This is the last spring show by CTIA the Wireless Association here's our first round-up of announcements.
We will be flying in on Wednesday to record news live. Here are all the accessory announcements today.
We expect to see good things from HTC, Huawei, Nokia, Verizon Wireless, BlackBerry(Canada Pavillion), AT&T, FaceBook and Kyocera.
Samsung Galaxy S3 (III) Update to Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean T-Mobile
Samsung Galaxy S2-4 Expands into Profit-Noted Universe
Samsung Galaxy S II-III-Y-Note Bests RAZR Not iPhone, YetThis week at WiMo News was full of underdogs overcoming objections, making better price points, [keyboards and cameras. While Google I/O disappointed bargain-lover Nexus fans.
No More on the Q-T for BlackBerry Q10 in USA
The release dates for the BlackBerry Q10 will be coming in June and the Summer.
One Mo' Round 4 the HTC One Around the World
HTC has ramped up production of the HTC One to meet demand.
Nokia Lumia 521 Best Prepaid Deal on Smartphone Any Where
When we compared the Nokia Lumia 521 vs iPhone 5 , the Lumina was the best deal worth waiting for.
As the Samsung Galaxy S4 dukes it out with the iPhone 5/4/4S, Samsung is taking over the prepaid dominance space. Smartphones are a majority of sales for postpaid and prepaid reported NPD Group. Here are some facts that NPD sent us before CTIA this week.
iPhones and the Samsung Galaxy are the most profitable in the Galaxy reported Strategy Analytics.
Apple's iPhone was the most profitable at $7.1 billion or 57% of total profit shares of smartphones.
Samsung has the main share of profits ts $5.1 billion in operating profits which is 95% of all profits made on Android. Global Android profits were $5.3 billion. Android accounted for 43% of smartphone profits.
After T-Mobile's reduced plans, AT&T's Aio and more prepaid smartphones than ever before Verizon Wireless has increased the amount of data in its prepaid plans.
Verizon's current prepaid customers who pay $60 a month now will get 2GB of data, an increase from 500MB a month.
$70 a month prepaid plans will have unlimited voice, text and 4GB of data an increase from 2GB.
While consumers may have abandoned their Nexus One or Nexus S smartphones there were three Nexus that took a trip into space and sent back earth images.
Photos were combined in NASA's PhoneSat, from small boxed shaped satellites that were put into orbit on April 21. The devices used Nexus smartphones for brains. Meanwhile earthlings have heard nothing about the new cousins of the Nexus One and S , the Nexus 4 LTE or Nexus 5.
It's time to vent our pent-up frustration and satisfaction of Google I/O.
Let's see what wasn't seen at Google I/0:
No new Android 4.3 or 5 Key Lime Pie.
No Nexus 4 new model.
No Nexus 11 tablet.
No enhanced Nexus 7, 8 or 9.
The Samsung Galaxy S 4 (GS 4) is showing signs of Apple iPhone-like success.
An unamed Samsung executive told Chosunlibo that Samsung has shipped 4 million GS 4between its launch and the end of the April. I
Then Samsung shipped another 2 million, making for a total of 6 million shipped by May 10. Samsung believes that they will sell 10 Samsung Galaxy S 4 smartphones by the end of May.
In the past, it took Samsung two months to sell 10 million Samsung Galaxy S III in 2012 and 150 days to sell the same amount of Samsung Galaxy S II models.
Today's Google I/O announcement quashed Nexus 4 LTE/5 and Motorola X rumors for now, so let's see what else the conjecturatti have dug up for May 22 when Verizon Wireless will make an announcement. HTC has received a new Wi-Fi certification that some believe is the Verizon version of the HTC One. The Droid DNA has been discounted to free with a special promo code.
Model number PN073XX features LTE, dual-band Wi-Fi. HTC One on AT&T is model number PN07120.
While Nexus 4 fans are waiting for the next Nexus or even signs of a Motorola X, Google announced a pure Android version of the Samsung Galaxy S 4. It is called a "Nexus" user experience but does not have the rock bottom pricing of the Nexus 4.
This GS 4 is unlocked(bootloader) to work with either LTE for T-Mobile or AT&T and will sell for $649 when released on Google Play on June 26. The GS 4 will have "prompt system updates" from Google.
Verizon announced the Powerful Answers Award, which offers $10 million dollars for the most innovative solutions in healthcare, education and sustainability.
The Powerful Answers Award is a global challenge to inspire and reward innovative solutions that address society’s biggest challenges in education, healthcare, and sustainability utilizing Verizon’s unique combination of network, device and platform technologies. A total of $10 million in cash prizes will be awarded.The award is open technology, academic, government, and not-for-profit industries and communities.
AT&T today announced the commitment of Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile and 200 + organizations to join their It Can Wait movement to end texting while driving.
Texting while driving involved in more than 100,000 car accidents a year (National Safety Council) and makes drivers 23 times more likely to be involved in a wreck
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