SPB Shell 3D offers a sexy new Android UI, for a price
We thought that it couldn’t get much better than ADW Launcher EX and its slick 3D transitions, but SPB Shell 3D may possibly be the best home replacement app for Android if you’re looking for a lot of eye candy.
AT&T may be forced to divest select assets in T-Mobile deal
AT&T’s CEO Randall Stephenson confirmed that AT&T may be forced to divest customers and wireless spectrum in its bid to acquire T-Mobile USA. This admission does not come as a surprise as mergers involving two major wireless companies would require some form of divestiture. Verizon Wireless had to concede select assets when it purchased Alltel and AT&T had to divest a limited number of markets when it acquired Centennial Wireless. Ironically in these two divestitures, Verizon bought a chunk of AT&T’s divested Centennial assets and AT&T was the highest bidder on some of Verizon’s divested Alltel assets.
No, BlackBerry Messenger is Not Coming to iPhone April 26
There’s a rumour floating around that RIM’s co-CEO Jim Balsillie spoke in Toronto yesterday and announced that BlackBerry Messenger and “other services” would be coming to iPhone
on April 26, followed-up with a new notification system for BBM on iOS in the summer. The fact that the rumour originated from some random dude on a forum without any corroboration should have been enough to dissuade anyone from blogging about it, but I guess the previous rumours of BBM on iPhone had set something of a precedent and enough of a hook to get folks posting. I just pinged RIM, and they said Jim Balsillie didn’t speak at any event in Toronto this week, effectively smashing this rumour.
Verizon drops the DROID Incredible to make way for the Incredible 2
Verizon Wireless is reportedly clearing the inventory of its DROID Incredible handset. The once coveted Android handset is no longer available online and stores are supposedly selling their remaining supply of Incredible handsets. The end-of-life for the original Incredible is not surprising as the handset is slated to be replaced by the Incredible 2. The next generation Incredible handset is a CDMA variant of the Incredible S and will launch without the familiar DROID branding. It is rumored to debut on Verizon Wireless starting April 28th.
Windows Phone 7 getting NFC payments, too?
March 31, 2011 by admin
Filed under TOP Ranking
Although it still lacks some basic features, Windows Phone 7 is steadily approaching the capabilities of the incumbent platforms. Obviously Microsoft doesn’t want to miss NFC boat and in that sense we were not surprised to learn they will be integrating contactless payments in their mobile platform in the near future.
Rumor: Kin Studio coming to Windows Phone, will be called Windows Phone Mobile Studio
March 31, 2011 by admin
Filed under Windows Phone
While most device manufacturers these days try and cram as much support for social network integration into their smartphones, lots of folks would rather just have a simple way to manage the data on their device that’s separate from their various online personas.
HP announces the TouchPad, 9.7-inch webOS tablet
HP kicked off its foray into the world of webOS with three new devices including the HP TouchPad, a luxuriously sized 9.7-inch tablet. The TouchPad will include a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor from Qualcomm, a capacitive touchscreen display with 1024×768 resolution, 512MB RAM, 1.3-megapixel webcam, WiFi 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth, 3.5 mm headphone jack, 16 or 32 GB of storage, and a microUSB charger. The TouchPad will also include a home button and LED notifications. Good news for tablet fans as the device will be the first in a family of devices sold under the TouchPad brand.
Sprint is against AT&T acquiring T-Mobile, like everyone else
During CTIA 2011 in Orlando, Florida last week, Sprint CEO Dan Hesse really showed his colors by taking solid jabs at each of the other carriers during a CEO round table moderated by Jim Cramer. And during Sprint’s unveiling of the EVO 3D, Hesse quipped that the other carriers have “faux-G” rather than actual 4G. It was pretty hilarious. But Sprint also made it clear that the other big news, AT&T’s acquisition of T-Mobile, was not good for the industry and consumers.
Apple, RIM and others hit with patent lawsuit
March 30, 2011 by admin
Filed under Technology
We can add another patent lawsuit to the pile because Apple, AT&T, LG Electronics, Motorola, Research In Motion, Samsung, Sanyo have been been sued for infringing on patents from Smartphone Technologies.
German Privacy Advocate Wrestles 35,000 Points of Location Data from T-Mobile
German Green party member and privacy advocate Malte Spitz wanted to see just how much data T-Mobile Germany was storing about him, so he went after T-Mobile, and after a legal back-and-forth, received 35,831 points of location information spanning as far back as six months (a time period mandated by local law).