It looks like Android update season is finally starting in earnest. We've already seen the update hitting new devices and carriers, and now Sony has detailed its Ice Cream Sandwich rollout plans for its Xperia lineup. Sony has been one of the best manufacturers around with its new policy of releasing Alpha and Beta versions of the ICS update to test changes before offering the full release, and it looks like that strategy has paid off because Sony is planning to update 11 devices by mid-june.
Saturday, 31 March 2012
Tuesday, 28 February 2012
Asus Transformer Pad Infinity 700 Hands-on Review
Coming to market later this year as the ASUS Transformer Pad Infinity 700 series, the tablet with HD display we first saw at CES last month now adds one more key option - a version with 1.5 GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 and 4G LTE connectivity.
Shazam to offer faster tagging, Android Beam integration
Shazam has branched out from their music tagging roots, and you have no doubt seen the little Shazam logo in the bottom corner of a commercial by now. The developers of the popular tagging app have now revamped it with a new algorithm that promises to dramatically reduce tagging time. This means that the next time you catch the tail end of that song you've been trying to figure out you'll still have enough time to identify it, rather than have the DJ come in while Shazam is still listening and ruin it for you.
Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 arriving exclusively on Verizon Wireless on March 1st
Verizon Wireless has just announced that the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 will land exclusively on the carrier on March 1st. The Galaxy Tab 7.7 features a 7.7-inch Super AMOLED Plus display and runs on Android 3.2 Honeycomb. What might set you back though is the price - the Tab 7.7 costs $499 on a two-year contract. This means that you’ll be tied to paying a minimum of $30 for 2 gigs of untethered Verizon LTE data.
Sprint looking to raise $2B to fund LTE network
After a successful campaign in the fall which raised $4 billion, Sprint is looking to sell another $2B in company bonds via a private sale. This money will be going towards network expansion and upgrade (LTE), as well as to possibly help fund Clearwire. This is all part of Sprint's Network Vision plan, which will ultimately see their iDEN network shut down and their CDMA offering on both the 800 and 1900MHz frequencies.
Sprint owns about half of Clearwire, which is having some financial difficulties as it looks to transition from WiMax to LTE. The company looks to have 5,000 TD-LTE cell sites functional by mid 2013. This type of LTE is different than what AT&T and Verizon employ, but Clearwire claims that it is more advanced and will be more adopted world-wide.
Source: Bloomberg via Fierce Wireless
Samsung Brightside is now official, coming on Verizon next month
Well, it looks like the rumors were not mistaken. The Samsung Brightside for Verizon was just announced officially and is set to launch on March 1. However, don't get too excited about the device as it is nothing but a feature phone.
Samsung ChatON arrives as a free web app
If you haven’t heard about Samsung ChatON, you’d better catch up - it’s Samsung’s free messaging system and it’s available on every platform you can think of (except for Windows Phone). Now, it’s become truly universal as it’s arrived in a web form accessible from a desktop, a tablet, any device that can open up a secure connection in a browser.
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