Another week, another new Samsung Galaxy smartphone unveiled. The Samsung Galaxy S4 Active is a waterproof version of the most powerful phone on the market. Designed for people who can’t get enough of the great outdoors, the Active is dust-proof and can be submerged in water up to about three feet for as long as half an ...
iOS 7 Announced With a Focus on Multitasking and a New Safari
on 6.10.13
Apple devices are set to get a new version of iOS. At the company’s Worldwide Developer Conference, iOS 7 was announced to the world. It’s being called “the biggest change to iOS since the introduction of the iPhone.” It’s packed with amazing new features and a brand new interface. The new iOS has a new palette of ...
AT&T Bumps 20-Month Mobile Upgrade Period to Full 2 Years
on 6.10.13
The big US carriers tend to echo each other's customer-hostile policy decisions all too often, and that's unfortunately happening once again. Effective immediately, AT&T is shadowing Verizon by extending its standard device upgrade interval from 20 months to the full two years of a typical agreement. All of its new ...
Court Rules NYC Cabs Can Be Hailed via Smartphone Apps
on 6.7.13
New York City taxi riders will now be able to hail a cab using smartphone applications after a state appeals panel cleared the way for a pilot program to move forward. The measure adopted by the New York City Taxi & Limousine Commission in December would run for 12 months and exempt areas such as airports that have ...
Sales of Older iPhones, iPads Banned After Patent Infringement Claim
on 6.5.13
A U.S. trade agency on Tuesday banned the sale of several iPhone and iPad models for infringing a Samsung patent, dealing a high-profile setback to Apple’s crusade against copycats. If upheld, the ruling would show that at least some of Apple’s iconic technology duplicated that of its primary competitor in the ...
Pew: More Than Half of All Americans Own a Smartphone
on 6.5.13
We’ve crossed the barrier, beyond the great divide. There’s no turning back now. Okay, that’s a little dramatic, but a new report from Pew Research today confirms what we sort of suspected anyway: That more than half of adults in the U.S. are now smartphone owners — 56 percent, to be exact. And the majority of ...
Report: More Than One Billion Android Devices Will Ship Yearly Beginning in 2017
on 6.5.13
Shipments of Android smartphones are expected to climb to more than 1 billion units annually in 2017, more than twice the 470 million Android phones that shipped last year. Market research firm Canalys on Tuesday issued a new report containing its smartphone forecast for the next five years. Android is clearly the big ...
Report: BlackBerry’s Next Flagship Phone, the A10, Launches in November
on 6.5.13
BlackBerry's next flagship smartphone, the all-touchscreen BlackBerry A10, will launch during the holidays, CNET has learned. The BlackBerry A10 is the successor to the Z10, and further builds upon the company's burgeoning lineup of devices. The A10 will occupy the highest tier, moving the Z10 and keyboard-equipped Q10 to ...
Samsung Unveils the Waterproof Galaxy S IV Active
on 6.5.13
On Wednesday, Samsung is announcing a new variant of its Galaxy S4 more suited to the great outdoors. The phone has a high degree of dust and water protection (IP67), allowing it to be submerged in water up to a meter (about three feet) deep for up to 30 minutes. Inside, the phone has the same 1.9GHz quad-core processor and ...
FreedomPop Launches Free LTE Mobile Phone Service
on 6.5.13
If today's move to offer free mobile service by an upstart mobile company gets the heavy adoption its creators expect, it may shake up the mobile ecosystem and force the big telecom companies to lower their rates and offer better deals to customers. It's a big if, but that's what seven-month-old FreedomPop is hoping for on ...
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