Hot off the news that Clearwire is losing a chairman, we’re hearing that Sprint may pour in another $200 million to assume the WiMax company’s debt. According to Forbes, the move will allow Sprint to maintain its 50% stake in the company. If you don’t know, Clearwire provides the WiMax infrastructure that powers the Sprint…
Apple iPad to nab 67% of tablet market in 2011
Despite the glut of competitors over the next 12 months, Caris & Co. research said the Apple iPad will still have a commanding market share in the tablet space in 2011. The report said that the Apple iPad will account for 67% of the market next year as Steve Jobs’ company still has a head…
Android tablet came preloaded with porn, ruins Christmas
Well, maybe Steve Jobs was right when he said that Android was for porn, as an odd story out of Illinois claims that a man purchased some Coby Android tablets for his daughter on Christmas and was shocked to see one of those devices preloaded with porn. I’m guessing it was this Kyros Android tablet…
Apple App Store to hit $2 billion in revenue next year
A new report from Citibank says that the Apple App Store will generate up to $2 billion in revenue from the App Store in 2011 and this move could help Steve Jobs’ company cement its lead with mobile developers. It’s an interesting estimate and there’s no clear word on if Citibank is also factoring in…
Samsung to show off 4.5-inch flexible AMOLED displays at CES
Well, this is quite exciting. Samsung Mobile Display said it will show off flexible 4.5-inch AMOLED displays at next week’s CES trade show. This paves the way for a variety of new form factors and gadgets. According to the release: Typically, flexible displays use plastic substrates instead of glass substrates because this helps the display…
China declares Skype illegal
It looks like China has made all Voice over Internet Protocol services that are not officially offered by government-run services like China Telecom and China Unicom illegal. That means that Skype and other VoIP services could be blocked from the country with the largest population. Making this illegal will enable the government to crack down…
Has the Clear iSpot been discontinued?
If you were hoping to get your hands on the Clear iSpot 4G hotspot, you’d better move fast because the device has reportedly been discontinued. Over at the forums, it says that the units in the retail stores will not be replenished. If you’ve already purchased a Clear iSpot 4G, the company will have units…
Quick Snap pulled from Apple App Store for using buttons
Here we go again. It looks like the Quick Snap iPhone photography app has been pulled from the App Store because it makes alternative use of the buttons on the Apple smartphone. We saw this same thing happen with the Camera+ app, as both programs enabled customers to use the volume rocker as a physical…
ViewSonic to show off Android 4G tablet/phone hybrid at CES
Next week’s CES show will bring a slew of tablets and ViewSonic will join the crowd by introducing a 4-inch Android tablet/phone hybrid, according to The Wall Street Journal. The device, which hasn’t been named yet, is supposed to be a 4-inch touchscreen display and it will run Android. I don’t know why that classifies…
Will Google become a phone carrier?
There’s an interesting article over at CNN which lays out the case for why Google could become your next phone carrier in the not-too-distant future. While many of the pieces are in place, I don’t see the search giant jumping into this space any time soon. First, we’ll talk about why Google could become a…