In March Sony promised to deliver the official Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update for the Tablet S and Tablet P sometime in April . While the Tablet S received its ICS treat as scheduled the Tablet P missed the mark but now Sony has rescheduled the roll-out process and, according to their calendar, it should be landing on May 24.
HTC’s Customs Woes Affecting Additional Androids?
May 19, 2012 Updated at 12:08 am
As if the recent news regarding Motorola’s struggles with the enforcement of software patents wasn’t upsetting enough, there’s now some further info concerning HTC and its own problems with import bans, and it doesn’t sound good. Earlier this week, we learned that the One X and EVO 4G LTE were having their State-side arrival held up by the enforcement of rulings concerning software features of the handsets.
Our Favorite Apps This Week: May 14-18, 2012
May 18, 2012 Updated at 11:47 pm
What makes a smartphone “smart”? The apps of course! Every week we will feature some of the best newest or updated apps for the three big names in the mobile industry; iPhone, Windows Phone, and Android.
Motorola Import Injunction Is The Latest Ridiculous Consequence Of Software Patents
May 18, 2012 Updated at 11:03 pm
Verizon About to Turn the Rezound, DROID 4 and RAZR Into Global Devices?
May 18, 2012 Updated at 8:05 pm
Back at CES, Verizon told us that select 4G LTE devices like the LG Spectrum and DROID 4 would eventually become “global” phones thanks to international radios embedded deep inside. According to our sources, there may be more than just those two devices and the change to make them global could be happening very soon.
Hookt Messenger for BlackBerry Updated to Version 1.6
May 18, 2012 Updated at 5:05 pm
Hookt Messenger (created by airG) is a free, easy to use, cross-platform social messaging app. You can chat with anyone, anywhere in the world, on any smartphone or computer (BlackBerry, iPhone, Android, tablets, computers, pretty much anything that has an internet connection).
Microsoft: Windows Phone legacy users update, or else
May 18, 2012 Updated at 4:45 pm
In an update that comes down from the top, straight from Microsoft’s Windows Phone officials that is, users will have to move to the Mango update for the mobile OS or get cut off entirely from the app Marketplace. This move is specifically for the smartphone-based software while large apps and games will still be able to be downloaded using Zune software as noted by Windows Phone’s Mazar Mohammed.
Motorola, RIM offer Apple compromise in nano-SIM design spat
May 18, 2012 Updated at 4:09 pm
A back room battle has been raging in recent months over the future of something very small: the nano-SIM, a smaller SIM card design that would allow phone makers to fit more hardware in their increasingly thin devices. For the vast majority of smartphone users, the shape of their phone’s SIM cards is not something of any real, pressing importance.
How Samsung Is Trying To Inflate Its Smartphone Pre-Order Numbers (AAPL)
May 18, 2012 Updated at 2:02 pm
Samsung let it leak to a Korean newspaper that it already has 9 million pre-orders for its next flagship phone, the Galaxy S III , Reuters reports . Don’t get excited, Android fans.
Distro Issue 41: a visit to the Lowcountry’s Twelve South, TiVo Premiere XL4 and HTC EVO 4G LTE
May 18, 2012 Updated at 1:15 pm
It’s the most wonderful time of the week once again, pals. Like most seven-day periods, this one comes to a close with the latest issue of our e-magazine for your gadget reading pleasure.