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NVIDIA Possibly Contradicts Itself, Creates Service Getting Rid Of The Need Of Nice GPU’s

nvidia-official-3d-logo1 In a move sure to surprise many, NVIDIA demonstrated their upcoming cloud gaming service, a la OnLive. It'll be called GeForce Grid, and is made possible by a partnership with Gaikai, who already has a game streaming service of its own. While OnLive is definitely a good service, it seems that GeForce Grid will be a lot better. Since the service will be run on... Read more »

AT&T HTC One X Now Even Cheaper, $129.99 From Amazon Wireless

ATTOneX130 Amazon Wireless has once again dropped their price for the AT&T HTC One X. Unfortunately, this only applies to the gray version. Fortunately the white version may not be appealing to many people due to the fact that it turns blue just from keeping it in a pocket of blue jeans. I have witnessed the same problems with a light gray HTC Inspire 4G (massive... Read more »

Sprint Officially Announced HTC EVO 4G LTE Delay

htc-evo-4g-lte2 Looks like the HTC EVO 4G LTE will not be coming when announced. To make matters worse, further shipments of the AT&T HTC One X will also be delayed, so stock may run out. HTC shared this statement about the delay of HTC phones explaining the situation: “The US availability of HTC One X and HTC EVO 4G LTE has been delayed due to a standard U.S. Customs... Read more »

Symbian Loses Market Share, Bada Beats Windows Phone, Android Grows Bigger

platform-sales-1 New results comparing worldwide smartphone market shares in Q1 of 2011 and Q1 of 2012 have been released, and they're quite surprising. Nokia's Symbian platform held 27.7% of the market share, which in one year, dropped down to a low 8.6%. Also, Windows Phone dropped from 2.6% to 1.9%. Things really aren't looking good for Nokia, especially considering Samsung... Read more »

Verizon Trying To Get Everyone Off Grandfathered Unlimited Data Plans

verizonwirelesslogo To be grandfathered into an unlimited 3G data plan, you would have to have upgraded your phone before Verizon implemented tiered data. However, Verizon is trying to get all those customers on data-share plans. Those plans are set to launch mid-summer. Verizon Communications CFO Fran Shammo said that all 3G customers will have to migrate to 4G LTE, and that will... Read more »

Sprint Shutting Down Early Upgrade Program On June 1st

Upgrade-Change-2 On June 1st, Sprint's early upgrade program will be no more. It was a high cost program and Sprint is cancelling it to reduce costs. Before, Sprint would allow upgrades a few weeks early, often in the case of a broken phone. If you want to take advantage of this program in the short 15 days you have, you definitely should before it's gone forever. Source:... Read more »

Sprint Hints At Delayed EVO 4G LTE Launch Due To HTC Patent Dispute

16133955 With last nights *shocking* turn of events as US Customs holds HTC One X and EVO 4G LTE hardware in limbo, Sprint prepares to miss their planned May 18th launch date. In fact, their dedicated EVO 4G LTE page no longer says anything about May 18th or any other potential launch date at this time, it's been completely scrubbed. Sprint hasn't said... Read more »

HTC Sensation 4G Ice Cream Sandwich Update Now Live, HTC Amaze 4G Update Arriving May 21st

Screen-Shot-2012-05-16-at-8.37.59-AM Just as we expected, actually a little earlier as the first updates started going out around 3am as T-Mobile and HTC release Ice Cream Sandwich for the HTC Sensation 4G. Fear not HTC Amaze 4G owners, you’re waiting just a few more days as T-Mobile readies your update for release on May 21st. As soon as Sensation 4G owners stop dancing around the room celebrating... Read more »

LG Unveils New Android Overlay UI For Ice Cream Sandwich Devices

Optimus_UI_3 One of the best or worst features of the Android experience is the ability of the manufacturers to customize and tailor their products as they see it. That means placing their own user interface on top of stock Android software to deliver a unique experience to customers. With that in mind, LG sent out a press release this morning announcing Optimus UI 3.0 for... Read more »

Android Device Fragmentation Displayed In Incredible Detail

Screen Shot 2012-05-16 at 9.21.01 AM Take a look at the image above and the charge compiled by Open Signal Maps. The company put together data taken from over 681,900 users of its app over the past six months, and saw it run on nearly four thousand different types of devices. Of course that number is actually far lower as custom ROMs are responsible thanks to their reporting of identities a little... Read more »

Galaxy S III Gets Unboxed Online, Compared Against Other Top Android Devices

Screen Shot 2012-05-16 at 9.06.29 AM The European launch of the Galaxy S III is taking place in just under two weeks, which tells us the clock was ticking in the race for the first unboxing video of the Galaxy S III to appear online. The clear winner? Nicollo Rolli, Editor-in-Chief of Italian blog HD Network who is giving us our first look, all seven minutes and thirty-four seconds worth.... Read more »

HTC Ville C Speaks Leak Looking Like A Cheaper HTC One S

bm_htc_ville_c-550x283 According to the fine folks at BriefMobile who just acquired the above leaked image, the upcoming HTC Ville C is a cheaper version of the HTC One S. The Ville C is a purportedly an "ultra slim" device, shipping with Android 4.0 and possibly Sense 4.5. The spec sheet also shows a 4.3" qHD AMOLED display, 16GB of internal memory, 1GB of RAM, and a Qualcomm... Read more »

Google Releases Chrome 19 Stable Edition, Syncs Browser With Mobile And Desktop

Chrome-Logo Yesterdays release of Chrome 19 on the desktop introduces an awesome new feature that any earlier Chrome 19 Beta users had already been raving about. Signing into Chrome 19 on the desktop, as well as Chrome Beta on your ICS device will synchronize all your current tabs putting them on every device you're currently signed into with Chrome. In other words, the... Read more »

Editorial: The Nexus Name Has Died, Can Google Bring It Back?

nexus16 On October 19th of last year, I posted my first news article on this very site. That news article was about Google's announcement of the Galaxy Nexus, the newest superphone at the time. It also marked the launch of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, which is still making its way to devices now. At the event, no US carriers were announced, but not too long after Verizon... Read more »

HTC One X And EVO 4G LTE Delayed, US Customs Investigating Patent Infringement

attonex This is a first: US Customs are holding back imports on the HTC One X and EVO 4G LTE, as they are under investigation for pantent infringement. Want to take a wild guess as to who the patent holder is? None other than the fruit themselves, Apple. Last year Apple won a patent infringement that was to ban all HTC handsets in an exclusion order. Phones were not pulled... Read more »