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The recent Deloitte survey revealed that Brits dig 4G technology, with 25% of respondents saying they plan to upgrade to the LTE service in the next 12 months. Moreover, almost half of smartphone respondents (46%) said they were likely to choose a 4G phone as their next handset. Overall, more than one third of survey…
Few days ago we’ve told you that while Microsoft was mulling the Surface Phone, Nokia experimented with an Android device. And guess what – that project isn’t cancelled yet, according to this article at Unwired View. The Finnish company’s “Plan B” codenamed “Mountain View” is/was a low-end phone that rocks Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 200 chip. Nokia’s…
Say you’re a small business frequently buying at Costco. Aside from the usual groceries and office stuff, you can also buy a Sprint phone at select locations and sign-up for the Now Network service. The retail chain already has been offering a portion of Sprint’s portfolio at 106 of its warehouses since last fall, and…
The number of users utilizing mobile money transfer services is expected to grow from just under 150 million this year to almost 400 million by 2018, Juniper Research is forecasting. The research firm expects that the growth will primarily come from deployments of domestic money transfer services, with multinational network operators increasingly launching products on…
These days everyone and their mama are talking about Google Glass and other wearable gadgets. And yes, we expect to see many similar products unveiled in the near future. We know that Vuzix is working on something like this and so do Epson. And now NTT DoCoMo is joining the action, as reported by GforGames.…
Sailfish OS is now compatible with the Android ecosystem, in terms of application and hardware compatibility, Jolla has announced. On one hand this means that Android apps can run directly on Sailfish OS without any modifications; and on the other – Sailfish OS-based devices can use common Android hardware, and this includes both smartphones and…
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We’re still in the early stages of the console wars, and both Microsoft and Sony are making big claims about the Xbox One and Playstation 4. Today Sony released its projections for PS4 sales and they’re quite ambitious. Sony plans on selling 5 Million PS4s by April 2014! Sony execs haven’t been shy about boasting…
iOS 7 just hit the public yesterday and it already has a major security flaw. Today an eagle-eyed user out there was able to discover a way to bypass the passcode-protected lockscreen and get access to the device’s photos app, which open the gate for entry into the phone’s email and social network accounts. The…
Recently, the Commerce department formally petitioned the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to issue a ruling on the subject of unlocking mobile phones. The FCC is still in deliberation, but President Obama’s administration has made its opinion clear, issuing a statement in support of consumers’ right to unlocked devices and the ability to move between cellular…