The latest addition to the Google Android application circle has been launched today, as the Google Catalogs app becomes available for download for tablets. Put simply, the app pulls together 400 digital catalog issues from such brands as Nike, Sephora and Nordstrom for you to browse at your leisure. Interactivity is the name of the [...]
Consumer Cellular announced today that its My Consumer Cellular Android app is now available for download on its sole Android offering, the Motorola Bravo. Consumer Cellular is a no-contract provider that caters to an older audience (it's the exclusive wireless provider for AARP members) and with its new app, users can track usage, shop for [...]
AT&T today took the wraps off the LG Nitro HD — the carrier's verison of the Optimus LTE. Leading the specs charge is the phone's 4.5-inch display (it's an "Advanced High-Performance IPS display, if you must know), with the new high-end resolution of 1280×720. It's also got a 1.5GHz dual-core processor and will run on [...]
Read our Galaxy Nexus Review! Take the two top smartphones available today and put them side by side, and you have what we present before you here — the iPhone 4S and the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. The former needs little introduction. It's the iterative follow-up to the original iPhone 4, faster with a better camera [...]
Earlier this month we learned of the HTC Ville when the specs were leaked and today we get out first look at the device thanks to some renders shared by Evan Blass of PocketNow. As previously reported, the HTC Ville is rumored to feature a metal unibody design under 8mm thick, which would make it [...]
Good news for all of you patiently waiting for Gingerbread on your Droid Charge: Verizon says today that the official update is "coming soon", and will bring with it a host of improvements. In addition to Android 2.3, software update i510.EP4 also brings with it security enhancements, a download manager, and a new user interface and [...]
09 Jan 2013 •
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Earlier today we saw some more proof of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus in Verizon's internal systems, and here we have the device passing through the FCC. While we patiently wait for Verizon's big announcement of the device, we can be happy to see the device moving along the approval path. The device comes complete with [...]
02 Jan 2013 •
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Samsung dropped word tonight that it's pulled the Android 3.2 update being pushed out to the Galaxy Tab 10.1 after a number of users reported problems, including Wifi connections being broken. Here's Samsung's response: “Samsung is aware of an issue that some Galaxy Tab 10.1 customers have experienced with today’s software update. We are working [...]
28 Dec 2012 •
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This is one of those good-bad things that's starting to swing the needle firmly to "bad" column. The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 is getting a 63.12MB update to Android 3.2, but the update appears to have a negative effect on Wifi — kind of an important feature on a Wifi-only device. We've gotten a few [...]
28 Dec 2012 •
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AT&T in October dropped a whole mess of devices on us with nary a release date. That changes today, however, as AT&T announced on Twitter that the Pantech Pocket and Samsung Doubletime and Captivate Glide will be available starting Nov. 20. The Pantech Pocket, as you'll remember from our hands-on, is an interesting mid-level device [...]