Verizon is usually regarded as having the best service out of all four US carriers. On Monday, Verizon Wireless decided to introduce a new plan that might quell concerns that Verizon is expensive. This plan is prepaid and is as follows: It features unlimited talk, text, and 1GB of data for $80. Read More »
The DROID 4, the 4th iteration of the phone that for all intents and purposes put Android on the map. Although some people think that the DROID brand has become watered down with the many releases of various DROID branded phones, I believe that the DROID 4 stays true to what DROID was always about. This phone rocks a dual ... Read More »
The famous “Droid Does” commercials were iconic for the time, and was Verizon’s first huge marketing campaign against iPhone. It seems like it had been quite a while since we had seen any “Droid Does” commercials but Verizon has decided to bring it back with a little twist. This revival features the RAZR, RAZR MAXX and DROID 4. Read More »
Just this morning, Microsoft announced a partnership with Barnes & Noble in regards to their e-reader business. This is right after both companies were able to come to an agreement about patent infringement claims. This partnership spins Barnes & Noble’s e-reader business into a subsidiary (currently being called newco for the time being). Read More »
And another one bites the dust. LG announced today that they plan to make no further Windows Phone devices. They instead plan to focus on fleshing out their Android offerings. LG was one of the original launch partners of Windows Phone back in 2009 and offered one of the first Windows Phones, the LG Quantum, here in the US. Read More »
In news today, the Galaxy S II, the Sensation 4G, and the Amaze 4G, are most likely getting a sweet taste of Ice Cream Sandwich, Androids latest 4.0 mobile operating system. Read More »
Apple likes to keep services and companies they acquire to themselves, so this latest move isn’t very surprising. Apple recently acquired Chomp to help beef up App Store recommendations and searches. If you have used the Genius feature within the App Store you can agree that recommendations have been hit or miss. Read More »
For those of you still clinging on the now dwindling Firefox 3.6, Mozilla isn’t having it anymore. Come early May, Mozilla will be force updating those still stuck on 3.6 to version 12. Its crazy to believe how many updates Firefox has gone through in the past year, considering that they wanted to have a more rapid release cycle like ... Read More »
A story from Digitimes is claiming that Taiwanese manufacturers (Acer, HTC, and Compal) have been asking Microsoft for the ability to customize the Windows Phone interface and applications. This is something that have afforded the same OEM’s success with Android. According to said manufacturers, lack of customization options led to issues with being able to differentiate and properly market, along with there not being enough hardware choice. There ... Read More »
Mobile World Congress came and went without a peep out of the Samsung camp in regards to releasing the Galaxy S III. We knew this already so it wasn’t a huge surprise going into it. Samsung decided to launch the Galaxy S III closer to availability. This is a god send considering usually its comprised of a European launch with US availability 6-8 months out. Read More »
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