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September, 2011 Articles

AT&T Says You Can Keep Your T-Mobile Rate If Merger Goes Through

by Chris Chavez on September 20th, 2011

If you’re currently a T-Mobile customer and you’ve been wondering what the world will look like after the proposed AT&T-Mo merger takes place, TMoNews may have the answer. Seems T-Mobile has updated their internal FAQ used to educate their employees on sensitive customer matters like, exactly what will happen once the AT&T acquisition takes place. [...]

HTC Sending Out Invites for Oct 6th UK Press Event – What Will They Announce?

by Chris Chavez on September 20th, 2011

It was only a few hours ago that HTC announced the details on their brand new HTC Rhyme smartphone and now it seems the “Quietly Brilliant” team has begun sending out invites for a press conference/party to be held in the UK on October 6th. Of course, we can only speculate what device (or devices) [...]

T-Mobile Announces 1-Day Only “Yes, Every Smartphone Is On Sale” Sale

by Chris Chavez on September 20th, 2011

If you fancy yourself a frugal shopper you may want to listen up. T-Mobile is gearing for what they’re calling their “Yes, Every Smartphone Is On Sale” sale this Saturday, September 24th. Just as the name suggest, T-Mobile will be offering substantial discounts — for one day only — on all their Android smartphones including [...]

Visa Jumps Onboard The Google Wallet Bandwagon

by Chris Chavez on September 20th, 2011

Yesterday we told you about Google unveiling and making active their new NFC based payment system for the Nexus S 4G on Sprint. Pretty big news with both Citi and Mastercard immediately jumping on board. Unfortunately, Visa was one of the key players left out of the bunch. Thankfully today, Visa has announced they will [...]

Motorola Atrix 2 Shows Up Again In New Leaked Pics

by Chris Chavez on September 20th, 2011

Seems like smartphones are advancing so fast these days it’s only about 6 months before we see a sequel. Take these fresh-off-the internet pics of the Motorola ATRIX 2 codenamed “Edison.” The device showed up a few weeks back on a Chinese blog but now, the device looks is looking a whole lot more official. [...]

Google+ Signups Open for All, Mobile App Gets Huge Update [Almost Like BBM for Android]

by Quentyn Kennemer on September 20th, 2011

Google’s just released a HUGE update to Google+. For starts, registrations are completely open and available for all to sign up. This is great news as many people suggested Google+ was crippled by not being able to persuade all of your friends to come over from Facebook without invitations being available. All of that is [...]

New Details Released On Nvidia’s Kal-El Quad-core Processor in Whitepaper

by Quentyn Kennemer on September 20th, 2011

NVIDIA’s released a new whitepaper detailing Kal-El and what they were able to achieve (and what OEMs and you as a user will be able to achieve because of it). Kal El implements a traditional quad-core system that also has a 5th low-power processor called the “Companion Core”. The fifth core would mainly be used [...]

HTC Wants You to Meet the HTC Rhyme, But Doesn’t Actually Show It in New Design Video

by Quentyn Kennemer on September 20th, 2011

Well this isn’t an ad, but we would have appreciated at least 3 seconds of a visible shot of the HTC Rhyme that was officially announced for Verizon earlier today. HTC’s posted a video overview of the design and development process of the phone and how they tried to shape the phone to appeal to [...]

Android 2.3.4 Update Rolling out to Galaxy S II in Nordic Countries

by Quentyn Kennemer on September 20th, 2011

Samsung promised it’d be here for Europe later this month and it appears the first group of Galaxy S II owner are receiving the update. I’m speaking of Android 2.3.4, of course. Considering the Samsung Galaxy S II launched with Gingerbread this isn’t such a huge deal, but many have been waiting for Google Talk [...]

Clove Finalizes Motorola DEFY+ for September 30th, Unlocked for £246 inc. VAT

by Quentyn Kennemer on September 20th, 2011

Our friends at Clove have updated everyone on final pricing and availability information for the Motorola DEFY+ . They’re expected to get their first shipment in on September 3oth and will offer the device for £246 inc. VAT. We covered the device a bit at the end of last month. It’ll be a sensible upgrade [...]

