Microsoft appears to be considering a shift in strategy. The shift, assuming they move forward, would be one that would have them acting a bit more like Google. That is to say, giving Windows Phone and Windows RT to device makers for free and looking to supplement with advertisements and subscription revenue. Details here come […]
Mobile phone users in the US tend to hate being tied to a two year contract, but many really appreciate the massive subsidies they get on new smartphones with that contract. You can buy the latest smartphones outright and not have a contract, but the price is several times that of the subsidized cost. AT&T […]
Asus officially announced its new PadFone Mini smartphone in Taiwan this week. The smartphone has a 4.3-inch screen with a native resolution of 960 x 540. The chip inside the smartphone is a Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 paired with 1GB of RAM. Internal storage is 16GB. Like most Android smartphones, the PadFone Mini supports storage expansion […]
This week the folks responsible for socking the Google Play store with the latest and greatest in Android devices have added another LG and a brand new Sony device to their ranks. What you’ll find is both the massiveness of what was called (earlier this year) the Xperia Z Ultra as well as the LG […]
At the same time as the push for the LG G Pad 8.3 Google Play Edition this afternoon comes the official unveiling of the Sony Z Ultra Google Play Edition. This machine works with unlocked 4G LTE, GSM, UMPS, and HSPA+ and comes with a massive 6.4-inch display. Users will be working with the most […]
There’s a smartwatch war going on right now – did you know? With the Smartwatch 2, Sony reminds the world that they’ve already been in the market for a generation, with months of head start going in an unbroken line of evolutionary products (even if it’s just two) that lead to today’s wearable. While the […]
Samsung’s Galaxy Note 3 has passed the 10m sales mark, taking just sixty days to set phablet sales records, and doubling the pace set by the Note 2 before it. A simultaneous launch across 58 countries didn’t hurt, Samsung says, but the company also credits the appeal of the large screen in North American and […]
There’s a whole lot of Chromecast going on in the development department this holiday season, with Google pushing forth word of an extra 10 apps coming to the device by the end of this year. Users will be able to take advantage of music videos with VEVO, sports and oddities with Red Bull.TV, music with […]
After leaving Apple officially at the start of 2013 after what may or may not have been a Maps-related incident for iOS, Scott Forstall hasn’t really appeared on the tech news radar. It’s not as if he’s been in hiding, but he’s certainly not made any late-breaking announcements or hits on the controversy meter for […]
TracFone is one of the oldest no contract wireless carriers in the industry. TracFone operates a couple other brands in the contract free realm including Straight Talk Wireless and NET 10 Wireless. Those two no contract carriers have announced that they will be getting the iPhone 5S smartphone. The iPhone 5s will land on both […]
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