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September, 2011 Articles

Sprint, Once Again, Reiterates Commitment to Unlimited Data (But for How Long?)

by Quentyn Kennemer on September 27th, 2011

Much has been made about the future of unlimited data. As Verizon and AT&T have nixed the thought and as T-Mobile has chosen to throttle customers instead of completely shutting it down, Sprint’s been steadfast in letting people know that their unlimited data is going nowhere. Their advertising campaigns did enough to reassure customers that. [...]

LG Optimus EX Official in Korea

by Quentyn Kennemer on September 27th, 2011

It hasn’t even been a week since we’ve heard about the LG Optimus EX and the Korean manufacturer has made it official for their home country. It has a 1.2GHz processor from NVIDIA. The upgraded Tegra 2 chipset is capable of playing back 1080p HD video. Inside we also have 1GB of RAM, 8GB of [...]

HTC’s October 6th UK Event is Definitely for a Beats Branded Handset

by Quentyn Kennemer on September 27th, 2011

Members of the UK press have received further details regarding the October 6th event HTC informed everyone about. The invitation clearly shows Beats headphones so we expect them to announce at least one of the rumored handsets shipping with this technology. Considering the HTC Vigor is headed to Verizon and this event is being held [...]

Android Overload: ZTE T98 Is The World’s First Tegra 3 Tablet, Droid X OTA Now Available and More

by Chris Chavez on September 27th, 2011

Greetings Android phone fans! After a pretty crazy schedule last week, the Android Overload is officially back. No more missing out on a single piece of Android news. Even if we don’t get around to posting it, we’ll will drop them off here for you to give the final once over so you’re always kept [...]

Archos Makes Last Minute Changes To High-End G9 Honeycomb Tablets Before October Launch

by Chris Chavez on September 27th, 2011

Looks like Archos is facing some hiccups with their upcoming 1.5GHz G9 Honeycomb tablets. Apparently, Texas Instruments wont be able to keep their end of the bargain with their 1.5GHz OMAP 4 processors being pushed back until next year. This, in turn, is causing Archos to rethink their gameplan. Rather than delay the October launch [...]

Fujitsu-Toshiba Mobile Introduce The Arrow Z – TI Dual-core Processor, 13MP Camera, HD Display

by Chris Chavez on September 27th, 2011

Fujitsu may be a little late to the Android party — but they’re definitely coming out swinging. Take their latest device, the Arrows Z ISW11F, from Fujitsu-Toshiba Mobile. Besides its rather unique design, the Arrows Z has all the bells and whistles to make the big Android OEM’s shut up and take notice. Oh – [...]

DIRECTV Nomad Allows You Watch Recorded Content On Your Mobile Device

by Chris Chavez on September 27th, 2011

The DIRECTV Nomad will be officially announced tomorrow but we’ll go ahead and spoil it for you ahead of time. The Nomad allows you to take the recorded content off your DIRECTV DVR and transcode it for transfer to your PC or mobile device. Pretty snazzy if you’re always on the go (hence the “Nomad” [...]

Developer Successfully Ports Beats Audio to HTC EVO 3D [ROM]

by Chris Chavez on September 27th, 2011

A developer on XDA known as Virus has successfully managed to cook up the very first Beats audio ROM for the EVO 3D. The ROM is essentially a port of the stock Sensation XE ROM but built from the ground up to allow compatibility for the EVO 3D on Sprint. This is actually the first [...]

SanDisk Memory Zone Now Available In The Android Market – Back Up SD Card To The Cloud

by Chris Chavez on September 27th, 2011

SanDisk has released a new memory management app onto the Android Market today called Memory Zone. The app acts as sort of super file manager app giving you the ability to manage all of the saved content on your phone’s SD card (or internal memory) by moving it around, deleting or uploading/downloading it from one [...]

