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Last week, Samsung announced it was holding an event in mid-August to announce a new Galaxy device. Today, BGR chimed in with a post that claims the Korean manufacturer will introduce the Galaxy Note II. Though the source spoke anonymously and provided no confirmation, the Galaxy Note II is a possible candidate. The original tablet…
All you cellphone owners who sleep with their handset next to them in bed should take a closer look at the SAR infographic below from tawkon. Tawkon produces a free app for Android that alerts you when the radiation level of your phone climbs to dangerous levels. According to tawkon, the Samsung Galaxy S III…
Samsung is circulating an email asking us to join them on August 15 for a “major announcement and unveiling of the newest Galaxy device.” The invite didn’t give any hints about the device, but logic dictates that it could be a new version of the Galaxy Tab or possibly even the Note 2. We will…
HTC spoke to The Verge and spelled out its plans for bringing Jelly Bean to some of its phones. Though its didn’t address the fate of older models, the handset maker did confirm that Jelly Bean is coming to the One series handsets. We know HTC fans are excited to get their hands on Google’s…
The Wall Street Journal has an interesting article about the sad state of Nokia. We’ve all heard the tale of how the Finnish handset maker is struggling, but what’s interesting about the WSJ piece is its focus on Nokia’s shining past. Speaking with Frank Nuovo, the former chief designer at Nokia, the WSJ talks about…
Verizon reported its quarterly earnings Thursday morning and everything is up, up, up for the company. Verizon saw a 7.3 percent year-over-year increase in service revenues to $15.8 billion, an 8.6 percent year-over-year increase in retail service revenues to $15.2 billion and an 18.5 percent increase in data revenues. Data revenues now represent 43.6 percent of…
Verizon announced another 4G network expansion today and increased its LTE coverage to blanket 337 markets in the US. Starting July 19, the carrier will add LTE coverage to 33 new markets which includes: El Dorado/Magnolia and Russellville, Ark. New London County, Conn. Fort Pierce/Vero Beach and Melbourne/Titusville, Fla. Columbus and Rome, Ga. Burley, Id.…
AT&T announced its shared data plans Wednesday morning and the plans are very similar to what Verizon has to offer. Just like Verizon, AT&T’s plans let customers can pick from a bucket of data that starts at 1GB for $40 per month. The plans then jump up to 4GB for $70, 6GB for $90, 10…
A group of Finnish engineers want to improve indoor mapping by analyzing local disturbances in the Earth’s magnetic field. The technology behind the idea is similar to the way spiny lobsters and homing pigeons navigate, says a report in Phys.org. It takes advantage of the fact that buildings create disturbances and fluctuations in the Earth’s…
Yesterday, the New York Times penned an article about the mini iPad and chimed in with its own sources who, speaking anonymously, confirmed the existence of the 7-inch tablet. While most of the tech world focused on the possibility of a smaller iPad, a few sources picked up on another leak in the article that…