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HTC Droid Incredible 2 lightens up with new silver wardrobe
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Tired of your ho-hum black original HTC Droid Incredible? Thinking of trading up for a shiny new Gingerbread model? Well, this may influence your decision a bit. Pocketnow is reporting that Verizon will soon be offering a new silver version of the HTC Droid Incredible 2 (Incredible S) to be sold alongside the original black edition. Keeping suit with many other lighter phones we've seen these days, the company chose a pretty standard two-tone design and will keep the same specs as its elder sibling. Pricing should be the same as well, although, with a number of new devices due out soon, perhaps a discount could be in order. No word yet on a release date, but keep your eyes peeled -- especial...
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Xperia Mini Pro taunts Orange UK customers with free pricing, 'coming soon' status
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Let's assume you're enjoying a warm pint in Notting Hill while texting your mate, when suddenly it hits you: the Xperia Mini Pro (X10) is no longer the beguiling beauty you once adored. If this describes your plight, worry not, because Sony Ericsson's latest Xperia Mini Pro is coming to Orange UK, where along with its 1GHz Snapdragon CPU and Gingerbread OS, it's teasing a free price with qualifying monthly plans. While the citrus-themed network hasn't named an official release date, it's erected a "coming soon" page in anticipation of the QWERTY slider's inevitable debut. If you're hoping for something more definitive, O2 is tempting its customers with a September arrival -- although pricing...
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LG Thrill 4G may be delayed until late August
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If you were saving your $100 to buy the Thrill 4G on AT&T, you’ll be disheartened to know that you may have to wait a few more weeks for the glasses-free 3D phone to hit. A leak out of Radio Shack says the handset won’t be coming for another three weeks or so.
According to an e-mail to Android Community, the device has been delayed from August 7 to August 21.
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Square Processing $4 Million A Day, Doubling in October
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Square, the mobile payments company headed by Twitter founder Jack Dorsey, is now processing $4 million in payments each day. That’s quite a leap over its millions-per-week figure just nine months ago. And when you consider the fact that Square only opened its doors for business just 10 months ago, its really a testament to its staying power and influence in mobile commerce.
TechCrunch reports:
After passing the $3 million mark at the end of May, Square is now processing $4 million in mobile payments daily, and is on track to reach over $100 million in transactions in July. And COO Keith Rabois tells us that he expects the company to double this volume by October.
If the daily dollar figure ...
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HTC Desire gets updated to Gingerbread, but not really
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If you are among the bunch of people still holding on to their trusty HTC Desire, you might not like the news that we have to share with you. It looks like the smartphone will not be treated to Gingerbread after all, or at least not in the form of a full-fledged update that HTC was expected to release by the end of July.
Technically, an official Gingerbread ROM for the HTC Desire will be available for download, yet it will not be pushed out to the general public due to a number of issues that the HTC developer team simply couldn't hurdle. HTC stated on its Facebook page that “certain functions may no longer be usable after re-flashing the ROM, including but not limited to MMS and SMS”, but ...
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Apple iPhone 5 won't launch until October, report claims
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Despite multiple reports suggesting Apple and AT&T are each blocking employee vacations and making preparations for increased foot traffic in September, a new rumor suggests the iPhone won’t actually launch until October. Journal blog AllThingsD cites multiple anonymous sources in claiming Apple’s next-generation iPhone will launch in October, possibly even late in the month. “I don’t know why AT&T’s calling for all hands on deck those weeks, but it’s not for an iPhone launch,” one of the blog’s sources said, responding to questions about why AT&T might have blacked out employee vacations in late September. Other sources the blog spoke with said the handset would launch late in the month. Ea...
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HTC Desire Gingerbread update available, excludes US and comes with long list of caveats
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First off, if you own the North American variant of this handset then you're out of luck. Likewise, Japanese, South Korean and some German handsets are also excluded. Still here? Okay then, but you might not like what comes next. We already knew that either the Sense UI or some pre-installed apps would be cleared out to make room in the Gingerbread house, but now it seems the update is so unstable that HTC is only prepared to release it as a ROM via its developer site. That means a factory reset of your device, a bunch of worries about SMS and MMS not working properly, and a cold disclaimer in the event of things going wrong. Still, at least HTC gave (some of) us the choice. Visit the source...
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Kyocera Echo Gingerbread update bringing WiFi calling, NFC support?
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Um, okay? Hot on the heels of rumors that Kyocera's Echo would see its first major Android update on August 1st, in flies an updated page over at the company's own website detailing the impending changes. Unless someone at Kyocera's pulling a fast one, it looks as if the imminent Android 2.3.4 (Gingerbread) update will bring a downright staggering list of new features, making an already unique handset capable of even rarer feats. Interest piqued? We're told that the refresh will provide pinch-to-zoom support in the browser, gallery, Maps and Sprint Navigation, an improved downloads app and an upgrade to the Swype 3.0 virtual keypad, with Tap Correction and Horizontal Word Choice list.
