iOS users just may have facial recognition in the distant future. An Apple patent application for “Low Threshold Face Recognition” technology has just been disclosed to the public. The technology appears to utilize minimal computing power and can be accessed in either an outdoor or indoor setting. Essentially, the technology […]
Move over T-Mobile, Sprint is about to take a bite out of the white Galaxy S II action that only T-Mo customers have been relishing in here in the states. According to a leaked memo obtained by SprintFeed, the Now Network is expected to get its very own white variant
We knew that with a new year upon us change would be inevitable, and it looks like Verizon customers are soon to see a big change in Big Red’s billing policy. According to a leaked memo (shown below), effective January 15th, any customer that opts to pay their wireless bill
Yet again, Verizon’s 3G and 4G data network has gone down in a rather random and irregular fashion today. Big Red users in New York City, Phoenix, Minneapolis, Detroit, Chicago, Houston, San Francisco and Portland are among those to report problems. Sadly, it didn’t seem to get better for Verizon,
Gameloft recently reduced their games to $0.99 for iOS and Amazon Appstore users, so it seems only fair that they would spread the bargain love over to the Android Market. Just in time to ring in the new year, almost all of Gameloft’s paid titles will be up for grabs
HTC Rezound owners should head on over to HTCDev.com to grab the recently published bootloader tools before they disappear. The developer forums are buzzing with news that the tools had been published to the dev site despite the Rezound not making the supported device list. Reportedly, users are left with
Pre-paid wireless giant MetroPCS announced today that its vast portfolio of handsets is headed straight to Amazon. This new partnership marks a significant milestone for MetroPCS as Amazon is widely respected to be one of the world’s largest online retailers. According to the press release (found below) there seems to
Thanks to the hard working developers over at XDA, the Kindle Fire tablet now has access to an unofficial Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update. Members of the xda-developers forum published a “pre-alpha” version of Android 4.0. which is based on the popular CyanogenMod 9. Keep in mind that the
If you’re the proud owner of an Asus Eee Pad Transformer, then Asus just might brighten your day in the form of a new firmware update. While the latest build (version 8.6.5.21) doesn’t bring the sweet joy of Ice Cream Sandwich to the device, it does solve some minor bugs.
LG plans to ring in the new year with plenty of Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich/ICS) joy as they have finally revealed which devices will be getting the highly anticipated ICS upgrade. LG made the announcement official through their Facebook page by stating that several of their 2011 handsets will
Seiko Epson broke the news today that it has agreed to settle with Finnish handset manufacturer Nokia for the sum of $80 million USD after nearly two years of litigation. The two companies have been locked in a bitter antitrust lawsuit over Epson’s purchase of liquid crystal displays in 2009.
For anyone who can’t imagine life without Swype, prepare yourself, as the gesture based keyboard just got better in the form of a new beta. The improved build boasts the following new enhancements: Nuance’s award winning Dragon Dictation Expanded Language Downloads (50 plus) Improved Advanced Language Modeling Automatic Updates Users
All those millions who bought the Galaxy S and the Tab and were hoping for a frozen treat this year will be sadly disappointed to know that Android 4.0 for these two series has been officially canceled. We knew that all devices won’t be equipped to run Ice Cream Sandwich
Turned on your Samsung Galaxy Nexus or Ice Cream Sandwich device and you were a bit upset to find that when you installed the Facebook app, it didn’t sync your contacts? According to the rumors, Google and Facebook aren’t getting along in regards to their sharing of data with one
Despite AT&T suffering a major setback with the recently failed T-Mobile acquisition, Ma Bell will still have reason to celebrate this holiday season after all. The FCC has officially approved AT&T’s purchase of Qualcomm’s 700MHz spectrum for a staggering $1.9 billion. The specific block of Qualcomm’s airwaves is currently being
