Sprint was clearly hungry for capacity when it bought spectrum from US Cellular last fall, and it’s at last getting its fill — some of it, at least — by closing the deal today. The carrier has officially taken possession of 20MHz in airwaves acr…
Soundhalo beta for Android lets us buy concert videos before the show is over
The urge to record video at a concert can be distracting for fans and musicians alike — enough so that some bands now forbid it altogether. Soundhalo’s new media service and Android beta might just keep both sides happy, as long as they’ve got th…
Soundhalo beta for Android lets us buy concert videos before the show is over
The urge to record video at a concert can be distracting for fans and musicians alike — enough so that some bands now forbid it altogether. Soundhalo’s new media service and Android beta might just keep both sides happy, as long as they’ve got th…
Corning intros Lotus XT Glass for next-gen mobile displays, touts more efficient production (video)
Corning’s Lotus Glass promised a world full of thinner, more advanced mobile displays when it was unveiled in 2011, but it hasn’t always been easy to build with the volumes or features that customers want. Enter the company’s new Lotus XT Glass as…
Panasonic P51 breaks into the Indian phone market with a 5-inch screen and stylus (updated)
Although Panasonic’s cellphones have traveled far from Japan, the company has left the hot Indian market relatively untapped — until today, that is. The company is staking its first proper claim in the country with the launch of the P51. The Andr…
Samsung estimated to make 95 percent of Android device profits
Yes, we all know that Android has the prevailing device market share right now, but which companies in that group are actually making money? According to Strategy Analytics’ estimates for Q1, it’s Samsung… and virtually no one else. With $5.1 bi…
Panasonic Eluga P P-03E takes on Samsung with its own air gestures (video)
Don’t think that the Galaxy S 4 has a lock on the concept of touch-free input. Panasonic has bolstered NTT DoCoMo’s summer lineup with the Eluga P P-03E, a 4.7-inch Android phone whose one-handed interface can involve even less finger contact than…
Android to get built-in Bluetooth Smart Ready support this year
As powerful as Android can be, Bluetooth is one of its glaring weaknesses: the absence of a default Bluetooth framework has led to inconsistent implementations from both device builders and app developers. Google is at last covering that gaping ho…
Google+ Hangouts app hands-on
Google’s new, unified Hangouts platform focuses heavily on its mobile apps, which give Android and iOS users a common platform for text and video chats. In theory, they’re the cure for the consistency problems Google’s messaging systems have faced…
NTT DoCoMo details its 150Mbps LTE rollout, plans to double base stations
To this day, relatively few wireless carriers offer LTE at its loftiest 150Mbps speeds. We’ll soon get to count NTT DoCoMo among those ranks, however. Alongside the launch of its summer phone lineup, the Japanese network has firmed up some details…
