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The bean counters at Gartner have published their predictions for where the tablet market is heading. Before we look ahead though, let’s look at 2010. An estimated 17.6 million tablets shipped during that year, of which 83% of them were iPads. By the end of this year it’s estimated that 63.6 million tablets will ship,…
Cellular South, one of America’s smallest wireless operators with less than 1 million subscribers, is rumored to be rebranding themselves to “Personalized Wireless” on September 26th. There’s a video that goes through what the new operator will be offering using extremely vague terms. They even have a website with a countdown timer. Why the rebranding?…
Earlier this summer, to many people’s dismay, HP decided that they’re no longer going to make devices that run webOS. After seeing Palm come back from the dead and announce the original Pre back in January 2009, then watching them get swallowed up by HP in April 2010, and finally seeing them get killed earlier…
Sonim, a phone maker you might not be too familiar with, is an expert in making devices that are damn near apocalypse proof. They can withstand pretty much anything you throw at them, which is why they’re popular with soldiers, security personeel, and construction workers. Those folks need devices that take a beating and last…
Verizon Wireless is unstoppable. After turning on 4G LTE coverage in 26 new markets last week, today they’re announcing that 21 additional markets are going to go live on the 20th of October. See the full list below. Their goal is to be in 175 markets by the end of the year, which is impressive…
There’s a saying that goes something like “loose lips sink ships”. It was born during World War II when paranoia about the enemy was running high and it basically told soldiers to keep their traps shut whenever they’re talking in public. Joe Marini, who was the principal program manager for the Windows Phone web team,…
Earlier this year, January to be precise, the California Supreme Court made a ruling that “legalized the warrantless search of cell phones during an arrest, regardless of whether the information on the phone is relevant to the arrest or if criminal charges are ever filed.” Those are the words of California Senator Mark Leno (pictured…
South Korean handset vendor Samsung released a new operating system in 2009 called Bada. The best way we can describe the OS is to imagine what Android looks like, but slapped upside the head with an ugly stick. That’s not the say that Bada hasn’t sold well. According to the bean counters at Gartner, 1.9%…
Yesterday we brought you news of a rumor that said HTC is currently in the process of working on an Intel based Android device that they’ll bring out in early 2012. That news item was automatically sent to Twitter, it caught the attention of Eldar Murtazin, the famous Editor of Mobile-Review, and he’s now revealed…
HTC has been sending out members of the UK press an invite for a “press conference and party” that’s due to take place on the 6th of October in London. There’s no fancy photo invitation like the one HTC sent out for their event that’s going to be starting later today in New York City,…