Skype enables video on more Android smartphones
Mikael Ricknäs, IDG News Service, 8/4/2011 Seventeen smartphones and tablets are now on Skype’s list of compatible products Skype has released version 2.1 of its application for Android, which allows more smartphones and tablets based on Google’s operating system to use its video calling feature, it said in a blog post on Thursday. The company [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Ericsson, HTC, Samsung, Skype, VoIP
Sprint adding bloatware removal ability to its Android devices
Dan Seifert, MobileBurn, 6/24/2011 News that the HTC EVO 3D had the ability to remove pre-installed apps hit the wires yesterday to much fanfare and appreciation from users and press alike. We reached out to Sprint to get more clarification on the topic and found out that it was in fact intentional, and that we [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: AT&T, HTC, Sprint, Verizon
Apple wins key iPhone technology patent
Electronista, 6/22/2011 Apple has won the rights to a critical US patent for the iPhone. The company now has patent number 7,966,578, documenting a “computer-implemented method, for use in conjunction with a portable multifunction device with a touch screen display, [that] comprises displaying a portion of page content, including a frame displaying a portion of [...]
In: iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: HTC, Samsung
AT&T: Windows Phone 7 Not Selling Well and Other Notes of Interest
Mark Kurlyandchik, Daily Tech, 6/6/2011 AT&T Mobility President and CEO Ralph De La Vega recently spoke with All Things D’s Ina Fried at length about a number of issues, including the popularity of Android, why Windows Phone 7 devices aren’t selling well, and whether or not the tablet market is actually going to take off the [...]
In: Android, Blackberry, iPhone, Mobile Technology, WinPhone · Tagged with: AT&T, HTC
Android: The Smartphone OS with Multiple Faces
Christof Kerkmann, Mobile Tech Today, 5/31/2011 Many manufacturers have decided to make use of the open-source mobile operating system Android, but everything can change from one Android-operated smartphone to the next: interface, functions, options available. The one thing that stays the same: With an Android-enabled smartphone, you’re only a click away from the Internet. Android [...]
In: Android, iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Ericsson, Flash, HTC, Linux, Motorola, Samsung, WiFi
4G Coming to WP7
Eric M. Zeman, Phone Scoop, 5/24/2011 Microsoft said today that its existing hardware partners — Samsung, LG, and HTC — will be shipping new phones with Mango this fall, and they will include 4G. Microsoft didn’t say what type of 4G would be supported.
In: Mobile Technology, WinPhone · Tagged with: 4G, HTC, Samsung
Microsoft admits to more Windows Phone update problems
Nancy Gohring, Computer World, 4/29/2011 Yet another problem has cropped up preventing some Windows Phone 7 users from getting two software updates, adding a new chapter to the update saga that started in February. Microsoft acknowledged that some Samsung Focus owners in the U.S. haven’t yet received notification that the updates are available for them. [...]
In: Mobile Technology, WinPhone · Tagged with: HTC, Samsung
HTC Sensation to include Swype-like ‘HTC Trace’ keyboard
Alex Dobie, AndroidCentral, 4/26/2011 During our recent hands-on time with the HTC Sensation at the HTC Roadshow in Manchester, we had a chance to see an as-yet unrevealed feature in HTC Sense 3.0 — HTC Trace. This is a new addition to the HTC keyboard which introduces Swype-like functionality, allowing you to type words by [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: HTC
Verizon 4G LTE ‘blows away’ Sprint’s WiMAX in 1,000 speed tests
Zach Epstein, BGR, 4/1/2011 Sprint is no longer the “4G king,” BTIG Research analyst Walter Piecyk proclaimed on Friday following a massive speed test that pitted Sprint’s HTC EVO 4G against Verizon Wireless’ HTC ThunderBolt. Piecyk and his team conducted more than 1,000 speed tests in New York City to determine which was faster: the [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 4G, HTC, LTE, Sprint, Verizon, WiMax
Windows Phone 7 Update schedule arrives: stinks for AT&T users
Peter Bright, ArsTechnica, 3/24/2011 Earlier in the week, Microsoft started shipping “NoDo”, the first major update for Windows Phone 7 that brings copy and paste support to the platform, along with some performance improvements and bug fixes. What the company wasn’t revealing back then was who would get the update, or when they would get [...]
In: Mobile Technology, WinPhone · Tagged with: AT&T, CDMA, HTC, T-Mobile