Report: Operators No Help Curbing Rise in Brutal Phone Robberies - Mobile Now: "A report on MSNBC charges that U.S. mobile operators have the technology but are unwilling to help stop cell phone thefts. And police, citing a rise in brutal phone robberies, say operators are loathe to help because they are more worried about profits than consumer safety. The problem starts when thieves look to reactivate their stolen phones with a different phone number. While operators in other countries, like the U.K. and Australia, don’t allow such reactivations, U.S. operators do . . . "
Attacks in Android's side-view mirror are smaller than they appear
Computerworld
By Taylor Armerding CSO - A growing number of reports and white papers over the past several months -- most from security vendors -- have announced, sometimes in breathless terms, that Google's Android operating system is now the primary target of ...
LTE option poses data dilemma for iPad, smartphone users
Computerworld
By Matt Hamblen Computerworld - The new iPad's LTE option, which allows access to fast 4Gnetworks, has also shocked some customers who found they can eat up an entire month's worth of data watching just a couple hours of streaming video.
BlackBerry Maker Seeks iOS Developer For Apps
Huffington Post
The posting suggests the company, struggling to maintain its share of the smartphone market and secure a foothold in tablets, may be interested in adapting some of its proprietary applications for use on Apple's iOS operating system.
LTE phone shipments to jump 10-fold in '12, analysts say
Computerworld
About 650 million smartphones will be sold during 2012, Strategy Analytics expects, which means that about 10 percent will have LTE. The vendors that will dominate are Samsung Electronics, HTC, LG Electronics, Nokia, Motorola Mobility, Pantech, ...
RIM Loses No. 1 Smartphone Shipments Spot to Apple in Canada for 2011
DailyTech
1 spot until last year Apple seems to be encroaching on Research-In-Motion's (RIM) territory by surpassing the telecommunications company's smartphone shipments in Canada. RIM, which is headquartered in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, traditionally had many ...
Did you know Verizon also throttles unlimited data service?
CNET
Ask Maggie explains Verizon's data 'throttling' policy and offers some advice on which GoogleAndroid to buy for Big Red's 4G LTE network. by Marguerite Reardon March 23, 2012 6:52 AM PDT Follow @maggie_reardon AT&T has taken a lot of heat over the ...
Angry Birds Space Won't Fly on Windows Phone
PCWorld
By Ian Paul, PCWorld Mar 23, 2012 8:39 AM Angry Birds Space launched to much fanfare Thursday for Android, iOS, Mac, and Windows, but game maker Rovio decided severalsmartphone platforms are not in fact for the birds, including Microsoft's Windows ...
US Cellular throws its 4G LTE hat in the ring
Computerworld
By Stephen Lawson IDG News Service - US Cellular joined the ranks of US carriers with commercial LTE service on Thursday, launching the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 as its first LTE-capable device. The company's initial markets with LTE (Long-Term ...
Five Ways to Solve the 4G/LTE iPad Data Consumption Dilemma
PCWorld
By Tony Bradley, PCWorld The new 4G/LTE iPad has only been on the street for a week, and already there are complaints and horror stories of voraciously burning through data plan bandwidth caps. People who are used to 3G speeds are shocked when the ...
Unlock and Jailbreak iPhone 4/4S iOS 5.1 Untethered Live 2012
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
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Wave, Buzz... Android? What Apple teaches Google
Register
By Matt Asay • Get more from this author Open ... and Shut For developers looking to avoid the Dementor's Kiss of Apple's all-consuming iOS ecosystem, Google has long played the knight in shining open-source armour. Indeed, latest data from IDC and ...
Android Apps Become a Target for Malware
NewsFactor Network
Android-related malware is on the rise, with hundreds of thousands of phones and other devices infected. And although Google says it is working to block the malevolent downloads, experts fear what may be coming. Security specialists say the plethora of ...
LTE phone shipments to hit record 67 million this year
CNET
Eyeing a "breakout year" for 4G technology, Strategy Analytics expects LTE phone shipments to grow 10-fold in 2012, rising to 67 million units from just 6.8 million last year. The push is being driven across the entire industry.
