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MetroPCS has turned on its 4G LTE service in the San Francisco area and users will now be able to get next-generation mobile data without a contract. MetroPCS offers 4G LTE service for as little as $55 with voice and texting service and that’s significantly cheaper than some of the competitors. This also includes taxes…
Samsung is showing off its next-generation LCD-TFT displays and the Super PLS technology promises brighter pictures and better viewing angles. The Samsung Super PLS (Plane to Lane Switching) screens are supposed to offer 10 times the viewing angles of IPS displays and a whopping 100 times the viewing angle. These types of screens are also…
Google is preparing its e-book service to go against Amazon Kindle and Apple iBooks and the search giant says its Google Editions service will be more “open” than its competitors. Google Editions will be more open than the competitors by enabling users to purchase books from multiple sources, as well as read it on various…
We’re all pretty excited about the upcoming PlayStation Phone and now a tech blog out of Greece has some supposed spy footage of the device in action. As you can see from the video below, the device in question could definitely be a PlayStation Phone made by Sony Ericsson because it kind of looks like…
We knew that Motorola would spin off its mobile division into an independent company in early 2011 but the company has finally given a date for the Motorola split: January 4, 2011. According to the company, the Motorola split will entail: The distribution will be made prior to the market open on Jan. 4, 2011…
If you’re a mobile music fan with an Android phone, then you probably already know doubleTwist and its multimedia syncing software. Well, the company is taking it up a notch and offering wireless syncing of your music, playlists, photos and videos. To get the wireless syncing, dubbed AirSync, you have to download the free doubleTwist…
Where should you go for a high-end tablet? No, you shouldn’t go to TJ Maxx, you should head over to Office Depot to pick up the ViewSonic G tablet because this Android-powered device looks pretty powerful. How powerful? Well, the ViewSonic G Android tablet is powered by the Tegra 2 processor, which has performed quite…
The Federal Communications Commission voted 5-0 to write rules which will eventually take away spectrum from major broadcasters in order to allocate more airwaves for mobile broadband. This is part of the long-term plan by the FCC to avoid a crunch – as more and more people use mobile devices to get on line, there…
We had heard that Richard Branson’s Virgin was set to launch an iPad-specific magazine and the “Project” app has launched and we’re pleasantly surprised with it. You can download the app here and it’s free to download the reader, but you’ll have to pay $2.99 for the magazine itself. I plunked down the cash for…
LG Display is teaming with QD Vision to work on the next generation of displays and the so-called QLED (quantum dot LED) screens promise to offer brighter colors while using less energy. While LG did not explicitly say what types of devices would use the new QLED screens, it would make a lot of sense…