Friday, April 8, 2011

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ESPN iPhone app offers live streaming anywhere

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 04:55 AM PDT

ESPN has announced the availability of an iOS app that will allow a cable subscriber to watch live content anywhere they would like from the convenience of their iPhone or iPad.
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Conde Nast rolls out SELF Magazine iPad app

Posted: 08 Apr 2011 04:38 AM PDT

SELF Magazine is now available for Apple's iPad users. The app is free for download and includes a preview, but for those looking for more, you will have to plunk down $3.99 per issue - with no subscription option. It's a shame that even current SELF subscribers of the magazine will have to shell out the $3.99 if they wish to view the issue on their iPad.
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Video: Microsoft Bing for the Apple iPad video demo

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 04:29 PM PDT

Video demo of Bing for the iPad, a search app that is available as a free download from the Apple App Store.
Watch the video here.


Samsung Galaxy Tab for Verizon gets software update

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 02:01 PM PDT

A software update is being pushed to the Samsung Galaxy Tab for Verizon Wireless that promises to improve battery life and and enhance the browser's performance. The email application (non-Gmail) is receiving a bunch of improvements as well, such as better font sizing, display of the time the email was received in the status bar, proper linking, larger attachment opening, Word doc downloads, and the ability to send multiple name cards. The update is being pushed to the tablets now.
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B&N updates developer tools for NOOK Color

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 02:00 PM PDT

Barnes & Noble has announced an update to the developer tools and services for its NOOK Color e-reader. The new tools are designed to help developers build their apps faster and distribute them easier.
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iPhone, iPad get Atari's Greatest Hits for retro gaming

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 01:30 PM PDT

Atari is making a comeback, and is offering its Greatest Hits app to bring back old school games like PONG, Missle Command, and my fave - Asteroids. Users can even use retro interfaces to get the real feel of being back in the Seventies. One hundred games are available and come packaged in groups of three and four for $.99 or you can get the full 100 classic arcade as well as the Atari 2600 titles for $14.99. The Atari Greatest Hits app requires iOS 3.0 or later. Download now and recieve PONG for free.
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Samsung confirms Galaxy S II Android smartphone will ship in April

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 01:23 PM PDT

Samsung has taken to one of its Twitter accounts to confirm that, despite rumors to the contrary, the Galaxy S II Android smartphone is on schedule to launch in April. Rumors have been going around that an update to the processor in the smartphone has delayed the launch of the Android 2.3 Gingerbread-powered device. You can take a look at our hands on of the 4.3-inch phone from MWC earlier this year.
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Toys R' Us rumored to be next iPad 2 retailer

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 01:21 PM PDT

A leaked document has hit the internet that looks as though Toys R' Us will be the next retailer to carry Apple's uber-tablet, iPad 2.
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Google's Andy Rubin comments on Android availability, misses point

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 01:11 PM PDT

Google's VP of Engineering and head of the Android project Andy Rubin has taken to the Android Developers Blog to comment about the recent news of Android availability to developers, specifically Android 3.0 Honeycomb.
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LinkedIn for Android now available in non-beta form

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 12:52 PM PDT

LinkedIn has officially come out of beta and joined the ranks of social networking apps found in Google's Android Market. The app brings business to the social networking world and offers its 100 million current users the ability to stay connected while-on-the-go. The app offers access to LinkedIn connections and profiles, updates, search, invitations, messaging, and suggestions - as well as refreshed user interface.
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Angry Birds Rio video game review

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 12:46 PM PDT

In this video, Jordan shows us Rovio's latest chapter in the Angry Birds game saga: Angry Birds Rio. Angry Birds Rio for Apple iOS and Android is a tie-in with the upcoming "Rio" movie from Twentieth Century Fox that manages to maintain the classic Angry Birds feel.
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Canadian Motorola XOOM Wi-Fi Android tablet available now

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 12:39 PM PDT

Motorola Mobility today announced it is now offering its Android 3.0 Honeycomb-powered Motorola XOOM Wi-Fi tablet to Canadian consumers.
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Press Release: Motorola Mobility Brings Motorola XOOM with Wi-Fi to France

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 12:36 PM PDT

Nokia's credit rating cut by Moody's

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 12:30 PM PDT

Following Standard & Poor's downgrade of Nokia's debt rating, Moody's has followed suit and downgraded its own rating of Nokia. Citing Nokia's weakened position in the market and the uncertainty related to the Windows Phone 7 switchover, Moody's has dropped Nokia's debt rating from A2 to A3 and short-term debt from Prime-1 to Prime-2. Moody's has also tagged the outlook for Nokia to be negative for the near future.
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Angry Birds Rio now available for webOS devices

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 12:17 PM PDT

The latest version of everyone's favorite bird-flinging game, Angry Birds Rio, is now available for webOS-powered devices. The new version has two episodes that contain over sixty new levels of play. Angry Birds Rio is $1.99 for download and requires webOS 1.4.5 to run.
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Apple patents suggest new displays, smart bezels for iPhone

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 11:32 AM PDT

Apple has filed new patent applications that hint at new hybrid-display technology and "smart bezels" that can allow additional information to be displayed outside of the main screen area.
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Motorola debuts SocialTV companion service for tablets, smartphones

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 11:16 AM PDT

Motorola has announced a new companion service to its Medios video services called SocialTV. SocialTV will allow content providers to offer games and social experiences that go together with the live TV broadcast. This will allow viewers to share what they are watching with their friends immediately using a smartphone, laptop, or similar device. Included are real-time chat and TV show ratings within in the system. Content providers can implement the new features in the near future.
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Hands-on with Microsoft's Bing for iPad app

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 11:06 AM PDT

Microsoft today released its Bing for iPad app, which gives users a rich search experience and offers direct access to maps, weather, trends, news, finance, and movies. The app also features voice search as well as text search.
Read the full story here.


