The Samsung Galaxy S and its variants are plagued with a troubling GPS problem that produces inaccurate GPS readings. Not only is the internal GPS slow to get a satellite fix, when a fix is finally obtained, the location data reported to the handset is often streets, sometimes even towns away from your physical location.
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Samsung currently testing a GPS software fix for the Galaxy S
The iPhone has been an AT&T exclusive in the US for time immemorial (which, in the mobile world, translates into a little over three years), but that exclusivity will soon come to an end, with Verizon rumored to be launching an iPhone of their own in the near future. Big Red, with their self-proclaimed superior wireless network, might be able to put some real hurt on AT&T if/when the Verizon iPhone becomes a reality
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1 out of 3 AT&T iPhone customers will switch to Verizon
There was a bunch of news this week that could have long-reaching consequences and no story was bigger than the Google and Verizon putting forth a joint policy statement regarding net neutrality. This was also a big week for Android with the release of some high-profile devices but Google also faces a huge lawsuit over that little green robot. Finally, we took a look at some cool apps and our resident BlackBerry expert took a look at the much-vaunted BlackBerry Torch
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The Mobile Roundup – The ‘Big Things’ edition
It looks like Verizon will be pulling a Sprint and will charge customers an extra $10 to $15 for the privilege of using the carrier’s 4G LTE data service -the charge will be added on top of the existing data plan for compatible devices. We can’t we say we’re surprised, but it’s going to be interesting how customer react to drastically highers fees to access the faster 4G LTE data network. Verizon is expected to start bringing the mobile broadband data speed of its nascent 4G network to laptops (via USB data cards), and then work their way to LTE-enabled smartphones, which should become available sometime in the first half of 2011, possibly May .
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Verizon to charge an extra $10 to $15 for 4G LTE data plans?
Are you a Twitter (or Facebook or Foursquare or Buzz) user with an Android phone, looking to get in on the official TweetDeck beta app for your smartphone? Well, word to the wise, we’ve gotten word that there was a counterfeit app in the Android Market that was masquerading as the official TweetDeck version.
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PSA: Twitter users, beware the counterfeit TweetDeck app in Android Market
We’ve seen one AT&T ad for the BlackBerry Torch 9800 that was high on gloss, but they’ve just released another TV spot that’s a little more fun. Appropriately enough, they’re pitching the device as a “business meets pleasure” kind of smartphone, which would be a fair enough assessment if there was a catalog of decent games in App World (which there isn’t). Besides that, I’m more of a fan of Verizon’s Droid ads , but AT&T’s is still a fun little commercial worth a gander.
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New BlackBerry Torch 9800 Ad Shows How Business Meets Pleasure
Earlier this week, Apple released iOS 4.0.2 which fixed a security vulnerability that enabled the famed JailbreakMe.com website to work its magic on your iPhone or iPad. While fixing a major security hole is normally considered a good thing, Apple dropped the ball by not including the original iPhone or the first generation iPod Touch in this update
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iOS 4 PDF security flaw fixed jailbreak-style for the iPhone and iPod Touch
Good news if you’re one of the few, lucky Verizon users who were able to buy the HTC Droid Incredible, as we’re hearing that Android 2.2, or Froyo, will be hitting the device next week. The news comes from our friends at Mashable , who say the over-the-air upgrade will start rolling out August 18. As we’ve seen with the Motorola Droid Android 2.2
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Verizon HTC Droid Incredible to get Android 2.2 (Froyo) next week
South Korea has been home for numerous Samsung phones and now its in the form of Samsung A160S. This camshell form mobile with RGB lighting is very much trendy and suits the youth best. It also comes loaded with a 2.4-inch QVGA screen, a 2-megapixel camera with video, Bluetooth, an integrated media player, 3G radio, e-dictionary, and also a microSD card slot.
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Samsung A160S
A company called New Potato Technologies has created the iPhone dock pictured above. They call the product an “appcessory,” as it’s coupled with an app that detects Jackpot Slots iPhone Dock and runs the famous one-armed bandit on the device (iPhone or iPod Touch).
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Jackpot Slots turns your iPhone into one-armed bandit
According to the documents found on the Federal Communications Commission’s website, a new Motorola phone (WX404) is heading to Cricket Wireless or MetroPCS. We’re not sure which of the two carriers will be adding the QWERTY keyboard-equipped candybar to its portfolio, but without a doubt we’ll know that in the next couple of weeks.
