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Smartphones are about to reach a very important milestone. According to the International Data Corporation or IDC, this year total worldwide smartphone shipments are expected to surpass that of feature phones for the first time in history. The IDC is reporting that smartphone shipments will hit approximately 958.8 million in 2013, a 32.7 percent increase…
AT&T has just released an official statement regarding the upcoming BlackBerry Q10. Starting June 5th, AT&T customers will be able to pre-order the device for $199 with a new two-year agreement. “AT&T was the first carrier to launch BlackBerry smartphones and services in the U.S. and was the first in the U.S. to launch the…
Falcon Pro, one of Android’s nicest Twitter clients, is set to get an update that will bring one of the most requested features since its debut: multiple account support. The official Falcon Pro for Android Twitter account tweeted the following earlier today: Simple, Fast, Multi Account switching on Falcon Pro v2.0. #comingsoon twitter.com/falcon_android… —…
The Gmail app for iOS received a new update today from Google. It brings two important updates: support for the new Gmail inbox and improved notifications settings. The new Gmail inbox isn’t technically an entirely new inbox, but instead it now conveniently and automatically organizes your inbox into folders according to the type of each…
By now, you’ve probably heard about many of the features offered by NVIDIA’s upcoming Tegra 4 SoC, but the company announced some interesting new capabilities that can be utilized with its latest processor: DirectStylus technology. NVIDIA’s DirectStylus technology allows for the user to change the width of a drawn or written line by the amount…
HTC has been facing some tumultuous times as of late. The HTC One was slow to roll out to customers, and another COO stepped down today. But HTC’s May monthly sales report points to an upswing in sales for the company, which grew by 48 percent in May when compared to the April sales figures.…
2013 has been an interesting year for celebrities and mobile companies. BlackBerry scooped up Alicia Keys for its creative director, and Jennifer Lopez is backing Verizon’s new Viva Movil. Now the New York Post is reporting that the blinged-out Samsung will be striking a $20 Million deal with the CEO of the R-O-C, Jay-Z. “The…
It’s been one hell of a battle for Android Jelly Bean to get anywhere near the numbers of 2.3 Gingerbread, but it looks like the latest version of the OS is finally near eclipsing the dominant version. The latest Android Distribution numbers have Jelly Bean just 3.5% away from matching Android 2.3 Gingebread’s piece of…
Sony has just announced yet another Xperia handset for the mid-range market, the Xperia M. The handset ships with a modest set of specs but retains the attractive OmniBalance design we’ve seen on devices like the Xperia Z and ZL. Sony Xperia M Specifications: 4-inch (854 x 480) display 1GHz dual-core Qualcomm CPU 1GB RAM…
Not long after the iPad first came out the medical industry started deploying the tablet for various purposes from storing data to researching and displaying that research. Financially, does it actually pay off to spend money on iPads in this field? One hospital can conclude it most certainly is. That hospital, which is choosing to…