March, 2012

• 13 March

  Should I buy iPhone 4S now or wait for iPhone 5?

  

  It’s that time of year again, when anxious smartphone shoppers flood my inbox with questions about whether they should buy the current iPhone now or wait for the new version. And with good reason. No one wants to be the dupe who buys the older version of a product a week before the latest model …

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• 13 March

  Here’s why apps won’t be ready for the new iPad

  

  Last week Apple showed off the new iPad’s higher-resolution display and showcased a series of new apps that take advantage of those added pixels. If you have an iPad, I’m sure you’re relishing the chance to see the new display in action, but before you get too excited, don’t expect to get the full experience on day one. I hate …

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• 13 March

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  Rolling out an LTE network may be T-Mobile’s longer-term goal, but in the near term, it still has customers cruising on its HSPA+ 4G network to satisfy. Starting today, denizens of Abilene, Amarillo, Odessa, and Victoria, Texas; Bakersfield, Calif.; Eau Claire, Wis.; and Joplin and St. Joseph, Mo., are the newest recipients of T-Mobile’s faster network. The fastest speeds, known …

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• 13 March

  Best 4G smartphones right now (roundup)

  

  It’s a crazy 4G world we’re living in. That’s mostly because the commonly accepted definition of “4G” straddles three technologies: HSPA+ (T-Mobile and most of AT&T’s offerings), 4G LTE (Verizon and some AT&T phones), and WiMax (Sprint, for now). It tends to get a little confusing, especially when parsing out which LTE phones are worth your while for your carrier, …

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• 13 March

  Sprint’s Dan Hesse just got a warning notice from his board

  

  Sprint Nextel CEO Dan Hesse should probably think about doing some networking on LinkedIn. Today’s Wall Street Journal has a rare, insider-rich piece targeting Hesse. A betting man would say his own board of directors had a lot to do with the story. No, no one on the board is quoted directly. But the picture the WSJ paints is certainly …

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• 13 March

  Galaxy Note coming to Optus, Vodafone, Telstra

  

  No less than six months after its first global announcement, Samsung launched the Galaxy Note Android smartphone in Australia last night, sharing that the handset will be ranged by Optus, Vodafone and Telstra, and will also be available for an outright purchase price of AU$899. (Credit: Samsung) Optus and Vodafone customers can purchase Samsung’s Galaxy Note as part of a …

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• 13 March

  AT&T offers iPhone user a settlement in throttling case

  

  AT&T has offered a settlement to the iPhone user who took the wireless giant to small claims court over its throttling practices for unlimited data users. Last week AT&T sent a letter to Matthew Spaccarelli, a 39 year-old truck driver from Simi Valley, Calif., who sued AT&T and won his small claims case against the company last month. In the …

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• 13 March

  Sony Xperia Sola shines without even touching the screen

  

  Time for a ray of sunshine from Sony. The Sony Xperia Sola is a new Android smart phone with clever NFC tags — and you don’t even need to touch it. The Sola is the first phone to show off a new Sony feature called floating touch. Floating touch lets you surf the web without touching the screen — simply …

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• 13 March

  Sony Xperia Sola follows fingers, performs NFC tricks

  

  Sony’s new Xperia NXT series of Android smartphones are distinctively styled but haven’t exactly bowled me over with cutting-edge components or software. The latest handset to join the company’s offerings also lacks quad-core processing and Android Ice Cream Sandwich but does promise a few wild mobile skills not found on other devices. The Sony Xperia Sola, just announced today, may …

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• 13 March

  HTC Velocity 4G updated to Ice Cream Sandwich

  

  Telstra today has begun pushing an update to owners of the HTC Velocity 4G, upgrading the firmware on the device to Android’s Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) operating system. (Credit: CBSi) The update also refreshes the version of HTC Sense user interface (UI) installed on the handset, from 3.5 to 3.6, and brings a number of changes to the layout of …

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