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U.S. Cellular is running a promotion related to Valentine’s Day and this includes some solid deals like getting a buy-one-get-one-free deal for any of its Android-powered devices and this even includes the spiffy Galaxy Tab. Of course, the U.S. Cellular promotion requires signing up for a two-year contract on each device but thanks to the…
Millennial Media has just released their Mobile Mix report for December 2010, and it’s a good one… for Google and Android OS, that is. Android is taking over the market in the US, as previous reports have shown, and this latest report only helps to solidify this fact. Apple and its iOS have given way…
Conspiracy theory fans who own a Samsung Vibrant take note. A circulating rumor from a tipster that claims that Samsung has put the brakes on the Android 2.2. update for the popular Galaxy S handset offered by T-Mobile. This tip was sent to both AndroidSpin and Android Central. According to the theory, the highly anticipated…
We’ve already seen the Samsung R910 few days ago, which was said to be the first LTE-enabled Android smartphone for MetroPCS. Now another device has been caught in the “depths of HowardForums” and it’s another Samsung-made product called Forte. But wait, as far as we know this could be the same phone as the R910.…
Acer Liquid Mini (or that’s Liquidmini, we’re not sure) has cleared the FCC all with the 3G bands compatible with AT&T’s network. That fact, however, doesn’t mean the carrier will add it to its growing portfolio of Android smartphones – it only means that Acer did its homework and is now ready to start selling…
App developers and companies ought to take notice of a recent book published by the iPad DJ, Rana Sobhany, as she takes us on a first-person account of how apps fail and succeed. We all know that you can’t just create a new iPhone or iPad app and hope it succeeds by floating around in…
Google said its open source WebM VP8 codec will have hardware decoder IP available to chipmakers in order to make hardware acceleration available on future smartphones and tablets. This is important because Google just dropped the H.264 codec from Chrome and that codec is widely used to deliver video content to devices without Flash, like…
When it comes to mobile platform security, Trend Micro says that iOS is more secure than it’s open-source competitor, Android. The reason is because of Android’s open-source nature, making it easier for hacker’s to, well, hack, than Apple’s iOS. Trend Micro Chairman Steve Chang said the following to Bloomberg yesterday, “Android is open-source, which means…
Sony Ericsson used to be one of my favorite mobile phone manufacturers. They used to be unique and fresh and had killer cameras on their devices. Then the iPhone came out, and shortly after a barrage of sexy Android devices were released, too. Suddenly, Sony Ericsson didn’t seem so hot and the direction the company…
CES 2011 was Motorola’s time to shine, and they did just that by announcing the Motorola Atrix 4G as one of the first ever dual-core smartphones. But, this dual-core processing, 4G HSPA+ (on AT&T) capable smartphone is more than just a smartphone, the Atrix 4G ackles the netbook market as well. Today, we’re seeing a…