Apple: iPhone 5 pre-orders topped 2M in 24 hours

Apple: iPhone 5 pre-orders topped 2M in 24 hours
USA TODAY
Apple on Monday said iPhone 5 preorders topped 2 million in 24 hours -- more than double the amount of preorders it had for the iPhone 4S. The company also said that because demand exceeds initial supply, some pre-orders will be delivered in October ...

Google adds 'Do Not Track' to Chrome precursor
Computerworld
In February, Google said it would add DNT support to Chrome after the White House said it would introduce new online privacy legislation in Congress. Chrome joined other browsers, including Microsoft's Internet Explorer, Mozilla's Firefox and Apple's ...

Computerworld

Lightning-to-30-pin adapters appear on Amazon, eBay
CNET
Amazon shows the adapter being sold through two companies -- Nanotch and iTronz. Nanotch is offering the 7-inch cable adapter for $17.95, a part that Apple sells for $39. iTronz is selling the smaller stub adapter for $9.99, for which Apple charges $29.

Samsung 5-in. Galaxy S4 smartphone coming in February, report says
Computerworld
The S4 will run Android, presumably the latest version available when the phone ships in March. ...The S III is the most popular Samsung smartphone, with sales of more than 20 million units in three months, and 30 million expected by the end of 2012.

Yahoo CEO: Have a smartphone on us, but no BlackBerrys
ZDNet
The phones on offer include an Apple iPhone 5; a bevy of Android phones: Samsung Galaxy S3,HTC One X, and the HTC EVO 4G LTE; and the Nokia Lumia 920. The snub for the Canada-based Research in Motion comes in the second line, where Mayer ...

Buying iPhone 5 sight unseen. Why Apple will win the smartphone wars
Unwired View
I know, for example, that my MacBook and my iPhone and my iPad and my child's iPod are far more integrated than any range of Android devices, for example – or any range of devices by a singleAndroid maker, such as Samsung. I can be ... You will note ...

MasterCard Bets On NFC: Releases PayPass Developer Toolkit For Android ...
TechCrunch
MasterCard notes that there are now more than 70 smartphones that have been approved as being compatible with PayPass, including the Samsung Galaxy S3, HTC One X, Sony Xperia S andBlackBerry Bold 9900. In a demonstration video here, James ...

TazPad V2 Android tablet for secure banking, payment other transactions
Liliputing
TazTag's new tablet is a 7 inch Android tablet that looks a lot like all the other 7 inch Androidtablets on the market. But this one's not designed for simple tasks like reading eBooks, surfing the web, or watching movies (although it can do those ...

Kindle Fire HD 7" Video Review
MobileTechReview.com
The Kindle Fire HD 7" tablet is Amazon's follow-up to the successful $199 Kindle Fire (now reduced to $159 and rechristened the Kindle Fire SD). The HD Fire improves just the things we wished for as first gen Fire users, but it's not the power monster ...

BREAKINGVIEWS-Motorola: the breakup that keeps on giving
Reuters
Motorola Mobility held large numbers of patents in mobile computing as a result of the company's long history in phones. This focused firm became an attractive prize in the battle to create the dominant standard for smartphones. Google snatched it up ...

Samsung Adds NX Lenses at Photokina
PC Magazine
COLOGNE—Samsung, which had recently made a splash in the photo world with the announcement of its Android-powered Galaxy Camera, didn't have any new cameras to show at Photokina. Instead it used the show to as a platform to expand the lens ...

HP Says It Must Get Back Into Smartphone Biz
Tom's Hardware Guide
The company abandoned the smartphone and tablet sector last year after it acquired Palm and produced several devices based on its newly-acquired webOS operating system. The products tanked, causing HP to reorganize, let some workers go, and turn ...

Play the Android Invasion: 10 Stocks to Watch
Kapitall Blog (blog)
Even though Samsung lost a ruling against Apple in the United States, the growth ofAndroid-based devices is undeniable. Android is not winning much ground in thetablet space, holding 28.8% share in 2011 versus Apple's (AAPL) 66.6%. Yet Gartner...

Kapitall Blog (blog)

Google tool bridges back-ends for iOS and Android apps
ZDNet
By David Meyer | September 17, 2012 -- 08:52 GMT (01:52 PDT). Follow @superglaze. Google has released J2ObjC, a tool to make it easier for developers to write a common back-end for an app that can then be deployed across iOS, Android and the web.

HTC DIx 6435LVW Android phone tablet will shine
Phones Review
There have been rumours for a while now that HTC was going to enter the market, and now we have news of the DIx 6435LVW Android phone tablet that is expected to shine. According to the guys over at HTC Source a reliable source has confirmed theHTC ...

Phones Review

Android Reaping Significant Gain in Canadian Marketplace
NorthumberlandView.ca
Android is also making ground on the Tablet front. While Apple's iPad remains the dominant brand,Samsung's Android-powered Tablets are making significant gains. Though relatively modest at 9%,Samsung has doubled its share of the Tablet market since ...

: Motorola Mobility Announces Long-Lasting Motorola RAZR(TM) HD in Germany
MENAFN.COM
Motorola RAZR HD will keep you out all night . Take in up to 7 hours of your favorite YouTube(TM) shows orlisten to 20 hours of your favorite streaming music. Surf the super-fast Chrome(TM)forAndroid browser for 6 hours or chat for 16 hours straight.

HTC Elation - Real or Rumor?
HTCPedia.com
According to the screen shot, the HTC Elation looks almost identical to the HTC One X except for the fact that it has a Windows Phone 8 display. The other differences from the HTC One X are also a bit hard to swallow. For instance the battery is ...

HTCPedia.com

Samsung Galaxy Victory 4G affordable Android Phone now offered at Sprint
PC-Tablet
It has been confirmed that Samsung Galaxy Victory 4G LTE is available for sale from Sprint stores. It may seem to have a ... The Smartphone will be equipped with Android 4.0 and would also include NFC, Google Wallet, S Beam and S Voice. A glance at the ...

Purported iPhone 5 benchmark score doubles fastest iDevices, outperforms ...
Apple Insider
By AppleInsider Staff. A benchmark score logged on Sunday with Primate Labs' online Geekbench reportedly details the specifics of Apple's iPhone 5, with the newsmartphone outperforming the average scores of every iOS and Android device on the website ...

Apple Insider

Motorola DROID RAZR HD vs HTC One X: The Other Guys
Auto-o-Mobile
While the iPhone vs Android smartphone battle at the moment looks geared between iPhone 5 andSamsung Galaxy S3, there are other Android devices on the market that would love to take on the iPhone 5 as well. In particular, we're talking about the HTC ...

ITC Unmoved by Samsung's Beefs Over Apple
MacNewsWorld
... compete for leadership status in the crowded tablet and smartphone markets. Apple's iPad is the far-and-away bestseller in the tablet category, but Samsung smartphones that run on Android'soperating system often outsell the iPhone on the global ...

Casio Paper Writer 10.1″ Android tablet traverses the analog and digital divide
AkihabaraNews
At the end of September, Casio will release the Paper Writer, an Android tablet developed primarily for business use, which can scan handwritten documents in one action. The case of the Paper Writer is shaped like a book cover, with space for a notepad ...

As Expected, The Boring iPhone 5 Breaks Previous Sales Records
TechCrunch
But so did RIM. The iPhone 5 is a bit of an oddity in the mobile world. It's a slight evolution in design over the past few models. It still sells like mad. Other phone models require something special, a gimmick, to sell in similar fashion. Not the ...

TechCrunch

ExpenseCloud Upgrades Smartphone Apps
Accounting Today
Expense Cloud's mobile customers can now use their smartphone or iPad's camera to take a picture of any receipt, turning it into a digital receipt that is acceptable for submission by the IRS. The app also allows users to download all corporate or ...

Datawind unveils low range new Android tablet
MediaMughals
Datawind the earlier low cost producer of Aakash has launched 4 new Android tablets in India namely the UbiSlate 7Ri, UbiSlate 7R+, UbiSlate 7Ci, UbiSlate 7C+. Priced at a range from Rs. 2,999 to 4,999 these new tablets boast a 7-inch screen and ...

Google defends Acer threats
CRN Australia
Google said use of an incompatible version of Android contravened Acer's membership of the Open Handset Alliance (OHA), established in 2007 to promote open source Android against other platforms from Nokia, Samsung, Apple, Microsoft and RIM.

This portable karaoke machine works with your smartphone or tablet
Ubergizmo
However if you'd rather use a tablet, there's a slot on the speaker portion of the machine that will hold your tablet. It will come with an app that will be compatible with both iOS and Android devices and you can grab one for yourself at RED5's ...

Ubergizmo

Does Intel Need To Patch Things Up With Microsoft?
Seeking Alpha
While Microsoft's Windows Phone platform has failed to gains significant traction in the smartphone market against phones based on Google's (GOOG) Android and Apple's (AAPL) iOS,Windows Phone 8 and its successors have a very real chance of ...

Android-Powered Media Streamer Debuting In China
RedOrbit
“Motorola Mobility's Android-powered device creates an entertainment hub in the home, allowing our customers to manage their home entertainment via one attractive, simple-to-use interface.” Source: Derek Walter for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online...

RedOrbit

Steve Ballmer reveals that Microsoft's tablet will cost money
Inquirer
What this means is that a Windows Surface tablet will cost more than an Android tablet, such as the Asus Nexus 7 for example, but less than an Ipad. This puts it all alone in its own category of tablets that for easy reference we are calling the ...

Inquirer

Huawei Ascend W1 with Windows Phone 8 to be announced on September 25?
Unwired View
Remember how we told you that Huawei's first Windows Phone 8 handset would be released before the end of the year? Well, we now have a name for the upcoming smartphone: Huawei Ascend W1. Chinese website Winp is reporting that Huawei will officially ...

What form factors would you like to see in the near future?
PhoneDog (blog)
There are hundreds of mobile manufacturers working hard to churn out another smartphone as groundbreaking and game-changing as the first-generation iPhone, OG Motorola DROID or even theHTC EVO 4G. All of these phones played a major role in the ...

TazPad V2: Most Secure Android Tablet Ever?
TazTag delivers an Android tablet with ZigBee compatibility and serious security features, including a fingerprint scanner and secure NFC. ... The TazPad V2 is as close to impenetrable as an Android tablet gets. This 7 -inch slate includes a ...
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Gardner Books Launches Incredibly Cheap 6" Android Tablet in the ...
By Nate Hoffelder
While one might think an ebook distributor would announce an ereader, Gardner is instead launching an Android tablet. The Gardner GoTab has a 6″ (800×480) screen with a capacitive touchscreen. It's running a reasonably current version ...
The Digital Reader

Yahoo shuns BlackBerry with free smartphone offer for US - The Verge
By Louis Goddard
In a bold move reportedly instigated by new CEO Marissa Mayer, aging web giant Yahoo plans to outfit every one of its US employees with a new iOS, Android, or Windows Phone 8 device. According to an...
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Samsung Galaxy S4 Will Be Unveiled In February At MWC 2013 ...
By Chris Chavez
As we approach the end of the year, Android fanboys and girls are anxiously awaiting even the smallest bit of news, leaks or rumors on the next iteration of Google's Nexus phone. Well, tonight's juicy rumor leap frogs over this year's Nexus, ...
Android Phone Fans

HTC One X cut to £379 at UK retailer for today only | Android Central
By Alex Dobie
Bag yourself a HOX on the cheap in the run up to HTC's mid-week announcements. ... "AC's resident Brit, cooking up steaming bowls of European Android coverage every day." Twitter · Google + · Email · 1324(articles) · 50(forum posts) ...
Android Central - Android Forums,...

App Deals: iPhone, iPad, Android, WP7 | Kotaku Australia
By Elly Hart
Addictive iOS game Fragger going for free, The Official Hunger Games Adventures launches on theiPad, play One Single Life for free on Android, Traffic Race 3D Premium gets a big discount onWindows Phone, plus lots more. Prices go back ...
Kotaku Australia

Samsung Announces The Galaxy S III Smartphone To Launch With ...
By Roy Alugbue
Latest Android news, applications and forum discussion. Android RSS Feed. 35225. readers. Send Us Tips! ... The citizens of Singapore will now be able to have a device the rest of the world doesn't for now– a Jelly Bean-powered Samsung Galaxy S III LTE smartphone. That's right friends, Samsungis currently getting ... Re: Contest: Win a Nexus 7 tablet, $50 Google Play gift card, or a $25 Google Gift Card courtesy of TalkAndroid and Poweramp. Better Widgets and Lyric support [ …] ...
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RIM: Yahoo offers U.S. staff any smartphone but BlackBerry ...
Yahoo abandons BlackBerry and offers to outfit staff across the United States with the smartphones that Yahoo users are using. ... Marissa Mayer promises every Yahoo employee any smartphone butBlackBerry · Is the Samsung Galaxy S4 coming soon? Spain's banks .... New Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer just sent an email to all of Yahoo's full time and part time employees in the US, promising them a new Apple, Samsung, Nokia, or HTC smartphone. “People are happy,” says a source ...
Financial Post - Top Stories

Smartphone wars: Samsung mocks iPhone 5 in new ad | Firstpost
By FP Staff
iPhone 5's biggest rival is of course Samsung's Galaxy S III. Now the South Korean giant taken out a new ad that gives a detailed list of why the iPhone 5 is nowhere close to being a competitor.
Firstpost

EXCLUSIVE: Samsung working on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean for ...
By FaryaabS
We of SamMobile just got Samsung's first Android 4.1 Jelly Bean TEST OTA update for the Korean variant of the Samsung Galaxy S II (SHW-M250K). Looks like Samsung is working really hard updating their previous devices to Android 4.1 ...
SamMobile

INSIDE Secure and TazTag deliver secure, NFC-enabled android ...
By krowne
INSIDE Secure and TazTag have introduced the TazPad V2, a fully featured seven-inch Android 4.0 (aka Ice Cream Sandwich, or ICS) tablet computer that gives solution providers an ideal solution for use in mobile banking, stock ...
Contactless Intelligence

6 Top Twitter Clients for Desktop, Smartphone and Tablet
By Hannah Clare
6 Top Twitter Clients for Desktop, Smartphone and Tablet ... Buffer works in browsers, can also post to LinkedIn and Facebook, and is available as an iOS and Android app. Scheduling up to 10 posts at a time is free, and the service costs $10 per month for ... The service works in browsers and is available as an iOS, Android and Blackberry app. HootSuite is free for one user and up to ...Tweetings is available for Mac, Chrome, IPhone and iPad. The desktop version costs $2.99 from the...
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PadGadget How-To Guide – Installing iOS 6 on your iPad | PadGadget
By Lory
Apple's big update to its mobile operating system is set to release in just a few days. If everything goes smoothly, the only thing you will have to do is check for the update, hit the install button when prompted, and make a sandwich while your ...
PadGadget

Rumor: Samsung Galaxy S4 to be announced at ... - Android Authority
By Stefan Constantinescu
Rumor has it that Samsung decided to release the Galaxy S4 in February 2013 just three days after Apple announced the iPhone 5. It'll have a 5 inch screen!
Android Authority

Powerful Yet Affordable 4G LTE Android Smartphone, Samsung ...
From Yahoo! Finance: Sprint , the only national carrier with Truly UnlimitedSM 4G LTE data, text and calling to any mobile, will offer the feature-packed Samsung ...
finance.yahoo.com/.../powerful-yet-affordable-4g-lte-193000...

