April 2011 Archives
TS2R Wireless News: Touch BlackBerry Bold, HTC Rider & Kingdom, LG Revolution and VZW Mobilizes in AL
TS2R Wireless News from Wireless and Mobile NewsFull news stories today included the news that mobile music sales have declined, the Droid 3 may have a 13MP camera, developers prefer iPhones, Verizon privacy stickers and increasing smartphone sales.Here's the news that is too short to report:Bla…
Mobile Music Sales Down in 2010, Says RIAA
Money collected from mobile music declined in 2010 according to RIAA. Mobile music sales were down 28% to 221 units and $527 million in 2010, a decrease from 306 million units in 2009.Mobile music includes ringtones, ringbacks, music videos, full-length downloads, and other items downloaded to…
Droid 3 Review of News: Droid 3 to Have 4″ Screen, 13MP-Camera and 4G LTE?
At some point, Droid screens can break and require replacement parts. A supplier of smartphone parts is showing a Droid 3 with an OEM 4-inch replacement screen. The Droid 3, which has not been announced yet, is the successor to the Droid and Droid 2 Global.The part is called "…
iPhone, iPad, Android & Windows Phone Top Dev Choices, Samsung Galaxy Tab & Motorola Xoom Top Android Tablets, Says Appcelerator Survey
Appcelerator and IDC polled developers to get their opinions on development platforms, problems and device preferences. After the release of the Verizon iPhone, iOS development interest increased. Other increasing interest from developers is for the "mobile cloud." The biggest pro…
Verizon Sticks to Privacy with Location Warning Sticker, Writes Congress
Concerned about the recent location tracking scare, Verizon Wireless sent a letter to congress saying that, to keep customers aware of tracking location data, stickers will be applied to Verizon smartphones and cell phones. "This device is capable of determining its (and your) physical, geog…
iPhone and HTC ThunderBolt Fueled Increasing U.S. Smartphone Market, Says IDC
IDC released its Worldwide Phone Tracker Report for the first quarter of this year. The world market is growing nearly 20%, with 371.8 million units shipped and 19.8% growth over last year.In the United States, Apple's iPhone 4 and the 4G LTE HTC ThunderBolt, two smartphones introduc…
Samsung Galaxy S News: Samsung Galaxy Prevail April 29 Release Date
The Samsung Galaxy Prevail will go on sale at Boost Mobile tomorrow, April 29 for $179.99.The Samsung Galaxy Prevail runs Android 2.2 on a 3.2-inch touchscreen and has a 2-megapixel camera, GPS, and Bluetooth. Most Samsung Galaxy S phones have Super AMOLED displays, but so far, there is no indicati…
TS2R Wireless News: Nexus S Video Chat, Droid Incredible 2, Commando, iPhone #3 and Android Most Apps
TS2R Wireless News from Wireless and Mobile NewsFull news stories today included the news that the Verizon 4G LTE outage is over, new HTC Sense features, the AMOLED Nokia Astound, Motorola Wi-Fi Xoom from Sprint, Samsung Prevail, and delay of the Samsung Droid Charge.Here's the news that is too sh…
Samsung Galaxy S News: Samsung Droid Charge Release Date Delayed, Hunt On
After months of speculation and an official announcement last week, the 4G LTE Samsung Droid Charge release has been delayed. Meanwhile, the promotional hunt for the Samsung Droid Charge is live. The Samsung Droid Charge is unavailable in Verizon Wireless stores and online. If you want t…
Sprint News: Nexus S 4G, Motorola Xoom Wi-Fi & BB PlayBook May 8 Release Date?
It appears that carriers are loading release dates with multiple devices. Today, Verizon launches three new Android smartphones. Reports suggest that Sprint will release the Nexus S 4G, BlackBerry PlayBook and Motorola Xoom Wi-Fi - all on May 8.A leaked advertisement shows the Wi-Fi-only…
HTC News: Traces of New HTC Sense on HTC Sensation with Godly Visitations, Love & More
More features of HTC Sense have been reported . The HTC Sensation will be sensational for two reasons: the next version of HTC Sense and its dual-core processor. It has an expected June 8, release date.We already know that the HTC Sensation will come with the HTC Watch video rental and…
T-Mobile News: Nokia Astound Has AMOLED & Free Turn-by-Turn For $79.99
There are many expensive smartphones on the market. In order to get your business, Nokia is willing to offer you a lower priced smartphone with greater features. The Nokia Astound is the first T-Mobile.smartphone we've seen that has an AMOLED touchscreen for under one hundred dollars.The…
TS2R Wireless News: Google Docs Android App, HTC Surround Update, RIM Tungles and iPhone Whitened
TS2R Wireless News from Wireless and Mobile NewsFull news stories today included Verizon is working to fix the 4G LTE outage, Verizon is offering a new unlimited data/voice prepaid service, Motorola may unlock its smartphones in the future, and first reviews of the Droid Charge have been charged wi…
Verizon 4G LTE Outage News: Cause of Issue Found – Outage Over 4/28
Verizon Wireless 4G LTE customers have been experiencing an outage since last night. The good news is that Verizon has discovered the cause and is working on fixing it.Update 04/28/11 @ 9:20am According the the Verizon Twitter page the outage is over as 8:00am today. HTC ThunderBol…
Verizon Unleashes New Unlimited Service: Verizon Unleashed Unlimited Talk, Text & Data $50 a Month in Florida and SoCal
Verizon Wireless has launched a new unlimited prepaid service named "Verizon Unleashed" that offers unlimited voice calls, texting, web access and data for $50 per month. The services works with prepaid Verizon feature phones - the LG Accolade ($39.99), LG Cosmos slide-out QWERTY candy bar phone ($…
Motorola News: Atrix May Get Bootloader Unlocker Like Motorola Xoom’s
Currently, users can't unlock the Android software on the Motorola Atrix, but after the protests from Android fans in Australia, it may change and have a bootloader similar to the one on the Motorola Xoom.Motorola reported on its Facebook page that they would be working on a bootloader solution…
Droid News: Samsung Droid Charge Review of Super Reviews & Unboxings
A day before the release of the Droid Charge, we've been monitoring releases of preliminary reviews and unboxings of the second 4G LTE smartphone to use the Verizon Wireless 5G-rated 4G LTE network data. The reviews are positive, showing tests with fast data speeds and almost every review pra…
TS2R Wireless News: Mobile Upfront NYC 5/11, Bobsled Ride Ended, A-Fund and Sony Tablets
TS2R Wireless News from Wireless and Mobile NewsFull news stories today included release date announcements for the Nexus S 4G, Casio G'zOne Commando, and Droid Incredible 2. We also got the exclusive word from Verizon about 4G LTE free mobile hotspots. Nielsen's new survey shows …
Android Tops iPhones & BlackBerry in Smartphones & Most Desirable
Nielsen released new survey results that showed the Android OS as having the largest market share of smartphone ownership and is also the most desirable. Android wins when it comes to number of smartphones owned. As of March 2011, 37 percent of smartphone consumers had an Android OS…
Nexus S Pure Google News: Sprint Samsung Nexus S 4G May 8 Release Date
As we mentioned previously today, spring is very prolific for flowers and smartphone release dates. Sprint has announced that its pure Google Android 2.3 Gingerbread smartphone, the Nexus S 4G, will be released on Sunday, May 8.The Sprint Nexus S 4G has a 1GHz Samsung application processor tha…
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