You may ask your smart friends what's your IQ, more importantly you should ask your carrier and smartphone maker What is Carrier IQ? Is it on my smartphone?
Carrier IQ is app that reportedly tracks smartphones and secretly recored behavior. Researcher Trevor Eckhar found the Carrier IQ software on an HTC Android smartphone. It has many people worried about privacy issues. It can record dropped calls, battery use and network problems. The software maker denies that it can record every keystroke.
AT&T announced its BlackFriday through Cyber Monday deals and they are in great for penny-pinchers, tablet lovers, Windows 7 buyers, BlackBerry addicts and Android fanatics starting at a penny.
Beginning at 12:01 a.m. EST on Black Friday, November 25, the savings will be a series of rotating promotions for Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Cyber Monday online shoppers while supplies last at AT&T online. Free shipping and waived activation is included.
We checked today and there is already a special offer for the Samsung Captivate for 1 cent. AT&T already announced the buy the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 and get a free Samsung Galaxy SII or Skyrocket deal through January 7, 2012
Here are the Black Friday and Cyber Monday Deals from AT&T:
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AT&T announced the Motorola Atrix 2 that looks a lot like the Droid Bionic and Motorola Photon. The Motorola Atrix 2 can be docked to docks like the Droid Bionic such as the an HD Dock, Lapdock and auto dock.
The Motorola Atrix 2 has twice the processing power of the Motorola Atrix and slightly different connector for the docks. A video showing all its new features claims "Powerful just got a lot more fun!"
According to Localytics 37% of US Android devices are 4G enabled (HSPA+, LTE, or WiMAX). Verizon holds the top position followed by Sprint, T-Mobile and AT&T. The list reveals some of the fastest and best smartphones on the market during 2010 and 2011.
HTC makes 5 of th top 10 smartphones while Samsung has 3 in the list, followed by Motorola and LG with one each.
The top LTE smartphones are: