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Archive for December, 2011

LG Android 4 Upgrade Schedule

Posted by Sam Churchill on December 27th, 2011

LG has announced its Ice Cream Sandwich software upgrade schedule for existing LG Android smartphones. The news on LG’s Facebook page shows that Optimus phones like the Optimus LTE and Optimus Black (known in the US as AT&T’s Nitro HD and Sprint’s LG Marquee, respectively) will begin in the second quarter of the year for [...]

GoPro Camera Adds Wi-Fi Control

Posted by Sam Churchill on December 23rd, 2011

GoPro, the rugged camera that can be mounted on a helmet, has announced the WiFi BacPac for the Gopro HD Hero2 line of helmet cameras and Gopro Wi-Fi Remote with Wi-Fi control of the camera. The Wi-Fi BacPac mounts to the back of the HD HERO2 camera to enable long range video remote control via [...]

Samsung: No ICE Upgrade?

Posted by Sam Churchill on December 23rd, 2011

Samsung reportedly will not offer an Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0) upgrade for their popular Galaxy S smartphone that sold 10 million units last year or the 7-inch Galaxy Tab tablet. Apparently the company claims the devices lack sufficient RAM and ROM to run the new OS alongside Samsung’s own TouchWiz software. But the Galaxy [...]

India: TD-LTE Next Year?

Posted by Sam Churchill on December 23rd, 2011

India’s top mobile firm, Bharti Airtel, No. 2 Reliance Communications, Vodafone, Tata Teleservices, and Idea Cellular spent a combined $23 billion for licenses in recent 3G and 4G spectrum auctions (auction results) in the world’s fastest-growing cellular market. Most are working aggressively to launch TD-LTE systems in India in 2012, says The Hindu Business Line. [...]

AT&T Competitors: No 700MHz Roaming

Posted by Sam Churchill on December 22nd, 2011

With AT&T’s defeat of the T-Mobile merger, competitors have turned their attention to AT&T’s planned acquisition of Qualcomm’s MediaFlo spectrum, previously used for mobile television, in Block “D” of the 700 MHz band. AT&T wants to buy MediaFLO spectrum for $1.93 billion. It may also have it’s eyes on the adjoining 700 MHz spectrum in [...]

FCC May Allow More Media Consolidation

Posted by Sam Churchill on December 22nd, 2011

The FCC today agreed to propose easing limits on one owner holding a television station and newspaper in the same city, reports Bloomberg. The FCC will take comments and no date has been set for a vote, according to an FCC official familiar with the situation. “The consolidation of media assets in the same market [...]