Amazon Developing Its Own Mapping Service
Mashable
Both Apple and Amazon, as well as third-party developers, have until recently relied on Google'sMaps API to power location-based applications on iOS and Kindle Fire devices. Apple has also used a native Maps application powered by Google that will not ...

Yandex Map Search to Be Integrated Into Apple Software in Russia
Businessweek
Apple has developed its own maps tools for users of the new iOS 6 operating system, which powers the iPhone 5 unveiled last week, replacing a service offered by Google Inc. (GOOG) Alexander Patsay, director of program management at Moscow-based ...

Why Android has a reason to be paranoid
ZDNet
Android Has the sheen come off Android? While Android-based handsets are selling relatively well for some manufacturers — most notably Samsung — it's no secret that Android-based tablet penetration is paltry in comparison to Apple's iPad.

IE8 is dead to Google Apps
Computerworld (blog)
Because IE8 is the newest Microsoft browser that runs on Windows XP...the move significantly impacts Windows XP users locked into Internet Explorer. ... Neither IE9...nor IE10...run on Windows XP. ... At some point, [Google Apps] may stop working ...

BALLMER: 'Google Is Just Another Big Company' (GOOG, MSFT)
San Francisco Chronicle
But the big difference between Microsoft and Google is that Google sells itself as a much more idealistic company. Google is the company that's making self driving cars. Google is the company doing Google Glass. Google is the company that just decides ...

Google blocks controversial movie trailer in Indonesia
Computerworld
IDG News Service - Google took down on Friday in Indonesia the controversial movie trailer that has sparked protests worldwide, adding the country to the short list of nations where the video can't be seen on YouTube. The company received a valid ...

Apple, Kodak, Home Shopping Network:Intellectual Property
Businessweek
Apple Inc. (AAPL) won a round of a U.S. International Trade Commission case brought by Samsung Electronics Co. (005930) over patented technology in the iPhone and iPad tablet computer, its second U.S. legal victory in a month over its largest ...

Apple Announces Record Pre-Orders For iPhone 5: 2M in 24 Hours ...
By Darrell Etherington
Apple today announced that it managed to rack up 2 million pre-orders for the iPhone 5 in 24 hours, two times as many as it managed for the iPhone 4S last year, which sold over 1 million devices during its first 24 hours of pre-order sales.
TechCrunch

Amazon Maps API enters beta as retailer weans itself off Google ...
By Terrence O'Brien
Well, that's one more option to Google's mapping service and one less company paying data dividends into the Mountain View system. Apple has already left.
Engadget

Apple: iPhone 5 generates 2 million pre-orders in 24 hours | TUAW ...
By Dave Caolo
Apple's Phil Schiller has announced that Apple's iPhone 5 generated 2 million pre-orders within the first 24 hours of availability, according to The.
TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Apple Announces Over Two Million iPhone 5 Pre-Orders in First Day ...
By Eric Slivka
Following today's announcement by AT&T sharing word that the iPhone 5 has broken pre-order sales records at the carrier, Apple has issued a...
MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors...

iPhone 5: Customers in the Big Apple camp out 8 days early - Apple ...
By Philip Elmer-DeWitt
Five days to go: Hazem, Sage, Jessica, Keenen, Jackie, Brian and Joseph. FORTUNE -- In the popular imagination -- and in Samsung TV ads -- the people willing to wait in line for days to buy the newest Apple (AAPL) gewgaw are hopeless fanboys and fangirls who need to get a life. That attitude is so 2007. Today, occupying a ... Contributors. Philip Elmer-DeWitt · iPhone 5: Customers in the Big Apple camp out 8 days early · Miguel Helft · Microsoft to Google: Proof our search is better ...
Fortune Tech: Technology blogs,...

