Motorola is open to building Windows Phones, CEO says

By L.K. | On Wednesday, August 10th, 2011 - No Comments »
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Motorola Mobility CEO Sanjay Jha on Tuesday said that his company is open to building smartphones powered by Microsoft’s Windows Phone operating system. The Motorola boss said that while the company is focused on Google’s Android platform right now, it would absolutely consider the new Microsoft mobile OS under the right conditions. “I think we’re completely open to the notion of. 

Google Chrome OS for tablets spotted on video

By L.K. | On Tuesday, August 9th, 2011 - No Comments »
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We’ve previously reported about some screenshots of Chrome OS being used in some sort of tablet-friendly mode, and now some video footage of it has surfaced. A web developer named François Beaufort recently finished compiling a software build of Chrome OS that would work on tablets, and posted a video demonstration of it online. So what does it look like? Basically Chrome OS, except that. 

Samsung Hercules confirmed as a T-Mobile Galaxy S II variant

By L.K. | On Monday, August 8th, 2011 - No Comments »
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The picture almost says it all: the Galaxy S II is coming to T-Mobile. Except it’s slightly more complicated than that. According to TmoNews, you’re actually looking at the back of the new Samsung Hercules — a handset rumored to possess godly specs, which we already knew was heading to both T-Mo and Telus, and which is now confirmed as an honest-to-goodness Galaxy S II variant.. 

LG Revolution set to receive bugfix update

By L.K. | On Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011 - No Comments »
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If you happen to be an owner of the LG Revolution while rocking on to Verizon’s LTE network, then here is some good news for you. There is a spanking new OTA (Over The Air) update for the LG Revolution – while it isn’t Android 2.3 Gingerbread, build VS910ZV6 also comes with a bunch of new apps, updates, and bugfixes which ought to keep you happy for the moment, at least until Android. 

Canalys: Android rules the smartphone world, Samsung could’ve done better

By L.K. | On Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011 - No Comments »
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Thought Android was killing it in the US? Try the rest of planet Earth, bud. The latest from our friends at Canalys has Google’s mobile OS on 48 percent of smartphones worldwide, or nearly one out of every two sold. Mountain View’s stratospheric rise came at someone’s expense, and it looks like Nokia’s the loser here folks, which corroborates the data from last week’s. 

HTC, Samsung and LG prepping Windows Phone Mango devices for September

By L.K. | On Monday, August 1st, 2011 - No Comments »
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HTC, Samsung and LG are poised to launch new Windows Phone Mango devices in September, DigiTimes reported on Friday. HTC’s handsets will be equipped with displays sized between 3.8-inches and 4.7-inches and will be powered by Qualcomm CPUs clocked at 1.5GHz. We’re expecting at least two of HTC’s new phones to be the Ignite and the Prime, which leaked again yesterday. Suppliers also. 

White Samsung Galaxy S II spotted

By L.K. | On Friday, July 29th, 2011 - No Comments »
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We’re expecting Samsung to begin launching its flagship Galaxy S II handset in the United States any week now, and on Thursday a render of a white version of the device popped up online. Until recently, Samsung only offered a black hued model of the phone in Europe, but a number of retailers are beginning to stock the new white model pictured above. The Galaxy S II packs a dual-core processor,. 

TouchPal aims to be your Android keyboard of choice

By L.K. | On Thursday, July 28th, 2011 - No Comments »
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One of the most popular keyboards created for the Android platform has got to be Swype. Its intuitive interface, paired up with accurate error correction and low learning curve make it the keyboard of choice for a lot of people. There have been many challengers to the throne but none of them have managed to over throw it yet but it looks like the folks over at TouchPal have plans to change. 

AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II spotted?

By L.K. | On Wednesday, July 27th, 2011 - No Comments »
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Could what you see above actually be the Samsung Galaxy S II from AT&T, just when you thought that Verizon Wireless would beat AT&T to the smartphone? Well, the model showcased has a QWERTY keyboard that slides out nicely, but we have no knowledge on whether this will be the Galaxy S II over at AT&T, or will it be known as the AT&T Galaxy Attain? The Bard did say, a rose by. 

Apple releases iOS 4.3.5 update

By L.K. | On Tuesday, July 26th, 2011 - No Comments »
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While we eagerly anticipate the arrival of iOS 5, it looks like Apple is still hard at work fixing problems found in the current version of the operating system. Not long after it released iOS 4.3.4 which fixed the PDF vulnerability, the company has just pushed out a new update to iOS 4 users, bringing the OS up to version 4.3.5 (4.2.10 for Verizon devices). This time it fixes another security.