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The DROID RAZR MAXX is obviously selling like hot cupcakes these days with Verizon Wireless at one point as out of stock (along with the LG Revolution and Motorola DROID X2). However, the carrier and Motorola must’ve been working round the clock to fix this “injustice” and now the DROID RAZR MAXX is back with…
Sprint’s affordable 7-inch tablet, ZTE Optik, is now available for $99.99. The device is pretty capable, delivering quite a bang for the buck. It comes with a dual-core 1.2GHz processor, 5-megapixel rear-facing camera, 2-megapixel front-facing one, 3G (EV-DO Rev. A) and Wi-Fi connectivity, GPS, Bluetooth, 1GB of RAM, 16GB of built-in storage, while Android 3.2…
Third-party social networks for games are cool, but big publishers want to control the end-user experience more closely. To that end Gameloft launched the Gameloft LIVE! app for Android, allowing players to keep up with their friends across a number of Gameloft titles. Here’s what you can do with the free to download application: Stay…
Rhapsody released a new application for Android tablets, making it even easier for its users to discover new music, read about their favorite artists and rediscover music with expert playlists, guides and features. According to Rhapsody’s Brendan Benzing, this isn’t just resized version of the smartphone app — rather the application was developed from the…
Popular music service provider, Rdio, today announced an update to its Android app. The new app brings some interesting additions like collections, playlists, new releases, top charts, recommendations, and support for Android 4.0’s new remote control client. Keep in mind that a Rdio membership is required to take full advantage of its music service, you can get the…
CFO of HTC Winston Yung admitted the company “dropped the ball” in 2011 and its high-end devices are not selling as well as expected. This is due mostly to HTC’s hardware being substantially thicker than the competition and often having poor battery life. “While short term performance may not meet the results as expected, we…
While we may not see the Samsung Galaxy S III at Mobile World Congress this year, some more details about the highly anticipated handset have been revealed that may make your geeky mouth water. Or not. With the prospects of a quad-core Galaxy S III, the expectations for the handset are already pretty high. We…
Google and Apple’s mobile operating systems continue to dominanate, as Android and iPhone accounted for over 90 percent of smartphone sales, according to the latest research from The NPD Group. The little green robot garnered 48 percent of the smartphone market during last quarter, while iOS handsets took in 43 percent. The study also shows that…
Last night, I took the opportunity to check out Verizon’s NFL Mobile app and watched the entire Super Bowl game on my Galaxy Nexus. I’m a cord cutter and don’t have cable so watching it on the small screen was my only option. After watching the game on 4G, 3G and WiFi, I’m happy to say the stream was a resounding success. I’d…
With hindsight we can pinpoint the exact day when HTC’s demise began: April 12, 2011. That’s the day that the HTC Sensation was announced, the device that on paper was better than Samsung’s Galaxy S II, but in reality was an incredibly disappointing pile of plastic, metal, and glass. Two quarters after the Sensation hit…