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There was once a time when I was reluctant to purchase anything on eBay because I was afraid of having my payment information, identity and life stolen. Of course, that was over a decade ago and things have changed since then. Eventually, it involved into a fear of purchasing things using my smartphone, but according…
Android is huge. There is no doubt that it will cement itself as the most prolific mobile operating system out there, even if for no other reason than its availablity on innumerable handsets and carriers. Not surprisingly, David Lawee, vice president of corporate development says that picking up Android Inc. was the “best deal ever.”…
Sprint CEO Dan Hesse has said that Sprint will eventually shut down iDen (which it picked up with Nextel in 2004), and I’m guessing a good chunk of people might be a little annoyed by that. Hesse says that fewer customers are being added to the iDen network and more onto its CDMA network, so…
Verizon is hitting hard with its LTE or 4G rollout starting in West Virginia at the end of this year. We mentioned earlier that Charleston would be the first city to see coverage, but Verizon has announced a slightly more detailed plan in its LTE rollout efforts. Charleston will receive partial coverage at the end…
Android has been a double-edged sword for Sprint over the summer. As the carrier picked up 644,000 new subscribers thanks largely to devices like the HTC EVO 4G and Samsung Epic 4G, it also managed to lose a good chunk of change due to the Android platform and its upgrade costs. More than half of…
For as long as I can remember, gaming nerds have been hoping for a PlayStation phone. After all, Windows Phone 7 is appeasing Xbox users, and the iPhone has a number of excellent games. Now, it looks like PlayStation fans are going to get a little loving, too. What you see above, as the controller…
Sprint is launching WiMax in New York City next week, which is one of its biggest markets to date. Its 4G network will cover all five boroughs, from the Bronx all the way down to Staten Island and everywhere in between. However, coverage will vary dramatically even from street to street and depending on the…
The CherryPad, a cheap, sub-$200 Android tablet, was turning heads for being able to deliver the Android experience at such a low price. Folks jumped right on it and were waiting for the CherryPad tablet to start shipping in early to mid-October. Well, it’s almost Halloween and the CherryPad still hasn’t shipped out. What gives?…
PayPal is making a very big push in mobile payments today with a number of announcements, and one is a partnership with VeriFone. The two are teaming up as VeriFone becomes the first to partner with PayPal for mobile payments, and will join the dev ecosystem for the development of new apps. According to PayPal:…
SK Telekom, the largest mobile phone operator in South Korea (and formerly part of that sweet joint venture with Earthlink, Helio), is going to be building its own mobile platform. The idea is to create music, messaging and social networking apps that will give companies like Facebook and Apple a run for their money. The…