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NVIDIA Icera 410 LTE modem approved for use on AT&T's 4G LTE network

4g Good news this morning for all of the NVIDIA fans out there, as the company has announced that its Icera 410 LTE multimode data modem chipset has been approved for operation on AT&T's 4G LTE network. The chipset is intended for use in tablets and...

Deutsche Telekom CEO says sale of T-Mobile is unlikely, but a merger is a possibility

News Last year, AT&T and Deutsche Telekom entered into an agreement that would see the Big Blue carrier acquire T-Mobile USA from DT for a cool $39 billion. AT&T eventually abandoned its plans after facing opposition from the government. Now Deutsche...

Best Buy to begin fulfilling HTC EVO 4G LTE pre-orders later this week, leaked document shows

Android Earlier this week, Sprint revealed that it'll begin delivering the HTC EVO 4G LTE to pre-order customers on or around May 24th, and now a leaked photo has shown that Best Buy shoppers may be getting a similar treatment. According to a shot sent to...

LS LS860 appears in leaked image with sliding QWERTY keyboard, Sprint 4G LTE

Android The unannounced Sprint phone leaks continue! Already this month we've learned of the existence of the SPH-L300 and the LS970, and now another new Now Network-bound device has surfaced. This time we're looking at the LG LS860, known by the internal...

LG VS930 pops up in Global Certification Forum listing on its way to Verizon

Android Remember the LG VS930? This mystery device first appeared on our radar thanks to a benchmark for it that listed the phone as being Verizon-bound, and now it's shown up once again. This time the VS930 has been spotted in a listing on the Global...

Jury rules that Google did not infringe upon Oracle patents

Android Today's a good day for the folks at Google, as a jury has ruled that the company did not infringe upon Oracle patents related to Java with Android. The suit from Oracle alleged that Google was guilty of eight counts of infringement on two patents...

AT&T working to refarm 2G spectrum in New York City for its 3G and 4G networks

3g Good news for AT&T customers located in New York City, as the carrier today confirmed that it's begun repurposing some of its 2G spectrum in NYC to be used for its 3G and 4G networks. AT&T says that the spectrum refarming will help its customers to...

Apple and Samsung unable to reach agreement in settlement talks

News This past Monday and Tuesday were the days that Apple CEO Tim Cook and Samsung CEO Choi Gee-sung were scheduled to meet for settlement talks in San Francisco. So what did the meetings accomplish? Not much, unsurprisingly. According to a Samsung...

UpdatedSamsung Galaxy Appeal joining AT&T's prepaid GoPhone lineup on June 5th

Android AT&T today took the wraps off of the Samsung Galaxy Appeal, an Android-powered GoPhone device that the carrier touts as its first prepaid side slider. Along with the landscape-sliding QWERTY keyboard, the Galaxy Appeal packs in a 3.2-inch 320x480...

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NVIDIA details Kai platform to aid in the creation of $199 Tegra 3 Android tablets

Android Sounds like the Amazon Kindle Fire may soon be getting some competition at the $199 price point. During a recent investor meeting, NVIDIA teased its plans for a project dubbed "Kai." Introduced by Rob Csonger, NVIDIA's VP of Investor Relations, the...

ASUS Transformer Pad TF300 bootloader unlock tool available for download

Android Hot on the heels of ASUS releasing a new update for the Transformer Pad TF300, the company today made available another piece of software that many owners of the TF300 will be interested in. ASUS has released an app to unlock the bootloader on the...

U.S. Cellular debuts curated app menu in Amazon Appstore for Android

Android U.S. Cellular has announced that it's launched a new customized application menu in the Amazon Appstore that will be available to its customers with Android-powered devices. The menu is curated by U.S. Cellular and will suggests apps to users that...

Purported taller iPod touch front panel shown in photo

Iphone Os The iOS device leaks continue this afternoon thanks to the appearance of some purported images of a part that may belong to a new iPod touch. The images, which were sent to MacRumors, show what looks similar to face of the existing iPod touch, save...

HTC posts Android 4.0 update timeline, expects to finish upgrades by August

Android Wondering when your HTC Android device is going to receive an update to Android 4.0? Then you'll be glad to hear that HTC has provided a timeline showing approximately when it expects each of its Ice Cream Sandwich-upgradable phones to be bumped up...

Sprint intros new 2GB and 6GB mobile hotspot add-ons, drops 5GB plan

Business And Money Heads up, Sprint customers. It's been revealed that Sprint has decided to cease offering its 5GB/$29.99 per month mobile hotspot add-on, replacing it with a pair of new offerings for smartphone and tablet customers to choose from. Sprint subscribers...

Verizon Jetpack 890L launching May 24th for $19.99

4g Verizon today announced the availability of the ZTE-made Jetpack 890L, which was first introduced back at CES. The 4G LTE mobile hotspot will be launching this Thursday, May 24th, for $19.99 with a $50 mail-in rebate and two-year contract. The...

UpdatedApple rumored to be testing new iPhone with 3.95-inch, 1136x640 display [UPDATED]

Iphone 5 The screen size of the new iPhone has been a hot topic as of late, with a couple of different rumors claiming that Apple will be bumping up the size of the handset's screen from the 3.5-inch measurement that it's used to date. Now 9to5 Mac has...

Google closes acquisition of Motorola Mobility

Android Last weekend we learned that China had finally given the green light to Google's proposed acquisition of Motorola Mobility and that, as a result, the deal was expected to close this week. That's exactly what has happened, as Google CEO Larry Page...

Virgin Mobile intros $40 unlimited talk and text offering for payLo plan lineup

Business And Money Virgin Mobile today took the wraps off of a new plan for its payLo service. The $40 Unlimited Talk and Text plan is exactly what it sounds like, packing in unlimited minutes and texting as well as 50MB of data for $40 per month. The new offering is...

T-Mobile CEO discusses shared data plans, Windows Phone sales and the iPhone

Business And Money Both AT&T and Verizon are prepping new shared data plans that'll allow several devices on an account to share one bucket of data, and last week Verizon made some waves when it revealed that existing unlimited data customers upgrading to a subsidized...