Motorola Droid Bionic to hit the Shelves in September
In its recently held quarterly meeting, Motorola Mobility disclosed a lot of relevant figures. The company clarified that it has shipped as much as 4.4 million smartphones to a number of retailers in the last three months and sent as many as 440,000 Motorola Xoom tablets around the same period. The company is now planning [...]
Tiered Data was Introduced By Verizon, So Why do Cell Phone Prices Matter?
While rolling out the 4G LTE network, Verizon made it evident that it would be introducing tiered prices. It has recently confirmed what the pricing structure would be, which would come into effect from 7th July. It even showcased that one would need to pay a premium prices for availing a premium network. But how [...]
How Good is the Simply Unlimited Plan by Sprint?
Sprint came up with some respectable figures while declaring its earnings for the first quarter of 2011, a partial thanks to its Android handsets. The company reported that its net earnings form postpaid subscribers amounts to 310,000, while the churn rate stands at 1.81%. According to Spirnt, this is their best performance they have had [...]
Motorola Droid Sells for $0.01 at Amazon with X2 Closing In
The dual-core Android monster ordained for Verizon Wireless, Motorola Droid X2 would probably be launched just about the same time as the Casio Commando and the Samsung Droid Charge. However, the former is a sequel and thus it cannot be launched before its predecessor is entirely cleared out. Motorola Droid X cost $0.01 at Amazon [...]
AT&T shells $39 billion for buying T-Mobile
According to the latest press release issued by AT&T Wireless, they are now the proud owners of T-Mobile USA, Deutsche Telekom’s American arm. A $39 billion deal in cash and stock has been signed. Some formalities need to be ironed out in the deal and the US regulators might oppose it for fear of competition, [...]
The Wait for the HTC Thunderbolt is Finally Over
The HTC Thunderbolt would be available for sale at the Verizon Wireless stores from 17th March. This time, it is for sure – the news coming straight from Verizon Wireless. Although, it has taken many a month, many a misquoted date from the HTC reps and internal Verizon memos, along with premature best buy ads, [...]
Actors can Now be Automatically Identified By VideoSurf
Both SoundHound as well as Shazam are apps that earn high points on the wow-factor index when you use them for the first time. These music discovery applications can automatically identify the songs you want them to. These applications record the music for a few seconds, and then upload the sample based acoustic fingerprint generated [...]
Verizon’s Galaxy Tablet to Receive a Boost of 200MHz and a Better Camera
The Galaxy Tab has been on the carrier’s shelves for quite some time now, and so few expected it to be really iterated. However, it seems Verizon is about to get the “most powerful” Galaxy Tablet with an upgraded version of the LTE. The latest Verizon Galaxy Tablet will be having the new LTE chip [...]
80% of Verizon Sales Attributed to Android
Matthew Goodman, an analyst at the ITG Investment Research, did a lit bit of digging and found out that Android has been responsible for about 80% sales of smartphones at Verizon. However, once you give it a thought, this fact should not come as a surprise as the smartphone lineup of Verizon comprises of the [...]
The Droid X is looking like an amazing phone
With a massive 4.3″ screen, 1 Ghz processor and 512MB of RAM, the Droid X is looking like a beast! Throw in an 8 megapixel camera capable of 720p video recording, HDMI output, a huge 1570mAh battery and 8GB of built-in app storage, and it’s even more impressive. The only downside is that it will [...]
