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It’s been a while since Carrier IQ’s name was in the news. If you don’t remember, their software delivers certain information back to carriers for the supposed sole purpose of helping improve their service. Developer Trevor Eckhart exposed that their application may be doing more than just sending cellular data to carriers. Read more about [...]

Towards the end of 2011 we previewed a few toddler tablets including the VINCI Tab.  Here at CES 2012 VINCI stands out with their latest social learning.  Not only have they added new applications to their learning curriculum but have a new more affordable tablet in the works. Our last review had some great details [...]

Another bump in the road for Sprint and their plans to give their customers high speed 4G data. A new government test is showing that LightSquared — Sprint’s future 4G LTE provider — 4G network could interfere with a “great majority” of GPS devices here in the US. If true, this would knock out a [...]

Everyone else is doing it and it looks like Verizon too could be jumping on the 3D bandwagon if this newly registered trademark for the “Hologram” is any indication. Sprint and AT&T are currently the only US carriers to offer stereoscopic “glasses free” smartphones like the HTC Evo 3D and the LG Thrill and although [...]

The moderators of Samsung’s official Facebook page seem to be confirming that Verizon will indeed be among the first wave of carriers to receive the Galaxy Nexus While everything short of an official press release has still failed to convince some that Verizon will carry the device, we’d say there is enough evidence to suggest [...]

Seems Sprint might be soon be trying a little harder to hold onto their customers according to this leaked screenshot from an authorized dealer. Starting September 9th, Sprint will be increasing their Early Termination Fees from the affordable $ 200 up to $ 300 according SprintFeed. Sprint has always been pretty great when it comes [...]

Looks like Nvidia is doing alright for themselves these days and it’s all thanks to Android. Okay, to be fair, it also has a little to do with a mobile chip they like to call the Tegra 2. Nvidia’s forecast for their 3rd quarter revenue earnings is higher than what many analysts were expecting. Nvidia [...]

The Evo 3D is one of the few phones (if not the only one) that is actually allowing users to remove pre-installed apps from their phone so that a user can install more apps of their choosing. I mean, it only makes sense. Why should I keep a demo of N.O.V.A. on my phone taking [...]

  Honestly, guys… I can’t even believe what I’m seeing here. Never in all of my days have I seen a company listen to such a vocal minority with such speed and urgency.. Today, friends — HTC has agreed to unlock their bootloaders. There has been overwhelmingly customer feedback that people want access to open [...]

A new version of the HTC Thunderbolt RUU has appeared online, which appears to be that of an upcoming system update for the handset. The actual file has been stripped of much of its identifying information to keep the source of the leak cryptic, but and upgraded radio firmware version (1.16.00.402) and fixes abound. Among [...]