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by Andrew Martonik
Nov 07, 2012
Qualcomm has just posted its FQ4 and FY2012 (fiscal quarter/year, not calendar quarter/year) results. For the quarter, the popular chip maker hit record revenues of $4.87 billion, up 18-percent...
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by Andrew Martonik
Nov 07, 2012
After a little slip-up with a bad v2.0 update, ebay has charged ahead with a feature release, v2.1 to its official app. What we're looking at here is a smattering of fixes and a couple of featur...
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by Andrew Martonik
Nov 07, 2012
AT&T has just released its plans regarding a massive investment in both its wireless and wireline infrastructure. Over the next three years, AT&T plans to invest a total of $14 billion ...
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by Andrew Martonik
Nov 07, 2012
One of the greatest parts of owning a Nexus is the software support from Google. Now this goes beyond just updates, as Google also posts complete "factory images" for Nexus devices so that...
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by Andrew Martonik
Nov 07, 2012
When the Galaxy Note 2 started showing up on carrier store shelves here in the U.S., there was one curious omission to the firmware. The U.S. variants of the device were shipping without Samsung'...
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by Andrew Martonik
Nov 07, 2012
The Nexus 4 was announced to much fanfare last week, especially when the prices hit. $299 for 8GB? That’s less than half what a high end smartphone will cost you off contract nowadays. Buying ...
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by Andrew Martonik
Nov 06, 2012
Sprint's leading hardware keyboard slider device from earlier this year, the Motorola Photon Q, is receiving a sizable maintenance OTA (Over The Air) update today. Software version 7.7.1Q-6...
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by Andrew Martonik
Nov 06, 2012
A joint study by Fierce Wireless and NPD Connected Intelligence has been tracking data usage of Android (and now iOS) users across the big four carriers in the states. Shown above is the chart ...
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by Andrew Martonik
Nov 06, 2012
Here's a piece of information that probably isn't surprising to most of us. According to data collected by Strategy Analytics, 60-percent of smartphone owners in the U.S. would prefer if the...
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by Andrew Martonik
Nov 06, 2012
Well this is a bit out of left field -- Motorola has announced it will be selling an Atrix HD Developer Edition. The Droid RAZR HD Developer Edition just went on sale a couple weeks ago, and it look...
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by Andrew Martonik
Nov 05, 2012
Since March of 2010, Verizon has been including a Verizon Apps store on its Android and BlackBerry handsets. When it was first created, the app landscape on Android wasn't the same as it is toda...
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by Andrew Martonik
Nov 05, 2012
The patent battle between Apple and Google (by way of Motorola) just keeps on going. Apple and Google were set to square off in the courtroom today in Wisconsin over allegations that Motorola's ...
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by Andrew Martonik
Nov 04, 2012
Most people were pretty caught off guard when Google announced some ridiculously low pricing for the Nexus 4. At $299/$349 in the U.S. and Canada, €299/€349 in Europe and £239/£...
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by Andrew Martonik
Nov 04, 2012
Our phone and network infrastructure is a critical part of the recovery efforts following a natural disaster. In an age where the only connection to the outside world for many people is a smartphone...
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by Andrew Martonik
Nov 03, 2012
Now that the initial flood of Nexus news is over and we're all waiting patiently with our credit cards out ready to spend some money on November 13th, take a few minutes to check out this week&#...
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by Andrew Martonik
Nov 03, 2012
We've gotten several bits of information on the pricing and availability of that awkwardly mid-range Galaxy S3 Mini before, and now Carphone Warehouse has released its pricing details. Falling i...
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by Andrew Martonik
Nov 03, 2012
In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, there's pretty extensive damage up in the Northeast. If you'd like to help, Verizon has been facilitating $10 donations to the Red Cross from customers by tex...
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by Andrew Martonik
Nov 02, 2012
We heard just yesterday about the relative success of the Galaxy Note 2, selling 3 million units in just over 30 days. That was quite a feat, but how about this? 30 million Galaxy SII (S3) units sol...
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by Andrew Martonik
Nov 02, 2012
This render of a color refreshed Samsung Galaxy SII (S2) hitting Sprint has just landed in our inbox, which you can see above. It's not the highest quality picture ever, but it's worth notin...
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by Andrew Martonik
Nov 02, 2012
Update: the folks over at EVLeaks have what look to be the official (or nearly official) renders of the ZTE Flash. It's got quite a pronounced camera hump, as you would expect with a big 12MP&nb...
