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Apple iPhone OS 4.0 Will Offer Multitasking

Friday, March 12th, 2010

The big argument on whether or not the iPhone, which debuted back in 2007, needs multitasking has been ace that’s gone on since mean solar day one. It’s ace of those features that many take for granted, and father’t even observation they’re using the lineament until, rather quietly, the feature is taken away from them. Or, for many iPhone adopters, they willingly spring it away. But it looks like this all (more…)

MetroPCS, Leap Wireless reputation Q4 2009 earnings

Monday, March 1st, 2010

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Two of the smaller U.S. carriers, MetroPCS (New York Stock Exchange: PCS) and Leap Wireless (Cricket), rich person recently reported their Q4 2009 profit. Hera’s the retread:

MetroPCS:

11-plus growth during the year1.3 million net additions in the year6.6 million subscribers in total

Leap Wireless (Cricket):

29% more subscribers than last year1.1 million network additions in the year4.95 million subscribers in sum

Personally I father’t cover quarterly results that often. However, these two whitethorn be (more…)

Acer “Liquid e” comes with Android 2.1, Snapdragon central processing unit and WVGA touchscreen

Monday, February 15th, 2010

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genus news/review_of_acer_s_x960_windows_mobile_river_smartphone_follow_up’ title=’Review of Acer’s X960 Windows Mobile River smartphone follow-up’>Acer has used the Mobile River World United States Congress to unveil the new member to its family unit – Liquid e. Powered by Android, the new smartphone keeps the all-touchscreen shape factor, just like its predecessor – A1. Hera’s the specs rundown:

Android 2.1 (Йclair) Quad-band GSM/EDGE plus tri-banding HSPA (up to 7.2 Mbps on downlink) 5-megapixel camera with auto-direction 3.5-inch WVGA touchscreen Qualcomm (NSDQ: (more…)

Pre Plus and Pixi Plus Available Mon from Verizon Wireless

Friday, January 22nd, 2010

Verizon Wireless announced that news/palm_pre_follow_up_to_pre_or_not_to_pre_’ title=’Palm Pre follow-up: To Pre or not to Pre?’>Palm® Pre™ Plus and Palm Pixi™ Plus volition be on computer storage shelves and ready for purchase on Jan. 25. Palm Pre Plus will cost $149.99 after a $one C chain armour-in rebate, and Palm Pixi Plus will cost $99.99 after a $one C mail-in rebate, each with a new 2-class client agreement. Buy a Palm Pre Plus or a Palm Pixi Plus and get a Palm (more…)

Sprint launches U301, dual-mode 3G/4G USB modem

Sunday, December 27th, 2009

Sprint (NYSE: S) has recently announced its second base dual-mode 3G/4G USB modem – U301, which as you can presume deeds both with the attack aircraft carrier’s EV-DO and WiMAX networks, where available. In that sense, users tin expect download speeds of more than 10 Mbps when connected over WiMAX, and about 3.1 Mbps on the widespread 3G meshing.

In summation to dual radios, the U301 also comes with a (more…)