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The Nexus 4 has been one of the hardest Nexus devices to buy. It sold out quickly when it first debuted late last year and has been in and out stock since then. As notice by Android Community, the Nexus 4 is now available on T-Mobile’s website. I’m not sure when it became available and when it…
According to a report in TechCrunch, both the official 500px app and the third-party ISO500 app were pulled from the iOS App Store because they violated App Store rules surrounding pornography. 500px is a popular photo sharing service catering to professional photographers and artists. The accompanying iOS app has been in the App Store for well over a year…
AT&T announced today that it intends to buy regional wireless carrier Alltel for $780 million. As part of the deal, AT&T will receive Alltel’s 585,000 subscribers and the carrier’s assets including its retail stores, wireless licenses and networking infrastructure. This purchase will boost AT&T’s coverage in rural areas that are covered by Alltel, These areas…
Verizon released its quarterly and yearly earnings for 2012, and it was another strong performance for the wireless division. In the quarter, Verizon Wireless added 2.2 million retail net customers, of which 2.1M were lucrative retail postpaid connections. The carrier now boasts of 98.2 million total retail connections, the bulk of which (92.5M) are postpaid.…
Ahead of its big BlackBerry 10 launch, RIM has rebranded its BlackBerry App World store to BlackBerry World. The loss of the term “App” in the name reflects an underlying change to the store, as it soon will be home to apps, videos and music. RIM claims the store will be “the one-stop shop for…
RIM CEO Thorsten Heins talked to German daily newspaper Die Welt about RIM’s future plans after it launches BlackBerry 10. According to the interview, all things are on the table including a sale of RIM’s hardware division and the possible licensing of its software. Heins isn’t in any rush to ditch the hardware division, but…
Straight from Apple’s supply chain is a wild rumor that suggests Apple is working on a new iPhone model. Previous rumors claim that Apple has a less expensive iPhone mini in the works, while the latest one ups the ante with the idea that Apple is working on an oversized phone. The unsubstantiated report in…
Samsung is known for its snarky ads that poke fun at its competitors. Though it’s not mentioned by name, Samsung’s latest ad takes pot shots at RIM and its business-oriented handsets. There’s also some underlying storyline about developing the next hit game called the Unicorn Apocalypse. RIM is garnering a lot of attention for its…
Samsung is thought to be working on a successor to the successful Galaxy S II handset. The S IV is at the end of development and may be announced something this spring. The most recent details about the handset, grabbed from Antutu Benchmarks, suggest it may have an Exynos 5 Octa processor clocked at 1.8GHz and…
LG’s Optimus G was a solid offering from the South Korean manufacturer and the company may be looking to build on this success with the upcoming Optimus G Pro. According to a leaked slide provided to Engadget and earlier information from Blog of Mobile, the Optimus G Pro may include a 5-inch display with 1080P…