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The International Trade Commission ruled in favor of Apple yesterday when it found that HTC infringes on one of Apple’s patents in the US. The regulatory body instituted a ban that will go into effect in April 2012. Instead of decrying the decision, the handset maker seemed please with the overall ruling. HTC points out…
AT&T announced today that it will no longer pursue its acquisition of T-Mobile US. The wireless carrier faced an uphill battle after both the Department of Justice and the Federal Communications Commission opposed the deal. Rather than throw more money at a losing cause, AT&T will pay Deutsche Telecom a $4 billion fee and walk away from the deal. After…
The folks at Yamaha figured out a way to get Siri to play a Disklavier player piano. Siri can select a song from the user’s iTunes library (which was likely stocked with songs appropriate for the piano) and stop and start playback of the tune . According to Jim Dalrymple of The Loop, Siri sends a…
AT&T just announced that it’s ending its bid to acquire T-Mobile. AT&T has been working on the merger, but has faced stiff opposition from the DOJ and the FCC. Instead of dumping more cash into fighting this legal battle, AT&T has thrown in the towel. Here is the salient passage from the press release explaining…
CooTek been’s making keyboards for several years now. Its the company behind TouchPal, a popular keyboard alternative for Android phones. CooTek recently expanded its portfolio by releasing a keyboard tailor-made for Android tablets. I’ve been playing around with the tablet version on a 7-inch Acer Iconia tablet and love what I am seeing. What I like most about the keyboard…
Mobile video is about to explode in the upcoming year. According to Cisco, video accounts for 52 percent of all mobile data and will rise to 66 percent by 2013. With video conferencing, YouTube and Netflix, this figure isn’t surprising. What is surprising is that companies are doing remarkably little to help wireless carriers balance this consumption. Without some balance, this increase in…
The highly anticipated, Verizon Wireless Galaxy Nexus goes on sale today. It’s the first Android handset to ship with Android 4.0 Ice cream sandwich. It’s a monster of a phone with a spacious 4.65-inch touchscreen display and 1.2 GHz dual-core processor. If you’re buying one, here’s a list of locations for you to comparison shop.…
This is it folks. Today is the tenth and final day of the big 10-cent Android app sale. Here is the list for day 10: Camera Zoom FX Color and Draw for Kids Shine Runner Puffle Launch Sentinel 3 Apparatus Star Chart Talking Ben The Dog Heavy Gunner 3D TileStorm HD Hope you enjoyed the…
Right on time, the Galaxy Nexus made its debut on Verizon Wireless’ website. The monster of a phone is available online for $299 with a two-year contract or $649 without a contract. Overnight shipping is thrown in for free. If you must have the handset today, then you will have to scope out your local Verizon Wireless…
Verizon Wireless kicked off the day with a press release, but it’s not the Galaxy Nexus announcement everyone wants. Instead, the wireless carrier confirmed the launch of the white Droid Razr. The white Razr will go on sale in stores and online tomorrow for a pricey $300. To entice people to buy, Verizon is offering a package deal…