Amy Eichelberg

Who doesn’t love a little friendly competition in the wireless world? Well, we do especially when it means lower prices from the big dog US carriers. In the case of AT&T’s Next upgrade prices, they were not stacking well against the lower prices of the Verizon Edge program, until now. Ma Bell has lowered the monthly payments for select devices and done so under the radar. For example, the Samsung Galaxy S 4 and Apple iPhone 5 have been […]

The last few weeks have been rough to say the least for Apple developers, as their beloved dev hub has been offline due to intruder attempts. Good news today for eager developers as Apple has announced that the developer center is now fully restored. The Cupertino crew is also providing up to one month’s extended membership in return for the inconvenience, as outlined in the official statement below: We are pleased to let you know that all

Are you just dying to tweak that brand new Nexus 7? Well, you’re in luck as Google just released the factory image and binaries for the second gen Nexus 7. It was just a short day ago that complications with Qualcomm licensing restricted Google from posting the binaries and full factory image for the new Nexus 7 tablet. The issue was so annoying that Jean-Baptiste Quéru (JBQ), Google’s Android open source manager, left his position at AOSP. Obviously, that fiasco pushed some buttons, as the

We first caught wind of a possible follow up to the LG Optimus L9 back in June when @evleaks leaked out a few images. However, this device has managed to keep a low profile, up until today that is. We do know that the device is being coined the Optimus L9 II — or just L9 II, and may have taken a quiet stroll through the FCC process. A device going under codename LG-D605 received its

UK network Three didn’t wait long after the LG G2 official launch to announce their own plans to offer the handset. Three has committed to a vague timeline of “soon”, and carrier O2 is also committed with a release time of “later this year”. Vodafone said it currently has no plans to offer the G2 and EE has “nothing to announce,” but that doesn’t mean we won’t see the G2 show up on EE later this

HTC is ready to launch another device for its UK market by making the HTC Desire 500 official. The 4.3-inch handset sports 1.2 GHz quad-core processor and will be launching in British retail stores later this month. Consumers can take their pick of either a lacquer black version or a cool glacier blue. Spec features  include dual SIM and NFC variants hitting certain markets, a 8- and 1.6-megapixel cameras, HTC BlinkFeed and Video Highlights to name a few. Pricing

BB10 users who have lost countless hours of their productive life on Facebook will be tickled pink to learn that their beloved app has been updated. Finally. Say hello to Facebook v10.2.1 for BlackBerry 10. The update adds Facebook Chat, enhanced message details, quicker scrolling while in Newsfeed and an “enhanced photo experience.” Devout users will also notice a new Page Admin functions as well as a “refreshed look and feel to your Pages.” Here’s the

Popular cross platform messaging app WhatsApp just hit 300 million users and is working harder than ever to improve its user experience.  Long time users and newbies alike can now relish in the perks of a new feature that lets you record and send voice memos with one tap of the mic icon. WhatsApp even went as far as to remove the length limits for recorded messages. WhatsApp now plays audio within the app itself instead of opening a media

Despite the fact that LG is set to officially unveil their G2 later today, it appears as though the device is more than ready for its official unwrap party. Thanks to @evleaks, we now have two clear press images of the G2 in all its pre-release glory. There’s nothing new revealed in these renderings, but it certainly gets us ramped up for today’s launch. Stay tuned for LG’s event at 11AM ET. We’ll have the

It has only been a week after Apple’s iOS 7 Beta 4 was released and now Beta 5  is available to developers who have the pre-release software installed on their devices. Now that we are on our 5th Beta, the software is likely to be approaching its stable launch. Beta 5 brings with it a new design for the iOS lock screen. The original iOS 7 had arrows indicating where to swipe to pull down notifications

MultiROM is one-of-a-kind multi-boot mod for Nexus 7. It can boot any Android ROM as well as other systems like Ubuntu Touch, Plasma Active, Bohdi Linux or WebOS port. Besides booting from device’s internal memory, MultiROM can boot from USB drive connected to the device via OTG cable. The main part of MultiROM is a boot manager, which appears every time your device starts and lets you choose ROM to boot. You can see how

If you’ve ever traveled internationally, then you probably understand the benefits of having a Dual-SIM phones. The issue becomes that even in regions where prepaid services are king, the Dual-SIM phone can sometimes fall short. That’s where GooPhone and LG come in, as the two have joined forces to launch the first line of tri-SIM smartphones based on a new MediaTek Triple-SIM chip. Both the leaked GooPhone X1+ (shown above) and a variant of the Optimus L4 II can

If you are the proud owner of either the Nokia Lumia 820 or the 920, then this news is aimed at you. Thanks to the team over at WindowsMania.pl, you can now get an unofficial taste of the Amber ROMS. The site has posted unofficial ROMs (820, 920) that upgrade international versions of the Windows Phones to the Amber release ahead of Microsoft’s release. Both ROMs are simple to install from a PC using NokiaViews.com‘s instructions. These installations do

Remember the good old days when hanging up on someone was as easy and dramatic as snapping your phone shut? Ah, the perks of owning a clamshell phone. Well, it looks like those days may be among us once more as Samsung has been working on a throwback of their own. Say hello to the Galaxy Folder. Just as the name implies it is a smartphone with all the touch capacities you’ve come to rely

When NetZero first introduced its budget-friendly mobile broadband, we were initially concerned about their use of Clearwire’s small WiMAX network. Thankfully, we can cast our doubts aside as the provider has closed on new MVNO agreements with Sprint and Verizon. The five-year deal with Sprint provides NetZero both LTE and EV-DO, while the Verizon deal will provide EV-DO alone for three years. The Verizon aspect of the agreement will act more as a precautionary method. NetZero will see