HTC’s planned turnaround is going to take a lot longer than expected. The struggling smartphone company posted a second-quarter profit of NT$7.4 billion, or US$247 million, nearly a 60 percent decline from its year-earlier profit of NT$17.5 billion, or US$584.3 million. Revenue for the Taiwanese company fell by more than a quarter to NT$91.04 billion, …
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3 August
Virgin Mobile adds Samsung Montage, Entro to PayLo lineup
Virgin Mobile and Samsung unveiled today two new wallet-friendly handsets for its PayLo portfolio. The Samsung Montage, the more advanced of the two, is a feature phone with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, a 2-megapixel camera, e-mail and Web access, and threaded text messaging. It also supports Bluetooth and up to 32GB of external storage. The aptly named Entro is a …
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3 August
Google Fiber gets a fast start in Kansas City
After just one week on the market, Google Fiber is taking off in Kansas City (in both Kansas and Missouri), where 46 of the designated neighborhoods — or “fiberhoods” — have qualified for the service, the company reports on its Google Fiber site. Google announced its fiber-to-the-home network last week, which offers speeds of up to one gigabit per second …
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3 August
Samsung Galaxy Tab range finally getting Ice Cream Sandwich
Samsung is finally bringing the delights of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich to its range of Galaxy Tabs, just in time for us to immediately start asking when they’re going to get the more recent version, Jelly Bean. The slates that will see the update include the Galaxy Tab 10.1, the Tab 7.7 and the Tab 8.9, Pocket-lint reports, with …
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3 August
MetroPCS TV service debuts on Samsung Galaxy S Lightray 4G
Nobody looking at the long antenna sprouting from MetroPCS’ new Samsung Galaxy S Lightray 4G would suggest that Samsung’s bringing sexy back, but for TV lovers, the throwback has a purpose. The prepaid carrier and Samsung teamed up to introduce the Dyle Mobile TV service, which delivers live, local broadcast TV over Metro’s 4G LTE network. The service is free …
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3 August
iCircle iPad case pairs protection with a pop
What’s flat, black, circular, and holds your iPad? No, not some weirdly molded LP record. The answer is Rolling Ave.’s iCircle, one of the more stylish and versatile iPad cases I’ve come across. (Quick note: The vendor’s Web site isn’t quite finished yet, so you may notice some placeholder text. But you can order the iCircle directly from Amazon if …
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3 August
Samsung invite suggests Galaxy Note 10.1 for August 15
Samsung has just confirmed one of my predictions for its now less-mysterious August 15 product launch in New York: the product in question is definitely a tablet. Related stories Samsung could launch Galaxy Note 10.1 Aug 15 Why the Galaxy Note 10.1 stylus works Why the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 makes sense CNET’s invitation to the unveiling depicts an outline …
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2 August
Motorola Razr V for Optus on 3 August
Motorola announced today that the mid-range Razr V will be available on the Optus network from 3 August. The Razr V from the front and the side. (Credit: Motorola) The handset isn’t part of the top-end spectrum of new smartphones in terms of price, with Optus offering the Razr V for AU$4 per month on an AU$35 plan. Like the …
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2 August
Broken mobile sparks man’s £35,000 phone shop rampage
A man who went absolutely ape in a phone shop after they wouldn’t give him a refund caused £20,000 worth of damage and a further £15,000 in lost earnings, a court has heard. Jason Codner became Internet-famous in June when he was filmed by a passerby as he calmly and deliberately smashed the Shinola out of a T-Mobile store in …
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2 August
RIM finally unveils 4G LTE tablet, with Aug. 9 launch
After a long wait, Research In Motion has unveiled its 4G LTE BlackBerry PlayBook. The device will be available to Canadian customers first and come with 32GB of storage. If LTE is not available, the tablet will “automatically adjust to connect on HSPA+,” RIM says. The tablet will be available to Bell, Rogers, and TELUS customers in Canada. The 4G …
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