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HTC, Tough Short Term Times, To Make A Big Comeback At MWC

ludwig — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:44:12 +0000

Until near the end of 2011, HTC was one of the best selling companies on the smartphone market. After that, something broke in the system and now the company sees itself in a bit of trouble. According to company officials, the rough period isn’t over yet and they’ll see a downfall on short term, seeing [...]

Unofficial Upgrade For Samsung Galaxy Nexus To Android 4.0.4 Rolls Out On Web

ludwig — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:24:15 +0000

A new update for Samsung Galaxy Nexus owners appeared on the web recently. This new update to Android 4.0.4 will bring a lot of improvements to your device. However, this isn’t official yet, so don’t adventure yourself until you read all about it. The upgrade will work on Verizon devices only and you’ll see the [...]

Nokia Lumia 800, A Hit In Ireland, Sold Out After A Few Days From Launch

ludwig — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:06:40 +0000

It seems that Nokia Lumia 800 is a big hit so far in all the places it has been launched. For example, back in November, the device was released in UK and it was sold very quickly. Again, the device was launched in Ireland on February 1st with Vodafone and the device was sold also [...]

T-Mobile, Another “All Hands Day” Sale February 11th

ludwig — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:54:36 +0000

T-Mobile prepares for a new “All Hands Sale”. According to a tip given to TmoNews, the American carrier will have the sale day on 11th February. This time, you can get your favorite phone free after a mail in rebate. Of, you shouldn’t get your hopes up because the previous time the carrier announced such [...]

Wi-Fi HTC Security Bug Discovered, Fix Rolls Out Next Week

ludwig — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:40:03 +0000

There was a security bug discovered recently on several devices from HTC. This little bug can allow any apps that have access to Access_Wifi_State permissions to check the Wi-Fi status but also to any passwords for your Wi-Fi connections. So far, 7 Android devices from HTC were found having this bug. The devices are: Thunderbolt [...]

Android Platform Distribution, 60% For Gingerbread, 1% For Ice Cream Sandwich

ludwig — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:40:03 +0000

СВЕТИ ГЕОРГИGoogle presented recently the platform distribution for December 2011. As expected, Gingerbread is the most distributed and it keeps extending. This version of the software powers 58.6% and it grew 3.1% from November. Froyo is placed second, even if this version has seen a decline to 27.8%, compared to November, with 2.6%. Until now, [...]

Motorola DROID 4, To Be Launched February 10th

ludwig — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:40:02 +0000

According to yesterday rumors, the Motorola DROID 4 should be launched February 9th with Verizon. Well, today that date changed and it was moved to February 10th. It would be ok if the release date would remain unchanged because it’s just one day apart, but as we all know, these release date always change. So, [...]

iOS And Android, Two Platforms That Show Growth In 4th Quarter In US

ludwig — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:40:02 +0000

A new survey was conducted by comScore regarding the growth of smartphone platforms in the 4th quarter. According to their statistics, the only 2 platforms that had any significant growth were Android and iOS. Android is still number one in preferences and their shares rose to 47% from 44.8% from the previous quarter, while iOS [...]

Samsung Galaxy S III, Quad-Core And 2 GB RAM, To Be Launched In April?

ludwig — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:40:02 +0000

Samsung Galaxy S III becomes more and more a smartphone craved by those waiting. The Galaxy S II had success all around the world but the S III should top it. Accroding to Eldar Murtazin, Russian blogger, the device should be launched in April. Even more, the blogger revealed some of the device’s features (at [...]

Samsung Galaxy Nexus, To Be Released On Friday By Wind

ludwig — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:20:02 +0000

If you live in Canada and you waited anxiously for WindMobile to release (finally) the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, here it is. The carrier will release the device February 3rd so it’s just a couple of days ahead. The carrier also launches the Blackberry Curve 9360 and this will happen tomorrow. So, if you are a [...]