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CDMA-based Motorola WX404 caught on FCC on its way to Cricket or MetroPCS
As we have a growing number of app stores, Juniper Research is forecasting that the annual number of consumer-oriented handset downloads will rise from less than 2.6 billion in 2009 to more than 25 billion in 2015. The research company argues that players across the mobile value chain are seeking to emulate Apple’s AppStore success. Hence we have a rising number of carriers unveiling their solutions – China Unicom has “Mobile Market,” India’s Bharti “Airtel App Central” and Vodafone “Apps & Games Shop.” At the same time there are manufacturer and platform specific storefronts, as well as independents such as GetJar and Handango
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Juniper Research: Mobile app store downloads to reach 25 billion by 2015
By now, you should be aware that Apple pulled the Handy Light app this morning because the flashlight app could be secretly turned into a tethering program with a secret code. I would like all the people encouraging other developers to include secret functionality in apps to kindly shut up. Tricking the gatekeepers leads us down a bad path that hurts all parts of the mobile app ecosystem
Pantech has recently announced its 2nd Android smartphone, the all new IM-A630K or “Crystal de Izar”. This new Pantech A630K is designed specially for women and it comes with an interesting bottom design –a sort of a crystal like look which can light up in different colors, that changes with functions of the phone. Other features of the Pantech A630K includes a 3.2 inch WVGA touch sensitive display, Bluetooth, T-DMB TV tuner, a 5MP camera and also a 4GB memory card preinstalled
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Pantech A630K
After millions of leaks, speculations and ongoing investigations, the electronic giant Apple has finally unveiled the iPhone 4. This latest release from Apple comes packed with some impressive array of features like the “Retina Display”, which is a hi-resolution display with a very high pixel count that gives the phone’s screen a print-like look and feel. Another major improvement is their 5MP camera system with a backside illuminated sensor for super clarity images and much improved low-light shots
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iPhone 4
With the release of the iPhone 4 and customers packing into stores, Verizon is hoping to dissuade some of those unsatisfied customers with their new all new Droid X smartphone. This new Droid competes with the Cupertino’s golden calf with some premium features like a huge 4.3 inch screen, Flash Compatibility, 8GBs of internal storage, a 16 GB memory card, 8 Megapixel camera, 720p HD video recording, HDMI out, and the popular Android 2.2 OS.
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Droid X
Here’s one more offering from Samsung towards the low end phone seekers in the form of Samsung E1220. Other than basic telephony and texting, this new Samsung hasn’t much to offer with only basic features like 1.8-inch colored screen, a WAP browser, 800mAh battery, call/SMS blacklist, fake call, SOS, and also mobile tracking.
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Samsung E1220
Most of the high-end smartphones nowadays ( EVO 4G , Droid Incredible) are using Qualcomm ( NSDQ: QCOM )’s 1 GHz Snapdragon processor but there may be a new player on the block, as Texas Instruments ( NYSE: TXN ) has introduced its own Cortex A8 1 GHz system-on-a-chip.
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Texas Instruments rolls out 1 GHz mobile processor
If you’re a fan of the comical stylings of Glee ’s Jane Lynch, you’ll love this new iPhone 4 ad spoof created by Take180.com. With the iPhone 4 officially outed, it was only a matter of time before we got wind of a spoofed commercial.
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iPhone 4 ad spoofed with Glee’s Jane Lynch
Apple ( NSDQ: AAPL ) may not want Flash on the iPhone and iPad, but Adobe is working with Greystripe to bring Flash ads to these devices. The partnership will allow developers to use Flash-authored ads to create rich-media advertisements in apps on the iPhone, iPad, Android and throughout the mobile web. Greystripe’s technology will translate the ads to HTML5 and this is important because most of the major advertising companies use tools that rely on Adobe’s web technology.
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Eat it Jobs – Adobe, Greystripe bring Flash to iPhone, iPad
HTC has recently come out and said that if your device was made this year, there’s a good chance that it will see the Android 2.2 ( Froyo ) update in the future. Sadly, the MyTouch 3G was not made this year, but that doesn’t mean it won’t be getting some Froyo love! The screenshot above says that MyTouch 3G users will indeed see the Android 2.2 update “soon.” Similarly to the way the HTC Hero leapfrogged Android 1.6 and 2.0 to go straight to Android 2.2 OS, the MyTouch 3G will do the same.
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Android 2.2 (Froyo) coming to a MyTouch 3G near you ’soon’
We love when highly-visible companies like Verizon ( NYSE: VZ ) Wireless formally endorse legislation that promotes complete bans on texting while driving . With research showing that sending text messages while behind the wheel of a multi-ton car is as dangerous as driving drunk (even more so, in some cases), it’s become clear that texting and driving can kill .
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Verizon backs US Senate bill to reward states for texting-and-driving bans