Saturday, December 31, 2011

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Verizon backtracks, drops plans for $2 bill-payment fee

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 12:58 PM PST

Only 24 hours after the story first broke that Verizon Wireless would charge a $2 fee to customers that chose to pay their bills via one-time credit card transactions, the carrier has announced that those plans have been scrapped.
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Kindle Fire traffic skyrockets on Christmas Day, encroaches on iPad territory

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 11:27 AM PST

According to new data from ad network Millennial Media, Amazon's Kindle Fire Android tablet has not only been selling well in general, but it was a particularly hot Christmas gift this year.
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Verizon's $2 bill-payment fee catches FCC's attention

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 10:50 AM PST

Verizon Wireless didn't make any friends this week when it announced that starting January 15, 2012, it would be charging customers $2 to pay their bill on the phone or online when they use a credit card. The commotion over the proposed fee has caught the attention of the Federal Communications Commission, which has said it will investigate the surcharge.
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Slice - the Best iPhone App Ever this week

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 09:47 AM PST

We are kicking off a new feature here at MobileBurn where we share some of our favorite apps on various platforms. To start things off, Dan has picked Slice as the Best iPhone App Ever This Week, as it came in quite handy during the recent holiday shopping season.
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Verizon explains 4G LTE network issues as "growing pains"

Posted: 30 Dec 2011 05:16 AM PST

After a month that saw 3 separate 4G LTE network outages, Verizon Wireless has issued a press release detailing some points as to why its network has been unstable and what the carrier is doing to shore it up for the future.
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Friday, December 30, 2011

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Samsung still top phone maker, Android still top smartphone OS says comScore

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 02:05 PM PST

Research firm comScore has released its latest report on the mobile industry in the U.S., and not much has changed since the last report. As we saw with the report covering August through October, the new report for September through November shows Samsung holding on to its lead as the top mobile phone manufacturer, and Android maintaining its first place spot in the smartphone OS battle.
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Video: mophie juice pack plus outdoor EDITION video tour

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 12:53 PM PST

The mophie juice pack plus outdoor EDITION is essentially the same battery pack/protective case for the Apple iPhone 4/4S as the juice pack plus that was released last year, but it comes in a new color scheme and includes access to mophie's new Outdoor wayfinding app for the iPhone. The case sports a 2,000mAh internal battery that doubles the life of the iPhone 4 or 4S, and is painted in a military green color with orange trim. The Outdoor app features GPS tracking and downloadable maps, as well as the ability to record hikes and mark waypoints. The mophie juice pack plus outdoor EDITION is available now for the iPhone 4 and 4S for $119.99.
Watch the video here.


UNIEA Design Series cases for Apple iPhone 4/4S review

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 11:58 AM PST

UNIEA, a manufacturer of cases for smartphones and tablets, has released a new line of cases for the Apple iPhone 4 and 4S that feature slim profiles and custom art designs. Called the "Design Series," the cases are made from polycarbonate and sport anti-scratch UV coatings. UNIEA sent me three designs to check out, so read on to find out more about the Design Series of cases.
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Nokia, Samsung, HTC rumored to announce LTE Windows Phone smartphones at CES

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 11:11 AM PST

The one thing that is notoriously missing (well, one of the things) from any Windows Phone smartphone on the market is true 4G network support. Specifically, we talking about support for LTE networks. Microsoft and its partners have promised that will change in 2012, and if today's rumors have any weight, we could see LTE-equipped Windows Phone smartphones from HTC, Samsung, and Nokia at the CES trade show in early January.
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Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 with LTE for Verizon finally gets a taste of TouchWiz

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 09:09 AM PST

The Wi-Fi version of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 has had Samsung's TouchWiz interface since August, but the LTE version of the tablet offered by Verizon Wireless is just now getting the custom interface and associated mini-apps. In addition to Samsung's special treatment of Android 3.2 Honeycomb, the update brings DiVX video support, Bluetooth 3.0, and Samsung's own AllShare DLNA media sharing. The update is listed as coming soon and should be hitting users' tablets in the near future. Samsung says that the much more interesting upgrade to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich will arrive for the Galaxy Tab 10.1 after Q1 of next year. Hopefully the LTE version of the tablet won't be too far behind in getting that upgrade.
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Verizon to ding bill-payers an extra $2 starting January 15

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 08:05 AM PST

Verizon Wireless has announced that it will institute a $2 surcharge for any customer that chooses to make a single payment on their bill, whether that be online or by telephone. The carrier is waiving the fee for those that pay by electronic check or enroll in AutoPay, Verizon's recurring payment system. Verizon says that it is instituting this fee to allow it "to continue to support these single bill payment options in these channels and is designed to address costs incurred by us for only those customers who choose to make single bill payments in alternate payment channels (online, mobile, telephone)." The new fee will take effect on January 15, 2012.
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Amazon moves over 4 million Kindles in December

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 06:40 AM PST

Amazon has announced that December was quite a month for the e-tailer, as it was able to sell more than 1 million Kindle devices per week for the entire month leading up to the Christmas holiday. The company notes that this year was the best holiday season ever for the Kindle family, but it does not say how many of each particular Kindle model were sold. If we were the betting type, we would say that the Kindle Fire certainly played a part in Amazon's successes this year, as Amazon claims that it is the "#1 best-selling, most gifted, and most wished for product across the millions of items available on Amazon.com since its introduction 13 weeks ago."
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HTC offers bootloader unlock tool for all smartphones released after September 2011

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 05:50 AM PST

HTC has announced that the tool that it provides to unlock the bootloaders of its Android smartphones has been updated to work with all models released after September 2011. This means that owners of the HTC Vivid, Rezound, and other recent models can now unlock their bootloaders and load custom software on the devices. As with previous versions of the unlock tool, use of it will void a phone's warranty, and users need to have the Android SDK installed on their computer for it to work. The company says that it is still working to provide unlock options for other models released prior to September 2011.
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Samsung ships 1 million Galaxy Note smartphones without the help of the U.S.

Posted: 29 Dec 2011 05:23 AM PST

Samsung announced earlier today that it has shipped one million of its Galaxy Note smartphone/tablet hybrid devices in the roughly two months since the device became available for purchase.
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