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Roughly 8 months ago, Google announced their intent to purchase Motorla Mobility for $12.5 billion. Since then we’ve been waiting for governments around the world to green light the acquisition, and nearly everyone has signed off on the deal, except for China. Google’s official statement regarding the reasoning behind the purchase of Motorola Mobility has…
Samsung’s Galaxy Note may be headed to our favorite underdog carrier Sprint. This juicy tidbit comes from an advertisement spotted on Sprint’s website that appears to contain the Galaxy Note (the ad has been removed as of the writing of this post). Neither Samsung nor Sprint have announced that the device will launch with the…
Nokia confirmed today on its Conversations blog that the Lumia 900 has a memory management problem which may cause the handset’s data connection to drop. There is a growing number of users who claim their handset loses its data connection and won’t reconnect even after a restart. Rather than ignore the problem, the Finnish company…
As you’re probably aware, there’s been a lot of talk about a future iteration of the iPhone getting a larger display dating back for a few years now. So far, it has yet to happen. Apple clearly has never seen a need to keep up with the gigantic Android phones on the market. Plus, any…
If you’re holding onto a Galaxy Nexus and wish that you would have opted for the white version, then you’re in luck. The procedure is rather simple and you only need a few items to get things rolling. Like the Nexus S, the white version of the Galaxy Nexus is only white on the back…
The HTC One S is one of the most well-reviewed Android devices to date. IntoMobile gave it a 9/10 overall and a 9/10 for design. The latter score is notable because, well, that premium design HTC has been touting apparently doesn’t last too long. Reports are coming in that the coating on the top side…
You know what the Instagram way is? It’s not just settling for 30 million iOS users. Hell no. It’s about launching on Google Play for Android after reaching that milestone to then get one million downloads in the first 24 hours and now five million in the first six days. Oh, and being acquired by…
Are smaller carriers on the rise? One analyst seems to think so. Iain Gillott is the president and founder of iGR, a mobile industry consultancy group, and a study from his firm suggests that smaller carriers will make key gains in the mobile industry over the next few years. Regional carriers such as U.S. Cellular,…
On April 19th, less than 10 days from now, Nokia is going to publish their Q1 2012 financial results. The question on everyone’s mind: How many Windows Phone did these guys sell? Just to recap where we are right now, Nokia started selling the Lumia 800 on November 15th in the UK. When the Finnish…
The Amazon Appstore has been quite successful so far and Amazon is trying to make it even more attractive for developers by enabling in-app purchases for Android phones and the Kindle Fire tablet. The In-App Purchasing API is supposed to provide a simple, secure way for app developers to create a 1-click (trademarked, remember) way…