TS2R Wireless News from Wireless and Mobile News
Full news stories today include Google purchase of Motorola, an update for the Droid Incredible, HTC Sensation unlock bootloader tool and a Droid Bionic Motorola statement as well as release dates for new BlackBerry Bold/Torch models from AT&T(8/21), Sprint (8/21) and Verizon (online today in-stores 8/25).
Here's the news that's too short to report:
- Mobile Eases Boredom Causes Frustration - Pew reported that 42% of cell owners used their phone for entertainment when they were bored, 20% of cell owners experienced frustration because their phone was taking
too long to download something; 16% had difficulty reading something on
their phone because the screen was too small; and 10% had difficulty
entering a lot of text on their phone. - 14 Million QR Scanners - A comScore study found that in June 2011, 14 million mobile users in the U.S., representing 6.2 percent of the total mobile audience,
- Free Premium Kyocera Echo Apps - Kyocera announced the
availability of 12 free premium Android applications optimized for
Kyocera Echo. The apps will be available for a limited
time during Kyocera's "Summer of Free Apps." Apps includie "Burn the Rope," "Sonic the
Hedgehog" and "Super Monkey Ball," normally cost $.99 to $4.99 but are
available for free for the first 10,000 combined downloads at Echo microsite - www.echobykyocera.com.