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Not long after Samsung’s SGH-i667 “Mandel” looked like it would never see the light of day , the Windows Phone 7.5 device made its official debut at CTIA , dubbed as the Focus 2. As expected, the phone is officially on sale today at AT&T retailers across the US, giving folks another option aside from the flagship Lumia 900 for a fix of LTE and Mango on the network.
It’s tough being the new kid in town — ask Voyager Mobile, an up and coming MVNO that had its launch delayed by a “malicious network attack” last week. The tenacious firm may have missed its planned May 15th launch , but managed to pull things together in time for the weekend, piggybacking unlimited talk, text and data off of Sprint’s CDMA and WiMAX network for $40 a month.
An attack on his Web site pushed things out a few days, but John Mardini says Voyager Mobile is now ready to take orders for cut-rate cellphone service. Mardini, a 22-year-old entrepreneur and New York University student, is reselling devices and services from Sprint .
The at times very heated legal battle between Apple and Samsung might be softening just a bit ahead of truce talks on May 21st. Samsung’s mobile head JK Shin just left Seoul for the mediated discussions saying there were still “several negotiation options” on tap, including the possibility of cross-licensing patents.
The S Voice app from the Galaxy SIII is available for any rooted device running Ice Cream Sandwich to try at this time, thanks to a leaked full ROM from yesterday. For those not familiar, this is Samsung’s attempt to put a Siri-like voice-actions system on their newest flagship device.
It’s no secret that when it comes to smartphones, Samsung sees only one company as its competitor – Apple. It believes, rightly so, that it has the most popular presence on Android so rather than fight against other Android manufacturers it has its eyes set solely on the iPhone.
We’re not quite sure where Samsung is placing the S Voice feature on the Galaxy S III’s prioritized capability list but our guess is that it’s right there at the top. For those of you who don’t know, S Voice is Samsung’s answer to Apple’s Siri, a voice-enabled personal assistant that can do a lot of stuff on the Samsung Galaxy S III, and now not only.
Not all mobile news is destined for the front page, but if you’re like us and really want to know what’s going on, then you’ve come to the right place. This past week, Verizon Wireless brought its LTE service to 28 new markets and expanded its reach in 11 additional areas.
Google has finally received approval from China to complete its purchase of Motorola Mobility, Google said Saturday. That paves the way for Google to integrate Motorola, though it remains to be seen exactly how it wants to use the phone maker.