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Samsung and Boost Mobile announced the Samsung Transform Ultra, which resembles the Samsung Transform for Sprint, an Android 2.3 Gingerbread smartphone coming on October 7 for $229.99. It might sound pricey for an Android smartphone, but the deal is that you get a decent and capable handset without the stress of a contract. It’s not…
The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 4G LTE for Verizon is getting an update, but before you go celebrating like it’s Christmas in the summer, it’s just a minor one. Still, the bug fixes and other tweaks should make the end user experience much more pleasant. The update will be available OTA, or over-the-air, and will…
Sprint announced the LG Marquee, a $99 Android smartphone, with plans to launch the device in partnership with MADE, formally known as M·A·C & Milk, during MADE Fashion Week in New York City. But if you think that Sprint and LG skimped on the goods because it’s a phone associated with fashion, think again. The LG…
You might have been thinking, “What happens to Apple’s lawsuits against Motorola and its patent infringements now that Google is taking over?” Good question! Apple has decided to file motions to stay its two patent lawsuits against Motorola, stating that the DROID maker has ceded control of its patents over to Google. According to Ars…
We’d all hoped that the iPhone 5 would be released this past summer, but since June blew right by without a successor to the iPhone 4, anticipation for it seems to be rocketing. However, it doesn’t seem to be hurting the current iPhone, as it is still the best-selling smartphone in the world–an astounding feat…
Mobile payments. We hear the phrase thrown around all the time, but what does it mean? Do you tap your phone on a sensor and magically pay for your coffee? Or do you attach some kind of doohickey to an iPad and have someone swipe a credit card through it? Or do you scan a…
After some serious market research, HTC has just concluded that the iPhone is officially uncool. The distinct design, quality materials and fluid OS just doesn’t cut it anymore in a world of 4.5-inch, 1-point-plus-gigahertz Android clones. Now that the iPhone has penetrated high and low-end markets, and has crossed most demographic lines, its saturation has…
Windows Phone users on AT&T have a lot to look forward to this fall. With the coming of Windows Phone 7.5, also known as Mango, the carrier plans to update its current WP7 portfolio of handsets to the new software version. Additionally, it will be launching three new Windows Phone 7 handsets: HTC Titan, Samsung…
HTC, maker of some of the most popular Android smartphones and designer of Sense UI, is considering purchasing its own mobile OS. No hard decisions have been made, but it is interesting that it is under consideration, especially with the ease with which Android can be slapped onto any of its future smartphones. (Of course,…
Apple and Samsung have been in a legal tussle for quite some time now, but it looks like Apple still has the advantage as the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 has been banned from sale in Germany. A German court recently decided to uphold its temporary ban on the Android tablet set last month. But that’s…