Archive for November 19th, 2011

NUTS: Apple Races to Fix IPhone Glitches, Google Releases Music Service

Apple is dealing with more iPhone 4S glitches, while Google releases its music service. News Under the Sun is a weekly column rounding up all the events on in the mobile industry. Want the news but don’t want it every day? Subscribe to our weekly Facebook or Twitter page. IPhone Beats BlackBerry for Business Users, [...]

HTC Evo Design 4G Phone (Sprint)

Released for Sprint, the HTC Design 4G comes with world phone capabilities and 4G technology using WiMax. The device sports a slim aluminum unibody design and features Android 2.3 software with HTC Sense UI to do more in fewer steps. The Design features a 1.2-gigahertz chip, a large 4.0-inch touch screen display and two camera [...]

Judge Declares Warrantless Search Unconstitutional

A Texas District Court declared warrantless cell phone searches unconstitutional, becoming the latest lower court to write its own opinion as the U.S. Supreme Court debates the issue. “The records would show the date, time, called number and location of the telephone when the call was made,” U.S. District Court Judge Lynn N. Hughes of [...]

The Score: Technology Gets Cheaper, Gamers Think Like Gamblers

Mobile device prices are dropping, making them available to more people, but if their children get addicted to video games on them, it’s a reaction that could mimic compulsive gambling. The Score is a weekly column scoring controversial events in the mobile industry. Want to get to the point? We’ll break it down and give [...]

HP Shakes Up Board With Activist Investor

Hewlett Packard added Ralph Whitworth, who heads an activist investment fund, to its board, a move that may please shareholders who have been criticizing the company’s decisions of late. Whitworth is joining the board after taking a small stake in the tech company. He co-founded San Diego-based activist investment Fund Relational Investors LLC, and reportedly [...]

New Batteries Last Longer, Charge Faster

Engineers at Northwestern University are creating batteries that last longer and charge faster, a potential solution to battery drain on mobile devices. The technology uses a method to allow more ions to flow through lithium-ion batteries so smartphones, tablets, and even electric cars to hold a charge ten times longer and charge ten times faster. [...]

IPhone 4S Wait Times to Continue

Wireless carriers are still having a hard time keeping the iPhone 4S in stock, as Apple’s new device continues to perform well against tough competition. Customers at Verizon still have to wait more than three weeks for the 4S, while AT&T and Sprint are also in similar situations, according to the Wall Street Journal. Apple’s [...]

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