August, 2011

• 1 August

  EA CEO claims iPad is fastest growing platform

  

  Apple In yet another victory for Apple in the mobile arena, Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitello claims that Apple’s iPad is the fastest growing platform for EA development. The report from gaming industry Web site IndustryGamers interviews Riccitello concerning the role of consoles in today’s gaming climate. Riccitello holds that while the standard operating procedure …

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• 1 August

  LG Remote Call app puts LG staff in control of your phone to fix it

  

  Phone playing up? Can’t work out what’s wrong with the blessed thing? Before you hurl it against a wall — stop! A new LG service lets LG staff fix your phone by reaching into it with their minds. Well, with their computers actually. When you contact LG customer services with a problem, they’ll connect to your phone over 3G or …

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• 1 August

  iPhone 5 could launch in October, not September, tension now unbearable

  

  The next iPhone will be launching in October, AllThingsD is reporting, and not September, as just about everyone on the planet previously thought. One recent tidbit hinting at a September release for the iPhone 5 was a Gizmodo report that employees of AT&T (a major American network) had been denied holiday requests for the last two weeks of September, “due …

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• 1 August

  Kyocera Echo gets Android 2.3 Gingerbread update

  

  The dual-screen Kyocera Echo has become the latest Android smartphone to receive Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread. The update includes many of the standard Gingerbread features, along with pinch-to-zoom support, a Swype 3.0 virtual keyboard, and an improved downloads application. Kyocera also is including a new Eco mode that’s specifically designed for the Echo, which gives users the ability to better manage …

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• 1 August

  Square handling $4 million daily in mobile payments

  

  PayPal mobile payment rival Square has said that it now processes approximately $4 million daily in mobile payments, $1 million more than Square advertised it handled at the end of May. Square has clearly sailed beyond any shadows cast by the nasty volley begun by CEO of competitor VeriFone, Doug Bergeron, and answered by Square’s CEO and co-founder, Jack Dorsey that called …

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• 1 August

  HTC takes Apple patent battle to U.K.

  

  HTC has filed another lawsuit against Apple in the U.K., further escalating the patent battle between the two smartphone manufacturers. HTC phones such as the Status are caught up in a major patent battle with Apple. Josh Miller Bloomberg reported today that the suit was filed on Friday in London. The suit comes two weeks after HTC suffered a blow …

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• 1 August

  Verizon, American Express partner on mobile payments

  

  Verizon Wireless and American Express said today that they’re partnering to let customers order goods through their phone by typing in their phone number. During the coming months, Verizon will start integrating American Express’ Serve, a digital payment and commerce platform, into its phones and tablets. Unlike other initiatives, designed to let consumers pay by tapping their phone to a …

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• 1 August

  Nokia 500 is new Symbian phone, Windows Phone still 500 miles away

  

  When we wake up, yeah we know we’re gonna be, we’re gonna be the phone fans who wake up next to the new Nokia 500 — but before you walk 500 miles and then 500 more, we need to proclaim this isn’t the hotly anticipated Nokia Windows Phone. No, the 500 is an entry-level touchscreen smart phone running Nokia’s much-maligned …

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• 1 August

  Crux360 keyboard case for iPad pulls triple duty

  

  Can an iPad really take the place of a laptop? For most people it depends on the kind of work they need to do, but one thing is certain: a physical keyboard would definitely help. The CruxCase Crux360 helps your iPad do its best laptop impression. It’s a case and Bluetooth QWERTY keyboard rolled into one, with a cleverly designed …

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• 1 August

  Spectrum auctions not in debt ceiling agreement

  

  The proposed debt ceiling bill that Congress is expected to pass in the next day or so will not give the Federal Communications Commission authority to auction additional wireless spectrum. But that doesn’t mean that wireless incentive auctions are dead. Wireless experts in Washington, D.C. say Congress could tack on the authorization for the FCC to conduct spectrum auctions to …

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