Like dominoes, Sprint’s consumer-friendly policies continue to fall one at a time . Citing “high costs,” the Now Network will begin discontinuing its practice of allowing customers to upgrade their phone 10-14 days prior to the official date of eligibility. According to the memo leaked by TechnoBuffalo , the program will cease to exist as of June 1st
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Sprint reportedly cancelling its early upgrade program June 1st
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Nokia has just announced that it is commencing patent litigation against HTC , Research in Motion and ViewSonic in the US and Germany. It’s claiming that 45 of its standard-essential patents are being infringed and has registered complaints with the ITC and courts in Delaware, Dusseldorf, Munich and Mannheim . Espoo’s legal chief Louise Pentland has said that the company currently licenses its FRAND patents to “more than 40 companies,” it had no choice but to lay some courtroom smack-down on the named offenders. It appears that after losing its global market share crown and billion-dollar losses , the company is finally going on the offensive with its deep patent portfolio . You can judge that for yourself when you read the official line after the break
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Nokia gets it: launches patent lawsuits against HTC, RIM and ViewSonic
Despite its loud anti-piracy notice, Andrey Fedotov’s HackStore sees no issue in ripping off the official App Store’s interface. Nevertheless, its aim is to gather up legit and readily available apps that didn’t make it past Apple’s trellis for whatever reason, and hopefully with Fedotov keeping an eye out for malware . You’ll find FileZilla, Gimp and many rarer specimens — and they’re all just regular .dmg files so there’s actually no hacking involved. That said, we downloaded the RTF to ePUB Converter and then struggled to make it run, so we’re not ready to vouch for HackStore’s ease-of-use any more than its security or legality.
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HackStore is like Cydia for Mac OS X, replaces walled garden with open dacha
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Everybody loves happy endings, so it’s with this in mind that we bring you news of the official “sanctioned” arrival of Dolphin Browser within the BlackBerry App World . At version 7.2, this app isn’t quite as fresh as its native Android counterpart — which sits at version 7.5 in the Play Store and offers Sonar voice features — but it still brings its webzine and gesture-driven mannerisms that many appreciate. As you may recall, this isn’t the first time that the Dolphin Browser has graced the App World, but this time around, it was submitted by MoboTap — so yeah, they know it’s in there. If you happen to have a PlayBook and would like to try the alternative browser, be sure to hit up the source link.
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Dolphin Browser arrives in BlackBerry App World, now with developer’s permission
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Tagged alternative, appworld, black, blackberryplaybook, dolphin, dolphin-browser, entry, mobotap, official, playbook os 2.0, sits-at-version, source, the-official, world
TED — it’s exclusive, endlessly fascinating, pretentious and addictive as hell. Sadly, for those of you out there rocking Android devices, getting your fix on the go required you download the talks as podcasts or use one of many unofficial and highly unreliable apps from the market. That source of frustration comes to an end now, though, with the launch of the official TED app for Android. It’s free, it works on tablets and phones and it’s available now — what more could you ask for
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Android finally gets an official TED app
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Tagged from-the-market, launch, market, source, streaming audio, streamingaudio, ted, ted talks, the-official, unreliable-apps
Samsung just launched the Galaxy Tab 2, the official sequel to its original tablet, the Galaxy Tab. Whereas the original Tab was criticized for running an up-scaled phone operating system rather than one designed specifically for a tablet, the new Tab leaps forward to Android 4.0 “Ice Cream Sandwich” (ICS), the most recent Google mobile OS, designed for phones and tablets.
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Samsung Kicks Off Android 4.0 Tablets With Galaxy Tab 2
Samsung just launched the Galaxy Tab 2, the official sequel to its original tablet, the Galaxy Tab. Whereas the original Tab was criticized for running an up-scaled phone operating system rather than one designed specifically for a tablet, the new Tab leaps forward to Android 4.0 “Ice Cream Sandwich” (ICS), the most recent Google mobile OS, designed for phones and tablets.
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Samsung Kicks Off Android 4.0 Tablets With Galaxy Tab 2
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Samsung just launched the Galaxy Tab 2, the official sequel to its original tablet, the Galaxy Tab. Whereas the original Tab was criticized for running an up-scaled phone operating system rather than one designed specifically for a tablet, the new Tab leaps forward to Android 4.0 “Ice Cream Sandwich” (ICS), the most recent Google mobile OS, designed for phones and tablets.
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Samsung Kicks Off Android 4.0 Tablets With Galaxy Tab 2
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Samsung just launched the Galaxy Tab 2, the official sequel to its original tablet, the Galaxy Tab. Whereas the original Tab was criticized for running an up-scaled phone operating system rather than one designed specifically for a tablet, the new Tab leaps forward to Android 4.0 “Ice Cream Sandwich” (ICS), the most recent Google mobile OS, designed for phones and tablets.
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Samsung Kicks Off Android 4.0 Tablets With Galaxy Tab 2
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Security firm Symantec raised eyebrows last week with a security notice about software it has dubbed Android.Counterclank, malware that the company claims can be found in over a dozen apps in the official Android market that have been installed as many as 5 million times. According to Symantec, CounterClank is a “bot-like” threat that, once installed on an Android device, can steal information and pass it along to a malicious host, and the software can respond to remote commands to carry out certain actions on the Android device. …
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New Android malware? Or just an ad network?
Google Music users, you can breathe a slight sigh of relief, but don’t get too excited. Google has finally enabled a way for you to retrieve the music you upload to its new music storage locker service. The announcement was made on the official Google+ page for Android and verified by a new help article on the Android Market Web site.
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Google Music Manager: A frustrating way to download your music library
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Microsoft may have already signed patent licensing agreements with 70 percent of the US Android manufacturers, including some of the biggest names in the market, but that doesn’t mean Redmond’s about ready to hit the brakes anytime soon. Next up on the block is Pantech , according to a company spokesperson talking with Yonhap News .
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Pantech next to sign Android patent deal with Microsoft
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