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Life’s not that good for LG’s mobile arm right now, as the company has fallen from its third-largest cell phone manufacturer slot, it has been outpaced and outclassed in the smartphone market while also being squeezed in the entry-level side. In a meeting at its Seoul headquarters, the company admitted its failings but believes it…
Winston Yung, an Americanized name if we ever heard one, is no longer HTC’s Chief Financial Officer. He’s been replaced by Chia-Lin Chang, who is not only a former Motorola engineer, but also a former Goldman Sachs partner. So why did HTC do this? These next few weeks are going to be absolutely vital for…
Yep, we’ve told you Asus will offer a free GPS dongle for Transformer Prime to fix positioning issues some users had with the tablet. The company has started sending out the following email to its customers: Although the TF201 is not a professional GPS device, as part of our unwavering commitment to our customers we…
Samsung is trying really hard to go beyond hardware manufacturing. The Korean giant already has its Android UI (TouchWIZ), app store (Samsung Apps), mobile platform (Bada), as well as a number of app/content Hubs like the Gaming Hub, Social Hub and Learning Hub. Like that’s not enough, they also have their own group messaging client…
Ice Age Village has been on the market for 10 days and it has been already downloaded more than 5 million times. Moreover, the game took the #1 ranking in the App Store’s Top Free Games category in over 50 countries for iPhone and over 90 countries for iPad; while also joining the App Stores’…
We knew that the HTC One X would be landing on AT&T at some point in the near future, but it may be sooner than you think. According to BGR, the highly anticipated handset could land on store shelves as early as next week. When it does become officially available in the US, the One…
Dolphin Browser HD keeps getting better and better. The Android client just got a small update which comes with several cosmetic (though noticeable) changes. Here’s what’s new: Dolphin Sonar and Gesture – new interface, design, and easier access to help menu. New Menu bar design that gives easier access to most commands without having to…
Verizon Wireless is using the NHL fever to get some media love and… they got our attention. The carrier’s free to download app, Verizon NHL GameCenter, comes with all the news, stats, audio and video content you could possibly wish for and then some. The app features live streaming of nationally broadcast games on NBC,…
NQ Mobile Security Research Center, in collaboration with the leading cyber security expert Dr. Xuxian Jiang at North Carolina State University, started alerting Android users about the new malware called UpdtBot. Disguising itself as a system upgrade, it spreads via text messages that contain a link to the malicious application file. Once installed, UpdtBot registers…
Thanks to the Google Shopping search, we know that US retailer J&R will soon launch the Asus Transformer Pad 300. It is said that the cheaper 16GB model will be priced at $379, with the keyboard dock selling for another $149, which is kinda steep. Then again, this is still preliminary (i.e. not official) and…