As we fully expected, the comments on our recent post about AT&T’s apparent decision to not push out the lastest bugfix version of Windows Phone, 8107, have expressed a good deal of unhappiness. However, one comment in particu…
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The Vergecast 023 – 03.23.2012
Two score and fifteen years ago, long before they were Vergecasters, the Vergecasters were taking a lunch meeting during nursery school in the coolest, most blinged-out crib in the whole nursery school. In between bouts of teethin…
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Cerebral palsy afflicted teen edited these inspiring videos with a single key
This is Christopher Hills. He’s an Apple fan. He also has cerebral palsy, and as you’ll see in the first video below, he can’t control his muscles easily. The incredible thing about Christopher, though, is despite that, he edited …
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AT&T to skip the latest Windows Phone 8107 update?
According to a “Community Manager” on AT&T’s official forums, the carrier is not planning on releasing the “Windows Phone 8107″ bugfix release, which solves an issue related to keyboard disappearances and also likely adds LTE …
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Low cost tablets to control 60% of the market by 2016
Since Apple introduced its iPad tablet more than two years ago, the market the market it revived has been approached by nearly every other PC and smartphone vendor. By market research firm ABI Research’s count, there are currently more than 220 tablet models available worldwide. While Apple’s iPad remains the market leader, ABI predicts that by 2016, 60% of the market will be occupied by sub-$400 tablets like the Kindle Fire and Google’s rumored Nexus Tab. “The majority of new entrant media tablet models have been in the sub-$400 segment that focuses on growth markets like India and China,” said Jeff Orr, group director of consumer research. “The strong wave of growth in this segment over the next few years
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Flight Track gets update for ICS, bugfixes
Flight Track — an indispensable app for those of us who go places to do things for a living — just got itself a sizable (if slightly cryptic) update. First, the changelog: Customizable time zones for flight times Added calendar-style date …
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Microsoft reissues ‘Smoked by Windows Phone’ smartphone challenge
Microsoft on Thursday announced a new round of challenges for its “Smoked By Windows Phone” contest series. If users with non-Windows Phone handsets can perform a variety of tasks faster than a Microsoft Windows Phone, they can win a limited edition Hunger Games PC (HP Folio 13 Special Edition) valued at $1,049.00. Even those who lose the challenge can still win, however, as Microsoft will be handing out unlocked Windows Phones to those willing to trade in their current smartphones. It should be noted, however, that this is a skill-based competition and has nothing to do with benchmarks. “The object of this Contest is for You to come into the Microsoft Store and try to beat the Microsoft Windows Phone in a
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MOG releases native application for Windows PCs
The rumors are flying that streaming music service MOG has been bought by HTC’s Beats Audio, but that isn’t stopping the company from rolling out new products: it just released a version of its native application for Windows compu…
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US Army debuts app marketplace prototype: iOS first, Android coming soon
The promise of an Army app store has been bandied about for quite a while now, but it looks like it’s slowly becoming a reality. The US Army has today officially announced a prototype of the Army Software Marketplace, a web-based app store that curre…
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Sharp and LG to increase iPad panel shipments in Q2
After reportedly failing to meet Apple’s quality requirements, Sharp and LG Display have now apparently begun shipping a small volume of displays for the new iPad, DigiTimes reported on Friday. “The supply of panels for the new iPad has im…
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