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Apple has successfully kept Samsung from selling its Galaxy Tab 10.1, the latest Android tablet from the South Korean manufacturer, in Australia. The two companies have been in the throes of legal battle for a few months now in several different countries. Apple decided to escalate its case against Samsung, and the latter relented and…
We mentioned two days ago that the DROID Bionic might be coming this September, and Motorola CEO Sanjay Jha confirmed it yesterday during Motorola’s Q2 earnings call. The DROID Bionic will be coming to Verizon some time this September, so those who have been waiting for it since CES won’t have to sit around watching…
Google has updated the Gmail app for Android, and some of the new features might help improve your battery life. The Gmail update allows users to download priority e-mails first, so that the app fetches fewer messages and uses less data, thus using less battery life. As we all know, Android can use all the…
The iPhone has the best battery life I’ve ever seen in a modern smartphone, especially the iPhone 4. I can go almost two whole days under heavy use before I have to plug it into its charger. However, I’ve learned that some of my friends and acquaintances aren’t seeing the same results. If you’d like…
Sprint has just posted its second quarter figures, and it shows that its attractive plans and growing portfolio of high-end smartphones has done wonders. Sprint says that it has posted its “best ever” postpaid churn. It’s quite a turnaround considering the fact that Sprint had been bleeding customers just three years ago. Here are some…
For years, we’ve been hearing about cheaper versions of the iPhone to be released along with the usual, $200-300 models. And, for the most part, it has been happening: previous model prices are slashed and released along with their newer counterparts (i.e. the iPhone 3G when the 3GS was released, and the 3GS when the…
Sprint is one of my favorite wireless carriers in the U.S., and it has an excellent selection of smartphones. It all started with the HTC EVO 4G, which was the first 4G WiMax device for Sprint. It was also a beast of a phone with a four-plus-inch screen and a 1GHz processor running Google’s Android…
We caught our first glimpse of the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc at CES 2011, and I remember thinking, “Finally! A decent Android device from Sony Ericsson, and hopefully it won’t take ages to hit the market.” A short seven months later and it’s going to hit U.S. customers. This August, you can grab the Xperia…
The DROID Bionic was a hot announcement during CES, and we really couldn’t wait to get our hands on one. However, we didn’t realize that the spec-packed Android handset would take several months to hit the market. We’re now hearing that the DROID Bionic isn’t going to arrive until early September – what gives? Droid-Life…
The HTC EVO 3D has been quite a hit for Sprint in the U.S., but it looks like Vodafone UK users won’t ever know the pleasure. AndroidCommunity was able to confirm with Vodafone that delays in availability have ultimately cost HTC its place with the carrier. Speaking to a Vodafone spokesperson today, Android Community was…