Saturday, May 14, 2011

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HTC Wildfire S for Vodafone now offered in new hues

Posted: 14 May 2011 02:11 AM PDT

Vodafone UK has announced additional colors for its popular Wildfire S smartphone: grey and purple. The Wildfire S is an Android Gingerbread smartphone that features a 3.2-inch touchscreen display, a 5 megapixel camera and camcorder, and HTC's Sense user interface. The Wildfire S is free on qualifying Vodafone UK pay monthly plans.
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LG Optimus Pad 3D Android tablet now available in the UK

Posted: 14 May 2011 01:57 AM PDT

The Optimus Pad from LG is now available to UK customers via Carphone Warehouse. This Android tablet will run you 750 GBP and comes SIM-free. The tablet features an 8.9-inch touchscreen display and runs Google's Android 3.0 Gingerbread operating system. It also offers dual 5 megapixel cameras for 3D video content and sports a forward facing camera for video chats. You can learn more about it by reading our review of the T-Mobile G-Slate, which is the U.S. version of the Optimus Pad.
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Nokia X7 Symbian Anna smartphone landing in June on Three UK

Posted: 14 May 2011 01:14 AM PDT

Boost Mobile adds new Motorola phones to line-up

Posted: 13 May 2011 12:45 PM PDT

Boost has introduced 3 new affordable Motorola phones to its growing line of devices today; the Clutch + i475, the Theory, and i412.
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Local news section added to mobile Google News site

Posted: 13 May 2011 11:47 AM PDT

Today Google introduced a new "News near you" feature to the mobile version of the Google News website. Mobile users can use the new functionality to see news related to the city or area that they are currently located in.
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Samsung Droid Charge LTE Android phone on sale tonight

Posted: 13 May 2011 10:38 AM PDT

Verizon Wireless has announced that it will offer the new Samsung DROID Charge to the masses via its website starting tonight at midnight and in stores tomorrow, Saturday May 14. The Charge will be available for the hefty sum of $299.99 with a two-year service agreement. The DROID Charge supports Verizon's high-speed LTE 4G connectivity and runs Google's Android 2.2 Froyo operating system. You can learn more by reading our full review of the Samsung DROID Charge here.
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NOOK for Android updated with tablet support

Posted: 13 May 2011 10:38 AM PDT

Barnes & Noble has released an update to its NOOK e-reader app for Android with support for tablets.
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Apple still faces location data lawsuits, despite the fix

Posted: 13 May 2011 10:04 AM PDT

Apple has been hit with another lawsuit related to the location data file that was found in version 4 of iOS. Apple has already issued a fix for the file, though this has not stopped more lawsuits from showing up in court.
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NVIDIA loses profits, looks to Tegra line to recover them

Posted: 13 May 2011 09:03 AM PDT

NVIDIA has reported a decline in both revenues and profits for the first quarter of 2011. Revenue has fallen 4 percent, to just under $1 billion. Despite the losses, the chip maker is looking forward to a rebound in the second quarter, spurred on by its Tegra line of mobile processors. The Tegra 2 processor is the reference chip for all Android 3.0 Honeycomb tablets, and is found in the Motorola ATRIX 4G and LG Optimus 2X/G2x smartphones. NVIDIA's recent acquisition of Icera will allow it to produce a system-on-chip that is capable of competing directly with Qualcomm's popular Snapdragon system.
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Google to settle with DoJ over online drug ads

Posted: 13 May 2011 08:09 AM PDT

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Google is close to settling an investigation with the U.S. Department of Justice over allowing ads for online drug companies.
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Video: Demo of new Twitter.com for Android, iOS

Posted: 13 May 2011 07:51 AM PDT

Twitter has just revamped its mobile website for iOS and Android browsers to take advantage of the HTML5 capabilities of these higher-end smartphones. The redesign brings the website in line with the native apps for Android and iOS and is very fast. Users can view embedded images and threaded conversations, and access their mentions and private messages quickly and easily.
Watch the video here.


Judge awards Kodak a victory in Apple patent suit

Posted: 13 May 2011 07:35 AM PDT

A judge for the ITC has said that Kodak did not infringe upon Apple's patents on digital camera technology this week. This is just one victory in the ongoing court battles for the photo company, who has sued RIM for patent infringement while defending itself against Apple. The full ITC is to decide by September whether or not the judge's ruling will stick.
Read the full story here.


Video: Netflix for Android video demo

Posted: 13 May 2011 06:57 AM PDT

Here's a quick demonstration of the Netflix for Android application running on a Google Nexus S. The app gives access to online streaming of movies and TV programs over Wi-Fi and 3G, and lets users browse or search for movies to add to their queues.
Watch the video here.


Nokia X7 to hit Three UK in June

Posted: 13 May 2011 06:49 AM PDT

It appears that Three UK will be getting the latest smartphone to come out of Finland sometime in June, as the carrier has teased the arrival of the Nokia X7 on its website. The X7 was announced in April, and features a 4-inch, AMOLED display and an 8 megapixel camera. The latest version of Symbian, dubbed Anna, will be on-tap as well. Three confirmed that it will be carrying the X7 when it was announced, though this is the first reference to any sort of availability date that we have seen.
Read the full story here.


Google Docs web editing now works on webOS

Posted: 13 May 2011 06:23 AM PDT

Users of webOS on Palm Pre and Pixie smartphones have not been able to take advantage of the editing capabilities of Google Docs that Android and iOS users have had access to for over six months. It appears that Google has enabled editing for the webOS browser now though, as users on both webOS 1.4.5 and 2.1 now have the capability to edit documents in Google Docs. There is a warning saying that the browser is unsupported, but most everything works, save for cloud printing and some other minor functions. Now webOS just needs the updated mobile Gmail client and it will be all set.
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AT&T will owe T-Mobile $6 billion if merger fails

Posted: 13 May 2011 05:55 AM PDT

Sources reporting to Reuters are claiming that AT&T will pay T-Mobile USA $6 billion worth of cash and assets if the proposed buyout does not go through.
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Amazon CEO teases plans for a tablet

Posted: 13 May 2011 05:43 AM PDT

In an interview with Amazon's CEO, Jeff Bezos, Consumer Reports prodded the executive of the company's future plans in personal electronics. When asked about a tablet that does more that just act as an e-reader, Bezos said "stay tuned." He did go on to say that the company will always want a dedicated e-reader, so any new product would likely appear alongside the Kindle, not supplant it.
Read the full story here.


Microsoft, HTC, Nokia, Sony Ericsson attack Apple's "app store" trademark in Europe

Posted: 13 May 2011 05:16 AM PDT

On Thursday Microsoft, HTC, Sony Ericsson, and Nokia filed applications for a declaration of invalidity of Apple's "App Store" and "Appstore" trademarks with the European Union's Community Trademark Office, which oversees trademarks for the EU.
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