Apple iOS 4.3.2 possibly coming soon

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 10:48 AM PDT

Boy Genius Report has heard from sources within Apple that claim that the next version of Apple's iOS operating system for the iPhone and iPad could come out within two weeks.
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T-Mobile G2x dual-core Android smartphone gets priced, dated

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 10:43 AM PDT

T-Mobile will offer its users a new Android smartphone, the G2x, for $199.99. The G2x is a dual-core, 4-inch smartphone built by LG.
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iPhone is what teens want, says survey

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 10:26 AM PDT

Industry research firm Piper Jaffray has released a report based on a survey of 4,500 high-school students that shows that Apple's iPhone is dominating teens' want lists.
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U.S. terror alert system will use Facebook, Twitter

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 10:15 AM PDT

According to a draft Homeland Security Department plan, the U.S. government has decided to bring Twitter and Facebook into the mix, as it replaces the old five-color National Terrorism Advisory System with a two-level warning system - elevated and imminent. As it is now, we don't hear about every terror threat in the news, as public awareness may risk exposing government intelligence. The revamped system maintains that standard, despite the implementation of social networking, according to the government's confidential plan. The 19-page plan outlines the entire process of distributing terror alerts, first notifying members of Congress, then counter-terrorism officials, then governors and mayors, and finally, reaching the public. Expected to be in place by April 27, the plan specifies that Twitter and Facebook are to be used "when appropriate," and only after federal, state, and local government leaders have been notified.
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FCC enacts new data roaming rules

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 10:13 AM PDT

The FCC has voted in favor of new rules requiring large wireless carriers to allow smaller regional carriers roaming privileges on their data networks. The rules require fair prices for the roaming services for the regional carriers who do not have their own systems. Rules have already been in effect for voice networks, and now they have been extended to the data networks as well. The FCC says that these rules will drive competition in a market increasingly dominated by two large carriers (AT&T and Verizon Wireless).
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Google I/O live streaming Android and Chrome sessions

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 09:41 AM PDT

Google has announced that it will offer extended live and archived video footage of the Google I/O developer conference that takes place in San Francisco on May 10 and 11.
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T-Mobile Sidekick 4G on sale April 20th

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 08:54 AM PDT

T-Mobile today announced April 20 as the official launch date for its Samsung Sidekick 4G smartphone. The Sidekick 4G sports a spring-loaded screen and a five-row QWERTY keyboard, just like you'd expect from the Sidekick name. The smartphone also has a 3.5-inch capacitive touchscreen, HSPA+ data support that's capable of speeds hitting 21Mbps, a 1GHz Cortex A8 Hummingbird processor, and it runs the Android 2.2 Froyo operating system. The Sidekick 4G will be priced at $99 on a two-year agreement when paired with an unlimited data plan, or $149 if you opt for the 200MB data plan for $10 per month.
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Opera Mini sees 100 million monthly users

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 08:25 AM PDT

It's a landmark day for Opera Software as the company saw 100 million monthly users of Opera Mini in March, and two billion daily page views on the mobile browser. This may be confusing as Opera announced 100 million mobile users a few months back. However, that number represented all three of Opera's mobile channels: its mobile browsers, Opera Mini, and Opera Mobile. This time around, Opera Mini has stolen the show, rocketing ahead with 100 million monthly users all to itself.
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New 4GB DRAM memory chip heading to smartphones

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 08:00 AM PDT

Elpida Memory has developed a 4GB DRAM chip for smartphones, entering into competition with rival Samsung Electronics as one of only two manufacturers of the high capacity power-saving chip. An Elpida spokesman said that production of the DRAM chips will begin in June at a Hiroshima plant, and the company hopes to generate 100 billion yen (US$1.2 billion) in revenue over the course of the 2012/2013 business year. That would be equivalent to around 20 percent of Elpida's expected annual sales for the fiscal year, according to analyst estimates. A senior analyst at Mizuho Investors Securites, Yuichi Ishida, said that the chip "will enjoy a healthy demand."
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Samsung Electronics expecting weaker Q1 earnings report

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 07:22 AM PDT

It appears that Samsung Electronics is having a bit of a tough time this quarter, having said today that it expects its overall Q1 2011 earnings to fall to between 2.7 trillion SKW (US$2.5 billion) and 3.1 trillion SKW (US$2.8 billion), down 30 percent or more from Q1 2010's 4.41 trillion SKW (US$4 billion). Dongbu Securities analyst Lee Min-hee cites weakness in LCD sales as the main factor in Samsung's less-than-outstanding first quarter performance, claiming that there has been a weaker demand from TV set and laptop manufacturers, due in part to the rise in tablet popularity. Samsung is to release a complete quarterly report, which will include the performance of its mobile division, later this month.
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Assurance offers free phones, service to Arkansas residents

