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Well, we hate to say “we told you so” but it looks like Verizon will be changing its upgrade discount policy right before it releases the Apple iPhone 4. The Wall Street Jounal is confirming that Big Red will be ending its “New Every Two” plan, which provides steep discounts on new phones for users…
In another sign that the mobile space is going to be the future of reporting, Reuters is reporting AMD CEO Dirk Meyer is departing because the board wasn’t happy with his vision for the chip maker in the increasingly-competitive mobile segments. AMD CEO Dirk Meyer resigned a few days ago and reports are surfacing that…
I’m sure you’ve heard that the Verizon iPhone 4 will be be hitting the streets Feb. 10 and at least one analyst believes that the marketing push this receives from Big Red will hurt Android. Analyst Shaw Wu said that the Verizon iPhone 4 will be the first “true test” for Android because Big Red…
You may be thinking that the Verizon iPhone 4 would make AT&t very, very nervous but the nation’s second-largest carrier is saying that it will be fine without exclusivity of Apple’s smartphone. “We are ready for it,” AT&T CEO Ralph de la Vega said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal. “The short- and…
So, you may have heard that the Verizon iPhone 4 will be coming out in a few weeks. Ardent Apple fans are probably already waiting in line but will this even be the best device Big Red has over the next few months? Let’s take a look at some of Verizon’s best smartphones coming out.…
Shameless Google is getting ready to battle against Apple in yet another arena: Newspapers and Magazines. While it may make a bit more sense for Google to push into the digital newsstand space, we’re learning that the iPad can’t save the magazine, and so it’s not clear that Google’s attempt will fare any better. The…
The folks over at PocketNow have stumbled upon a trademark for the HTC Scribe and this could be the name of that company’s upcoming Android tablet. Not much is known about its Android tablet but the HTC Scribe is expected to feature an NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual-core chipset, 1280 x 720 resolution, 2 GB of…
If 2010 seemed like the year of the 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, 2011 could very well be the year of the NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual-core processor, as reports suggest this will be powering a plethora of Android devices next year. Citigroup’s Glen Yeung says that Samsung just placed a massive order of the dual-core…
Broadcom has just introduced a new dual-core processor for mobile phones which it promises will deliver high-end experiences to low-cost Android phones. The Broadcom BCM2157 dual-core baseband processor promises to be more affordable than other chips in this class and it should come in at 500 MHz. This will also include support for 3G HSDPA…
You might want to call it the “Facebook effect,” as we expected the world’s largest social network entering the check-in space would kill some of the existing services. It looks like Brightkite may be one of the first victims, as it is killing its check-in service to focus on group texting. It’s not bad though,…