Saturday, October 1, 2011

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Puerto Rico Justice Department throws its hat into the fight against AT&T/T-Mobile deal

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 02:11 PM PDT

The Puerto Rico Department of Justice has joined the U.S. Department of Justice in its case against the proposed purchase of T-Mobile by AT&T. Puerto Rico's Secretary of Justice, Guillermo A. Somoza Colombani, makes the claim that the purchase would be monopolistic and bad for wireless competition in both the island territory and the nation as whole.
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AT&T asks court to dismiss Sprint, Cellular South cases against T-Mobile purchase

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 01:45 PM PDT

AT&T has asked the court overseeing its case with the Justice Department regarding its proposed purchase of T-Mobile to dismiss the lawsuits filed by Sprint and Cellular South that seek to block the purchase. AT&T contends that neither rival carrier has a case against it, and provided the court with documents to back up its claim.
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Sprint launches Voicemail-2-Text service for BlackBerry users

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 01:04 PM PDT

Sprint launched a new service for BlackBerry users this week called Voicemail-2-Text. Similar to the visual voicemail applications that are available for other platforms, Voicemail-2-Text will transcribe a user's voicemail messages into text and then email the text to their BlackBerry. The user can then respond to the message with a single click. The service is free for the first 30 days, after which it costs $1.99 per month. It is compatible with the BlackBerry Bold, Curve, Tour, Style, and Torch models.
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Sony Ericsson lets the Xperia ray shine in U.S. stores

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 12:33 PM PDT

Sony Ericsson has announced that its Xperia ray smartphone is now available to purchase unlocked from U.S. retailers. The Xperia ray is an Android 2.3 Gingerbread smartphone that features a 3.3-inch touchscreen display, aluminum construction, and an 8.1 megapixel camera. It can be had for $424.99 from newegg.com and other online retailers.
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iPhone, Android get their beer on with native Untappd apps

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 11:44 AM PDT

Untappd, the social network for beer lovers and those who like to brag about all of the fancy brews they consume, has finally released native apps for the iPhone and Android platforms. Previously, Untappd was only available through an HTML5 webapp in smartphone browsers.
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Video: Google Music Beta in IE9 Mobile on Windows Phone 7.5

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 11:26 AM PDT

Windows Phone 7.5, aka Mango, offers a number of upgrades to Microsoft's platform, including Internet Explorer 9 Mobile. IE9 Mobile is a very capable web browser, as you can see in this demonstration of Google Music Beta in it. Windows Phone lacks a dedicated Google Music app, but you can access and play all of your tunes that are stored in Google Music right in the phone's browser. The playback continues in the background, and there are controls in the notification panel and lock screen for play and pause. While it is not as ideal as a dedicated app for Google Music, it does get the job done when you are on the go.
Watch the video here.


ACLU says carriers hang on to user behavior and data for years

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 10:28 AM PDT

A new document released by the American Civil Liberties Union goes into detail about the practices of U.S. carriers when it comes to the retention of user data and behaviors on their networks. The report shows that carriers can hang on to information for many years, including data that can be used to track a person's whereabouts.
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Best Buy drops price of HTC Flyer tablet to $299 tomorrow

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 09:04 AM PDT

Best Buy has announced that a new, lower price for the HTC Flyer tablet will take effect tomorrow, October 1. The Flyer will permanently drop in price from $499 to $299. The Flyer is a Wi-Fi-enabled, 7-inch tablet that runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread with HTC's Sense interface for tablets. It has support for the HTC Scribe, an optional capacitive pen than can be used to write on the screen. Amazon recently announced its own 7-inch tablet called the Kindle Fire that will arrive on November 15 for $199.
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Virgin Mobile to pick up the HTC Wildfire S on October 23

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 08:45 AM PDT

Virgin Mobile has announced that it will offer the HTC Wildfire S smartphone in Best Buy and RadioShack locations beginning on October 23. The Wildfire S is the first HTC phone for the prepaid carrier, and features a 600MHz processor, a 3.2-inch HVGA touchscreen, and a 5 megapixel camera. It will run Android 2.3 Gingerbread with HTC's Sense interface. The Wildfire S will be available in silver at Best Buy and white at RadioShack and will cost $199.99.
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Virgin Mobile introduces the LG Optimus Slider smartphone

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 08:29 AM PDT

Virgin Mobile has announced the successor to the LG Optimus V smartphone, the LG Optimus Slider. As you might suspect, the Optimus Slider features a slide-out QWERTY keyboard and runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread.
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Virgin Mobile postpones smartphone data throttling until 2012

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 08:19 AM PDT

Virgin Mobile has announced that it will postpone its original plans to throttle the connection speeds of heavy data users until 2012. Originally expected to take effect in October, Virgin's plans were to limit the connection speeds of smartphone users who exceeded 2.5GB of data usage in a month. The users would still be able to use data services on their phones at no additional charge, but their speeds would be dramatically lower until the next billing cycle. The prepaid carrier did not specify when in 2012 the speed throttling will take effect.
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Microsoft cuts Zune Pass price, kills option to keep 10 songs per month

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 07:27 AM PDT

Beginning October 3, Microsoft's Zune Pass unlimited music service will undergo a number of changes, including the move to a lower price point. While lower prices usually make everyone happy, Microsoft is dropping a few unique and desired features from the service to lower the cost.
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SwiftKey X keyboard for Android updated with blog learning, sharable stats

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 07:05 AM PDT

Swiftkey X, a popular keyboard replacement for Android, has been been updated for both smartphones and tablets. The new 2.1 version of SwiftKey X offers more sources for learning language habits, as well as stats on typing that are sharable with others.
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Intel to purchase mapping company Telmap

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 06:43 AM PDT

Intel has announced that it is acquiring mapping software company Telmap. Telmap offers white-label mapping and locations-based services to a number of wireless carriers.
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Samsung offers olive branch to Apple in Australian patent dispute

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 06:01 AM PDT

Samsung has presented Apple with a deal to resolve its patent dispute in Australia and allow the company to launch its Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet in the country as soon as next week.
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Amazon rumored to be latest webOS suitor

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 05:28 AM PDT

According to a "well-placed source" reporting to VentureBeat, Amazon is in discussions with HP to purchase the webOS mobile operating system from the PC giant. Amazon is the latest in a line of companies that have been rumored to be interested in webOS, including HTC, Samsung, and even Facebook.
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Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus tablet is thinner, faster, lighter than original

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 05:10 AM PDT

Do you think there aren't enough variations in Samsung's line of Galaxy Tab tablets? Well, good, because the company has just announced an updated version of its original Galaxy Tab, the Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus. The new 7.0 Plus version offers a number of improvements over the original 7-inch Tab, including faster performance, a thinner design, and lighter weight.
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