Posts Tagged ‘ wireless ’

CTIA, the Wireless Association, typically holds two conferences focused on mobility each year. CTIA 2013, geared for technology and consumer electronics, is scheduled to take place on May 21st in Las Vegas while MobileCON, centered around IT solutions, is set for October 9th in San Diego. Well, next year, the association will consolidate its...
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Remember Samsung’s sexually suggestive “Work Trip” commercial for the Galaxy S III Android smartphone? You know, the one where a husband is leaving for a business trip and his wife surprises him with a last-second NFC sharing of what’s hinted to be a homemade sex-tape as she warns him not to watch it on...
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Samsung’s latest TV advertisement for its popular Galaxy S III Android smartphone puts an interesting spin on NFC-sharing. In the spot, titled “Work Trip,” a husband/father is saying goodbye to his family outside their home prior to heading to the airport in a cab. His two kids excitedly exclaim, “Daddy, we made you a...
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AT&T flipped its 4G LTE switch in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Wilmington, Delaware today. “We continue to see demand for mobile Internet skyrocket, and our 4G LTE network in Philadelphia and Wilmington responds to what customers want from their mobile experience — more, faster, on the best devices,” said J. Michael Schweder, president, AT&T Mid...
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Nokia announced a bevy of wireless charging accessories for the Nokia Lumia 920 and Lumia 820 Windows Phone 8 smartphones. Check out promotional videos and descriptions for the wireless charging plate, wireless charging pillow, wireless charging stand, wireless charging speaker and wireless charging shell accessories below. The Luna Bluetooth headset with wireless charging, JBL...
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After leaking press shots of the upcoming Nokia Lumia 920 and Lumia 820, evleaks has now posted images of a wireless charging pad and Bluetooth headset for the pair of Windows Phone 8 smartphones. The stylish charging mat appears in red above while the Bluetooth headset appears in yellow below. We expect to learn...
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Today, Sprint ushered in a new era of the Now Network by finally launching its 4G LTE network in a handful of markets. Sprint customers in select cities of Texas, Missouri, Kansas and Georgia (list of cities below) now officially have access to lightning-fast LTE data speeds. Sprint LTE-capable devices include: the HTC EVO...
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Along with the Nexus 7 tablet and Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, Google also announced the Nexus Q as the first social streaming media player at Google I/O 2012 today. Using the Google Play and YouTube apps on Android, Nexus Q streams your favorite TV shows, movies and music directly from the cloud to your...
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Today, just prior to the first day of CTIA Wireless 2012 in New Orleans, MasterCard introduced PayPass Wallet Services, which aims to make in-store and online shopping easier for customers by allowing secure payments by a “simple click of the mouse, touch of the tablet screen or tap of the smartphone.” PayPass Wallet Services...
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Update: video of the advertisement If you watched part 1 of the season finale of Fox’s hit TV Show Fringe tonight, then you probably noticed the shameless, reoccurring Google Wallet product placement by Sprint during the first five minutes of the show. The episode began in typical Fringe fashion, a dramatic scene in which...
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The Samsung Galaxy S III rumors keep pouring in, as one source close to the situation now claims that the upcoming Android smartphone will feature a built-in inductive charging system. We’ve seen this type of technology before from Palm with the short-lived Pre smartphone, as well as from third parties, like Powermat, that offer...
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The Phoenix Suns have partnered with Verizon Wireless and Samsung Mobile to become the first NBA team to adopt wireless tablet technology for business and basketball operations. Their tablet of choice? Many would expect it to be Apple’s iPad 2, but the organization decided to go with the Android-powered Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 running...
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Sprint has revealed their mixed bag of fourth quarter 2011 results. On the plus side, Sprint now serves more than 55 million customers – that’s 33 million postpaid, 14.8 million prepaid, and 7.2 million wholesale and affiliate subscribers. In the last quarter, Sprint was able to add a whopping 1.6 million new subscribers, which...
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PrinterShare Mobile Print for Android is free today through the Amazon Appstore. The app normally costs $12.95 and has above average scores through thousands of ratings on the Android Market. Check out the description below to see what the app can do. Description: Print documents (DOC, DOCX, XLS, XSLX, PPT, PPTX, PDF, TXT) from...
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Sprint will raise the current ETF (Early Termination Fee) from $200 to $350 starting September 9th. This puts Sprint’s customer exit policy in-line with competitors AT&T and Verizon Wireless. Sprint spokesperson: Beginning September 9, Sprint is introducing a new pro-rated policy for ETFs for customers purchasing advanced devices such as smartphones, tablets, notebooks and...
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