Archive for August, 2011

  • Some good news is coming are way from Korean technology site Electric Times about the upcoming Nexus Prime. According to the website, the new Google phone will be available starting in October (just in time to steal iPhone 5′s thunder), and it will pack a 1.5GHz Dual-Core processor and a nice 4.5″ 720p Super AMOLED screen. And don’t forget, this device will be the first to feature Android 4.0, an OS that can bridge the gap between phone and tablet. There are also rumors going around that Samsung will make this device, and it will run on the Verizon network. 4G can be checked off on the list, as any...

    Nexus Prime Lands This October

    Posted on August 18, 2011 | View Comments
    Some good news is coming are way from Korean technology site Electric Times about the upcoming Nexus Prime. According to the website, the new Google phone will be available starting in October (just in time to steal iPhone 5′s thunder), and it will pack a 1.5GHz Dual-Core processor and a nice 4.5″ 720p Super AMOLED screen. And don’t forget, this device will be the first to feature Android 4.0, an OS that can bridge the gap between phone and tablet. There are also rumors going around that Samsung will make this device, and it will run on the Verizon network. 4G can be checked off on the list, as any...

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  • Yes, it is true. Just the other day, Google announced that they are planning on buying Motorola Mobility. Many ideas have been circling since the news broke a few days ago as to what will happen, and it is clear that this “take over” of Motorola by Google is for greater things in the future. One of those ideas that are circling around is “supercharging Android”. Android may be the top OS in the smartphone market today, but Apple is still pretty high up, and Google woud love to change that. So, by acquiring Motorola, they should have the ability to make Android go into superdrive and destroy the competition,...

    Google Wants to Purchase Motorola???

    Posted on August 17, 2011 | View Comments
    Yes, it is true. Just the other day, Google announced that they are planning on buying Motorola Mobility. Many ideas have been circling since the news broke a few days ago as to what will happen, and it is clear that this “take over” of Motorola by Google is for greater things in the future. One of those ideas that are circling around is “supercharging Android”. Android may be the top OS in the smartphone market today, but Apple is still pretty high up, and Google woud love to change that. So, by acquiring Motorola, they should have the ability to make Android go into superdrive and destroy the competition,...

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  • This probably doesn’t come as a surprise for me, including myself, but from recent news we’ve heard (aka a post on Engadget), some LTE equipment is being installed at Apple Stores, by AT&T. This comes after yesterday’s BGR find — where they found a property list file that has to do with LTE devices on iOS 5.  The equipment at the AT&T store supports the 700MHz and AWS bands,  bothof which are planning to be used by AT&T — if they get T-Mobile. Engadget was also told that the Apple store(s) in question are also trying to increase the number of floor salesman by 30%, for the apparent rush the everyone...

    LTE equipment being installed in Apple Stores, iPhone with LTE radio supposedly being tested

    Posted on August 16, 2011 | View Comments
    This probably doesn’t come as a surprise for me, including myself, but from recent news we’ve heard (aka a post on Engadget), some LTE equipment is being installed at Apple Stores, by AT&T. This comes after yesterday’s BGR find — where they found a property list file that has to do with LTE devices on iOS 5.  The equipment at the AT&T store supports the 700MHz and AWS bands,  bothof which are planning to be used by AT&T — if they get T-Mobile. Engadget was also told that the Apple store(s) in question are also trying to increase the number of floor salesman by 30%, for the apparent rush the everyone...

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  • Things are beginning to lighten up in the merger world, specifically for those two communication companies, AT&T and T-Mobile. The TIA is made up of some of the larger names in the tech industry such as Apple, Nokia, Intel, and Microsoft. TIA’s President Grant Seiffert said the following about the merger: “Combining the infrastructure and resources of AT&T and T-Mobile would help create a reliable, high-speed mobile broadband network and encourage a virtuous cycle of investment and innovation in America’s business sector, meet growing consumer demand for these services, and address the looming spectrum crisis. The potential benefits of the merger should be given substantial weight in the FCC’s review...

    Telecommunications Industry Association approves of AT&T/T-Mobile merger

    Posted on August 12, 2011 | View Comments
    Things are beginning to lighten up in the merger world, specifically for those two communication companies, AT&T and T-Mobile. The TIA is made up of some of the larger names in the tech industry such as Apple, Nokia, Intel, and Microsoft. TIA’s President Grant Seiffert said the following about the merger: “Combining the infrastructure and resources of AT&T and T-Mobile would help create a reliable, high-speed mobile broadband network and encourage a virtuous cycle of investment and innovation in America’s business sector, meet growing consumer demand for these services, and address the looming spectrum crisis. The potential benefits of the merger should be given substantial weight in the FCC’s review...

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  • Here is what we like to see. It looks like Google has a leak, a leak that likes to take blurry shots of in-dev versions of Android. Android Police and Rootz Wiki have obtained leaked shots of what could be Android 4 aka Ice Cream Sandwich or ICS. It appears that Google does not yet have new developer hardware, so if these shots are real, then the Nexus S is playing lab rat for ICS. We should point out that this could be clever skinning and some nice root apps, but we will give anything a look. We did see images leaked several months ago of what could be the...

    Its Leaking: First Images of Ice Cream Sandwich?

    Posted on August 11, 2011 | View Comments
    Here is what we like to see. It looks like Google has a leak, a leak that likes to take blurry shots of in-dev versions of Android. Android Police and Rootz Wiki have obtained leaked shots of what could be Android 4 aka Ice Cream Sandwich or ICS. It appears that Google does not yet have new developer hardware, so if these shots are real, then the Nexus S is playing lab rat for ICS. We should point out that this could be clever skinning and some nice root apps, but we will give anything a look. We did see images leaked several months ago of what could be the...