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 07:07 AM PDT

Assurance Wireless has announced that it will bring its new free phone initiative, which includes 250 minutes of free service a month, to residents in Arkansas. The service, provided by Virgin Mobile, will give those in poverty-stricken areas of the state access to a mobile phone service at not cost to them. Customers can opt for more minutes or text messaging services for additional fees. Customers must pass low-income qualifications in order to receive the service. Assurance Wireless is now available in 23 states and Washington D.C. Interested customers may go to www.assurancewireless.com or call 1-800-395-2171 to apply for the service.
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Android could snag 48 percent market share by 2015: Gartner

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 06:52 AM PDT

Industry analyst firm Gartner has predicted that Android will be the dominant mobile platform by 2015, with an estimated 48 percent market share. The Google-owned operating system is predicted to surpass Nokia's Symbian this year and conquer 38 percent of the market. The success of Android can be greatly attributed to the diversity of carriers and devices available worldwide.
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Press Release: Alltel Wireless Adds Popular Android Smartphones To Handset Lineup

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 06:37 AM PDT

Ericsson takes ZTE to court over patent infringement

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 06:35 AM PDT

Ericsson has filed a lawsuit against Chinese manufacturer ZTE that claims patent infringements by a number of ZTE phones. The lawsuit was filed in the UK and demands that ZTE cease selling phones that infringe upon Ericsson's patents and that ZTE compensate Ericsson monetarily. A specific amount of compensation was not listed. Ericsson is expected to file the same lawsuit in Italy and Germany as well.
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Apple's iPad 2 sees 2.5 million sales in March alone

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 06:23 AM PDT

Since its March 11 launch, we've been piecing together numbers as they come in, trying to truly quantify just how great Apple's iPad 2 sales success has been. Anonymous sources "at upstream touch panel suppliers" spoke to Yenting Chen and Steve Shen recently, hinting that Apple sold somewhere between 2.4 million and 2.6 million iPad 2 tablets in March alone.
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Microsoft cautions against homebrew WP7 updates

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 06:10 AM PDT

Microsoft has cautioned users against using homebrew methods to force their Windows Phone 7 devices to receive the NoDo update. Recently, methods have become available online to enterprising and impatient WP7 owners that allow them to update their phones to the latest version of WP7 even if their carriers and manufacturers have not officially released it. Microsoft warns against this practice since it has not fully tested the homebrew methods and is not sure what could happen to the phone should something go wrong with the update. The company cautions that a phone's warranty could be voided as well as the phone may not receive future updates automatically if this method is used.
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Wolfram Alpha computational app free in Amazon Appstore today

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 06:00 AM PDT

Amazon's free app offering today is the Wolfram Alpha app. Wolfram Alpha is a computational search engine that is capable of finding data and specifics related to various queries. It can also parse natural language equations and provide solutions. The app makes it easier to input mathematics into the search box, as it provides an extended keyboard with many more characters and symbols available. It is nice to see Amazon offering more than just games in its daily free apps in the Appstore for Android. I know a number of calculus students who will appreciate a free Wolfram Alpha app.
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Press Release: U.S. Space Launches Mobile Communications Business

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 05:49 AM PDT

AT&T-compatible Google Nexus S Android smartphone available

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 05:43 AM PDT

Internet retailer Negrielectronics has made the Google Nexus S Android smartphone with AT&T compatible 3G bands available for purchase. Available in white or black color schemes, the unlocked handset costs a hair under $600. Previously, the Nexus S was only available with T-Mobile compatible bands.
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Telus will bring LTE to Canada using AWS bands

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 05:33 AM PDT

Telus has announced plans to build a 4G LTE network in Canada this year. Expected to be initially built in major metropolitan areas, Telus' network will be using the AWS spectrum that Telus already owns, which operates on the 1700MHz and 2100MHz frequencies. The company has stated that the Canadian government will have to allow the carrier to purchase spectrum in the 700MHz range in order to deploy LTE in rural areas. This is much like the situation in the United States where Verizon Wireless and AT&T purchased large blocks of 700MHz spectrum to use for their own LTE networks (though AT&T also hopes to use T-Mobile's AWS spectrum if its acquisition deal is approved). Telus plans to launch its LTE network in 2012.
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HTC skips past Nokia in market cap

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 05:26 AM PDT

HTC has passed Nokia in market capitalization, with valuation now at $33.8 billion compared to Nokia's $32.84 billion. HTC had already surpassed RIM, who is currently valued at $28.5 billion. HTC's market cap has grown leaps and bounds over the past few years; the company is now worth 30 times more than it was 5 years ago. This is due mainly to the success of the Android smartphones it started producing in 2008. The growth doesn't look like it will slow any time soon, with HTC expected to ship 200 million smartphones and 30 million tablets a year for the next three to five years.
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