BlackBerry is already adding new features to its BBM apps for Android and iPhone, in updates rolling out today, the company has announced. While the apps took months to turn up, less than a month after they appeared they’re being enhanced — a great sign to committed users that they’re being well supported. New features …
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15 November
Getting edgy: Samsung phone to get wraparound display?
Samsung reportedly plans to unveil a Galaxy smartphone with a three-sided wraparound display next year. Citing information from “two people familiar with the plans,” Bloomberg said Friday that the display would wrap around the edges of the phone, allowing people to read messages from an angle. Each of the three sides would also function independently. From the description, it sounds …
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15 November
Nokia to add Bluetooth LE to all Windows Phone 8 Lumias
Nokia will roll out an update that will outfit all Lumia phones running Windows Phone 8 with the latest low-energy version of Bluetooth. In a new FAQ, Nokia noted that the recent Amber update added Bluetooth LE to the Lumia 520, 620, 625, and 720. A future update dubbed Lumia Black will do the same for all other Windows Phone …
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14 November
What you should know about flexible displays (FAQ)
Now playing: Watch this: First Look at Samsung’s Youm flexible display tech 1:11 Samsung, LG, and others have been showing off flexible displays and even a prototype phone for years, but it’s only now that bendy screens are going commercial. Samsung’s Galaxy Round and LG’s G Flex raise a lot of questions about what a flexible display is and isn’t, …
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14 November
New FCC chairman presses carriers to unlock cell phones
Tom Wheeler has been the FCC’s chairman for only a few weeks, but he likely already gained a few fans by urging the wireless industry on Thursday to move toward unlocking consumers’ cell phones. Unlocking cell phones allows handsets to be used on a wireless network other than that of the originating carrier. It’s a process that wireless carriers are …
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14 November
Google automates wireless networks’ use of TV white space
In June, the US Federal Communications Commission certified Google to operate the national database detailing which particular patches of “white space” spectrum were usable for wireless communications. Now, the company has opened a service that lets programs tap into that database, an automation step that Google expects will make it easier to squeeze as many bits as possible into the …
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14 November
Phones and tablets get green light for use as planes take off
Make sure your seatbelt is fastened, your setback is upright and tray table stowed away — but your phone? It’s A-OK to keep playing Angry Birds as the plane takes to the skies, according to new rules about the use of electronic devices during take-off and landing. The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has announced in a press release that …
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14 November
FCC releases Android app to test mobile broadband speeds
The Federal Communications Commission released an app on Thursday that the agency hopes will help it generate an accurate comparison of wireless carriers’ mobile broadband speeds. The app, dubbed Speed Test App for Android, is designed to collect information about the performance of participating smartphone users’ mobile broadband services nationwide. The four major US carriers have agreed to participate. The …
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14 November
Intel posts holiday ‘Buying Guide’ for Windows 8.1 tablets
Intel is trying to give a much-needed boost to Windows 8.1 tablets with a new holiday “Buying Guide.” Front and center are tablets (PDF) like the Dell Venue 8 Pro, HP Omni 10, and Lenovo Miix 2. All of the tablets in the guide use new Intel Atom Z3000 quad-core “Bay Trail” processors. The 8-inch Dell Venue (see CNET’s hands-on …
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14 November
BBM for iPod touch available to download in next 24 hours
BBM is coming to the iPod touch. Reports say that in the next day, you’ll be able to download and install the app and start chatting to your BlackBerry Messenger buddies on both the iPod touch and the Wi-Fi-only iPad tablets. The update will happen in the next 24 hours, a spokesperson for BlackBerry told SlashGear. That means you can …
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