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  • The war against the companies rage on, and in this week’s episode, we have Apple and Samsung and Germany. The country has decided in a hearing that, due to the design of the Tab 10.1, which is eerily similar to the iPad, all sales in the European Union will be halted for the tablet, except for the Netherlands. Samsung naturally responded to the hearing favoring against it (clearly), and will fight back at the ruling. This comes in light of Apple suing Samsung across the world for theft of intellectual property, in this case, the design of the Korean company’s 10.1 inch tablet. Apple hopes to block the sales of the tablet...

    Apple suit against Samsung in Germany wins out in favor of Apple, Galaxy Tab 10.1 sales halted in EU

    Posted on August 10, 2011 | View Comments
    The war against the companies rage on, and in this week’s episode, we have Apple and Samsung and Germany. The country has decided in a hearing that, due to the design of the Tab 10.1, which is eerily similar to the iPad, all sales in the European Union will be halted for the tablet, except for the Netherlands. Samsung naturally responded to the hearing favoring against it (clearly), and will fight back at the ruling. This comes in light of Apple suing Samsung across the world for theft of intellectual property, in this case, the design of the Korean company’s 10.1 inch tablet. Apple hopes to block the sales of the tablet...

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  • Here we go again, sadly. The FCC has come out today and announced in a statement that Wireless Bureau chief Rick Kaplan plans to stop the 180 day review time on AT&T’s proposed purchase of Qualcomm’s 700MHz spectrum. This doesn’t mean the end of the deal, but this does have a great deal to do with the planned merger, as it “overlaps” some of AT&T’s plans. Qualcomm’s VP of Government Affairs, Dean Brenner reached out to Engadget with an official statement: “The FCC should approve the pending AT&T-Qualcomm spectrum sale now because of the clear benefits to the public from the sale that stand on their own and are totally unrelated to...

    FCC temporarily halts AT&T’s purchase of Qualcomm spectrum, speaks of T-Mobile merger

    Posted on August 9, 2011 | View Comments
    Here we go again, sadly. The FCC has come out today and announced in a statement that Wireless Bureau chief Rick Kaplan plans to stop the 180 day review time on AT&T’s proposed purchase of Qualcomm’s 700MHz spectrum. This doesn’t mean the end of the deal, but this does have a great deal to do with the planned merger, as it “overlaps” some of AT&T’s plans. Qualcomm’s VP of Government Affairs, Dean Brenner reached out to Engadget with an official statement: “The FCC should approve the pending AT&T-Qualcomm spectrum sale now because of the clear benefits to the public from the sale that stand on their own and are totally unrelated to...

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  • While normally, the UK seems like a great place, recent riots over the shooting of 29 year-old man by police have sparked some stores to relieve their main floors of product. This is seen in some Apple stores around the nation, the above being a good example. A statement from the store is as follows: “Above: Due To The Riots In England, The Apple Store In Liverpool One have moved all stock up stairs from the show floor.” Resellers are also getting into the action. This leads us to believe that this is an Apple mandated order and that all stores around London must remove their inventory from their ground...

    UK Apple stores removing inventory from main floors in face of riots

    Posted on August 9, 2011 | View Comments
    While normally, the UK seems like a great place, recent riots over the shooting of 29 year-old man by police have sparked some stores to relieve their main floors of product. This is seen in some Apple stores around the nation, the above being a good example. A statement from the store is as follows: “Above: Due To The Riots In England, The Apple Store In Liverpool One have moved all stock up stairs from the show floor.” Resellers are also getting into the action. This leads us to believe that this is an Apple mandated order and that all stores around London must remove their inventory from their ground...

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  • Looks like Verizon is gearing up for the Droid Bionic. As Big Red has done with every other major iteration of their line of Droid branded phones, Verizon has launched a “teaser” page for the Droid Bionic. We say finally because it has been over a year since we heard the name Bionic, for a while, a few of us even thought that the phone had been scrapped. The Bionic was supposed to be a near clone of the Atrix 4G on AT&T. Several months ago we heard that the design had been scrapped, in favor a much improved design. We the first glimpse of what the possible design might...

    Droid Bionic Teaser Page Up. Its about time.

    Posted on August 6, 2011 | View Comments
    Looks like Verizon is gearing up for the Droid Bionic. As Big Red has done with every other major iteration of their line of Droid branded phones, Verizon has launched a “teaser” page for the Droid Bionic. We say finally because it has been over a year since we heard the name Bionic, for a while, a few of us even thought that the phone had been scrapped. The Bionic was supposed to be a near clone of the Atrix 4G on AT&T. Several months ago we heard that the design had been scrapped, in favor a much improved design. We the first glimpse of what the possible design might...

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  • Not much is known quite yet, but one thing is: Apple’s manufactures have been slipping lately (and over the last few years), and if this is the final design for the next-gen iPhone, it certainly wouldn’t surprise us. Gizchina.com has slipped a few photos in the direction of the internet recently, and the new design matches up pretty well with what we’ve been seeing as the iPhone 5 case. While we won’t be suggesting that this is definitely the final design, it certainly does look quite a bit like final hardware. One thing I must note is that, looking at the above image, looking closely, you can almost make out...

    Is this the new iPhone 5?

    Posted on August 5, 2011 | View Comments
    Not much is known quite yet, but one thing is: Apple’s manufactures have been slipping lately (and over the last few years), and if this is the final design for the next-gen iPhone, it certainly wouldn’t surprise us. Gizchina.com has slipped a few photos in the direction of the internet recently, and the new design matches up pretty well with what we’ve been seeing as the iPhone 5 case. While we won’t be suggesting that this is definitely the final design, it certainly does look quite a bit like final hardware. One thing I must note is that, looking at the above image, looking closely, you can almost make out...

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