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May

22

2012

ASUS Releases Bootloader Unlock Tool for the Transformer Pad 300

by Stacy Bruce
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Oh ASUS, how we love you so. Not only are you giving us cutting edge hardware and lightly bloated software, you also give us the ability to unlock your devices so that we can do as we please. Sure it comes at the price of voiding our warranties, but that is a risk and a [...]

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May

22

2012

HTC One S Faster GPS Fix Available Now, Speeds Up GPS Lock

by Stacy Bruce
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Have you recently picked up a shiny new HTC One S and have noticed that the GPS seems to lock-on rather slow? This isn’t a largely widespread complaint but when something can be improved the Android dev community will never shy from a challenge. Thanks to senior XDA member, MacroHD,  we now have a flashable fix [...]

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May

22

2012

Google Granted with 4 New Patents for Project Glass

by Stacy Bruce
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In a world where patent lawsuits and idea-borrowing are a real issue, it appears that Google wants to lock down a few of the inner workings of their upcoming wearable tech, Project Glass. According to some new, recently granted patents (four to be exact), Google now owns the rights to the business end of their AR [...]

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May

22

2012

Google Motorola Acquisition Finally Final, CEO Sanjay Jha Is Out Of A Job

by Joe Sirianni
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After quite some time, Google’s acquisition of Motorola was finally final after this morning.  The search giant finally closed on the deal after China gave their final approval a couple of days ago.  Google was quick to reiterate that Motorola will continue to remain a separate company, while Android will remain “open” as it continues [...]

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May

22

2012

Verizon’s SCH-i535 Appears On Bluetooth SIG, All But Confirms The Galaxy S III’s Imminent Arrival

by Roy Alugbue
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  While Verizon chose to opt out of having its own variant of the Samsung Galaxy S II smartphone, it certainly didn’t want to miss out on having what will be the hottest phone of 2012. Even though Verizon has yet to confirm anything, we’ve seen all sorts of signs indicating a Verizon variant of [...]

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May

22

2012

David Beckham celebrates the Samsung Galaxy Note by showcasing his soccer skills

by Robert Nazarian
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David Beckham is now Samsung’s Official Ambassador for the London 2012 Olympic Games, and it just so happens that the Galaxy Note and Soccer go hand in hand. Samsung, a major sponsor for the Olympic Games, put together a little video featuring David kicking a series of soccer balls against a 15-foot wall of drums [...]

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May

22

2012

Major U.S. Cable companies join together to offer over 50,000 WiFi hotspots

by Robert Nazarian
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While we don’t normally have an issue getting data connectivity over 3G, 4G, and LTE, there are still bad areas and the concern for limited data plans. Bright House Networks, Cablevision, Cox Communications, and Time Warner Cable joined forces to offer over 50,000 WiFi hotspots. Unfortunately it’s still in the early stages so it’s only [...]

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May

22

2012

Amazon Officially Lists Quad-Core, Unlocked HSPA+ Version Of Samsung Galaxy S III Smartphone As Available For Preorder… For A Princely Sum Of $800

by Roy Alugbue
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Excited for the Samsung Galaxy S III, but don’t want to wait additional months before it arrives in the stores on American shores? Well you may want to visit Amazon ASAP. It has officially listed the 16GB pebble blue and white versions of the device as available for pre-order. That means if you want to be [...]

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May

22

2012

S Voice APK now fixed for non rooted users plus a slew of other apps pulled from the Galaxy S III available now

by Robert Nazarian
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As we reported, S Voice was pulled from the Galaxy S III over the weekend, but unfortunately stopped working when Samsung (or Vlingo) blocked any non Galaxy S III phone from the server. Yesterday we told you about a fix for rooted users, but now the APK has been re-built with the proper credentials to [...]

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May

21

2012

Sprint Says HTC EVO 4G LTE Pre-Orders will Arrive this Week

by Stacy Bruce
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Great news for you folks who pre-ordered a new HTC EVO 4G LTE! Sprint has just announced that they expect to begin shipping the device really soon (like tomorrow soon). A Sprint representative took to the Sprint Blog to announce the following: Customers who pre-ordered HTC EVO 4G LTE…Your wait is almost over! Sprint expects [...]

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