June, 2013

• 26 June

  India overtakes Japan as third largest smartphone market

  

  India is now the third biggest smartphone market in the world. During the first quarter of 2013, smartphone sales in India jumped by 163 percent over the prior year’s quarter, Strategy Analytics said on Wednesday. In comparison, smartphone volume over the same period rose by 86 percent in China, 24 percent in Japan, and 19 …

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• 26 June

  Nokia Lumia 1020 rumoured to be EOS’ official moniker

  

  Nokia’s enormous new super-camera phone will be called the Lumia 1020, according to well-connected Twitter-based leak artist @evleaks. Up until now referred to as the Lumia EOS — an internal codename, apparently — the thoroughly leaked mobile is set to be the Windows Phone version of last year’s 41-megapixel 808 PureView, which my colleague Rich Trenholm memorably described as “a …

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• 26 June

  British Airways lifts mobile phone ban, but only on landing

  

  Please remain in your seats while the seatbelt light is illuminated — but y’know what? Feel free to whip out your phone. British Airways is the first European airline to let you switch on your phone straight after touching down. BA has decided to allow you to switch on your phones, tablets and other electrical kit as soon as your …

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• 26 June

  Dish withdraws $6.3 billion offer for Clearwire

  

  Dish Network said on Thursday that it was withdrawing its offer for Clearwire, ensuring that Clearwire will be acquired by Sprint Nextel. Dish and Sprint were embroiled in a furious back and forth over the 4G wireless provider, but Sprint had taken control after raising its offer above Dish’s own offer for a second time last week, winning the backing …

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• 26 June

  Orange, TalkTalk and BT Vision are worst for complaints

  

  Virgin and O2 customers are some of the happiest around, while those of you on Orange, TalkTalk and BT Vision are tearing out your hair. That’s according to the latest complaints figures from telecoms watchdog Ofcom. Ofcom has totted up the number of recent complaints about the major telecoms services, Internet service providers, and pay-TV companies. Between January and March …

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• 26 June

  Frustrated with Verizon’s smartphone lineup? You’re not alone

  

  Verizon Wireless has built a loyal following by having a rock-solid network. But the carrier is not known for having the widest selection of cool devices. Getting Apple’s iPhone a couple of years ago helped ease the frustration. But Verizon’s slow adoption of one of the season’s hottest smartphones has some subscribers scratching their heads. In this Ask Maggie edition, …

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• 26 June

  Sprint to offer Windows Phone 8 devices with unlimited 4G LTE

  

  Looking for a smartphone with no data caps? Sprint has a couple of new candidates lined up. The HTC 8XT and Samsung Ativ S Neo, both Windows Phone 8 handsets, will be available sometime this summer through Sprint’s self-dubbed Truly Unlimited plan. Offered in select markets, the plan promises unlimited 4G LTE data use with no overage charges. The cost …

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• 26 June

  Google Play versions of Galaxy S4 and HTC One on sale

  

  For many users, the manufacturer skin (or overlay) UI on a phone is a useful bit of software, adding core functionality to the base Android operating system. The Google Play S4. (Credit: Josh Miller/CNET) For others, it’s akin to bloatware, getting the way of the raw Android experience that they desire. For the latter camp, there’s some great news: Google …

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• 26 June

  Verizon says first LTE

  

  Verizon Wireless will offer smartphones that run only on its 4G LTE network by the end of next year, according to the carrier’s network chief. A 4G-only device could potentially be cheaper and sleeker because it doesn’t need multiple cellular radios that current smartphones require. But that can’t happen until Verizon gets its voice service to run on the 4G …

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• 26 June

  AT&T turns on 7 new LTE markets, expands in six areas

  

  AT&T has expanded its LTE presence in the U.S. The company announced Wednesday that it has turned on seven new LTE markets in the U.S. The new markets include Grand Rapids, Minn., Hot Springs, Ark., and Mount Vernon, Ohio. In addition, AT&T has expanded LTE coverage in Atlanta, New York City, and Columbia, S.C., among other areas. With the new …

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