Good news for our British users looking to grab the LG Optimus 3D. The device is now available for pre-ordering from BuyMobilePhones, which is selling it with an array of plans from all major operators in the UK. Arguably the best option is the one with T-Mobile’s contract, which asks users to commit on a…
Now Lodsys is gunning for Android developers over in-app purchases
Not content with putting iOS developers under fire for violating a patent pertaining to in-app purchases, Lodsys is now attempting to squeeze the little money Android developers make for the same reason. Whether or not this is the right way to go about this is beyond me but Lodsys is obviously serious about getting just…
India finally nabs iPhone 4 nearly one year after release
As I sit here fiddling with my iPhone 4, taking photos, playing with apps and watching YouTube videos, I forgot that other parts of the world are still waiting for their chance to grab the Apple smartphone. India is the latest to get the iPhone 4, and I’m sure that those who have been waiting…
Verizon LG Revolution review: The best 4G LTE phone yet?
The LG Revolution is the third smartphone for Verizon that can use the 4G LTE network. In our review, we’ll try and determine if this is on par with other phones in the market, including the 4G LTE-capable HTC Thunderbolt and Samsung Charge. With handsets like the T-Mobile G2x and the Optimus Black, LG has…
How-To: Root the LG Revolution
So you have your LG Revolution in hand and you want to get your root on, do you? You’re in luck, because as you can do just that today. We’ve seen more elegant root solutions before, but this one is still pretty easy if you have everything set up correctly. Do keep in mind that…
UI experts say gestures are a step back in usability
Pinch-to-zoom, sideways swipes to access multiple home screens, and even touch-sensitive bezels are becoming common occurrences in smartphones and tablets, but a paper being published by the Association for Computing Machinery suggests Android and iPhone are going about gesture-based user interfaces all wrong. The article argues that many gestures are invisible, unexplained, and inconsistent across…
Apple sues teen who sold $130,000 worth of white iPhone 4 conversion kits
It took Apple so damn long to get the white iPhone 4 out that an enterprising teen took it upon himself to help the masses. Last November, we learned that Fei Lam, a 17 year-old high school student in New York, made nearly $130,000 in just six months selling white iPhone 4 conversion kits. The…
iTunes App Store more paid-app friendly than Android Market
Having owned and used both Android and iOS devices the past few years, I was convinced that fewer people were paying for apps on Android Market versus the iTunes App Store for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. Why? It was simple. Most new iPhone owners already had iTunes accounts that they used to purchase music…
RIM hit with class-action lawsuit from shareholders over misleading projections
It looks like Research In Motion’s eternal (and sometimes baffling) optimism about BlackBerry’s future has come to bite them in the rear. Earlier this week, an Atlanta firm began investigating RIM to see if they had posted financial statements between December and April that did not disclose everything they were legally required to. As you…
PayPal sues Google mere hours after they announce Google Wallet
Back in January we covered Osama Bedier’s move from PayPal to Google. At PayPal, Bedier (pictured above) was Vice President of Product Development, a role he’s had since December 2002. We didn’t know what he was going to be doing at Google, then yesterday we saw him introduce Google Wallet as Google’s Vice President of…