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Google is sending out a mass email letting customers know that the Nexus 4 will go on sale again today starting at Noon PST in the US. The handset went on sale earlier this month and sold out almost immediately. If you want to get your hands on the latest Nexus device from LG, you’ll…
A report in AllThingsD claims Apple has quietly fired Rich Williamson, head of the mapping team. This move was allegedly made by Eddy Cue, Senior Vice President of Internet Software and Services. Cue has taken over Apple’s Siri and Maps projects now that former iOS chief Scott Forstall has left the company. Apple’s Map application has been the…
HTC is pushing its flagship 5-inch phone in the US and Japan, but the handset may not land outside those two markets in the foreseeable future. According to a spokesperson for HTC Germany, HTC has no immediate plans to launch a handset like the DROID DNA or the J Butterfly in Europe. This statement diminishes…
China Telecom customers are about to get the iPhone 5, according to a report in the Global Times. Customer service staff from the carrier’s Beijing branch reportedly told the newspaper that the carrier is starting to take pre-orders for Apple’s latest iOS device. A launch date was not provided, but rumors suggest the handset will…
Sprint announced today that it is rolling out LTE to 11 new cities on the east coast and the mid-west. The lists of cities include: Anderson, Ind. Clarke County, Va./Jefferson County, W.Va. Harrisburg/Carlisle/Hershey, Pa. Hagerstown, Md./Martinsburg, W.Va. Harrisonburg, Va. Muncie, Ind. Peabody, Mass. Salina, Kan. Shenandoah County, Va. South Bend/Mishawaka, Ind. Winchester, Va. Sprint will…
A graphic from Geekologie shows the evolution of handset design from the early brick phones that weighed two pounds to the current crop of stylish black slabs. The two most striking changes I see are touchscreens, which revolutionized how we interact with our phones, and internal antenna technology which let designers get rid of that…
While other carriers like Verizon and AT&T roll out their LTE service, T-Mobile is expanding its HSPA+ network to include the iPhone-friendly 1900 MHz band. The areas with the expanded 1900 MHz coverage include: Central and Southern Arizona • Phoenix, including Tempe, Scottsdale, Glendale, Peoria, Paradise Valley, Surprise and Ahwatukee • Mesa, including Chandler and…
Samsung announced the Galaxy S III mini in October and now the pint-sized phone is available on Amazon. As spotted by Tech Crunch, the Galaxy S III Mini is available for $413 unlocked, which means it will work with both T-Mobile and AT&T with minimal configuration. The Galaxy S III mini is a scaled down…
Microsoft’s Kin devices will forever be known for their incredibly short shelf life. They debuted in early 2010 and the Redmond company killed them a mere 48 days later. An internal Microsoft video obtained by Wired suggests some folks inside of Microsoft knew what consumers would later find out about the Kin phones — that…
Google’s Nexus 4 handset sold out within an hours and shipments have been trickling out. Some of those early birds who received their Nexus 4 are toying with the device and some have already figured out how to root it. It’s not surprising as the Nexus 4 is a developer edition handset, which means it…