Apple and Samsung’s long-time partnership continues to erode as the two companies continue fierce courtroom battles across the globe. Today, the Korean Times is reporting that Samsung Display will terminate its contract with Apple, citing Apple’s supply-chain management tactics and decreased income (for Samsung) as the reasoning. For comparison’s sake, during the first 6 months of this year Apple received ~15 million display panels from Samsung alone...
Mobile wallets are the new hot thing in mobile tech right now. While Google’s Wallet service has been around for a solid year now, few companies have actually moved to adopt it in mass numbers. But the carrier-backed “ISIS” service will hopefully fare better. Today, T-Mobile announced the launch of ISIS support on several of their smartphones as well as new NFC-capable SIM cards available in-store at no cost, specifically for Austin, Texas and Salt Lake...
Sony customers anxiously wearing their fingernails down to the bone finally have some relief (or closure) after the company revealed their Jelly Bean update schedule. The devices that will see the new software include: Xperia T Xperia TX Xperia V Xperia S Xperia acro S Xperia Ion Xperia P Xperia Go Xperia J You’ll notice lower-end fodder as well everything released in 2011 won’t be getting updated to Jelly Bean. Sad stuff, we know. For now,...
Huawei Mobile junkies such as ourselves fawn over things like fast processors and big, bold displays. And if a listing on Chinese phone manufacturer, Huawei’s site is correct, they will top even the mighty Samsung in display prowess. The device in question is currently labeled as the Ascend Mate with a monstrous 6.1-inch, 1080p display as well as an in-house 1.8 GHz quad-core processor (K3V3 according to the listing), 2 GB of RAM and a gigantic 4,000 mAh battery....
Image Source: ThisGreenMachine Device after device hits the Android world rocking some ill-formed skin. And while it may look decent on the surface, the fact of the matter is that it’s another layer onto of the OS; an unnecessary layer. It’s not needed. It slows down updates, makes phones slower, causes users more confusion, etc. A piece published on The Verge last night focuses on Motorola specifically, and highlights how their recent RAZR releases have come...
