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Most folks find it annoying to have to be at a computer when updating their iPhone, iPod touch or iPad devices because of the need for iTunes. While it has been great for Apple, and prevents the need of having to roll out updates in batches due to size and other restrictions, some folks just…
The next iPhone or iPad may receive a substantial increase in audio quality if a tweet from famed technology journalist Leo Laporte is true. He says: “I have it on good authority that Tomlinson Holman (of THX fame) is joining Apple to run audio. Major upgrade.” Besides sound quality, Holman’s other field of expertise is…
Handsets makers strongly believe in something called segmentation, meaning that they come up with a list of imaginary people who possess certain types of character traits that would make them want one handset in a vendor’s portfolio versus another. In other words, they stereotype, but instead of basing their conclusions on bigotry, they do it…
Rumors have been circulating regarding the release date – or at least a release time frame – for the iPhone 5, and they all seem to agree that the next iteration of the iPhone won’t be coming this summer. Initial rumors put the release some time around fall this year, and a few others speculated…
It’s going to be a busy month for Samsung as it plans to hold two events in New York City this month – once tomorrow, for which we’re hoping is the unveiling of the Galaxy S II for the U.S. market, and another at the end of the month. What could the May 24 event…
We’ve seen a lot of official announcements here at the BlackBerry World conference, but there’s still a lot going on behind closed doors. One rumour has it that the next version of the official BlackBerry software storefront, App World, will include an updated UI (including carousel and search bar), app sharing through BBM, subscription support, and more…
In a new Nokia patent discovered by Unwired View, it appears that the Finnish handset maker is planning to release not only a dual screen mobile phone at some point in the future, but that one of those two screens will be 3D enabled. The question you may be thinking to yourself is why? The…
It seems the HTC Arrive just isn’t enough for Sprint. They want another Windows Phone 7 device in their portfolio and the rumor (almost confirmed) is that they’re about to get one. According to the “still not official confirmed report,” the CDMA-based carrier will get the HTC Mazaa, which as far as we understood is…
Thinking of getting a Sprint powered tablet or mobile hotspot? If unlimited data was a huge incentive for you, you might want to think twice. According to a new rumor, the nation’s third largest carrier is planning on launching a tiered data package for its embedded devices. Dan Hesse has always touted the carrier’s unlimited…
Rumors fresh out of Taiwan from Digitimes say that Quanta, who builds nearly all the laptops that are sold on the market, will be manufacturing the next generation Amazon Kindle as early as the second half of this year. Unit shipments are expected to hit roughly 700,000 to 800,000 units per month, meaning Amazon really…