But th...
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Samsung Droid Charge is priced affordably at $99.99 through Amazon
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Being the costliest of the big three 4G LTE smartphones right now, one has to seriously dish out some dough to experience all of the joyous wonders available with the Samsung Droid Charge. Yet, its $299.99 on-contract price point might scare away some people from picking one up.
Luckily, that’s where Amazon comes to the rescue – yet again of course! Previously, we’ve seen the online retailer drop the handset’s price to a very reasonable $179.99 for anyone looking to start a brand new line of service with the carrier. This time however, they’re one-upping themselves by now pricing it at an even more remarkable $99.99, which is rather aggressive to tell you the truth.
Nevertheless, we’re certa...
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Motorola PHOTON 4G available now at Sprint
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Motorola's latest high end Android handset is now available from Sprint's retail outlets. The Motorola PHOTON 4G, as we reported, could have been ordered a couple of days ago online, but for those who would rather head into a store to make the purchase in person, that option is now available to you. The PHOTON 4G is priced at $199.99 with a signed 2-year contract , $549.99 off contract, and is Motorola's first 4G enabled device for Sprint.
The specs scream out "high-end" starting with the 4.3 inch qHD display and the dual-core 1GHz Tegra 2 processor under the hood. Unlike the recently launched Motorola DROID 3, which offers 512MB of RAM, the PHOTON 4G has 1GB of RAM on board. As you would ex...
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Windows Phone 7 “4G” promotional material show up at T-Mobile retail
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Here is some great news. Apparently T-Mobile stores are getting promotional material featuring “4G Windows Phone”.
Tmonews also have pictures of Windows Phone stickers without the 4G label, indicating not all Windows Phones on T-Mobile will have that feature.
Of course the news would be more exciting if 4G on T-Mobile was not just HSDPA +, rather than LTE or WIMAX, but new Windows Phones with competitive specs are still great.
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AT&T to throttle smartphone data starting October 1st
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AT&T said on Friday that it will begin throttling unlimited smartphone data plans as of October 1st. “Like other wireless companies, we’re taking steps to manage exploding demand for mobile data,” AT&T said Friday in a statement. The carrier continued, “One new measure is a step that may reduce the data throughput speed experienced by a very small minority of smartphone customers who are on unlimited plans – those whose extraordinary level of data usage puts them in the top 5 percent of our heaviest data users in a billing period. In fact, these customers on average use 12 times more data than the average of all other smartphone data customers.” AT&T was very careful to mention, repeatedly, ...
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Firmware update for Vodafone's HTC 7 Trophy addresses minor performance issues
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We can all smell the fresh scent around us as Windows Phone 7 owners all around the world wait patiently for Mango’s arrival, thus, signaling a whole new chapter for the budding platform.
In the meantime though, Vodafone HTC 7 Trophy owners are getting a minor firmware update right now that corrects some of the problematic issues that some people are experiencing. As much as they’d love to see Mango arrive earlier than expected, this firmware update simply addresses issues regarding battery life, touch responsiveness, and calling quality – and that’s all folks! Affected handset owns will naturally be pleased by it, but we’re sure that they’re still dreaming of the day when Mango arrives.
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CTIA, carriers want 3GHz and below spectrum cleared for wireless use
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The CTIA and the major carriers in the U.S. penned a letter to President Obama on Thursday petitioning him to clear spectrum below 3GHz so that it may be used for wireless networks. Currently, there are a number of blocks of spectrum that are sectioned off for government use, but are currently unused or underutilized.
According to the CTIA, more spectrum is needed to fuel the wireless industry's "virtuous cycle". The group calls for paired and internationally-harmonized bands below 3GHz to be free for use in order for the U.S. to remain competitive in the international wireless space.
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HTC Reports Record Profits In Q2, 12.1 Million Handsets Shipped
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Looks like things are going well over in Taiwan, as HTC has reported record-breaking Q2 results this morning. In fact, the company sold 12.1 million units in the second quarter totaling a 123.7 percent year-over-year growth rate. After Q2 taxes, that brings YOY growth to 102.9 percent. If you aren’t good with percentages, that’s huge. In terms of quarterly growth, HTC is up 24.8 percent from the first quarter.
A solid chunk of this can be attributed to China, which was HTC’s “standout” market. Entry-level models such as the Wildfire S, Salsa, and ChaCha (a.k.a. AT&T’s Status Facebook phone) also made an impact by broadening HTC’s portfolio. Of course, the Sensation and the Evo 3D certainly d...
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