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Archive for June, 2010

Smartphone Costs Compared

Posted by Sam Churchill on June 24th, 2010

The iPhone 4, Droid Incredible, Evo 4G, and Nexus One are compared in this chart by Bill Shrink. It compares the costs over a two year contract. AT&T’s new $15/month plan maxes out at 200MB, with their new “unlimited” $25 plan now capped at 2GB — with $10 per 1GB in overage fees. The video [...]

Twit.tv: FaceTime Works

Posted by Sam Churchill on June 24th, 2010

The new Apple iPhone 4 goes on sale today in the U.S., U.K., France, Germany, and Japan. But don’t plan on picking one up unless you’ve pre-ordered it. The iPhone 4 is powered by the Apple A4 chip, composed of a Cortex-A8 central processing unit and a PowerVR SGX 535 graphics processor, the same as [...]

Droid X Launches, Froyo Unleased

Posted by Sam Churchill on June 23rd, 2010

Today, Verizon and Motorola announced the newest device powered by Android, the DROID X. The keyboard-less smartphone will be available beginning July 15 for $199.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate with a new two-year contract. Features of the new phone include a 4.3″ screen, 1.0 Ghz OMAP processor, Wi-Fi hotspot capability, HDMI output, 8-megapixel camera [...]

Two WiMAX Operators Call It Quits

Posted by Sam Churchill on June 23rd, 2010

It’s been a bad week for WiMAX — especially in the 3.5 GHz band. First, Freedom4, one of the two UK WiMAX operators, sold its licensed spectrum and assets to competitor UK Broadband for 12.5 million pounds ($18.40 million) in a cash deal. Secondly, Dutch WiMAX operator, Worldmax, has decided to terminate its WiMAX service [...]

Google Voice: Out of Beta

Posted by Sam Churchill on June 23rd, 2010

A little over a year ago, Google released an early preview of Google Voice, their free, web-based platform for managing communications. Google Voice attracted more than a million subscribers while it was still in invite-only private mode. Google Voice features one number to ring all your phones, voicemail that works like email, free calls and [...]

One Fifth of Android Apps Insecure?

Posted by Sam Churchill on June 23rd, 2010

About 20 percent of the 48,000 apps in the Android marketplace allow a third-party application access to sensitive or private information, according to a report released on Tuesday. UPDATE: CNET has retracted its article on Android app privacy threat. The credibility of SMobile Systems has been questioned. Security firm SMobile Systems, in its Android market [...]