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Google recently posted an entry to their “Official Google Mobile Blog” detailing the new features in their updated version of the Google Search app. For some strange reason they pulled the post, but luckily for us it was cached by our RSS reader. See the screenshot below for the full text. Anyway, here’s what’s new:…
Companies file trademarks for products or gimmicky marketing terms all the time. Whether or not they actually use said trademark is for them to decide. HTC recently filed one such trademark for “CLOSECONNECT”, which according to the description below is nothing more than a fancy way of saying NFC or Near Field Communications. Considering HTC…
Chinese infrastructure vendor and handset maker Huawei has just achieved an impressive world first. Their new USB modem, dubbed the E392, is capable of connecting to both versions of LTE, FDD and TDD, as well as being able to support both GSM and CDMA networks. Pricing hasn’t been announced, but it’s going to be available…
When you think about where the world’s advanced wireless networks are, countries that come to mind are Japan, South Korea, and Sweden, but have you ever considered Australia? Telstra, the largest operator in a nation that’s ridiculously competitive, was the first in the world to launch a 42 Mbps HSPA+ network and have said that…
LG’s a handset maker we typically don’t associate with quality here at IntoMobile; they’ve always been the forgotten stepchild of Samsung, South Korea’s real gem and beacon of innovation. Sure, LG was the first to market with a dual core smartphone, the Optimus 2X, but it turned out to be so buggy and unstable at…
Every time a new Android phone comes out, odds are there’s a Qualcomm chip inside. Whenever we cover said new device, we say things like “the HTC Thunderbolt packs the Qualcomm MSM8655”, which means absolutely nothing to you until we run some benchmarks and compare it to what else is out on the market. Last…
Samsung, who many of you know for their mobile phones, is also one of the world’s leading suppliers of components. It’s highly likely that there are several chips in your current smartphone that bear the South Korean company’s logo. In fact, Apple is one of Samsung’s largest customers! Looking to expand their business, Samsung has…
Back in the summer of 2010, Nokia Siemens Networks announced that they would blow about $1.2 billion to acquire Motorola’s infrastructure division. As part of that deal, they took onboard roughly 6,900 employees. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that there were likely several redundant positions, which is why the recent news…
Nokia’s highly controversial N9 is due to come out during the fall, but putting an exact date on the launch has been rather difficult … until now that is. Nokia Sweden has put up a page with a countdown timer that’s set to expire on September 23rd at 10:00 local time. Could this be when…
OmniVision, makers of camera sensors that can be found in numerous smartphones, including Apple’s iPhone, has just announced a new product. The OV8850 (who comes up with these names?) is the company’s first sensor to use their 1.1 micron pixel sized second generation backside illumination technology, which is a fancy way of saying that more…