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We’d say it’s about time that Motorola tried to make another tablet and that’s exactly what it’s doing with the Droid Xyboards. While the name is pretty awful, the tablets are actually pretty decent devices that should at very least beat out the sales of the ultimately failed Motorola Xoom. The Droid Xyboard will come…
The Motorola Xoom on Verizon should be receiving a minor update which will be bringing a pay-as-you-go option for 4G LTE data. According to CNET, the HLK75F update will give you a month-to-month option for 4G LTE data and I think this makes the Xoom much more appealing. While it’s a big old and still…
Once Senators starting demanding answers about what Carrier IQ was tracking, you just knew that lawsuits wouldn’t be far away. Carrier IQ, HTC and Samsung are all facing class-action lawsuits for allegedly violating federal wiretapping statutes. The Carrier IQ software bills itself as a tool for mobile operators to better manage their networks and it…
Amazon may have a bit hit on its hands with the Kindle Fire, as a new estimate from iSuppli suggests the Amazon tablet will be the most-popular tablet in the fourth quarter behind the Apple iPad 2. While the iPad 2 is expected to sell more than 13 million units during the fourth quarter, the…
Samsung was dealt another setback in its attempt to sell the Galaxy Tab in Australia. Instead of launching the Galaxy Tab Friday at 4 pm, the Korean company must now wait until December 9th. It’s a significant setback that’ll cost Samsung a week’s worth of holiday sales. Earlier this week, the Australian Supreme Court overturned…
There’s a scandal brewing in the American wireless industry right now surrounding a company called Carrier IQ. All this hullabaloo began when an Android developer by the name of Trevor Eckhart discovered that there was something on his Android device logging just about damn near everything he was doing on his phone and then sending…
A man by the name of Silly22 on the XDA Developers forum recently posted images of a badly damaged Samsung Galaxy S II along with a mildly terrifying story of why it looks the way it does. The story goes something like this: a friend of Silly22 had the smartphone pictured below in his pocket…
Although it’s still (at least officially) limited to the Sprint’s Nexus S 4G users only, Google keeps expanding its Google Wallet service. The latest move comes from Cantaloupe Systems (technology provider for vending machines) and First Data (payment processing company which is a Google Wallet partner), which have integrated Google’s contactless payment service into 6,000…
Rovio has once again updated its Angry Birds Seasons game, just in time for the “most wonderful time of the year.” Pigs are up to their usual tricks and your job is to show them who’s in charge, even during the Christmas holidays. There are 25 new festive levels included in the update Wreck The…
Verizon’s Samsung Fascinate seems to be the last Galaxy S version to get the Android 2.3 Gingerbread update. It’s better late than never, with Verizon pushing software version EH03 over-the-air as we speak. If you still don’t see it, there’s no reason to panic – it’s most likely one of those staged updates that will…