Virgin Mobile is now selling the Kyocera Rise for $99.99, a fair price for such a carrier. The phone is nothing special, but it comes together in a fairly nice package. Here is a list of specs: Touch slider with QWERTY Keyboard 3.5” HVGA LCD touchscreen Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon Processor 3.2MP Camera, LED… Read more
Once again, we are taking a look at two popular 7” Android tablets, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 and the Google Nexus 7 by ASUS. On Monday, we asked the DroidDog followers on facebook, twitter, and Google+ what they would want to see in a comparison video. So, in this part 2 of 2, I have the two tablets go head to head with shut down and startup… Read more
Today we are taking a look at two popular 7” Android tablets, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 and the Google Nexus 7 by ASUS. In this part 1 of 2, I do a tour of the device as well as introduce the operating systems. The Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 is running Ice Cream Sandwich with a TouchWiz overlay compared to Stock Jelly Bean on the Nexus 7. My… Read more
It’s official: we have another competitor for the mobile payment crown. And though Google Wallet has that crown, it’s the only one in the game. Soon, ISIS will be released to the world, and will most likely surpass Wallet. There is really no reason it will not. But now MCX has been announced, standing for Merchant Customer Exchange. What an awesome… Read more
With Sony’s Gamescom 2012 press conference happening in Germany right now, there were bound to be some good announcements to come out of it. Sony announced today that both ASUS and Wikipad would be gaining PlayStation Mobile support which is what was formerly called PlayStation Certification. This means that devices from either one of the manufacturers… Read more
Mobile gaming has gone so far in the past few years, especially this last year. There have been so many wonderful games for phones lately, and it’s truly the future of gaming. One device for calling, texting, managing business, taking photos, and playing games. It can do it all. It’s truly amazing, if you ask me, to see what developers can do on a… Read more
Some of the better-known pre-paid carriers are getting ready for something big. It appears Boost and Virgin Mobile are partnering with Samsung for an event in New York City on August 22nd to announce some “big mobile news”. Anything beyond that is unknown, but we’re sure a new phone is in store — a pre-paid Galaxy S III, perhaps? Either way, it… Read more
As most of you know, when you turn on WiFi, the phone turns off mobile data automatically. It’s either one or the other. And that makes sense, what could you do with two separate connections? The answer is harness both of them at the same time to gain much faster download speed than either is capable of alone. Super Download is an app that can do… Read more
Google Wallet never supported anything but Citi MasterCards, further limiting its already tiny audience (since only a few phones ever supported Wallet). However, that tiny audience gets to use other cards from now on. Google Wallet now supports all MasterCard, Visa, American Express, and Discover bank cards. However, it isn’t true support. It has… Read more
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOe1M2p0u1I&feature=player_embedded#! So the clever devs at XDA have gotten Google Wallet to run on the Verizon Galaxy S III (like in the video) along with any other variant of the Galaxy S III. As you probably know, Verizon T-Mobile and AT&T block all their phones from using Wallet, due to having their own system come out… Read more
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