HTC EVO Design 4G Appears In Official Press Image

by Chris Chavez on September 26th, 2011

The HTC EVO Design 4G for Sprint has popped in an official press shot for the device. The EVO Design was formerly known as the HTC Kingdom and will also be headed to US Cellular under the Hero S title. The device will feature a modest 1.2GHz single-core Snapdragon, 768MB of RAM, 4-inch qHD display, [...]

A Pair of Motorola Xoom 2′s Pose For The Camera – Super Slim 8.9-inch and 10.1-inch

by Chris Chavez on September 26th, 2011

On Friday, we showed you some leaked pics of what we believed to be Motorola’s upcoming Xoom 2 tablet. In one of the pics I noticed the tab was surprisngly small when compared to the hand holding the device and we now know why. Apparently Motorola has been hard at work on a pair of [...]

iHeart Radio Updated In The Android Market – New Custom Radio Stations

by Chris Chavez on September 26th, 2011

The iHeartRadio app has been updated in the Android Market to version 4.0.0. The app features a new updated UI along with the ability to create your own custom stations and fine tune your music by artist. Keep in mind, you will have to link to your Facebook account which could be a deal breaker [...]

Samsung Nexus Prime to be Revealed at CTIA 2011?

by Chris Chavez on September 26th, 2011

Have you checked your watch lately? Why? Because it’s time for some more Nexus Prime (Galaxy Prime/Droid Prime/etc.) rumors! This time we’re looking at what could be the unveiling of the Samsung Nexus Prime this year at CTIA 2011. How do you we know it will be announced? Well, besides the fact that CTIA is [...]

Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 Passes Through the FCC

by Chris Chavez on September 26th, 2011

The Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 (GT-P6810) has finally passed through the FCC and simultaneous given us more hope that the device could actually launch stateside possibly in time for the holidays. While there was no mention of wireless bands leaving us in the dark as far as which carrier this device will land on, I’d [...]

After 4 Years, Apple Has Been Denied The “Multi-touch” Trademark

by Chris Chavez on September 26th, 2011

I think it would be fair to say that it was, in fact, Apple who introduced the world to multitouch technology in smartphones with iOS (even if they didn’t invent it). Well, back in January of 2007, Apple was trying to trademark the term but now, after almost 5 long years, the United States Patent [...]

More Details on Amazon’s 7-inch “Kindle Fire” Revealed Ahead of Press Event

by Chris Chavez on September 26th, 2011

On Friday, we told you guys about the press invites Amazon was sending out for their big event being held this Wednesday. Right away we knew what coming — their much hyped Android-based Kindle tablet. While they didn’t exactly reveal anything in the invite, TechCrunch was able to get some of the deets from a [...]

Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 Coming October 2nd, Galaxy Players October 16th

by Quentyn Kennemer on September 26th, 2011

Samsung’s officially announced availability for their smaller Galaxy Tab 8.9 and their Samsung Galaxy Player devices clocking in at 4 inches and 5 inches. The Galaxy Tab 8.9 will be here October 2nd and comes in two flavors. The 16GB version can be yours for $470 while the 32GB will be available $570. Both come [...]

You’ve Got 6 Hours to Buy This Nexus S for $300

by Quentyn Kennemer on September 26th, 2011

1SaleADay came through in the clutch with affordable 32GB microSD cards last time and now they’re offering something even sweeter. They have the Nexus S available for today only (6 hours left as of the time of this posting) for $300. It’s for use with AT&T and T-Mobile and is completely unlocked for use on [...]

Philips GoGear Connect Now Available for Preorder

by Quentyn Kennemer on September 26th, 2011

Philips has finally made their GoGear Connect PMP available for presale. It’s an Android-based device that looks like it could still be on Froyo, but we can’t say for sure. If you need something this size (3.2 inches) and just want a cheap device to play your content on, give it a look. There’s an [...]

Well, This Isn’t Helping Samsung’s Case at All [Photo]

by Quentyn Kennemer on September 26th, 2011

When you’re tied into a legal battle with a precedence of likeness infringement, it’s not smart to let this sort of stuff get away. Samsung store in Italy? Yea, this has to change. [ATD]