That ridiculous “Wake Up” campaign allegedly orchestrated by Samsung the other day…apparently wasn’t theres. According to Slashgear’s Chris Davis, Samsung flat out (and bluntly) denied any involvement. Specifically, Samsung Australia responded to Chris’ request for comment with: “Samsung Electronics Australia has nothing to do with the ‘Wake-Up Campaign” Of course, Samsung Australia is but one small part of...
The latest source for a carrier’s Android update schedule isn’t an by way of email, phone, text or smoke signal. Instead, it’s Reddit. While the source of the leaks is rather uncommon all things considered, the information doled out is just as appetizing – Verizon’s upcoming Android 4.0 ICS update schedule. The leaker in question is a VZW employee with a changing job title who apparently felt like leaving his old position on a high note. The...
Android users who’ve been on the platform for at least the last 12 months will no doubt remember an awesome, free tethering app by the name of “WiFi Tether”. As unlimited data plans began disappearing and carrier influence started proliferating on the Android Market (now Google Play), apps like WiFi Tether were removed. And now a year later the infamous WiFi Tether app, version 3, is back. We honestly don’t think it’ll last too long. The...
Twitter for iOS and Android is getting a somewhat important update today according to the company’s blog. The big additions include a new “Activity” stream that will now show a user’s followers’ retweets, favorites, etc. This new content will show up in the “Discover” tab underneath new news stories. Similarly, the search area within Android and iOS versions gains the addition of spelling suggestions as well as username...
BGR posted an article earlier telling of Verizon’s upcoming summer/fall 2012 roadmap. And while there are a number of note worthy phones including nods to a Galaxy S III variant and numerous Motorola RAZR models, it is the rumored flagship HTC device that has our attention piqued the most. Specs are understandably slim, but the small bit we’re teased with is tantalizing — 5″ 1080p (non-PenTile!) display with power coming from a quad-core Krait CPU...
It’s official. If you had any lingering doubts as to what processor Samsung’s upcoming flagship device, the Galaxy S III, would pack underneath its hood, ponder no more. The company just announced via press release that the Exynos 4 Quad would be the muscle behind the Galaxy S III’s (hopefully) good looks. As previously mentioned, the new quad-core silicon will be roughly 2x as fast as the Exynos dual-core processors we’ve come to know and love...
