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Behold, the Sharp AQUOS 104SH, the world’s first smartphone to run Google’s next version of Android dubbed Ice Cream Sandwich. It’s launching in Japan on Softbank in “Spring of 2012”, meaning it might not be the first Ice Cream Sandwich device to hit the market, but hey, it’s at least the first one to officially…
You may’ve been looking to Sprint’s Nexus S 4G users with a dose of envy, cause they can use Google Wallet and you can’t. If you happen to own the original (GSM-based) version of the Nexus S, you still have to wait for the search giant to release its mobile payments service for your device.…
Samsung has started rolling out Media Hub to select group of users, namely Galaxy S II owners on AT&T. Everyone who signs-up gets a complementary $25 voucher to grab some movies and TV shows. Then, once these are downloaded, there’s an option to beam the content to the big screen, if that big screen includes…
Well what do you know – that thing Samsung said the Galaxy Note won’t come to the U.S. may prove false after all. Or as we said it – that probably won’t happen this year. However, now that the smartphone-tablet has cleared the FCC hurdle, it’s officially ready to be sold on the U.S. soil.…
Dell has apparently started rolling-out Honeycomb update for its 7-inch tablet – Streak 7. Not all users are getting it and we’re having a hard time finding some rule in this process. Is it pushed on a first come – first served basis (users who check for the update get it first), or is it…
Vodafone UK is running a neat campaign, helping smartphone users determine their mobile data needs. Under the scheme, new and upgrading pay monthly subscribers will get unlimited data connection for three month, after which the Big Red carrier will tell them how much data they used and recommend a plan that suits their needs. During…
Today at Adobe MAX 2011 a new suite of touch optimized applications was announced that will soon be available for both Android tablets and the iPad. The set of six applications will launch on Android next month and we can expect an announcement about the availability of the iPad applications sometime in early 2012. We guess…
How is that whole Kindle Fire thing working out for Amazon so far? Pretty damn well, actually. According to eDataSource, a market research firm, pre-order sales for the Kindle Fire reached 95,000 on the first day it was made available. That’s a lot of fire. Compared to Apple’s iPad, the number of pre-orders is on the…
“The cloud” has long been a buzzword in the tech scene but it has become an ever-important part of our daily computing lives and Apple’s iOS, Google’s Android and Microsoft’s Windows Phone Mango all have deep integration with the cloud, but use it in slightly different ways. Let’s take a look at how each of…
Some internal T-Mobile documents are indicating their version of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 will be going on sale October 26 (barring any delays). T-Mobile will be joining multiple retailers here in the US who currently offer the popular razor-thin slate. This is pretty awesome news for the T-Mo faithful, especially given the legal troubles that…