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By: t-marco August 23rd, 2011
Back in July, Google rolled out a massive Android Market update that overhauled the look and brought a number of new features including new ways to discover applications and the ability to rent movies and purchase books right from your phone.
Google has just started rolling out an update to the Android Market 3.1.3. Aside from a few slight aesthetic changes, the two main features include the ability to +1 apps and password protect (PIN lock) your Android purchases.
The addition of the +1 button allows you to, obviously, +1 apps in the Market while the PIN number feature allows you to secure you to set up a PIN number for purchases on the app store.
Android Police has an APK file for those who don’t like to wait. If you’re an impatient one, go ahead and install it yourself.
By: t-marco August 15th, 2011
Google officials on Monday announced the $12.5 billion deal, which would transform the search engine into a cell manufacturer after years spent wading into the wireless business and critically intensify Washington scrutiny of a company already feeling antitrust heat.
Now Google Inc. now has an internal smartphone manufacturing division to further the march of its Android software platform as it vies with Apple Inc. for global smartphone supremacy.
David Drummond, chief legal officer at Google, said the company is “confident” the deal will be approved. The company has yet to spell out what kind of regulatory review it is expecting.
“We very strongly believe that this is a pro-competitive transaction,” Drummond said.
By: t-marco July 14th, 2011
T-Mobile officially announced today via press release, that they are introducing Name ID, the first caller ID service for a U.S. carrier. T-Mobile customers, on selected smartphones like T-Mobile Exhibit and soon myTouch 4G Slide, will have the option of true caller ID functionality with the Name ID service, powered by Cequint. The service begins as a 10-day free trial, but then requires a monthly of fee of $3.99 for ongoing use of Name ID.
By: t-marco July 13th, 2011
T-Mobile.com is offering , just tonight , after 9 pm, for free 2 hot smart phones when you add a line.
Don’t wait longer and add a new line and get a free smartphone.
T-Mobile
By: t-marco July 13th, 2011
T-Mobile announced today that they have doubled their theoretical download speed ceiling for its 4G HSPA+ networks and 56 new markets will be able to take advantage of the upgrade.
“America’s Largest 4G Network is now faster than ever and continues to deliver a fast and reliable broadband experience in more places than any other carrier,” stated T-Mobile CTO Neville Ray in a statement. “Video streaming on T-Mobile’s network has more than tripled over the last year, and consumer demand for access to rich mobile content from anywhere continues to grow. T-Mobile is now supplying more than 170 million Americans with lightning-fast HSPA+ 42 speeds to feed that explosive demand.”
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By: t-marco July 11th, 2011
HTC just posted on its Facebook page that next August, it will start rolling out to unlock bootloaders of the newest devices like Sensation 4G and EVO 3D for Sprint. . The process is two-fold: first, HTC pushes a “maintenance release” to the phones, but this won’t mean a thing until step two — releasing the actual unlocking tool — is complete in early September.
“We wanted to provide an update on HTC’s progress with bringing bootloader unlocking to our newest phones. We know how excited some of you are for this capability, and we’ve put significant resources behind making this change as soon as possible. While we wish we could flip a simple switch and unlock all bootloaders across our device portfolio, this is actually a complex challenge that requires a new software build and extensive testing to deliver the best possible customer experience.
We’re thrilled to announce today that software updates to support bootloader unlocking will begin rolling out in August for the global HTC Sensation, followed by the HTC Sensation 4G on T-Mobile USA and the HTC EVO 3D on Sprint. We’re in the testing phase for the unlocking capability now, and we expect it to be fully operational by early September for devices that have received the software updates. We’ll continue rolling out the unlocking capability over time to other devices as part of maintenance releases and new shipments.
HTC continues its commitment to unlocking bootloaders and supporting the developer community. Because of the importance of this community to us, please expect an update on this about every few weeks as we make progress toward launch. Thank you for your patience and continued support!”
By: t-marco July 1st, 2011
Just recently Skype announced the availability of making video calls on the new Skype 2.0 version but only for a few devices like Nexus S and Xperia Neo and Pro. Now, thanks to a user at XDA developers, we can have the same features on many devices, included Samsung Galaxy S ( Captivate in my case).
I tasted today and really works. You have to option of switch cameras from front to back.
If you guys want to try it here is the link (download here)
Another pic after the jump
By: t-marco June 16th, 2011
Today, T-Mobile USA added 47 cities where it’s rolling out its fastest wireless data network 4G (HSPA+), which offers average downlink speeds of 10 Mbps (average) and it will get up to 21 Mbps ( if you get lucky) . The new cities bring the total to 102 markets that can access the company’s high-speed network.
Here are the cities:
- Akron, Ohio
- Albuquerque, N.M.
- Allentown-Bethlehem, Penn.
- Brownsville, Texas
- Cape Coral, Fla.
- Canton, Ohio
- Charleston-North Charleston, S.C.
- Cleveland, Ohio
- Colorado Springs, Colo.
- Columbia, S.C.
- Columbus, Ohio
- Corpus Christi, Texas
- Fayetteville, N.C.
- Florence, S.C.
- Fresno, Calif.
- Harrisburg-Carlisle, Penn.
- Hickory-Lenoir-Morgantown, N.C.
- Killeen, Texas
- Lakeland, Fla.
- Lancaster, Penn.
- Las Cruces, N.M.
- Madera, Calif.
- McAllen, Texas
- Merced, Calif.
- Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, S.C.
- Napa, Calif.
- Palm Bay, Fla.
- Palm Coast, Fla.
- Panama City, Fla.
- Pueblo, Colo.
- Reading, Penn.
- Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, Calif.
- Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, Calif.
- Salt Lake City, Utah
- San Antonio, Texas
- San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, Calif.
- Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, Calif.
- Santa Fe, N.M.
- Sarasota, Fla.
- Scranton-Wilkes-Barre, Penn.
- Sebastian, Fla.; State College, Penn.
- Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Va.
- Wilmington, N.C.
- Visalia-Porterville, Calif.
- Waco, Texas
- York-Hanover, Penn.
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