Tech

http://s.erious.ly

Author Archive

Samsung’s Galaxy S III Has Been Pre-Ordered Over 9 Million Times Worldwide

gs324As if anyone needed any more proof that the Samsung's Galaxy S III would sell like (slightly more expensive) hotcakes, a report from the Korean Economic Daily reveals that the long-awaited handset has been pre-ordered over 9 million times worldwide. To put...

Sprint’s ‘Tri-Fi’ Mobile Hotspot Plays Nice With 3G, WiMax, And LTE

tri-fiTalk about covering your bases. In addition to outing the EVO 4G LTE's release date, Sprint (along with hardware partner Sierra Wireless) has pulled back the curtains on their new Tri-Fi mobile hotspot, which the carrier will launch for $99 after a...

Nokia Weighs In On Investors’ Class Action Lawsuit: It Has “No Merit”

white-nokia-lumia-900Nokia may be busy suing the likes of RIM, HTC, and Viewsonic over the infringement of a long list of wireless patents, but the Finnish company should watch their backs -- now they're the target of a class-action lawsuit from a...

Thorsten Talks: RIM CEO Sounds Off On Licensing, Updating Devices, And The U.S. Market

Thorsten-Heins-newJust because the first day of BlackBerry World is over doesn't mean we mobile geeks have run out of BlackBerry-related tidbits to pick apart. Oh, far from it -- in fact, RIM CEO Thorsten Heins took the stage (again) earlier today for...

Sony’s Gamer-Friendly Xperia Play Could Have Had A Real QWERTY Keyboard Too

playphone1Sony's Android-powered Xperia Play debuted to mixed reviews last year, but according to a newly published patent, Sony was apparently toying with the idea of making something much more interesting before settling on the design they ran with. Not content with a...

Over A Year Since Launch, The Mac App Store Passes 10,000 App Milestone

mac app storeApple's iOS App Store always seems to outshine its computer-based counterpart, but it seems the company's Mac App Store has just hit a big milestone of its own. With the help of some timely database queries, French blog MacGeneration...

Confirmed: Galaxy S III To Pack Samsung’s New 1.4GHz Exynos 4 Quad Processor

exynos-s3Samsung has been doing their damnedest to keep their next Galaxy phone under wraps, but there's one thing they just couldn't keep quiet about -- the processor. The Korean electronics giant announced not long ago that their new 1.4 GHz Exynos 4...

iCloud Now Has 125 Million Users, Says Apple CFO Oppenheimer

icloud_heroWell, that was fast. Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer just announced on Apple's Q2 2012 earnings call that the company's iCloud service has attracted 125 million users in the roughly six months since the service launched. It seems like just yesterday that Oppenheimer...

Netflix Beats Q1 2012 Expectations, Reports Losses Of $.08 Per Share On $870 Million In Revenue

NetflixBuilding4Netflix just released their Q1 2012 earnings report, and managed to beat analyst estimates by reporting losses of $0.08 per share on $870 million in revenue. In the weeks leading up to the release, analysts projected a net loss of $0.27 per...

Windows Phone Exec Gavin Kim Left Microsoft For Security-Focused NQ Mobile

gavinkimGavin Kim certainly knows how to keep things interesting. After spending years at Samsung and winding up as the company's VP of Content and Services, Kim jumped ship to take point on Microsoft's Windows Phone marketing efforts only to resign his...

Indulge Your Steampunk Urges By Tweeting In Morse Code With Your iPhone

teletweetGoogle's promise of bringing morse code to our smartphones may have just been a cleverly crafted joke, but if you're just tickled by the concept's delightful sense of anachronism, a new iOS app called TeleTweet should definitely be on your...

New York Hits Sprint With $300 Million Lawsuit Over 7 Years Of Tax Dodging

Now it seems as though Sprint may be joining that esteemed club. According to a new flurry of new reports, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has filed a $300 million lawsuit against the wireless carrier for (among other things) non-payment of taxes, and falsifying official documents. According to Reuters, Sprint failed to collect over $100...