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The next major version of Windows Phone, codenamed Apollo, is due to land in the fourth quarter of this year. We have a rough idea of what new features it’ll bring to the table, but until Microsoft issues a press release detailing everything we should know about … we’re pretty much clueless to what’s true…
One of the best things about Android 4.0 is the fact that it doesn’t need any front facing buttons to run. Just look at the Galaxy Nexus, it’s a beautiful solid sheet of glass. HTC’s 2012 flagship, the One X, has three hideous buttons, and that seriously makes us sad. So what about Samsung’s hero…
T-Mobile and Leap Wireless, which owns the Cricket brand, confirmed on Monday that the two carriers are swapping spectrum to better improve their 3G and 4G coverage. T-Mobile will use this spectrum to improves its HSPA+ network and prepare for its future LTE network, while Leap will use it to extends its coverage and prepare for LTE.…
The nation’s four largest wireless carriers are working with the US Government to build and support a database of lost and stolen phones. The carriers have agreed to deny both voice and data service for phones added to the database will be denied . Carriers will setup their own databases and eventually roll them into a centralized…
T-Mobile didn’t waste any time trying to grab new customers from AT&T. One day after AT&T began unlocking off-contract iPhones, T-Mobile is letting it be known that it has some of the best calling and data plans in the nation. The carrier also points out that it already has one million iPhones running on its…
Lenovo took the wraps off of its first Android Ice Cream Sandwich tablet a few days ago, the IdeaTab S2109. A few important specs are missing at this point — including the always essential pricing and release date — but a video Lenovo uploaded to YouTube seems to do the tablet justice. It has a…
Hardware expert Aaron Vronko, CEO of Rapid Repair, believes the WiFi issues some owners of the new iPad are reporting aren’t a hardware problem. Instead, they could be quickly fixed with a future software update. Apple acknowledged the problems a few days ago and started looking into them. “Symptoms can include, but are not limited…
After giving in to the pressure from consumers, AT&T finally started unlocking contract-free iPhones as of April 8th. Well for once, AT&T is actually going above expectations to make the process easier. You don’t even have to visit your local AT&T store to unlock the iPhone; you can do it online right from home. First…
Some things just don’t go together. Peanut butter and broccoli. Beer and cereal. Grandparents and skinny jeans. Polarized sunglasses and iPads. Wait, what? While attempting to do his best Corey Hart impression, ZDNet’s Jason D. O’Grady quickly found out that the iPad (all variants) go completely black in portrait mode when you attempt to view the iPad…
Sprint has announced the first test market for its upcoming 4G LTE network, and the selected market is leaving many scratching their heads. Citizens of Kankakee, Illinois, a small town of about 27,500 people 60 miles south of Chicago, now find themselves in the center of Sprint’s LTE rollout. We have to wonder how many…