AT&T today said Windows Phone 8.1 is now available to the Nokia Lumia 925 and Lumia 520. The update, which can be downloaded and installed over the air, adds Cortana, Action Center, and more Start screen flexibility, among many other enhancements.
Verizon Wireless today posted a brief response to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler regarding the company’s plan to throttle the speeds of unlimited LTE customers. “What we announced last week was a highly targeted and very limited network optimization effort,” said Verizon, “only targeting cell sites experiencing high demand. The purpose is to ensure there is […]
BlackBerry and Microsoft today announced the immediate availability of BBM for the Windows Phone platform. BBM is being offered as a beta, but it includes many of the features available to the Android and iOS versions of the app. BBM for Windows Phone supports regular chats and group chats; makes it easy to find and […]
Samsung this week updated its Milk music service, which gives Galaxy device owners the ability to stream music to their handset. The update introduces Milk Premium for $4 per month. The premium service adds unlimited song skips, device-side caching for offline playback, turning on/off DJ commentary, and app pausing with the Sleep Timer. The update […]
Verizon Wireless added another phone to their stable to with the LG G Vista, an inexpensive Android smartphone that offers a big-screen experience. The G Vista has a 5.7-inch display with qHD (960 x 540) resolution. It is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 3. The design of the phone strongly resembles that of the LG […]
Verizon Wireless today added the Kyocera Brigadier to its lineup. The Brigadier has the distinction of being one of the first phones to ship in the U.S. with a Sapphire display. Sapphire is more resistant than glass to breakage and scratching. The 4.5-inch HD display works with gloves, and offers wet finger tracking so it […]
Nokia Networks today announced that it has agreed to purchase select portions of Panasonic’s wireless business. Specifically, the company will buy Panasonic’s mobile phone wireless base station and related wireless equipment system businesses. As part of the deal, Panasonic will transfer fixed assets, employees, and business contracts to Nokia in Japan. Nokia called Japan a […]
Iliad, a telecom business based in France, has made an unsolicited offer to purchase T-Mobile U.S. The company submitted the offer to T-Mobile’s board within the last week. It is offering $15 billion in cash for a controlling 56.6% stake in the company. Iliad’s role in the French mobile market is similar to T-Mobile’s in […]
Maingear launched on Wednesday what appears to be a clone of Gigabyte’s red Brix gaming mini-PC. Maingear calls this little PC “Spark,” and it should spark an interest in PC gamers looking for a lot of power in a small form factor. And yes, the pun was intended. “With a tiny footprint measuring 4.5″ wide, […]
The new SteelSeries Siberia Elite World of Warcraft Edition Headset is a rethinking of our original Siberia Elite with a bunch of updated features such as a new mic, boosted speaker drivers, and increased comfort claim by SteelSeries for marathon raiding sessions. The Style SteelSeries added WoW branding on the top of the headband, on the […]
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