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Apple is taking this locked down mobile operating system thing a little too far. Users are reporting that the Cupertino-based tech giant is filtering the term “Jailbreak” from the iTunes items. Apparently, all the listed categories are affected with this filter including Apps, songs, albums, podcast episodes, and iTunes U episodes. Don’t try to find…
AT&T is looking to pick up smartphones that will require it to provide lower subsidies, according to comments from AT&T Mobility CEO Ralph de la Vega. Speaking at a conference, de la Vega said that subsides are eating into margins. This is one of the reasons that Sprint will not be turning a profit on…
TechnoBuffalo reports that Sprint will begin offering at least $100 off the iPhone 4S to customer who trade in any previous iPhone model. The deal will reportedly run from May 18th through June 30th, and applies to both new and existing customers, and requires that you sign a new two-year contract with the Now Network. The branding does indicate…
T-Mobile has announced a few more details on their restructuring plan via an official press release this morning; approximately 900 positions are being eliminated in the company. T-Mobile goes on to state that 550 new jobs are being created to support the new business needs and strategy in the company, reducing the total impact to…
It turns out Verizon’s move towards shared data plans isn’t exactly as altruistic as we would have liked, according to a CNET report. Sometime this summer, Verizon will turn on shared data plans that will allow customers to share data with other people on their plan, and connect multiple devices such as tablets and laptops to…
Announced back in February at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, HTC’s One X has been out on the market for a little over a month now. Two weeks ago Samsung announced their 2012 flagship in London, the Galaxy S III, and it’ll be on store shelves in 12 days. Which one should you get? That’s…
Nokia and Samsung are famous for having portfolios that consist of 30+ devices. When Apple entered the smartphone game back in 2007, they had just one phone. Before the first iPhone even hit the market, analysts started speculating that Apple would soon offer a cheaper model to attract a wider user base; five years later…
Just when we thought LG is the only handset maker with a smartphone that rocks 2GB of RAM, NTT DoCoMo and Samsung unveiled a version of the Galaxy S III (SC-06D) with the same amount of RAM. Set to hit Japan sometime “this summer,” this particular device will also ship with Qualcomm’s dual-core Snapdragon S4…
Motorola unveiled a new music-centric Android smartphone is China – MOTOSMART MIX XT550. We’re talking about a low-to-mid end device, the one that comes with a 4-inch screen (WVGA?), 3-megapixel rear-facing camera, VGA front-facing one, 3G and Wi-Fi connectivity, Android 2.3 Gingerbread and a 1735mAh battery that’s good for up to 30 hours of music…
Even though most of the world still waits to try out the Optimus LTE, LG is already pushing the successor device in its own backyard. The electronics giant announced that the Optimus LTE2 will be available this week in South Korea, boasting few improvements over the original Optimus LTE model. There are two things to…