Amazon Updates Kindle for Android
PC Magazine
By BrothaTech Kindle for Android devices get updated with cloud storage capabilities and access to more content. Now users get access to over 1000 children's titles in addition to comic books, and graphic novels with full color and beautiful ...
iOS 5 Safari bug could lead users to malicious Web sites
CNET
A hole in Apple's mobile Safari can be exploited to display a different URL in the address field than the Web site being viewed in the browser. by Lance Whitney March 23, 2012 5:57 AM PDT Follow @lancewhit iOS 5 users should be aware of a security flaw ...
iOS security exploit lets hackers easily fake URLs
msnbc.com
Because right now you can't trust the URL bar on your iOS device's mobile Safari browser, thanks to a security exploit. The exploit was first discovered by David Vieira-Kurz of MajorSecurity. It affects the mobile Safari browser on iOS 5.1 and has been ...
msnbc.com
New iPad users slowed by expensive 4G network rates
Washington Post
Earlier this month, Apple unveiled two kinds of iPads: one that only connects to WiFi signals and a more expensive model that also can link up to the latest and fastest cellular networks, called4G. The latter allows a user to sit outdoors and, say, ...
RIM, having losts its lead in Canada, looks to weak earnings
CNET
Research in Motion ceding its smartphone title to Apple in Canada may be seen as a minor hiccup after the struggling company posts its fiscal fourth-quarter next Thursday. Expectations for RIM this period are decidedly low, with the company lacking any ...
Samsung: "fast executioner" seeks killer design
Reuters
By Miyoung Kim | SEOUL (Reuters) - When Samsung Electronics rushed its first smartphone to market in a panicky response to the smash-hit debut of the Apple iPhone, some customers burned the product on the streets or hammered it to bits in public ...
New iPhone To Have Larger Screen; Galaxy Note Getting Android 4.0; Angry Birds ...
PC Magazine
The day also brought some news for Android users with another round of devices slated to get a taste of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich soon. Samsung announced that the Galaxy Note will get Ice Cream Sandwich in the second quarter of the year.
Sony's Music Unlimited coming to iOS in a 'few weeks'
CNET
The service will join versions already available on Android, the PlayStation Vita, and other platforms. by Don Reisinger March 23, 2012 7:52 AM PDT Music Unlimited is already available the PlayStation Vita. If you're a fan of Sony Music Unlimited who's ...
The 5 worst smartphone Injustices -- and how to fight them
Fox News
Sealed Batteries, Weak Battery Life If you love being infantalized, some of today's topsmartphone vendors are waiting for you with a pair of high-definition diapers and an LTEpacifier. Rather than giving you the choice of whether or not to replace ...
AT&T Should Look To Partner With Dish Rather Than Buy Spectrum
Forbes
LAS VEGAS - MARCH 24: A sign for 4G (for fourth generation of cellular wireless standards) hangs in the Sprint room where the new Sprint HTC Evo 4G smartphone was unveiled at the International CTIA Wireless 2010 convention at the Las Vegas Convention ...
RIM hiring iOS developers for enterprise apps
Apple Insider
By AppleInsider Staff A job listing that appeared on Research in Motion's website reveals that the BlackBerry maker is looking to hire developers for an undisclosed iOS enterprise app to be distributed through Apple's App Store.
Google Voice puts voicemail in your ICS call log (hands-on)
CNET
If you use Google Voice, and you have Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich on your phone, life is going to get a little bit more practical. Starting now, you'll be able to view and play visual voice mails that you receive from Google Voice right in the ...
AT&T updates HTC Vivid with Android 4.0
Computerworld
By Matt Hamblen Computerworld - AT&T said Thursday that the HTC Vivid update to Android 4.0 is now available via Wi-Fi or a PC connected to the smartphone. The download will deliver Face Unlock, a technology that enable unlock the screen through facial ...
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The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
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Android 5.0 Jelly Bean Likely To Be Launched In Q3 Of 2012; The Top Expected ...
International Business Times
At a time when many Android smartphone owners are waiting for the official announcement from the handset manufacturers about the ICS update, a report by DigiTimes Thursday said that Google might introduce the next major release ofAndroid, ...
International Business Times
iPhone 5 Rumors: iOS 5.1 Strings Confirms 4G LTE for Next iPhone; New Concept...
International Business Times
However, that doesn't seem to be the case with the growing rumors that the next iPhone may be a 4G LTE-compliant device. There could be two main reasons to believe that the upcoming iPhone would indeed feature high-speed 4G networks.
International Business Times
RIM hiring iOS developers | TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog
By Kelly Hodgkins
On Thursday, John Paczkowski of AllThingsD wrote about a job listing at RIM for a senior iOSdeveloper and wondered why the beleaguered Canadian. ... for your new iPad - Enter to win · Ask TUAW: SSDs, Bug Reports, and "4G" iPhones ...
TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog
Updated Kindle Android App Supports KF8 Files (Which Means ...
By Chris Velazco
Amazon's Kindle team seems have had their hands full these past few days — a Retina Display-friendly update was just pushed to the iOS App Store last week, and now the Android version is getting a nice little bump too. One of the biggest ...
