New York City has plans to test a “pay-by-phone” parking meter smartphone application. The app will alert users when their meter is close to expiring and give them the opportunity to remotely top-up the meter. Initially, the trial will be rolled out to 300 parking spaces for a one-year pilot program. NYC transport officials argue […]
Speaking at an investor conference, Intel CEO Paul Otellini said that the first smartphones with Intel chips inside are on track to become available next year. “You’ll see the first Intel-based phones in the market in the first part of next year,” Otellini said. Intel has been unable to crack the smartphone market so far, […]
Jaguar’s flagship sedan, the 2012 XJ, will come with a smartphone dock that will show the phone’s screen on the car’s built-in navigation screen. Demonstrated at BlackBerry World in Orlando this week with a BlackBerry Torch, users will have the ability to control the phones with the car’s interface and not the phone’s. This includes […]
Sharp said Thursday that it was shifting some of the production at its second TV plant in Kameyama to smartphone and tablet displays. Both medium and small displays would be made side-by-side with TVs later this year. The development was coming along with a world-first use of new “oxide semiconductor material” for thin film […]
Gartner on Thursday release a report with a long-term prediction of its own for smartphone share that gave Android nearly half of the market. It expected Google to jump to 38.5 percent of the market this year to reach 48.8 percent in 2015, or 539.3 million phones. The company would be riding the back of […]
T-Mobile on Monday launched its new mobile broadband plans. The 200MB, 5GB and new 10GB data-only plans cost $49.99 and $84.99 respectively. Customers can still qualify for a new 20 percent discount for those who already have a T-Mobile phone plan. The two higher-end tiers remain “overage-free” and have caps only to guarantee the maximum […]
Android has take the lead over other smartphone platforms in the US, Nielsen reported today. Between November and January, Android broke a three-way deadlock and claimed 29 percent of the US smartphone market, just ahead of the iPhone and BlackBerry tied at 27 percent. All of Microsoft’s platforms combined were a distant third at 10 […]
Bill Cosby once posed the question: Why is there air? Wifi, that’s why. After taking the social-media plunge the fall of 2009, Cosby is now taking technology a step further with the launch of his mobile app. Cosby and Mobile Roadie are unveiling this cross platform mobile app for free, on the 4 largest smart […]
Sprint today said it was raising the prices of data on all smartphones by $10. The “Premium Data” fee it had previously charged only for 4G phones like the Evo 4G and Epic 4G will now count against 3G smartphones for anyone activating a phone after January 30. It raises the minimum cost of using […]
Cricket today announced the launch of the Cricket TXTM8 3G to its device line up. The TXTM8 3G multimedia handset is available starting tomorrow for a suggested MSRP of $99.99 in Cricketretail stores, select dealers and on www.mycricket.com. Presented in a black and silver color scheme with bronze number keys, the Cricket TXTM8 3G offers […]
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