February 2012 Archives
Sony Xperia P Next NXT Entertainment
Sony announced the Xperia P, the next in Xperia NXT series, following the Sony Xperia Ion. The Sony Xperia P has a Reality Display powered by Mobile BRAVIA and 1GHz dual-core processor. The new User Interface (UI) offers a new album, video player and music player as well as app access dir…
Sony Xperia U Nxt Entertainment
Sony announced the Xperia U, the next in the Xperia NXT series, following the Sony Xperia Ion. The Sony Xperia P has a Reality Display powered by Mobile BRAVIA and 1GHz dual-core processor. The new User Interface (UI) offers a new album, video player and music player as well as ap…
Verizon Deals: $100 Off Droid RAZR, 4, Bionic, Galaxy Nexus & Xyboard 2/29
There is nothing that will get buyers to scoop up a bargain better than a One-Day-Sale. We've just passed some holidays, so Verizon Wireless is making tomorrow Leap Day, a sale day and knocking $100 off its latest and fastest 4G LTE smartphones and tablets. On top of that Verizon Wireless is …
Nokia Lumia 610 Windows Phone Like Butter?
At Mobile World congress Nokia announced the new Lumia 610 the first Windows Phone with the Tango update(Windows Phone 7.5) that needs less RAM to run. The Nokia Lumia 610 will be available in April. The Windows Phone Blog noted "Windows Phone 7.5 now enables our partners to deliver phones …
Samsung Galaxy Nexus Dock – What’s the Deal?
After a tryout overseas, you can now preorder a multimedia dock for the Samsung Galaxy Nexus from Samsung. The horizontal Dock the "Pogo Desktop Dock" priced at $89.99 features the ability to use the Nexus while it is charging in the dock. The dock is custom molded to the form factor of the Sa…
HTC Rezound (Verizon) Review of Reviews & Deals
HTC Rezound Rated 4 out of 5 by Wireless and Mobile News' Review of Reviews The HTC Rezound is packed with power and sounds great. It is well-reviewed and is currently the lowest price dual-core processor smartphone on the Verizon Wireless 4G LTE network. Reviewers all liked its fast dat…
Free Cell Phones for Low-Income Households in Pennsylvania (PA) 1YR
Assurance Wireless reported its one-year anniversary of providing free cell phone services to low-income Pennsylvania residents. Assurance Wireless is a Lifeline Assistance program supported by the federal Universal Service Fund. In addition to a voice mail account and call waiting, Assurance …
TS2R Wireless News: BLU 5.3, MetroPCS ASAS & Samsung Trust Zone
TS2R Wireless News from Wireless and Mobile News: Full news stories, today include bogus dumb smartphone claims, Asus PadFone, JLo's BlackBerry PlayBook, LG Optimus 4X HD and Samsung Rugby Smart. Here's the news that is too short to report: BLU Products announced the BLU 5.3 an 5.3" WVG…
Top Best Dumb Bogus Smartphone Claims: Samsung Galaxy Beam?
Here we go again with the oh-so-romantic concept of proposing marriage to a beloved through a smartphone or tablet. There is a trend of "dumb" bogus attributes and use of devices that are just plain ridiculous. The marketing departments of smartphone makers don't realize that smartphone are bre…
Asus PadFone Transfomer Primes into Netbook
Asus has finally announced more information on the Aus PadFone, a 4.3" phone that docks to tablet and keyboard. accessories include a headset and stylus. It expected to have an April release date. Selling features shown in a video of the Aus PadFone are two devices with one data plan, ability …
LG Quad-Cores LG Optimus 4X HD with 5th Core Battery-Life-Saver
For Mobile World Congress, LG announced the LG Optimus 4X HD with a NVIDIA 1.5GHz Tegra quad-core processor the superphone formerly known as the LG Optimus X3. The LG Optimus 4X HD is designed for media with a 4.7" HP IPS touchscreen and what LG claims is PC-like performance. The NVIDIA Tegr…
BlackBerry Be Bold Winner with JLo?
RIM is trying to make the BlackBerry image hipper and more youthful. Commercials are no longer enterprise-oriented but show musicians and the latest marketing ploy includes Jenifer Lopez and Marc Antony. BlackBerry has gone from being one of the most popular topics on Wireless and Mobile News to a…
Samsung Plays Tough with Rugby Smart
AT&T announced the Samsung Rugby Smart with a March 4 release date for $99.99. This is one tough smartphone, it is dustproof and waterproof for submersion in water for 30 minutes. You can also take the Samsung Rugby Smart into extreme weather conditions such as hot or cold it meets mil-…
Winner Oscar Academy Awards Mobile Apps, Buzz, GetGlue& Twitter Tweets Guide
While the stars ascend to receive Oscars tonight, there are apps and mobile helpers for fans. The Academy of Motion Pictures has developed award-winning mobile apps and ways to participate in the red carpet event. Even though Academy Award nominees are getting free star-spangled Droid RAZR MA…
Top Best: Android 4.0 ICS Motorola Droid RAZR/Bionic/Maxx, Samsung Galaxy S II, Asus Transformer Prime, Deals Galaxy Note, iPad 3, Kindle Fire, HTC Rezound & Outage
Most Read Top Wireless and Mobile News Stories this Week in Review: This week has been a great week for new reviews, new releases and updates. Here are the top ten best-read news stories this week. Our most highly read most popular article this week showed the progress of the Motorola A…
Samsung Galaxy Note FCUisodes – What’s the Deal?
As we told you before, Samsung is spending huge advertising dollars to promote the Samsung Galaxy Note. Now they have launched the FCU which if you anagram it and add a "k" you get a get swear word (LOL?). These quirky webisodes feature Samsung Galaxy Note smartphones used by an odd ball team …
Droid X Glitch Fix Update Out
Verizon continues to support its Droids and the Droid X is getting an update of bug fixes and enhancements in 4.5.621. If you look on the Droid X support page, however, it still says "Coming Soon!" Motorola has not hinted the possibility that the Droid X will be updated to Android 4.0 Ice Cre…
Acer Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) Liquid Glo
Maybe it has to do with it being a week after Valentine's Day but there's a whole lot of pink going on. There is a special edition Samsung Galaxy S II in pink and the new Liquid Glo from Acer will come in White, Cat's-eye Black and Sakura Pink, with matching onscreen display styles for a…
Apple’s iPhone App Store Eats Chomp
Apple has bough start-up Chomp. Chomp is a search engine designed to help smartphone/iPad owners to search for mobile applications. Chomp currently has partnered with Verizon to power Verizon app searches. Apple reportedly bought all of Chomp's resources including employees and technology. …
T-Mobile Pretty in Pink $$$$$$$
The T-Mobile spokesmodel is looking really pretty in pink. She didn't get bought by AT&T therefore she's got $4 billion in spectrum and cash to burn. Meanwhile, AT&T CEO Stephenson' annual pay was cut by $2and he only made $18.7 million. T-Mobile will spend $4 billion on network improv…
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