Google sharing Android ad revenue with carriers, manufacturers?
A mobile OS made and backed by one of the world’s most successful companies in the last decade can’t go wrong, right? Right, so that’s why Google’s Android is quickly growing – and it could become the world’s no. 2 mobile platform by 2013. Part of Android’s success is certainly the fact that it’s a [...]
Apple App Store and Android Market rank highest in customer satisfaction
Marketing and advertising research company Nielsen has just published a new report on the state of mobile app stores in the US. According to the company, the Apple App Store ranks highest when it comes to customer satisfaction, followed by Google’s Android Market. Interestingly, the next four places are taken by carrier app stores: T-Mobile [...]
Nokia Here and Now S60 app out of beta
Launched back in April last year, Nokia’s Here and Now application is now out of beta and comes with a new UI that’s browser-based. The new Here and Now app downloads a web page on your phone, displaying the weather, plus local events, movies and restaurants. The application automatically customizes the page according to users’ [...]
Motorola Devour with Android now available at Verizon
Verizon Wireless’ second Android smartphone from Motorola, the Moto Devour, is now available for purchase for $149.99 ($50 less than the Droid) with a 2-yr contract agreement. You can buy the handset free of contract, too, for $479.99. The Devour runs Android 1.6 and, unlike the Droid, it also comes with the MotoBlur UI, which [...]
HTC Windows Phone 7 Series device coming this year, says Peter Chou
HTC has been a loyal Microsoft partner throughout the years (despite starting to make more Android smartphones), and it will, as we already know, continue the partnership after Windows Phone 7 Series is launched. In a recent interview with Forbes, HTC’s CEO Peter Chou mentioned that the company expects to launch its first Windows Phone [...]
#CTIA 2010: A More Hands-On Look at Samsung Galaxy S
Tuesday I posted a brief hands-on based on my very first opportunity to lay eyes on the Galaxy S at the Samsung event. While it was a great first impression, I didn’t have much time then to sit down and really play with the phone or get some more in-depth shots. Fortunately Wednesday I had [...]
#CTIA 2010: LG Remarq Hands-On (Video)
LG didn’t seem to bring a heckuva lot with them to CTIA this year. The two new handsets that are getting any sort of buzz are the Cosmos (featured earlier) and the Remarq. Both devices are rather simplistic and not a whole lot to look at in terms of razzle dazzle. However, the buzz swarming [...]
LG Cosmos Will Provide Low-End Texting Glory on Verizon (Video)
For those who are lovers of all things text but not lovers of spending lots of money for extra stuff thrown into many of the latest handsets on the market today, the LG Cosmos is a good compromise. Of late, Verizon has been requiring data plans on all of its 3G devices. The LG Cosmos [...]
Kyocera Shows Off Android-Based Zio at CTIA 2010
Kyocera is often overlooked at shows such as CTIA 2010 mainly due to its reputation for being a producer of lower-end, entry-level devices that usually fit well into prepaid carriers such as Virgin Mobile and Cricket. But it can be hard to remember the days of over 5 years ago when Kyocera actually did manufacture [...]
#CTIA 2010: Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus for AT&T
Just a few days ago Palm and AT&T officially announced the former company’s last ditch effort to stay alive. The Palm Pre Plus and Palm Pixi Plus will both be available in the coming months on AT&T. There really isn’t anything different on this particular version of the two handsets, besides the usual AT&T-branded apps [...]
Live Pics of the Motorola i1 Android at #CTIA 2010
Android is the name of the game at this year’s CTIA in Las Vegas, and it is definitely everywhere. It’s as though every single booth here offers something related to Android in some way, whether it’s handsets or apps. One place I was surprised to see Android show up, however, was on an iDEN-based device. [...]
Dell Aero Shows its Shiny Face at #CTIA 2010
AT&T has mentioned its plans to have 5 Android devices out by June of this year, and so far only one, the Motorola Backflip, has shown up in stores. Dell is working to have the second AT&T Android, also known as the Aero, ready for the masses as soon as possible. While Dell didn’t have [...]
AT&T 3G MicroCell to Become Available Nationwide in April
Ever since last year, the 3G Microcell has been available on AT&T in only a couple certain test markets. Finally the tests are complete and AT&T has now announced today at CTIA 2010 that the Microcell will be available nationwide in the US starting in April. The 3G Microcell will be sold for $149.99 as [...]
Nokia E72 coming to UK mobile network 3
UK mobile operator 3 has announced that they will start offering the Nokia E72 by May of this year. They would do it sooner, since they’re already a bit late to releasing it under their network, but Sylvia from 3′s Devices team comments: “…because of our late decision to range it we do need some [...]
Dell Aero won’t allow unsigned Android apps
For those of you who have been waiting to get their hands on the Dell Aero smartphone as it goes on sale from AT&T, I have a bit of bad news: it won’t allow the installation of unsigned Android applications. This is according to Dell itself, speaking to PhoneNews.com. It appears the company isn’t the [...]
Teen girl’s phone comes back loaded with porn after repair service
An 18-year old teenage girl named Lauren Kennedy sent her Nokia phone to a Carphone Warehouse earlier this month because it had a problem of it cutting out during phone calls. That problem has since been taken care of, but Lauren’s phone came back with an entirely new issue: it was pre-loaded with porn. Apparently, [...]
Samsung Wave and Galaxy S – the world’s first DivX HD certified phones
Samsung (the first company to add DivX certification to mobile phones) announced that its Bada-based Samsung Wave S8500 is the world’s first handset certified for DivX HD (720p) video playback. Moreover, the just-announced Samsung Galaxy S i9000 (which runs Android 2.1) will also get DivX HD certification sometime soon. Both the Wave and the Galaxy [...]
Egypt enforces ban on international voice calls made over mobile Internet
There are many ways in which new technology can kill old technology, and one of them is when new tech fully disables the old tech provider’s source of revenue. Without revenue, providers of the old tech cannot operate, and slowly but surely, the new tech will take over. A perfect representation of this situation can [...]
Nokia pushes firmware updates for E52 and E55
Nokia has released firmware updates for two of its finest Eseries devices to date. Namely, the Nokia E52 and Nokia E55. While we haven’t been able to get our hands on the full change-log, we’re quite certain that the firmware update will bring some bug fixes and possibly add some new features. It is said [...]
AT&T intros new music service for $6.99 per month
AT&T has just unveiled a new AT&T Music application, initially available on only three phones: Samsung Impression (pictured below), Samsung Solstice and LG Xenon. According to the second largest US carrier, the new AT&T Music app combines popular music services to provide users with song and album downloads, an enhanced music player, song match capabilities, [...]