Mobile/Cell Phones Category - Page 66

Galaxy Nexus Bootloader Gets Unlocked & Google Wallet Capabilities Get Shut Down [Here’s How to Unlock the Bootloader of the Galaxy Nexus; NFC Wallet Feature to Remain Locked on Verizon]

By on Monday, 5. December 2011

Earlier today we heard that the Wall Street Journal is also ready to confirm the expected price of the upcoming Verizon Galaxy Nexus – $299.99 with new two-year contracts – and now we’re ready to give you some more good and bad news about the handset ahead of its imminent [...]

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Ice Cream Sandwich: Android Graphics Acceleration & Rendering Explained by Google [Android Has Been Using Hardware Acceleration Since Version 1.0, But Only Took Full Advantage of GPU Acceleration In Honeycomb & Ice Cream Sandwich]

By on Monday, 5. December 2011

A member of Google’s engineering team has taken time to explain how hardware acceleration in Android works, amid misinformation about how the platform has taken advantage of GPU acceleration only in recent releases of the smartphone and tablet platform.

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Galaxy Nexus: Verizon Galaxy Nexus to be Priced at $299.99? [Samsung Galaxy Nexus Pricing Reportedly Similar to Motorola Droid RAZR & HTC Rezound; $300 Is the New Price Point for Flagship Android Smartphones?]

By on Monday, 5. December 2011

Samsung’s latest Galaxy Nexus will be priced at $299.99, according to reports. Along with other flagship products from competing Android smartphone manufacturers, is this the new starting price point for such devices?

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Carrier IQ, AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, HTC, Apple, Samsung & Motorola Mobility Hit with New Class Complaint [Carrier IQ Scandal Continues With New Class Action Lawsuit That Targets Even More Companies]

By on Monday, 5. December 2011

The Carrier IQ scandal continues today with a brand new class action suit, following the two that were filed last week. This time around more companies were targeted by the new class complaint, as it looks like more and more concerned smartphone users feel they deserve some sort of retribution [...]

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Apple’s iOS Internal Codenames Get Leaked from iOS 1.0 to iOS 5.1 [While the Competition Focuses on Names Based on Sweets for Mobile OS, Apple Uses Ski Resorts & Forest Names for iOS Versions]

By on Monday, 5. December 2011

Apple’s mobile platform has had just two names over the years, iPhone OS until iPhone OS 4.0 was announced, and iOS ever since then. After the name Apple added a number to differentiate the distinct iterations of its mobile software, from iOS 1.0 all the way up to iOS 5.0.1, [...]

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Siri Hits iPhone 4 & iPod Touch Thanks To A Newfound Hack [H1Siri Allows Unexpected Devices To Get In On The Siri Fun, But Not Without Some Serious Risks]

By on Monday, 5. December 2011

Interesting new report for you out there who wish you could get in on the Siri fun of voice-controlled searches and the like, but haven’t pulled the trigger on your iPhone 4S purchase yet; seems that a new hack has brought Siri to the iPhone 4 and even the iPod [...]

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Windows Phone 7: Xbox Companion App Launching December 6 [WP7 Mango Users Can Soon Use Their Smartphones to Control Xbox 360 & Search for Content via Xbox Live]

By on Monday, 5. December 2011

Microsoft is getting one step ahead in the race to your living room. Xbox Live will be launching its streaming video service this December 6, but Windows Phone 7 users will also get to enjoy an exclusive treat — Xbox Companion for Windows Phone.

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Cyanogen Offers CM9 Progress Update, Motorola (Original) Droid Will Be Losing Support [CyanogenMod9 Progress Update Arrives, Initial Support Will Point Towards OMAP4, MSM8660/7X30 & Exynos Devices]

By on Monday, 5. December 2011

We have seen some bits and pieces on the next build of Cyanogen. The build, for those who missed the earlier news, is going to be based off of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and expected to be available sometime next month.

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Verizon Offering $50 Off “Select” Motorola Accessories With DROID RAZR Purchase [Buy A DROID RAZR With Verizon Wireless Before December 25th & Get $50 Off Select Accessories]

By on Monday, 5. December 2011

It looks like Verizon Wireless has announced their latest special offer. This deal involves the DROID RAZR and “select” accessories. In short, if you buy a DROID RAZR from Verizon, you can get $50 off the purchase of said select accessories.

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iCloud: Apple Planning Massive Data Center in Oregon to Support iCloud Needs [Apple's "Maverick" Project Involves 31-Megawatt Datacenter in Pineville, Oregon That Will Complement North Carolina Cloud Computing Facility]

By on Sunday, 4. December 2011

Apple is beefing up its data center capacity, with reported plans to build a 31-megawatt facility in Pineville, Oregon. The new data center will complement the capabilities of Apple’s latest North Carolina data center, which hosts iCloud and Apple’s other cloud- and online services.

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