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T-Mobile had a rough fourth quarter as it lost a total of 23,000 customers but its strong growth with smartphones and rollout of its HSPA+ 4G network are positive signs for the fourth-largest carrier. T-Mobile is firmly in fourth place in terms of customers, as it has 33.73 million subscribers. Not all carrier losses are…
We’ve been loving the web-based version of the Android Market and we’re happy to see that Google has added e-books to the online market. This could be a sign that music and movies are the next dominoes to fall. The e-books in the Android Market online are quick and easy to find and clicking on…
The popular photo-sharing service Instagram has just opened up a real-time API, so we can look forward to a new generation of apps which put photos front and center. On its blog, the company breaks down the benefits of the Instagram real-time API and it says the main advantages are: 1) Users of the developer’s…
While Apple’s tablet is going to face some stiff competition in 2011, a new report from ABI shows that the iPad remained the king of this market in the third quarter of 2010 by capturing 93% of the field. The report said that there were 4.5 million units sold from the period that ABI monitored…
It looks like Apple iPhone and iPad owners can look forward to an update of the software soon, as reports suggest that iOS 4.3 is ready for its gold master release and it should be widely available next week. The report comes from spies who talked to BGR and these people said the finalized code…
Sprint and LightSquared are reportedly in talks about a networking agreement and this could mean that the nation’s third-largest carrier could be moving away from Clearwire and WiMax as its choice of technology for 4G services. A Bloomberg article says that the Sprint, LightSquared negotiations would help LightSquared roll out its infrastructure quicker. As you…
In the “not a surprise” category, the human-powered mobile search company ChaCha is suing HTC because its latest “Facebook Phone” is also being called the ChaCha. It seems like a pretty clear-cut case, as the search engine has the trademark to ChaCha in the United States and Europe while the HTC Facebook phone was just…
Motorola has invested in the cloud content-delivery service Catch Media and the move should help it increase its cloud services on its devices. According to Motorola, Catch Media is an expert at technology which enables manufacturers and carriers to “offer their customers legal and convenient access to their digital content from disparate devices.” That “Instant…
If you went ahead and picked up the Samsung Galaxy S 4G today, you’ll be happy to know that you can buy content from the Media Hub without having to enter any credit card information. That’s right, the Media Hub will support carrier billing with T-Mobile. That’s actually a pretty big deal, as making it…
We all know that Google Android activations are on a rocket ship to the moon – the recent Mobile World Congress show was heavily focused on the little, green robot – but the video shows you exactly how impressive the Google Android activations have been. I remember when Google first introduced the mobile platform in…