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Sprint has named both Dish and Clearwire in a lawsuit today to prevent Dish’s potential acquisition of a large quantity of Clearwire stock. That statement seems relatively straightforward, but the details get pretty muddy. Sprint o...
Sprint has named both Dish and Clearwire in a lawsuit today to prevent Dish’s potential acquisition of a large quantity of Clearwire stock. That statement seems relatively straightforward, but the details get pretty muddy. Sprint of course has a vested interest in the fate of Clearwire as they are the majority shareholders with 50.2%. They are the other party bidding on that remaining 49.8% that Dish is after as the Clearwire spectrum features prominently in Sprint’s future LTE rollout plans. Sprint asserts that the Dish offer is nothing more than an attempt to trick Clearwire’s shareholders considering among other reasons that 75% of the Clearwire shareholders would need to vote in favor of the Dish buyout and they are in a position to guarantee that just a bit more than half of those shareholders certainly won’t be interested. Even were this issue to be circumvented the deal would remain unlawful according to Sprint as it would leave Dish with “veto power over fundamental corporate events that Delaware law places in the control of the directors or shareholders”. As some of you may already be aware there is yet another level to this. While Dish is battling it out with Sprint over Clearwire they also have a second front open as they bid against SoftBank to obtain none other than Sprint. On June 25th Sprint shareholders will vote on the current offer from SoftBank for 21.6 billion dollars which would in turn help Sprint to complete their buyout of Clearwire. The lawsuit came late in the day so we’ll have to wait for the response from Dish who I suspect won’t find the matter quite as cut and dry as Sprint made it out to be.
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Has your smartphone ever become so hot that you could use it as a heating pad? Conventional technology appears unable to solve the problem of increasingly harder working handsets connecting to 4G, multitasking, streaming videos and more;...
Has your smartphone ever become so hot that you could use it as a heating pad? Conventional technology appears unable to solve the problem of increasingly harder working handsets connecting to 4G, multitasking, streaming videos and more; recently, NEC unveiled the first water cooled smartphone, the Medias X 06E, which uses a water filled heat-pipe to draw heat away from the handset's processor...Photos:
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DimInCall is a jailbreak tweak by snakeninny that makes sure your iPhone screen go dim upon a call connection is established. From the description the developer also highlighted that it is a good news for those whose phone’s proxim...
DimInCall is a jailbreak tweak by snakeninny that makes sure your iPhone screen go dim upon a call connection is established. From the description the developer also highlighted that it is a good news for those whose phone’s proximity sensor is not functioning well. Of course, the purpose of screen dimming is to prevent your cheek from pressing the buttons by mistake. The tweak comes with straightforward settings panels and options. You can config the actions when a call is connected, either or both dim and vibrate, with microphone (bare phone), speaker as well as headphone. There are also additional options that allow you to toggle screen on and off with proximity sensor, home button, lock button and volume buttons. DimInCall works very well as advertised as far as I have been using it for a couple of days and I will keep using it. It is also compatible with CallLockScreen which I did not find the lock with proximity sensor very promising sometimes to my case. You can get this tweak from the BigBoss repo at a price of $1.99. This article, DimInCall Makes Sure Your iPhone Screen Goes Off During Calls, was originally published at simonblog.com.
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One of the most popular fitness apps on Google Play has long been MyFitnessPal. This was true in spite of how it looked – the app's UI was absolutely awful, and performance left a lot to be desired. But no more. MyFitnessPal has gotten a...
One of the most popular fitness apps on Google Play has long been MyFitnessPal. This was true in spite of how it looked – the app's UI was absolutely awful, and performance left a lot to be desired. But no more. MyFitnessPal has gotten a new Holo interface in the most recent update.       The developers of MyFitnessPal completely redesigned the app. Performance is considerably better, and you could legitimately call the design Holo (#YOLO). The way tabs behave isn't quite within the guidelines, but the overall vibe is much closer to the way Android is supposed to look in this day and age. Done With This Post? You Might Also Like These:Duolingo Releases Android App, Brings Free Language Learning On The Go Swype Beta Updated To v1.4.5 WordLens Gets A Huge 2.0 Update With A Holo UI, No More Flickering Issues, German Translation, And Bug Fixes Galore Babbel Comes To Android, Helps You Learn A New Language From Your Mobile MyFitnessPal Gets Updated To v2.7 – From Horrendously Ugly To Holo In One Easy Step was written by the awesome team at Android Police.
