Tuesday, July 26, 2011

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Google Books back in the App Store, sans book purchasing options

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 04:55 AM PDT

After disappearing from the iTunes App Store yesterday, Google Books is once again available to download in Apple's portal, though this time in a neutered form.
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Android tablet sales estimated at just over 1 million

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 02:58 PM PDT

Google likes to brag about how many Android devices are activated each day (currently 550,000) and how many have been activated over time (135 million). Nobody will disagree that those are huge numbers and that there are tons of Android smartphones anywhere you look. How many Android tablets are out in the wild is a lesser known fact, and something Google has shied away from sharing. Employing some smart math and Google's own numbers, John Gruber of Daring Fireball thinks he has a close estimation of just how many Android tablets have been sold.
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Chief Innovation Officer at HTC leaves for personal reasons

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 02:28 PM PDT

The CIO (that's Chief Innovation Officer, not Chief Information Officer) at HTC, Horace Luke, has left the company citing personal reasons. Luke, who was with Microsoft for a number of years before joining HTC in 2006, left HTC as of April 30, 2011. "Horace nurtured a culture of innovation at HTC and instilled a strong consumer design-focus among our employees who continue to raise the bar in designing products that capture our customers' imagination" said HTC in a statement. His responsibilities have been assumed by Scott Croyle, Vice President of Design at HTC.
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Rogers challenges Groupon with Mobile Offers service

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 01:37 PM PDT

Canadian carrier Rogers is taking a shot right across the bow of Groupon with its recently launched Mobile Offers service. Like Groupon's daily deal offerings, Mobile Offers will present Rogers customers with options to purchase discounted items and services right from their mobile phone.
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Kyocera DuraMax has tough styling, CDMA PTT

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 12:43 PM PDT

The second of the pair of phones announced by Sprint and Kyocera that will work with Sprint's upcoming CDMA-based push-to-talk (PTT) service, the Kyocera DuraMax features tough and rugged styling that should look familiar to longtime PTT users.
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Kyocera DuraCore brings rugged design, CDMA PTT later this year

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 12:25 PM PDT

Kyocera and Sprint have announced the DuraCore, a rugged clamshell phone with CDMA-based push-to-talk (PTT) capabilities. The DuraCore will be one of the first phones to take advantage of Sprint's new CDMA-based Direct Connect PTT service.
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Kindle for iOS loses e-book purchases, gains magazine and newspaper subs

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 12:05 PM PDT

Just as we had thought might happen earlier today, Amazon has gone ahead and updated its iOS Kindle app to comply with Apple's in-app purchase rules. Amazon follows Barnes & Noble and Kobo in removing access to in-app e-book purchases.
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Video demo of hidden Facebook for iPad app

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 11:34 AM PDT

One of the most anticipated and long-awaited apps for the Apple iPad, the official Facebook app, has been found hiding within the update to the latest version of the Facebook for iPhone app. The iPad version is a full-fledged portal to Facebook, and a jailbreak and a few tweaks can bring it to life.
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Apple lets iOS 4.3.5 for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch on the loose

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 11:01 AM PDT

Just over a week after releasing iOS 4.3.4, Apple has gone ahead and made version 4.3.5 available for download. The update, which is for GSM versions of the iPhone, as well as the iPad and iPod touch, apparently fixes another security vulnerability in the system. The update weighs in at nearly 600MB, if you are curious. Those promised delta updates that are said to be coming with iOS 5 can't arrive soon enough.
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AT&T announces pricing of LG Thrill 3D smartphone, arrives in "coming weeks"

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 10:09 AM PDT

AT&T has informed us of the pricing for the LG Thrill 4G 3D smartphone that is due to arrive in the coming weeks. The Thrill 4G, which is based on the Optimus 3D, will cost $99.99 with a new two-year contract when it hits shelves. Not too bad for a dual-core, 3D smartphone. An exact release date should be announced in the near future.
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Video: T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide video tour - part 1 of 2

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 09:58 AM PDT

The T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide is the latest model in the line of myTouch Android smartphones from T-Mobile. It features a 3.7-inch, WVGA resolution touchscreen, and a 4-row, slide-out keyboard. Powered by a dual-core, 1.2GHz processor, the myTouch 4G Slide runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread with a custom version of the HTC Sense interface on top of it and features a high-quality 8 megapixel camera.
Watch the video here.


Sprint announces first phones with CDMA-based push-to-talk

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 08:25 AM PDT

Sprint has announced the first phones that will make use of its new CDMA-based push-to-talk (PTT) service that will be deployed in the fourth quarter of this year. Sprint's traditional PTT service utilizes its iDEN network, which the carrier plans to shut down in the future.
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AT&T promises all 2011 Android smartphones will get Gingerbread

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 08:11 AM PDT

AT&T Android users can breathe a sigh of relief, as the carrier has announced that all post-paid Android smartphones released in 2011 will be getting updated to Gingerbread if they didn't launch with it already.
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Apple's in-app purchasing rules affecting Google Books availability

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 07:43 AM PDT

Apple's in-app purchasing rules, which require publishers to share subscription and sale proceeds with Apple, has taken a toll on a number of e-reader apps. Now included in that list is the Google Books app, which is no longer available in the iTunes App Store.
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Samsung could have sold more smartphones than Apple, Nokia in Q2

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 06:35 AM PDT

According to research firm Strategy Analytics, Samsung may have surpassed Apple and Nokia in smartphone sales in Q2 2011 (Q3 for Apple). According to the firm, the success of Samsung's Galaxy S II smartphone could have propelled Samsung to the top slot in smartphone sales.
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Qualcomm to add gesture recognition to future Snapdragon processors

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 06:10 AM PDT

Qualcomm has made a deal with GestureTek, a gesture recognition technology firm, that will allow it to bake-in gesture recognition functionality into future iterations of its Snapdragon smartphone and tablet processor.
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Google Nexus S for AT&T now available exclusively through Best Buy

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 05:50 AM PDT

The Google Nexus S with AT&T compatible 3G bands is now available for purchase exclusively at Best Buy. The stock Android 2.3 Gingerbread-packing smartphone built by Samsung costs $99.99 with a new two-year agreement with AT&T. If you want to invest in the best Android smartphone Mountain View had to offer as of 8 months ago, head to your local Best Buy or Best Buy Mobile and check it out.
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RIM lays off 2,000 workers, rearranges management positions

Posted: 25 Jul 2011 05:27 AM PDT

RIM has announced that its "cost optimization program" is in full effect and that it has downsized its worldwide workforce by 2,000. In addition, the darling of Waterloo is playing musical chairs with a number of its high-level managers, though co-CEOs Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie are staying put.
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