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Samsung is adding four T-Mobile smartphones and tablets to the selection of devices that are eligible receive Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich via an OTA update. Upgrading the Samsung Galaxy S II, Galaxy S Blaze 4G, Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus, and Galaxy Tab 10.1 to ICS have all been added to Samsung’s to-do list. In…
According to a report by The Verge, T-Mobile CEO Philipp Humm sent a memo to employees that details the carrier’s next round of restructuring. As expected, the restructuring plan includes the layoff of an unknown number of employees. These cutbacks will streamline the company and return it to growth. This isn’t the first time employees…
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If you thought Facebook was good on mobile photo sharing after it bought Instagram for $1 billion, you’re wrong. Facebook has just acquired Lightbox and it’s another company which specializes in making mobile photo-sharing apps. Back in the dark old days, there was no Instagram for Android but we were very intrigued by Lightbox because…
Oh poor Steve Ballmer. Not only is the Microsoft CEO having a tough time gaining traction in the smartphone space and now Forbes is naming him “the worst CEO of a large publicly traded American company today.” Yikes. The argument against Ballmer goes like this: Microsoft’s stock was much higher when he took over and…
When it comes to customer satisfaction, Apple dominates and RIM struggles. The 2012 ACSI report was the first time Apple, RIM, HTC, and LG were included in the cell phone manufacturer satisfaction category, making for an interesting inaugural cellular satisfaction report. The 2012 report shows that Apple has amassed a staggering 83% customer satisfaction ranking, becoming…
Say what? In a group interview last week, Time Warner Cable CEO Glenn Britt made the following statement about Apple’s AirPlay and Apple TV: “I’m not sure I know what AirPlay is. Today we want to be on every screen. Today it’s a little bit clunky to get programming from the Internet onto the TV — not…
Not many folks know this, but Nokia actually has two dumbphone platforms. There’s Series 40, which has been powering most midrange dumbphones for at least a decade, and then there’s an even lower end OS called Series 30. That operating system has traditionally been used for ultra low end devices, the type that normally don’t…
Last month we filed a report that said Baidu was going to release a Foxconn manufactured 1,000 RMB ($160) smartphone with a 3.5 inch screen. Today, that device becomes official. It’s called the “Changhong H5018” and it runs the “Baidu Cloud Smart Terminal platform”. Here’s how to think of this thing: Google started out a…
October feels like yesterday, but it was actually seven months ago. That’s when Verizon announced the Motorola Droid RAZR. Three months later, they showed off a variant called the RAZR Maxx. What’s the difference? One can’t last a full day and is rather difficult to hold comfortably since it’s way too thin, the other can…