April, 2011

• 4 April

  Enraged by roaming rip

  

  If you’ve ever gone on holiday — whether on purpose or by mistake — and used your smart phone, you might well have had a nasty shock in your phone bill when you got home. If so, you’re not the only one. Charging a king’s ransom for data when you’re abroad seems to be standard …

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• 4 April

  Boost Mobile set to unveil Galaxy Prevail April

  

  Boost Mobile is holding a press event tomorrow in New York City where the prepaid carrier should unveil, among other things, a new Android handset. Rumors had been gathering steam over the last few days that Boost will announce a no-contract Galaxy phone, dubbed the Prevail. Engadget obtained a PDF document that outlines Boost Mobile’s plans for the near future. …

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• 4 April

  Court tosses Verizon, MetroPCS suits against FCC

  

  The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has thrown out Verizon and MetroPCS’ suits challenging the Federal Communications Commission’s new Net neutrality rules. The appeals court said in its order today that the suits filed in January by Verizon Communications and MetroPCS were premature. Specifically, the court said that Verizon and MetroPCS needed to wait until the …

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• 4 April

  Apple shows off iOS Spaces for iPad in patent filing

  

  Patently Apple A recent patent application, found by Patently Apple, shows Apple’s concept for using Spaces on future installments of iOS on the iPad. Anyone following the rumor mill and development patterns surrounding Apple’s iOS platform may not be entirely surprised by this patent, though its emergence may signal an arrival soon. According to the patent, “In some embodiments, the …

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• 4 April

  Will AT&T be the next carrier to offer the Nexus S?

  

  A variant of the Nexus S optimized for AT&T’s network has appeared on Samsung’s Web site. Listed with a model number of GT-I9020A, the handset is strikingly similar to the Samsung I9020T currently supported by T-Mobile. The Web site specifically mentions AT&T and references the carrier’s UMTS 850/1900 network bands, but with no announcement from Google or AT&T, this remains …

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• 4 April

  iPad graphic novel teaches kids self

  

  I had a hard time in middle school. Other kids picked on me, girls ignored me, and many of the friends I’d had in elementary school abandoned me. Perhaps reading “Be Confident in Who You Are: A Middle School Confidential Graphic Novel” would have helped–if only it had been available back then. Based on the actual graphic novel of the …

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• 4 April

  Pandora gets subpoena in grand jury app probe

  

  Online music provider Pandora Media disclosed in a filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission today that it has received a subpoena related to a federal grand jury investigation about sharing customer information in its smartphone app. The company, which filed for an initial public offering with the SEC earlier this year, added the latest tidbit of information regarding the …

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• 4 April

  Apptitude shows you the best iPhone apps with a little help from your friends

  

  The new Apptitude app for the iPhone wants to help you sort the wheat from the chaff when it comes to finding other apps. That’s good news — there are more than 350,000 apps now available for the iPhone and iPod touch in the App Store, so finding the best new ones is a challenge. That’s particularly true at the moment, when every other new app seems …

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• 4 April

  Google Maps for Android adds new location, check

  

  Google has tweaked Google Maps for Android once again. Starting today, smartphones running Android 1.6 and up will see new location history and check-in features in Google Maps 5.3. The first addition is for maps users who have enabled Google Latitude on their profile. If you choose to, you’ll now be able to view stats and graphs of your location …

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• 4 April

  Japan’s SoftBank hands out free iPhones for orphans after tragedy

  

  GadgetsDNA In yet another example of amazing human spirit and goodwill after the tragic events in Japan a couple weeks ago, one of the country’s largest telecommunications and media corporations, SoftBank, will give orphans from the earthquake and tsunami free iPhones. According to GadgetsDNA, an iPhone and iPad-centric blog site, SoftBank will also cover all the communications fees until the …

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