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The drumbeat for Sprint getting the iPhone 5 just keeps growing louder, as a reportedly leaked internal memo says that the third-largest carrier is gearing up for a “major phone launch in October.” According to SprintFeed, the carrier is blocking out vacation requests for employees between September 30 through October 15th. The Epic 4G Touch…
Sprint, number three when it comes to U.S. wireless carriers, is said to offer the iPhone next month with unlimited data service plans to better seperate itself from rivals AT&T and Verizon Wireless, according to “people familiar with the matter”. This is interesting information considering all sorts of rumors have swirled for weeks indicating that Sprint is offering iPhone…
LG Electronics may cut 30 percent of its overseas mobile phone division staff, according to a South Korean media report. This drastic decision came because of the company’s attempt to reform its business and boost smartphone sales, as its mobile division continues to lose money. The Korea Economic Daily also mentioned how the cuts mainly involved…
Microsoft’s Build Conference is next week and we’ll see if Windows 8 on a tablet can give the iPad a run for its money. Now, rumors suggest that Samsung will have a quad-core tablet ready for the event and these will likely be given away to attendees. Lucky me. The report suggests that the quad-core…
The mobile industry is foaming at the mouth at this point, waiting for news on what Apple is going to bring to the table with their fifth generation iPhone. T-Mobile Germany even started taking preorders for the iPhone 5, or iPhone 4S depending on who you talk to, because they think it’s going to be…
Sprint is preparing for the upcoming launch of Samsung Epic 4G Touch. According to a leaked memo, the carrier will be organizing an “All Hands” training on Sunday September 11th. If you recall, Sprint will be the first in the U.S. to launch Sammy’s superphone with other carriers (excluding Verizon) to follow shortly. Verizon on…
We recently saw the user agent profile for the upcoming Nexus Prime pop up and many were disappointed with what was revealed. Well, upon further inspection and reading through the comments over at Pocketnow, something becomes apparent. With the exception of the model number, the Nexus Prime’s user agent profile is completely identical as the…
Well, it looks like Eric Schmidt quietly confirmed rumors that Android 4.0 (or possibly just 2.4) Ice Cream Sandwich would arrive in October, though he adds November to the timeframe too. In an interview with Salesforce.com’s Marc Benioff, Schmidt informs us: “There’s a hunger for a multi-platform, multi-vendor, highly competitive hardware platform, which is what…
This unassuming photo of a plate of sushi may have just revealed one of the key specs for the upcoming iPhone 5. Apparently the EXIF metadata associated with this photo says it was taken with an iPhone 4, but the original was shot at a resolution of 3264 x 2448 pixels, or eight megapixels. Data…
News coming of Taiwan suggests that Apple’s third generation iPad will have a battery that’s both thinner and lighter than the battery used in the current iPad 2. Said battery will also have a longer “service life”, which we assume means it’s able to go through an increased number of charge cycles before giving out…