of mobile technology because she doesn’t use cash. Her paychecks are direct deposited, she uses debit or credit cards for purchases, and she makes most of her payments online. Now that…
Wal-Mart jumped into mobile commerce when it formed WalmartLabs, a division of the company that tests new mobile and social products. This incubator just got bigger thanks to its recent acquisition of Small Society, an iOS app development firm with several recognizable clients like Starbucks, Zipcar and Whole Foods. Small Society will work with the…
We’re all looking forward to new hardware when the Consumer Electronics show starts next week, but don’t expect all the big mobile companies to unveil their flagship products. According to an investor note from JP Morgan Chase analyst Alvin Kwok, HTC will withhold its NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core handsets and announce them at MWC in…