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Netflix Android app adds onscreen volume slider, Facebook integration (where available)

Posted on 10 February 2012

Now that Netflix is available on most Android devices and even sporting a fresh tablet interface, what’s there left to tweak? Plenty actually, and the company just pushed a new 1.7 version of the app that adds Facebook sharing and discovery in the countries where those features are enabled (read: not the US). Also new [...] Continue Reading

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Unknown HTC phone running ICS pops up, looks Incredible

Posted on 10 February 2012

What’s this we have here? Well, clearly it’s an HTC phone, but it looks different to what we’ve seen before. If the pictures are to be believed, we’re looking at an Android 4.0 device with HTC’s Sense 4.0 on top. There’s LTE on board, and what looks like Verizon’s splash-screen, meaning there’s every reason to [...] Continue Reading

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NEC Casio Medias LTE N-04D launches in Japan next week

Posted on 10 February 2012

It was mere weeks since we saw NEC’s last smartphone that will probably never take the plane ride away from Japan, but contrary to its recent financials, the company doesn’t appear to be letting up. The NEC Medias LTE N-04D, arriving on NTT DoCoMo, is a little chunkier than its predecessor, but that 11.6mm shell [...] Continue Reading

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Phones 4u ‘JUMP’ plan lets you swap phones every six months, for a price

Posted on 10 February 2012

Britons! Dedicated followers of fashion! If your clothes are loud (but never square) and you’ve just gotta keep up with the latest trends, then Phones 4u should be your next stop. The independent phone retailer is offering customers JUMP (short for “Just Upgrade my Phone”): a 24-month deal that’ll let you upgrade your handset every [...] Continue Reading

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Distro goes ‘Beyond the Revolution’ to explore tech in post-Mubarak Egypt

Posted on 10 February 2012

Nearly one year ago, dictator Hosni Mubarak was forced to step down after 18 consecutive days of protest by Egyptian citizens. Those demonstrations were organized largely through the use of social networking, cell phones and banned TV channels, a greater trend that permeated the revolutionary period now known as the Arab Spring. To mark the [...] Continue Reading

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Nokia N9 spotted running Ice Cream Sandwich, dual-boot in the works

Posted on 10 February 2012

This above is the first glimpse of Android 4.0 running on the Nokia N9. Yes, it looks like Ice Cream Sandwich is in being ported to the company’s iconic handset by no other than Alexey Roslyakov and team NITDroid — the folks who previously put Android on the Nokia N900. The project, which is still [...] Continue Reading

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Rogers One Number service offers free computer-based calls and texting, unified inbox

Posted on 10 February 2012

Got a Rogers wireless account? Then you can now take advantage of a new service that, for a change, won’t cost you anything extra. While it’s not quite a full-on Google Voice alternative, the company’s new Rogers One Number service will let you make phones calls, video calls, and send and receive text messages for [...] Continue Reading

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Sprint launches early upgrade promo, wants you to stay and chat awhile

Posted on 09 February 2012

In an industry where customer churn can be likened to the fearsome troll under the bridge, Sprint has launched a program designed to keep its favored subscribers around for another two years. While not everyone is eligible — those who’ve upgraded less than eight months ago, corporate outfits and those in collections need not inquire [...] Continue Reading

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Nokia Astound owners face a Belle-less future, no update coming

Posted on 09 February 2012

So this is where the road ends for the Nokia Astound. After getting a hearty helping of Symbian Anna in November, owners of T-Mobile’s first (and only) Symbian^3 device became hopeful that — despite the fate of the OS being sealed — the US counterpart to the C7 would remain relevant throughout the course of [...] Continue Reading

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HTC’s first ICS update rolls out in late March, Sensation and Sensation XE call first dibs

Posted on 09 February 2012

Ice Cream Sandwich is slowly trickling out to the masses, but we’re still waiting on the major phone vendors to come out with their own tweaks of the latest Android dessert. We’ve known that HTC’s busy plugging away at its Sense-ified version of Android 4.0, but the company’s finally ready to start discussing specifics. According [...] Continue Reading

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