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Motorola, Woot warn that some refurbished XOOM tablets contain old user data
February 3rd, 2012 
Kevin Krause Motorola and Woot are warning that some refurbished XOOM tablets were not completely wiped of older user data before being sold through the daily deal website. Don’t worry, it’s not as scary as it sounds. Motorola is estimating that only about 100 out of 6,200 WiFi-only XOOM tablets sold between October and December of 2011 [...]
Is Google ready to test their Android powered wearable glasses?
February 3rd, 2012 Dustin Earley 
Back in mid-December, some information about what Google was working on at their top secret Google X lab made its way online that left us wanting more. According to 9to5 Google, Google has been working on some Android powered smart glasses that would feature a heads up display for relaying information from the cloud. [...]
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No Comments »Best Buy opening Samsung Galaxy Note pre-orders with free Flip Cover Case offer
February 3rd, 2012 Chris Parsons If you're looking to be the cool kid on the block by being one of the first to get a Samsung Glaxy Note from AT&T in your hands, Best Buy is where you'll want to sign up. They've opened up pre-orders for the device and to sweeten the d…
U.S. Government Chooses Android For Its Openness, Can Update Phones in 2 Weeks
February 3rd, 2012 Kellex The U.S. government has been testing Android phones for a couple of years now, but they expect to deliver them to soliders in 2012 according to a report from CNN. Up until this point, government officials and military personnel were not allowed to u…
Motorola beats Apple in court; iPhones and iPads banned temporarily in Germany
February 3rd, 2012 Edgar Cervantes 
We have something special for your daily flurry of lawsuit news. We usually see Cupertino Giant messing with all the little boys in the playground. Today, Motorola has taken a big swing at Apple, winning a permanent injunction in Germany. This forced Apple to pull most of its devices from its online store (you [...]
Posted in News Tags: Apple, Germany, iCloud, Mobile Me, motorola, permanent injunction No Comments »Motorola gets patent ruling against Apple’s email services in Germany
February 3rd, 2012 Matt Macari The Mannheim Regional Court in Germany issued an injunction this morning against Apple, ruling that certain Apple email services infringed Motorola patent no. EP0847654. The ban is apparently focused on push email features availab…
US military ready to deploy secure Android smartphones
February 3rd, 2012 Kevin Krause The US government is ready to start handing out Android smartphones to high-ranking officials and soldiers stationed throughout the world, according to new reports. We’ve heard plenty of chatter over the past year or so about the government’s interest in deploying devices running Google’s mobile OS for military use, and, the powers that be have [...]
US Soldiers will get Android devices updated much, much faster than yours
February 3rd, 2012 Edgar Cervantes 
It is no secret that the government has been looking into secure modern mobile technology. From soldiers to the president, the government needs devices that will be able to keep all of their information private. Well, it seems like Android is the chosen one, and the government will start using smartphones like yours and [...]
Posted in News Tags: Android, android vs. ios, military, National Security Agency, NSA No Comments »Apple and Samsung to grab 90% of 2012 mobile profits
February 3rd, 2012 Phone Arena It seems we may need to reframe the argument of iOS vs Android to be simply Apple vs Samsung, because after the huge numbers the two companies put together in 2011, analysts think that 2012 will be even bigger…