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Korean manufacturer LG has a record-breaking smartphone on its hands; the LG Optimus LG Pro sold more than 1 million units in only four months in Korea, reaching that milestone in the country faster than any other LG phone ever. The prev...
Korean manufacturer LG has a record-breaking smartphone on its hands; the LG Optimus LG Pro sold more than 1 million units in only four months in Korea, reaching that milestone in the country faster than any other LG phone ever. The previous record holder was the LG Optimus LTE which took 7 months to hit the 1 million sales mark...Photos:
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When Apple introduced FaceTime over cellular feature in iOS 6 last September, AT&T only allowed customers with a Mobile Share plan to use the feature. Since then it has been slowly expanding access to the feature to other customers. ...
When Apple introduced FaceTime over cellular feature in iOS 6 last September, AT&T only allowed customers with a Mobile Share plan to use the feature. Since then it has been slowly expanding access to the feature to other customers. Continue reading →
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With hectic schedules, it can be hard to keep track of everything in your news feed. That’s why we created the TalkAndroid Daily Dose. This is where we recap the day’s hottest stories so you can get yourself up to speed in qu...
With hectic schedules, it can be hard to keep track of everything in your news feed. That’s why we created the TalkAndroid Daily Dose. This is where we recap the day’s hottest stories so you can get yourself up to speed in quick fashion. Happy reading!! Apps New MPme Radio app promises to find the perfect radio station for you SmugMug releases native Android app to Google Play Store Video sharing on Instagram could debut on June 20th Carriers Sprint expands 4G LTE coverage to 22 new cities including Miami Google Finding a Chromebook just got easier with expansion of retail availability Phones More details of new Oppo Find 7 leaked Verizon rumored to release customizable Galaxy S 4 under a different name Samsung to launch new Galaxy S 4 with LTE Advanced support soon Blurry photo of Sony i1 Honami cameraphone leaks, specs included Miscellaneous Samsung is giving Jay-Z’s new album to one million Galaxy users for free download More, more, more! Insiders predict upcoming 6-inch phones will feature 2,560 x 1,600 pixels for 2014 Come comment on this article: TalkAndroid Daily Dose for June 17, 2013 Visit TalkAndroid for Android news, Android guides, and much more!
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Nuance comes at voice interactions in a slightly different way with Dragon Assistant than Google does with Now. Google Now is a search tool first and foremost, but there are some assistant-type functions grafted on too. Dragon Assistant ...
Nuance comes at voice interactions in a slightly different way with Dragon Assistant than Google does with Now. Google Now is a search tool first and foremost, but there are some assistant-type functions grafted on too. Dragon Assistant is more conversational and handles a few complex tasks very well. In fact, it just got a better at a number of things. Nuance has released a big 4.0 update on Google Play.    This version brings more automation to the app so you'll hopefully have to touch your phone even less. The wake up word for Dragon's speech recognition engine can now be changed to whatever you want, even "Computer" in your best Captain Picard voice, if that's what you want (it is definitely what I want). Done With This Post? You Might Also Like These:Nuance Releases Dragon Mobile Assistant, Asks, 'What Google Voice Actions?' Dragon Mobile Assistant Hits v3, Brings Location Sharing, Calendar Call Assistant, And Complete Hands-Free SMS [Update: Manual Download Added] Nuance Launches Dragon Go! - A Stellar Voice Recognition App For Android [Update: It's Confirmed] Nuance Reportedly Purchasing Swype For More Than $100 Million Nuance Updates Dragon Assistant To v4.0 With Custom Wake Up Word, Improved Email Dictation, And More was written by the awesome team at Android Police.
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Wallpapers. There have been many a nights were I’ve stayed up in the we hours, just trying to find the perfect wallpaper to compliment my homescreen, and theme of my phone. Does not always workout for me, but if you are in the mark...
Wallpapers. There have been many a nights were I’ve stayed up in the we hours, just trying to find the perfect wallpaper to compliment my homescreen, and theme of my phone. Does not always workout for me, but if you are in the market for some Google Now style wallpapers, I got the link for you. A Flickr page showed up on my Twitter feed today, and it was loaded with all kinds for Google Now style wallpapers. Some of you out there might like the card style look, or just the art that is behind Google Now’s theme. Hit the link below and check out the spread. What you are going to want to do, is click the image you want, then right click it to view all sizes. Then you can right click again to save the image on your computer. Let us know how you like them. Google Now Wallpaper
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