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Here we go again. A few days after hearing that the Apple iPhone 5 won’t have NFC, a new report from Forbes says that the next generation Apple smartphone will have NFC for things like mobile payments and syncing. According to a Forbes report: From what I hear, it is possible the iPhone 5 will…
The next batch of BlackBerry handsets will have near-field communications installed, which will allow you to pay for stuff by simply tapping your phone on a sensor at retailers. While RIM might have the technical prowess to enable NFC in the hardware, the back-end logistics are apparently proving to be a headache. According to several…
The HTC Thunderbolt for Verizon is now available from its retail stores, Best Buy, Amazon and others for $249.99 with a two-year contract. It’s the carrier’s first 4G LTE smartphone and it features Android 2.2 Froyo and a powerful 1GHz processor. And of course, you have access to all the apps available on the Android…
The HTC Thunderbolt will be launching tomorrow, and I know plenty of you are excited. The Android device that we first saw at CES 2011 will be Verizon’s first 4G LTE smartphone. So far, reports across the web are looking promising with some testers seeing download speeds in the 6-16Mbps ranges! But just before the…
The T-Mobile Sidekick 4G was announced just a few days ago, and we’re hearing that it will be offering what most advanced Android phones do – mobile hotspot capabilities and tethering. That means you can use the Sidekick 4G to connect to the Internet by connecting your device to it via Wi-Fi or through a…
Skype introduced Qik Video Connect for iPhone today and it allows the iPhone 4 and iPod touch 4th generation do video calls with Android devices. Qik users on Android and iOS can now make video calls with each other over Wi-Fi or 3G with the new app. Perhaps the only downside to this based on…
Despite the sing-song post title, what’s said above is true: the Samsung Infuse 4G has hit up the FCC, and hopefully we’ll see the hot handset hit AT&T’s shelves very soon. The Infuse rounds out the carrier’s selection of HSPA+ devices, alongside the Inspire and Atrix. The handset sits somewhere in between the two existing…
During AT&T’s keynote at CES 2011, IntoMobile Editor in Chief Will Park and I propped our heads up from our laptops and thought, “What?!” when the carrier announced that its network was actually a 4G network and that a new “4G” device would be coming soon. The smartphone announced that same morning was the Atrix…
Rebtel, which is apparently the world’s second largest mobile VoIP company after Skype, announced that it has surpassed 10 million users worldwide after a “record breaking twelve months” and increased revenues of more than 120% to $40 million in 2010. Unsurprisingly — cause they’re starting from a smaller base — Rebtel is currently growing five…
WiMax provider Clearwire has had it rough the past few months. It is still trying to come up with a solution for its monetary woes – Sprint, who owns just over half stake in the company, declined to purchase Clearwire’s debts – and build a bigger WiMax subscriber base. However, the uphill battle for Clearwire…