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May

17

2012

Verizon To Introduce Data Share Plans, Plans On Phasing Out Unlimited Data Plans In The Process

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  In a sad turn of events, Verizon has decided to end its $30/month unlimited data plan for 3G customers who were “grandfathered” into the plan because they were customers prior to Big Red’s switch to tiered data plans which began last year. CFO Fran Shammo was speaking at the 40th annual J.P. Morgan Technology, Media and [...]

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May

16

2012

NVIDIA Announces Cloud-Direct Gaming From A GPU Thanks To GeForce Grid

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In keeping up with the excitement of its exciting Players’ Choice Awards, NVIDIA is set to revolutionize graphics and gaming as we know it. CEO Jen-Hsun Huang has shared that the company plans on using distributed graphics to stream low-latency video games from the internet to computers. In order to power this great concept, NVIDIA has [...]

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May

16

2012

Samsung Cares About Top Notch Customer Service By Releasing Samsung Cares App

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Samsung just upped the ante for bringing great customer service to users of its devices. In an effort to show customers it is indeed attentive to various questions raised for its various products, they released a mobile app called Samsung Cares which aims to bring Samsung support on the go. The app covers many types [...]

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May

16

2012

AT&T HTC One X And Sprint EVO 4G LTE Imports Delayed By Customs

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It looks like we’re about to have a major snafu in regards to the anticipated arrivals of the AT&T HTC One X and Sprint EVO 4G LTE smartphones. HTC recently confirmed the imports of both devices have been delayed at the U.S. border due to a “customs review”. The reason for this hints in the [...]

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May

15

2012

Sony Confirms ICS Update Will Arrive For Xperia S Smartphone By Early June

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Sony’s Xperia S has been an awesome phone except for well, its lack of Ice Cream Sandwich. While it’s questionable to launch a device of that nature with Gingerbread 2.3 in a world of Android 4.0, Sony has taken the time to finally give us what we have been waiting for— a concrete date for [...]

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May

15

2012

O2 UK To Roll Out Improved DC-HSPA Network Across Major Cities

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O2 is ready and primed to have best network in the UK by beginning the first stages of rolling out an improved HSPA network. More specifically— Crave is reporting O2 has begun rolling out DC-HSPA for major cities in the UK (think London, Manchester and Birmingham for example). This new ”dual-cell high speed packet access” format will double [...]

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May

15

2012

LG Optimus 4X HD Set To Land In Europe By June

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  LG’s latest and greatest piece of gold finally has a confirmed arrival date. The Optimus 4X HD is set to arrive next month and will come fully loaded featuring a Tegra 3 quad core processor, 720P IPS display, an 8MP BSI camera, 2,150mAh battery and Android 4.0. LG confirmed the superphone will launch in select European [...]

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May

14

2012

Vodafone Shows The World The First Peek Of Upcoming HTC Desire C Smartphone Through Leaked Press Shot

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Ladies and gentlemen, the newest addition to the HTC Desire family has just been outed officially. Vodafone of Portugal has revealed the HTC Desire C through a “leaked” press shot in its May catalog. As you can see, this gorgeous black slab of Beats Audio-powered goodness features a 3.5-inch screen, a 600MHz processor, 4GB of [...]

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May

14

2012

Sensory’s TrulyHandsfree Is Detailed, Makes Samsung’s S Voice Look Even More Impressive

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As our smartphones become well, smarter— there’s a need for the smartphone technology to evolve as well. Among the cooler features of most smartphones is voice and speech recognition. Some of the most recognizable speech and recognition companions include Apple’s Siri, Cluzee or Samsung’s upcoming S-Voice. While voice and speech recognition is part of the norm among smartphone [...]

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