Translating the Entire Internet, One Language Lesson At a Time
Wired (blog)
Luis Von Ahn wants to translate the entire internet. It may sound crazy, but his goal is for every website in the world to be translated into multiple languages, so that we can all access the internet equally. Of course, he isn't taking on this ...

Where iPhone 5 will have 4G
CNN
4G-LTE is a wireless technology capable of download speeds up to 10 times faster than 3G. That's roughly the speed of your home broadband network. Carriers are rolling out 4G over the next few years, and they're in different stages of their expansion.

Ericsson a partner for SingTel's 4G/LTE and network transformation
Reuters
... SingTel to launch Singapore's first commercial 4G/LTE. SingTel's 3G networks have been upgraded to offer 42Mbps peak speeds using dual carrier technology (DC-HSPA) to support superior mobile broadband experience ... Ericsson played an important ...

BT accused of inflating broadband costs to win state cash
ZDNet
Summary: A leaked Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) discussion document reportedly claims BT is trying to increase the amount of public funding it gets for delivering broadband to poorly served parts of the UK. David Meyer. By David Meyer | September 17, ...

Get on the Internet Bus for serious Internet Freedom
Huffington Post
Okay, we, the people of the Net did real well when we stopped some seriously bad law, SOPA. Now, we're looking around, trying to figure out how we can get it together so we can unite in defense of what's now being called "Internet Freedom." My bias: I ...

iiNet wholesales Optus 4G
ZDNet
Perth-based internet service provider iiNet has confirmed that it has signed on with Optus Wholesale to offer long-term evolution (LTE) 4G wireless broadband services. iiNet, which already wholesales 3G phones and mobile broadband through Optus, has ...

Why O2 and Vodafone won't be reusing 900MHz for 4G LTE
ZDNet
A number of reports have suggested that O2 and Vodafone have approached Ofcom about refarming the 900MHz band currently used for 2G/3G services for 4G LTEinstead. Antenna. While the suggestion in itself could seem logical — after all, it's what EE ...

ZDNet

Interoperable Public Safety Broadband Network Deployed at the Republican ...
U.S. Politics Today
This broadband network provided first responders with a secure way to share real-time video, voice, and data communications via smartphones and tablets. The multi-vendor LTE network was implemented in coordination with the law enforcement agencies ...

NETGEAR Introduces Industry's First 802.11ac WiFi Home Router With ...
Sacramento Bee
The latest addition to NETGEAR's family of high-speed 802.11ac wireless devices, the D6300 is designed to meet growing customer demand for a highly integrated WiFi ADSL modem router for better and faster wireless on Internet-enabled WiFi devices in ...

Internet intensifies Jewish squabbles over Israel, identity
CNN (blog)
Scientific American recently published an article titled “Why Is Everyone on the Internet So Angry?” in which Art Markman, a professor of psychology at the University of Texas characterized online comments as "extraordinarily aggressive, without ...

UK retailer Game promises free in-store WiFi, asks only that you visit ...
By Sharif Sakr
Fortunately, the UK's largest (and wobbliest) games retailer is aware of the impediment and has decided to offer free Wi-Fi in all 341 of its premises before Christmas. The service will be part of BTWiFi's network of hotspots and aim to give ...
Engadget

Canon EOS 6D: Wi-Fi, GPS and Full-Frame -- Oh My!
By Peter Pachal
The Canon EOS 6D is one of the first DSLRs to have built-in Wi-Fi and GPS. ... Coming in December for $2,099 (body only), the 6D is Canon's first EOS digital SLR camera with built-in Wi-Fi and GPS. It has a full-frame 20-megapixel image ...
Mashable!

Uniquely Android: WiFi Keyboard
By Raveesh Bhalla
How did WiFi Keyboard help out? Simple. By allowing me to do all my typing on my main machine that is connected to the same WiFi network, the tablet is now where I handle all my E-Mails and chat with team-members. It's a small thing, but it ...
Android Phone Fans

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