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LG announced its Q4 2010 and Fiscal Year 2010 earnings and the results for its handset division were discouraging. For FY 2010, LG posted an operating loss of 658 billion Korean won (US$587 million) and sales dropped 24.9% from 2009. LG missed its 2010 handset shipment goal by a margin of 23 million units, shipping…
An email sent to PhoneScoop from Verizon Wireless confirms its 4G LTE modems will finally receive Mac support in February. The two modems, one from LTE and one from Pantech, caused a stir when they launched with support only for Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7. During its December LTE launch, Verizon confirmed its modems…
Thanks to some clever hacking by the folks over at xda-developers, owners of a Windows Phone-powered HTC handset may be able to setup USB tethering on their phone. The hack uses a USB modem driver ported from Android and requires you to know your carriers APN and connection settings. You also have to have an…
Circulating reports from owners of the Verizon Fascinate, a Galaxy S handset, suggest the latest over-the-air update has disabled the Emergency calling feature in a handset that is locked using a pattern. This glitch does not effect day-to-day operation of the phone but it would have an impact in an emergency situation. Samsung has responded to…
Speaking to the Wall Street Journal, Verizon COO Lowell McAdam confirmed that the Verizon iPhone will be offered with an unlimited data plan costing $30 per month. This move by Verizon is designed to entice AT&T customers who, unless they are grandfathered into an unlimited plan, can only choose from data plans that limit usage…
HeyTell is a walkie-talkie application developed for Android and iOS. The App was developed by Steven Hugg and Jen Harvey, a husband and wife team, that left their jobs to work on a voice-based application under the company name of Voxilate. Rather than select a voice or video chat tool like Skype or Tango, the…
Leaked documentation from Verizon Wireless suggests the wireless carrier is once again updating its data plans for both feature phones and smartphones. The changes will hit casual smartphone users the hardest as Verizon is apparently removing the cheaper $15 option that provides 150 MB of data. Verizon is going back to its original data pricing…
The Chevron WP7 team recently met with Microsoft to discuss Windows Phone 7 and homebrew development. The team came back from two full days of meetings with a renewed enthusiasm for Microsoft’s mobile platform. As part of this series of meetings and presentations, they were given a sneak peek into the upcoming roadmap for Windows…
Apple surpassed its 10 billion App Store downloads today and awarded its $10,000 iTunes gift card to Gail Davis of Orpington, Kent, UK. The mother of two teenagers, Davis won with the download of the free Paper Glider app which was closed the contest at 9.30AM UK time, or 1.30AM PST/4.30AM EST. The app was…
A leaked Best Buy document suggests the Motorola XOOM will launch at Best Buy on February 17th. This is the first time that we have seen a date mentioned for the launch of this highly anticipated tablet, other that the broad Q1 2011 mentioned by Motorola during the official unveiling of this tablet device. According…