Following the hints dropped by CEO Tim Cook and AT&T earlier today, Apple has announced that it sold over 3 million new iPads during the three days of its launch weekend starting Friday, March 16. The new iPad went on sale in a dozen countries and territories on March 16, and Apple is poised to launch it in 24 more this coming Friday, March 23. Without a doubt, this is Apple’s best tablet launch ever, and is with little doubt the biggest launch of any tablet produced by any company. ...
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Nokia Store beta gets updated for Symbian, Series 40
Nokia Beta Labs is now offering a new version of the Nokia Store for Symbian and Series 40 devices. The new and improved Nokia Store is expected to offer its Series 40 users the ability to view search history and publisher information as well as application updates. For Symbian users, improvements have been made in how updates are handled. Some bug fixes are included and users should expect to see improvement when downloading large files as well. Nokia is welcoming feedback from users and the new Store clients can be downloaded for free now. ...
RIM, Samsung face lawsuit over use of emoticons
Mobile device manufacturers RIM and Samsung are both facing a new lawsuit from Varia Holdings over their implementation of emoticons on their mobile devices. The lawsuit claims that the quick-access emoticon shortcut menus employed by both companies are in violation of Varia’s patents. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Nokia Reveals Hotspot Feature Headed to Lumia Line
Nokia has indicated via a FAQ posted to its web site that its Lumia Windows Phone devices will be updated with support for the mobile hotspot feature. The Lumia 800 and 710, which are already available in some markets, do not include this feature. According to Nokia, the feature will be added in a future system update, though the timing and availability of the update was not provided. The Lumia 900 and Lumia 610 will support mobile hotspot at launch. Tweet Vote on HN ...
MetroPCS Selling the ZTE Score M Starting Today
MetroPCS began selling the ZTE Score M via its web site today for $49.99 after mail-in rebate. The ZTE Score is a variant of the Score sold by Cricket Wireless. MetroPCS’s version has a slightly larger battery and is slightly thicker, though other features remain unchanged. The Score M is an Android 2.3 Gingerbread smartphone with a 600MHz processor, 3.5-inch HVGA display, accelerometer, 3.2-megapixel camera with video capture, and Wi-Fi. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Verizon Adding Apps, Features, and Fixes to LG Revolution
Verizon Wireless today said that it os offering a system update to the LG Revolution. The update does not install Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, but does add a few new features. The chief new tool that will arrive with the update is Verizon’s remote diagnostic software, which will let Verizon’s technical support staff view the user’s device remotely to help with trouble shooting. The update also adds the Verizon Video application, and fixes bugs related to AVI video playback via HDMI, the alarm clock, Dolby Mobile presets, text messaging, back key functionality, and a ...
Motorola Says China Still Reviewing Google Acquisition
Motorola today revealed in regulatory filings that its acquisition by Google is to receive an additional round of scrutiny from China regulators. The deal has already been approved by European and U.S. regulators, and is awaiting only China’s approval before the acquisition can be completed. Motorola said it still believes the deal will close by June, though it cautioned, “Motorola Mobility and Google can provide no assurances as to whether or when the transaction will receive clearance.” The acquisition was first announced in August ...
Alcatel Venture for Virgin Mobile USA
Alcatel offers the Venture to Virgin Mobile’s prepaid crowd, an Android smartphone that includes a QWERTY keyboard, Gingerbread, and a 2-megapixel camera. Here’s Phone Scoop’s full review of this $99, no-contract smartphone. Tweet Vote on HN ...
HTC Offers Android 4.0 Kernel for Several Smartphones
HTC has released the source Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich kernel for the Vivid, Sensation, and Sensation XE. HTC began rolling the Android 4.0 update to these three devices recently, and the kernel will help developers adjust their apps/services to work better on these phones. The code can be downloaded from HTC’s developer web site. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Apple reveals what it’s going to do with its $100 billion
Speculation was rife (on the TechRadar Facebook page) that Apple was set to buy Facebook/Stark Industries/the Moon/a volcano base with its near $100 billion of cash, but it seems that Apple has made a rather boring sensible decision and announced that it has authorised a $10 billion share repurchase program which is set to take place in 2013. In a press release Apple noted that it had a bit of spare change lying around and decided to give back something to the people who have bought shares in the company.The reason it is doing this is because no matter how much Apple has tried to spend its ...