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It’s Father’s Day weekend and if you find yourself without a gift for Dad, here are a few last-minute suggestions to help get you started. In the list below, you will find phones, accessories and digital gifts that are quick and easy to buy. Check out the suggestions and add any of your own in the…
ABI Research looked at smartphone shipments for Q1 2012 and confirmed what we already knew — Apple and Samsung are the big winners in the smartphone market. According to ABI, Samsung sold 43 million smartphones in the quarter, while Apple sold 35 million iPhones. Combined, the two companies grabbed 55 percent of global smartphone shipments…
Earlier this year, T-Mobile confirmed that it’s spending $4 billion to upgrade 37,000 cell sites and install LTE release 10 capable equipment to form the backbone of its 4G network. Now, Dave Mayo, senior vice president of technology at T-Mobile, provides details on T-Mobile’s updated LTE rollout schedule. Mayo confirms the carrier expects to start…
Samsung’s official global blog has a fascinating story about the company’s research and development team and its work on the Galaxy S III. Details on the project were deliberately kept under wraps to prevent leaks that would taint the announcement of the project. In a very Apple-like manner, the Korean manufacturer forbid its engineers to talk…
Kobo’s Vox eReader is getting a sweet update that brings the full Google Play store to the Android-powered device. Customers who apply the upcoming update will be able to download apps from Android’s full catalog as well as music and movies from Google Play. Kobo users will also get to enjoy other Google services like…
A lot of the big handset manufactures like Nokia, Motorola and LG offer both high-end smartphone for tech savvy consumers and low-end feature phones that appeal to new customers and those in emerging markets. The biggest exception is HTC, which has focused squarely on the mid-to-high-end range. Despite its slow downward slide, this business strategy…
Earlier this year, Verizon announced that it will be switching to shared data plans and now the wireless carrier has unveiled the pricing for these data-centric plans. The pricing scheme is much different from traditional voice-driven plans and require you to start by choosing a data allotment and then adding your devices. Data buckets, called…
As part of its WWDC kickoff, Apple announced the winners of the 2012 Apple Design Awards. This annual competition highlights professional and student developers who created top-tier apps for the iPhone, iPad, and Mac. The list of winners for 2012 includes: iPhone Awards Jetpack Joyride National Parks by National Geographic Where’s my Water? iPad Awards…
Apple unveiled all of the latest and greatest features of iOS 6 today at WWDC and most people will be more than pleased with the additions. From Siri updates to the new Maps application, the latest update for iOS is definitely something to look forward to. We’ll walk you through each new or updated feature…
If you want to watch Apple’s WWDC keynote and not just read about it, then point your browser to Apple’s event website. The full WWDC presentation can be streamed to anyone using a Mac with OS X Snow Leopard or Lion, Mobile Safari on iOS 3 or later, or QuickTime 7 on Windows. There’s not…