Samsung has revealed that sales of the Galaxy Note, its smartphone-cum-tablet with S Pen powers, have topped 5 million units world wide. The company reached this mark in five months since the Note’s debut in South Korea. It had previously hit 1 million sales in December and then 2 million at the beginning of March, so launches in other markets, especially the U.S. with AT&T’s LTE edition of the Note, have accelerated sales. Speaking of the LTE Note, Samsung also plans to launch the LTE version of the Galaxy Note in Japan on April 6 with NTT DoCoMo. ...
Monthly Archives: March 2012
HTC Titan II 4G LTE Windows Phone arrives for AT&T on April 8
April 8 is shaping up to be a big day for AT&T and Windows Phone fans. Joining the already announced Nokia Lumia 900 on that date is the HTC Titan II, which will retail for $199.99 with a new two-year contract. The Titan II is an evolution of the Titan smartphone that was released last year, and it features a 4.7-inch WVGA display and all-new 16 megapixel camera – the highest resolution camera in any smartphone available in the U.S. The Titan II runs Windows Phone 7.5 and supports AT&T’s 4G LTE network. ...
HTC buys stake in SyncTV cloud-based mobile video service
HTC has made an investment in a cloud-based video service company named SyncTV. SyncTV brings video to Android, Windows Phone, and iOS devices. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Nokia Lumia 900 Hits AT&T Stores April 8 for $99
The Nokia Lumia 900 smartphone will go on sale starting April 8 for $99.99 with a new contract, reports CNet. Customers can pre-order the black and blue models starting March 30, the white version will be available April 22. The Lumia 900, announced at CES in January, has a 4.3-inch ClearBlack display, 1.4GHz processor, 8 megapixel camera, polycarbonate shell, and it runs Windows Phone 7.5. Tweet Vote on HN ...
HTC Titan II Launching April 8 for $199 at AT&T Stores
AT&T today announced that the HTC Titan II will launch on April 8 for $199.99 with a new two-year contract. The HTC Titan II is a Windows Phone device that has Long Term Evolution on board. It features a 4.7-inch display, dual-core 1.5GHz processors, a 16-megapixel main camera, and a 1.3-megapixel user-facing camera. It has dual-LED flashes and can record video in 720p HD. Tweet Vote on HN ...
HTC Invests in SyncTV to Bring Video to Handsets
HTC today announced that it has struck a strategic investment partnership with Intertrust Technologies Corporation (ITC), which licenses distributed computing and digital rights management technology. As part of the investment, HTC has acquired 20% of ITC’s SyncTV product. SyncTV is a cloud-based video service that delivers video over the internet to devices such as Android, Windows Phone, and iOS smartphones. The amount of HTC’s investment was not disclosed. Tweet Vote on ...
HTC Shuttering HTCSense.com
HTC today began notifying customers via email that it intends to cease offering its user back-up service at HTCSense.com. The service will officially close April 30. HTC recommends that customers log in to their account and download their data before the service halts operations. In a statement emailed to PhoneScoop, HTC representative Jeff Gordon said, “This is in response to customer feedback, and HTC is working to improve our services to provide a more enhanced customer experience. What that enhanced customer experience looks like is yet to be ...
Nokia Play To app gives Lumia smartphones DLNA sharing powers
Nokia has released a new beta app that lets Lumia smartphone owners share pictures and video wirelessly to DLNA-compatible devices Tweet Vote on HN ...
Android 2.3 Gingerbread upgrade available for LG Thrill 4G
Ice Cream Sandwich might by the Android OS that is on everyone’s mind right now, but owners of the LG Thrill 4G on AT&T will be happy to know that the Android 2.3 Gingerbread update for their phones is now available. The update includes a host of improvements and enhancements to the phone’s software, including improved copy and paste and more 3D features. Owners will have to use LG’s software on a PC to install the update. Tweet Vote on HN ...
HTC One X and One S preorders open for Vodafone users
Vodafone is now accepting pre-orders for HTC’s One X and One S smartphones. Both devices are being offered free with a sufficiently large monthly contract commitment. To see the devices in action, check out our hands-on with the HTC One X and HTC One S smartphones from Mobile World Congress in Barcelona last month. Tweet Vote on HN ...