Samsung Epic 4G Touch Gets Torn Down, Looks Beautiful on Inside, Too

by Quentyn Kennemer on September 20th, 2011

iFixIt’s back for a teardown of the next big phone to launch in America – the Samsung Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch. Aside from the usual assortment of radios, displays and processors inside, they scored it on how easy it is to repair (the name of the site is “iFixIt”, afterall). It gained a [...]

Amazon Appstore No Longer Available Outside US [Whoops]

by Quentyn Kennemer on September 20th, 2011

Looks like the Amazon Appstore jumped the gun a bit on making it available to non-US customers. Yesterday, many of you were able to access the Amazon Appstore and download the free paid app of the day. We noted that Amazon had yet to change their disclaimer that the service was only available in the [...]

[Update: More Details] Official: HTC Rhyme Headed to Verizon September 29th, Pre-orders Start September 22nd

by Quentyn Kennemer on September 20th, 2011

We’ve heard rumblings of this date in our inbox but elected to wait until it was officially official to say anything – the HTC Rhyme is official and is headed to Verizon Wireless starting September 29th (not the 22nd like other outlets have been saying, the September 22nd is the first day of presales) according [...]

Logitech Harmony Link is Probably the Coolest Universal Remote You’ve Seen [Video]

by Quentyn Kennemer on September 20th, 2011

Logitech has unveiled their Harmony Link remote control system that aims to make universal control simple, powerful and very cool. You get a WiFi-enabled Harmony Link unit that can control up to 8 devices including televisions, cable and satellite set-top boxes,  Blu Ray players and audio systems. You’re then able to use the Android (or [...]

Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo Receives Android 2.3.4

by Quentyn Kennemer on September 20th, 2011

The Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo has received its Android 2.3.4 update. It brings with it the new version of Google Talk with video chat support, but Sony Ericsson has also sprinkled more desirable goods into the folks. We get a Swype-like keyboard, a panoramic photo option in camera, screen capture and enhancements to their Facebook [...]

AT&T Offers to Sell T-Mobile Assets to Sprint, Others

by Quentyn Kennemer on September 20th, 2011

Bloomberg has reported that AT&T’s contracted Sprint, MetroPCS, Leap Wireless, CenturyLink and Dish Network in order to negotiate the sale of T-Mobile assets in order to gain approval for their proposed merger. This is likely in response to early reports that suggested AT&T would most likely need to go this route in order to persuade [...]

DEAL ALERT: Gameloft’s Back-To-School Sale Offering Asphalt 6, NOVA 2 HD & Backstab HD For 99 Cents

by Chris Chavez on September 19th, 2011

Because going back to school shouldn’t mean all work and no play, Gameloft is throwing their back-to-school sale on some of their hottest Android titles. Games like action/racing Asphalt 6: Adrenaline HD, or futuristic first person shooter NOVA 2 HD. Don’t forget the action adventure BackStab HD. Okay easy, tiger. Before you get your hopes [...]

LG’s Upcoming LG U+ Caught In The Wild – Shows Off HD Display For The Camera

by Chris Chavez on September 19th, 2011

The guys over at PocketDroid came across these pics of LG’s upcoming U+ LTE (LU6200) showing off a clearer picture of what the “Galaxy S II killer” and its gorgeous 720p HD IPS display look like in the wild. LG’s U+ LTE flagship device will feature the aforementioned 4.5-inch 720p IPS display along with a [...]

Is Your Motorola DROID Bionic Suffering From A High Pitched Noise? [Forum Talk]

by Chris Chavez on September 19th, 2011

We received a tip from our very own Android Forums on an issue that seems to be plaguing the newly released Motorola DROID BIONIC. A lot of users have been reporting a high pitched buzzing sound when listening to any type of media through their headphones. After some input with more users the issue is [...]

HTC Explorer Revealed In Official Press Shots

by Chris Chavez on September 19th, 2011

  In effort to please all customers regardless of how much money is in their wallet, HTC will be adding another device into their “budget” lineup of Android devices. This time with the HTC Explorer. The device was originally code named the Pico but like all good phones before they’re released, found a last minute [...]