January, 2012

• 3 January

  Asus announces Transformer Prime ICS date, addresses GPS and bootloader issues

  

  When Asus unveiled its Honeycomb-powered Transformer Prime tablet last November, it stated that Ice Cream Sandwich would be on the tablet by year’s end. As owners of the tablet can tell you, that didn’t pan out. However, according to its Facebook page, the company will begin pushing the update to Prime owners worldwide, starting January …

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• 3 January

  There’s still a lot to like about RIM. Seriously

  

  commentary OK, so I’ve been as hard as anyone on Research In Motion. But it’s not all bad. Sure, the company is burdened with a bloated management structure, leaders who in recent months just can’t do anything right, and a trajectory that only seems to be headed further south. It’s in the doghouse with investors after losing more than three …

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• 3 January

  Samsung Galaxy S3 here February with 3D, 720p screen

  

  We loved the Samsung Galaxy S2. A gorgeous screen, super-fast processor and awesome camera made it a great competitor to the iPhone. So news that its follow-up is on the way has us giddy with excitement. Samsung will announce the S3 at Mobile World Congress in February, BGR reports. As well as some pretty awesome specs — including a 720p …

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• 3 January

  LightSquared taps new merger

  

  LightSquared today appointed Marc Montagner, a veteran of major telecommunications deals, to the role of chief financial officer. Montagner’s appointment may signal LightSquared’s willingness to strike a deal or partnership. One of Montagner’s prior roles was the head of merger-and-acquisition activities for Sprint, helping to usher in the $70 billion merger with Nextel back in 2005. He was also co-head …

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• 3 January

  Nearly 4m Android devices activated over Christmas weekend

  

  If you unwrapped an Android device on Christmas day, you weren’t alone. On the contrary, you were in very good company indeed, because 3.7 million Android devices were activated on Christmas eve and Christmas day combined. Presumably those on Christmas eve were people giving themselves a little early Christmas present. And why not? Google’s senior vice president of mobile Andy …

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• 3 January

  SwingHolder stand holds your iPad so you don’t have to

  

  The SwingHolder is an iPad stand designed to keep your tablet at eye level, whether you’re lying in bed, sitting on the couch, cooking in the kitchen, or even standing on a stage. The applications here are fairly endless. You could position your iPad in front of a treadmill or elliptical exerciser, making it easy to watch TV shows or …

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• 3 January

  OnLive now supports Sony Ericsson Xperia Play’s controls

  

  Looks like OnLive is wishing all Xperia Play owners a very merry Christmas — it’s just updated its Android app to cater for the handset’s slide-out controls. So that means you can get all your OnLive games on your phone, and actually use the physical controls. Which is good news, seeing as that’s the main selling point of the handset. …

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• 3 January

  Samsung still top mobile seller in the US

  

  Samsung is still top of the mobile tree, according to recent stats from comScore, Pocketnow reports. In the three months ending November 2011, the Korean company was up 0.3 per cent to account for 25.6 per cent of mobile customers in the US. So how’s everyone else doing? Well LG, Motorola and RIM all slipped slightly, while Apple had the …

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• 3 January

  Samsung Galaxy S may get ICS after all

  

  In journalese, this is known as a reverse ferret. Just before Christmas we brought you news Samsung was updating its line of Galaxy devices to Android Ice Cream Sandwich next year, with the S and Ace being notable omissions. Now comes word it’ll do everything it can to bolt ICS onto the S, Pocketnow reports. We contacted Samsung for comment …

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• 3 January

  Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus boosts power, sticks on Android 2.3

  

  Samsung’s got yet another mobile to add to its Galaxy stable in the Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus, a follow-up to the budget-friendly Galaxy Ace that came out in 2011, if you can remember that far back. The inventively named Ace Plus ditches the iPhone 4-style design, instead opting for a curved back and silver surround that looks much like the …

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