TechCrunch
AT&T rolls out Android 4.0 to HTC Vivid, other devices getting ICS in ...
By Brad Molen
There aren't any surprises on the list of candidates: the Motorola Atrix 4G and Atrix 2, Pantech Burst and Element and the LG Nitro are all there, as well as a litany of Samsung devices like the Note, Galaxy S II, Skyrocket, Captivate Glide and ... will be the first U.S. smartphone to receive Ice Cream Sandwich as an update and the first to be issued by a wireless carrier. It will be followed by several other AT&T devices in the coming months: LG Nitro Motorola ATRIX 2. Motorola ATRIX4G ...
Engadget
Samsung Hopes To Design A Smartphone To “Define Our Time ...
By Chris Chavez
When leaked images of Samsung's upcoming Galaxy S III surfaced these past few days, the general consensus from Android fans across the globe was that of.
Android Phone Fans
King of Fighters Android now on select Android devices for $4.99 ...
By Jordan Mallory
Our initial reaction upon receiving the announcement for King of Fighters Android was something along the lines of, "Yes! Finally, SNK Playmore must have read all our letters and decided to make a special version of King of Fighters XIII with ...
Joystiq
LG Lucid 4G full specs leaked: LTE for Verizon's mid-range | Android ...
By Michael Crider
There's a surprisingly large 1700mAh battery crammed in there, the better to make use of the Lucid's 4G LTE connection between charges. That makes the phone bulge to a slightly chunky 11.4 millimeters, but its footprint is still relatively small ...
Android Community
Address Bar Security Issue Found in iOS 5.1 Safari - Mac Rumors
By Jordan Golson
Thursday March 22, 2012 11:53 am PDT by Jordan Golson. A security firm has discovered a security issue in the iOS 5.1 version of MobileSafari, the most recent version of the operating system that runs on millions of Apple mobile devices.
MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors...
Android App Lets You Fight Kony With Violence of Your Own
By Emily Price
Kick Kony's Ass encourages you to beat up Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony on your smartphone.... The app is available now for Android; Iconosys plans to release an iOS version of the game soon. Iconosys plans to donate any net proceeds from the app's sale to “the ...
Mashable!
Vendors poised to upgrade Android to 4.0
Many vendors, including Asustek Computer, Samsung Electronics and Sony, have finished testing and certification, and will soon upgrade devices to Android 4.0, according to industry sources.
DIGITIMES: IT news from Asia
Google: Don Dodge Says The Smartphone War Isn't Really A War
By Boonsri Dickinson
MICROSOFT: First We're Going To Destroy Apple's iPhone In China, Then We're Going To Clobber Google's Android · YouTube Shishir Mehrotra ... If you look at the way Apple is approaching the smartphone business and the way Google is approaching the smartphone business — both companies are wildly successful, but are approaching it different ways. One doesn't have to win for the .... of Android properly, maybe. For iOS or Windows Phone, you could nearly chop a zero off that.
Business Insider
Galaxy Note Android 4.0 update to bring exclusive stylus-ready apps ...
By Dan Graziano
On Thursday, Samsung announced that its supersized Galaxy Note smartphone will be receiving a "Premium Suite" upgrade in the second quarter this year.
BGR: The Three Biggest Letters In Tech
LG Lucid 4G specs confirmed | Ubergizmo
By George Wong
The Lucid 4G will pack a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, a 4″ IPS (800 x 480) Gorilla Glass display,Android 2.3, 8GB of internal storage (no mention of a microSD card slot), a 1700mAh battery, and of course 4G LTE connectivity and mobile ...
Ubergizmo
LG Lucid 4G specs leak
A leaked spec sheet for the LG Lucid 4G reveals the mid-range specs on the device which is expected to launch on March 29th; while no pricing information was part of the leak, you can expect this device to come to market for $199.99 with a ...
Phone Arena - Latest News
Angry Birds Space for iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPod touch ...
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPod touch ( 3rd generation), iPod touch (4th generation) and iPad.Requires iOS 4.0 or later.
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Amazon.com: Angry Birds Space (Ad-Free): Appstore for Android
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www.amazon.com/Rovio-Entertainment-Ltd.../B007N5YIOO
Virgin Media wins tube Wi-Fi contract | Technology | guardian.co.uk
London Underground Wi-Fi service, to be free for the Olympics, will be rolled out ... Virgin Media will roll-out Wi-Fi across 80 London Underground stations by the summer. .... Why can't we get free wifi at London stations/airports etc., like in other G20 (and not G20. .... Angry Birds Space released for iOS, Android, PC and Mac ...
www.guardian.co.uk/.../virgin-media-wins-tube-wi-fi-contract
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