February 4, 2012
Samsung and Corning — best known for its Gorilla Glass products — announced a new joint venture this week that will manufacture specialty glass substrates for OLED displays. The joint venture will be based in South Korea and will combine Samsung’s OLED display technology with Corning’s ultra tough Lotus Glass ...
February 4, 2012
Vantiv, a provider of mobile payment solutions, announced a new point-of-sale product on Friday that it will be rolling out in partnership with Verizon Wireless. The product, which is currently in field testing, includes custom tailored applications and an Android-based point-of-sale solution for accepting payments. The applications will be available ...
February 4, 2012
The Samsung Galaxy S Advance was announced on Monday, and not even a week later the device has shown up in Vietnam and received a hands-on from Mai Nguyen. The handset reportedly features a design that is a combination of the Galaxy S II and Galaxy Nexus, complete with a ...
February 4, 2012
HTC Radar 4G has already been confirmed by Videotron, but the carrier has yet to unveil the official release date of the smartphone. Today, another Canadian operator confirmed it would carry the Radar 4G, SaskTel. The smartphone is already listed at... (read more)
February 4, 2012
Mozilla is developing a push notification system for the company’s Firefox Web browser. The system will allow users to receive notifications from any website, even if the site is not open in a tab or window. The system will also be able to relay push notifications to mobile devices. ...
February 4, 2012
An Oklahoma lawmaker has proposed levying a new tax on violent video games. Oklahoma Democrat Will Fourkiller has suggested the tax be applied to all games that receive an ESRB rating, which is intended for adults only. In addition, Fourkiller thinks T-Rated games should also have a tax added to the cost of ...
February 3, 2012
Smartphone shipments overtook client PC shipments for the first time in 2011, according to new data from market research firm Canalys. Vendors shipped a total of 158.5 million smartphones in the fourth quarter, representing a 57% increase compared to the 101.2 million units shipped in the same quarter a year earlier. Shipments ...
February 3, 2012
Motorola has just announced that a new software update is now available for download for AT&T Motorola ATRIX 2 owners. Software version 55.13.25 promises to provide users with a better entertainment experience, i... (read more)
February 3, 2012
Verizon is readying a major software update for two of its top-tier Android smartphones, the DROID RAZR and DROID RAZR MAXX. Although the carrier has already publi... (read more)
February 3, 2012
Industry watchers agree that smartphone sales will continue to balloon in 2012, but much of the projected growth will seemingly be enjoyed by just two companies. In a report to clients earlier this week, UBS analyst Maynard Um lowered his full-year unit sales projections for cell phones to 1.69 billion ...
February 3, 2012
Apps running on Apple’s iOS devices crash more frequently than Android apps according to a new study preformed by mobile app monitoring company Crittercism. The data, which was collected between December 1st and 15th last year, spans 23 different versions of iOS and 33 different Android versions. The latest version ...
February 3, 2012
Chinese handset maker Huawei and AT&T have just announced the upcoming availability of the MediaPad Android-based tablet. Beginning February 3, enterprise customers will be able to purchase the Huawei MediaPad at varying price points, depending on their business accounts. &nbs... (read more)
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