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Tegra 3 Powered HTC One X+ Shows Up at FCC, Looking Towards AT&T

Eric September 13, 2012 24

The HTC One X was one of our favorite phones of the year so far and the company is looking to make it even better. The device above passed through the FCC today under the model number PM63100 which if rumors and benchmarks are believed to be true, will be the...

Steve Wozniak: “I wish everybody would just agree to exchange all the patents”

Eric September 13, 2012 56

One of the few figureheads left of the old Apple Guard is Steve Wozniak, one of the co-founders of Apple itself. Whereas Steve Jobs promised to go to "thermonuclear war" against Android, Woz has always been a little more even keel. In a recent interview where...

Having Trouble With Your Asus Bootloader Unlocking Tool? Send it in to Asus

Eric September 13, 2012 29

Fortunately for all of us here, ASUS not only makes awesome hardware in their tablets, but they were also one of the first manufacturers to start voluntarily unlocking their bootloaders. Unfortunately, the tool has not been working for a while now, users who...

Chrome for Android Receives an Update in the Play Store, Bugfixes and Changes Within

Eric September 12, 2012 32

If you head over to the Play Store you will find an update for Chrome waiting for you with something unusual: a changelog. Usually Google likes to leave us guessing until later when we have to track down changes but this time they are being upfront about what...

CyanogenMod Announces the M-Series Builds, Not Quite a Nightly, but Not Quite a Release Candidate

Eric September 11, 2012 42

It takes a certain type of Android user to flash the latest nightly to your phone whenever you see it. You're living on the cutting edge, expecting bugs while keeping your phone as up-to-date as possible. However, some people like a bit more stability to their...

Google Now Fixes Bug That Kept Us from Seeing Football Scores This Weekend

Eric September 11, 2012 69

If you are like me and looked down at your phone a few moments ago, you might have noticed that Google Now had a notification telling you that your favorite NFL team won or lost their game in the past few days. Google rolled out NFL teams to the Sports card a...

Ice Cream Sandwich Arrives for Thunderbolt in Form of LiquidSmooth ROM

Eric September 10, 2012 60

If you were a little upset when HTC missed their self-imposed deadline of August for the ICS upgrade for the Thunderbolt, we may have some good news for you. LiquidSmooth has pushed out another milestone update for their ROM bringing a lot of bug fixes and...

HTC Could Win Ban Against New iPad and New iPhone Based on LTE Patents

Eric September 10, 2012 130

Surprise, surprise, there is another patent battle going on. This time Apple and HTC are arguing over patents in the International Trade Commission. In this trial, HTC is claiming that Apple is infringing upon patents having to do with LTE technology, patents...