NEW ORLEANS–For those whose hearts go aflutter and fingers go a-flying for QWERTY keyboards, Kyocera’s newest Android Ice Cream Sandwich handset (yes, you read that right — it has ICS), the Kyocera Rise, may be up your alley. The phone manufacturer announced the handset at CTIA 2012. Along with the slide-out keyboard, it also sports …
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AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson Stephen Shankland/CNET AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson recently made some public statements about Google that the Web giant says don’t really pan out, according to 9to5Google. During a panel discussion put on by the Milken Institute last week, an audience member asked Stephenson why there’s such a delay in updating Google’s operating system on devices carried by …
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Screenshot by Joe Aimonetti/CNET A notification banner, first noticed by MacRumors, which bares a striking resemblance to iOS notifications introduced with iOS 5, appears to only be a placeholder. It is vaguely titled “Default Title for English” with a message of “English – This is a test message description.” The message appears when you log in to your icloud.com account …
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NEW ORLEANS–ZTE is virtually unknown in the U.S. and, at least for now, that seems to be OK with the company. The Chinese company, the fourth-largest handset vendor despite its minimal presence in the U.S., is focusing on building up its relationship with the carriers and supporting their needs, said Lixen Cheng, president of ZTE’s North American business, in an …
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NEW ORLEANS — Kyocera isn’t a stranger to making water-resistant phones. Since 2008, the manufacturer has released 16 devices, all of which can withstand a good splash or two. Today, the manufacturer announced its newest addition to the lineup: The Kyocera Hydro. Unlike the Kyocera DuraPlus, which is aimed for an enterprise demographic, the Hydro is made to please a …
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A US judge has fined Samsung for withholding vital info in a patent infringement case with Apple. Naughty Samsung. The case concerns the ‘blue glow’ feature in TouchWiz, Foss Patents reports. Samsung argued it didn’t infringe Apple’s patent on the ‘scrollback’ feature in iOS. This shows a background texture when you scroll beyond the edge of a document or web page …
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NEW ORLEANS–The carrier networks aren’t the only 4G LTE game in town. Qualcomm today announced its intention to support Clearwire’s forthcoming TDD-LTE network in a select line of chipsets that power mobile devices like smartphones and tablets. Qualcomm already has what are called multi-mode, multi-band LTE chipsets, which enable devices to ride more than one LTE frequency. Related Stories Why …
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NEW ORLEANS–If a new player in mobile payment has its way, PayAnywhere will soon be everywhere. If you’ve heard of Square, then you pretty much already know everything you need to about PayAnywhere’s point-of-sale product for mobile devices, which I saw for the first time at CTIA. The service consists of three parts: a credit card reader you can attach …
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NEW ORLEANS–AT&T’s version of the family data plan may be coming sooner than you think. The company has a firm hold on what type of plan it will offer and intends to offer one soon, said Ralph de la Vega, CEO of AT&T’s mobile business, in an interview with CNET here yesterday. A family data plan would allow consumers to …
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NEW ORLEANS–Sprint cares about the safety of your smartphone, which is why they teamed up with security companies like Safely and Lookout to offer safety and security app bundles. The new initiative is called Sprint Guardian. The new section within the Sprint Zone app will launch with two bundles of tools — Family Safety, which is powered by Safely, and …
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NEW ORLEANS–After introducing its CUE touch-screen instrument panel at CTIA last October, Cadillac has returned to the 2012 wireless trade show with more services. When CUE is introduced in the 2013 Cadillac XTS next month, buyers will be able to test the system on a new iPad app. According to Cadillac, the app will replicate many of the system’s features …
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NEW ORLEANS—The steady drumbeat of mobile phone news picked up tempo today at CTIA. Matching the rising temperatures in the Big Easy, hot handsets were unveiled or shown to us for the first time. We also laid our hands on interesting mobile security solutions and on a collection of compelling accessories. Read on for some highlights of what the CNET …
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NEW ORLEANS–If you remember the original HTC Evo Design 4G for Sprint, clear your mind of that as you contemplate this version for Boost Mobile. While the two handsets resemble each other, there are some marked differences. First, Boost’s Design 4G runs on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, an OS upgrade. The phone still retains some girth; it’s pretty thick. …
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Samsung may have overtaken Nokia as the biggest shipper of phones in the world, but it’s not resting there. Speaking at the launch of the Galaxy S3 — the company’s latest flagship — Samsung’s president of mobile business said he was looking at taking over other mobile makers for research and development. But no, he didn’t mean RIM, before you …
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Now playing: Watch this: HTC One X: Review Report 4:41 Seamus Byrne and Joe Hanlon take a closer look at the HTC One X in this week’s Review Report. Review Report is part of CNET Australia‘s weekly tech show, CNET TV. If you’d like to learn more, you can find the full, detailed review of the One X here, and …
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