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The HTC One series is considered by many to be HTC’s comeback product that’ll help the company regain some market share. The One Series is making its presence known in the US and is available on both AT&T and T-Mobile. Noticeably absent from the list of carrier partners is Verizon Wireless, which passed on the…
Samsung is adding four T-Mobile smartphones and tablets to the selection of devices that are eligible receive Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich via an OTA update. Upgrading the Samsung Galaxy S II, Galaxy S Blaze 4G, Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus, and Galaxy Tab 10.1 to ICS have all been added to Samsung’s to-do list. In…
If you thought Facebook was good on mobile photo sharing after it bought Instagram for $1 billion, you’re wrong. Facebook has just acquired Lightbox and it’s another company which specializes in making mobile photo-sharing apps. Back in the dark old days, there was no Instagram for Android but we were very intrigued by Lightbox because…
When it comes to customer satisfaction, Apple dominates and RIM struggles. The 2012 ACSI report was the first time Apple, RIM, HTC, and LG were included in the cell phone manufacturer satisfaction category, making for an interesting inaugural cellular satisfaction report. The 2012 report shows that Apple has amassed a staggering 83% customer satisfaction ranking, becoming…
Last month we filed a report that said Baidu was going to release a Foxconn manufactured 1,000 RMB ($160) smartphone with a 3.5 inch screen. Today, that device becomes official. It’s called the “Changhong H5018” and it runs the “Baidu Cloud Smart Terminal platform”. Here’s how to think of this thing: Google started out a…
October feels like yesterday, but it was actually seven months ago. That’s when Verizon announced the Motorola Droid RAZR. Three months later, they showed off a variant called the RAZR Maxx. What’s the difference? One can’t last a full day and is rather difficult to hold comfortably since it’s way too thin, the other can…
Most folks haven’t heard of Straight Talk, but they’re America’s largest prepaid operator. They have agreements with all four of the major operators, unlike other prepaid operators who piggy back on just one network. Anyway, this week they’re launching a new phone: the Samsung Galaxy Proclaim. It has a 3.5 inch 480 x 320 pixel…
T-Mobile and HTC will start rolling out Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update for the Sensation 4G tomorrow, with users getting the new software over-the-air. However, as these sort of updates are known for their staged releases, don’t worry if your Sensation 4G doesn’t inform you it’s ready for download – once the new firmware…
Let’s face it, modern smartphones can be hard to use, despite their icon-based UIs. Most of our readers are familiar with Android but there are also folks who would appreciate even more intuitive experience(s). Sweden-based Doro has been in the super-easy-to-use phone making business for quite some time now and their latest product attempts to…
Announced 11 months ago, the Sony Ericsson Xperia Active (pictured above, reviewed in the video below) is a device that most people ignored since it didn’t have bleeding edge hardware specifications. We’re talking a 3 inch 480 x 320 pixel display, 1 GHz single core processor, 512 MB of RAM, and a 5 megapixel camera.…