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Near Field Communication, or NFC, is expected to really take off in 2011, and rumor has it that the next iterations of the iPad and iPhone will accommodate NFC technology. The technology has recently been included in the Google Nexus S, but we’ve yet to see it in real action or in newer handsets. NFC…
Yesterday we learned that Huawei was suing Motorola for illegally transferring secrets to Nokia Siemens Network. When Nokia Siemens Network, or NSN, announced its purchase of the Motorola wireless business in July 2010, Motorola failed to respond to Huawei’s request for assurances that its technologies – which it shared with Motorola – would be protected.…
With all the major carriers beating their chests about their respective 4G networks, let’s not forget that MetroPCS has a super high speed broadband network of its own. Today, MetroPCS announced that it has added 4G LTE coverage in four new cities: Atlanta, Jacksonville, Miami and Orlando. All you folks in the big cities down…
Have you ever wished that you could just mount your iPhone onto a dock while shooting video and have it follow your every move around the room? It’s soon becoming a reality with the Satarii Star, a dock for your iPhone that includes a small module that you can hold or clip onto your shirt.…
Are you a huge Black Eyed Peas fan? Do you own an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch 4th gen? Love augmented reality? If you answered yes to any or all of those questions and you’re willing to fork over $2.99, you should check out the BEP360 app. Like the name suggests, the app gives you…
The iPhone and iPad had been relatively secure device – if we don’t count that huge exploit in which tens of thousands of e-mails were compromised via AT&T’s network – but they could still use a bit of work. So, Apple has employed former NSA analyst, David Rice, to help bolster security and give Apple…
Oh, look – some logos. It’s for the HTC Arrive and the Kyocera Echo, both said to be heading to Sprint. No, no handset details. Sorry, no images, either. Just logos. At least they’re pretty, right? The HTC Arrive is said to be a Windows Phone 7 handset, which would make it one of the…
After all the delays and speculation, it seems the Notion Ink Adam is very real and is shipping out to customers already. While many thought it was nothing more than vaporware, or perhaps even a scam, the images seem legitimate so far and customers are enthralled to have their Android tablets arrive. According to the…
Huawei is suing Motorola for the illegal transfer of Huawei’s intellectual property over to Nokia Siemens Network. In the summer of last year, Nokia Siemens Network acquired Motorola’s wireless network business, and possibly Huawei’s technologies as well. Since 2000, Huawei and Motorola had a working partnership “in the radio access network and core network businesses,…
The ever elusive white iPhone 4 has been making strange appearances in different retail systems lately, and now it looks like it’s up on AT&T’s online account manager, too. We initially thought that the ivory Apple smartphone would become available for Verizon since it was up on the carrier’s site the day it was announced.…