Friday, January 27, 2012

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Motorola ships 200,000 tablets, 5.3 million smartphones in Q4 2011 on flat revenues, down profits

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 01:33 PM PST

Motorola released its Q4 2011 financial figures this afternoon, and to the surprise of few, revenues were flat year over year and total profits were down. The phone maker shipped fewer mobile phones in total compared to Q4 2010, but it did ship more smartphones while also dishing out a handful of tablets.
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Google improves Calendar and Gmail sync with Windows Phone 7.5 smartphones

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 12:34 PM PST

Google has improved its Google Calendar syncing with Windows Phone 7.5 smartphones, now allowing users to easily select multiple calendars to sync with their devices.
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HTC to focus on "hero" smartphones this year, release fewer models overall

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 10:31 AM PST

In an interview with Mobile Today, HTC's head of operations in the UK, Phil Roberson, claimed that the company plans to release fewer smartphone models this year, and instead will focus on select "hero," or high-end models to re-energize its business.
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Samsung's own Galaxy Note teardown reveals unannounced NFC support

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 08:50 AM PST

Samsung released an interesting and informative breakdown of the components found within the LTE version of the Galaxy Note for AT&T and, in effect, revealed that the smartphone/tablet hybrid has support for Near Field Communications, something that was not revealed when the Note was announced. The NFC antenna can be found inside the battery cover, a bit different from the implementation on the Galaxy S II smartphone that has the NFC chip affixed to the battery itself. Until we get extensive time with an LTE version of the Galaxy Note, we won't know if it comes with any software to actually make use of the NFC chip, or if AT&T will provide any services to go along with it. We don't doubt that the enterprising Android community will likely find a way to make Google Wallet work with the Galaxy Note shortly after it is released, however.
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Tylenol alleviates smartphone user pain by adding barcodes to packaging

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 08:09 AM PST

Tylenol has started putting smartphone-friendly 2D barcodes on its packaging in order to make it easier for consumers to get quick access to use and safety information on its products.
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LG Spectrum updated with Netflix compatibility fix

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 07:45 AM PST

LG's Spectrum smartphone for Verizon Wireless has been on the market for just about a week, but it is already receiving its first software update from Verizon. This small (10MB) update apparently addresses one, important thing for many users: Netflix compatibility. Apparently, the Spectrum was having issues playing back video from the Android Netflix app. Now owners shouldn't have to worry about that any more. Users should get a notification on their devices when the update is ready to be downloaded and installed.
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Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX smartphone with 3300mAh battery now available from Verizon

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 07:23 AM PST

The Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX, a slightly chunkier but longer-lasting variant of the DROID RAZR, is now available for purchase from Verizon Wireless. The RAZR MAXX features all of the same specs as the DROID RAZR, save for its slightly thicker, 8.99mm frame that houses a 3,300mAh battery - good for 21 hours of talk time according to Motorola. The RAZR MAXX costs $299.99 with a new two-year contract and comes with 32GB of total storage (16GB internal and a 16GB microSD card pre-installed).
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Video: LG Spectrum (Verizon) Android smartphone unboxing and video tour - part 1

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 06:37 AM PST

The LG Spectrum for Verizon Wireless is a relatively affordable variant of LG's popular Optimus LTE line of smartphones. It features 4G LTE data support, a large 4.5-inch 720p (1280 x 720 pixel) resolution touchscreen displays, and a pair of cameras - a 1.3 megapixel forward-facing unit for video chatting and an 8 megapixel main rear camera. A dual-core 1.5GHz processor with 1GB of RAM make sure that it all runs smoothly, too. But in spite of a rather impressive spec sheet, the Spectrum didn't impress us nearly as much as AT&T's LG Nitro HD, which is so similar to the Spectrum, but better in many regards.
Watch the video here.


Android tablets nab 39 percent of global market share

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 06:21 AM PST

A new report from Strategy Analytics claims that Android tablets garnered a record 39 percent of the global tablet market in Q4 2011, a 150 percent increase from the previous year.
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Microsoft paid Nokia $250 million in Q4 for Windows Phone "support"

Posted: 26 Jan 2012 05:54 AM PST

Nokia's earnings report from earlier today gave us a little glimpse into its deal with Microsoft to use Windows Phone as its main smartphone platform going forward. It had long been speculated that the deal between the two companies was worth billions of dollars, but now we know that Microsoft paid Nokia $250 million in the fourth quarter alone for its use of Windows Phone.
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