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HTC Reports Record Profits In Q2, 12.1 Million Handsets Shipped

Jul 29th, 2011
HTC Reports Record Profits In Q2, 12.1 Million Handsets Shipped

Looks like things are going well over in Taiwan, as HTC has reported record-breaking Q2 results this morning. In fact, the company sold 12.1 million units in the second quarter totaling a 123.7 percent year-over-year growth rate. After Q2 taxes, that brings YOY growth to 102.9 percent. If you aren’t good with percentages, that’s huge.

Verizon Rolling Out Samsung Fascinate ED05 Update

Jul 29th, 2011

Verizon has begun to roll out a new update for the Samsung Fascinate that fixes the longstanding incoming call issue as well as fixing multi-contact SMS sending and SMS sending to the correct number while adding the Google Books app. (Continue reading at the link above, or visit PhoneNews.com directly)

Samsung Goes Mum With Phone And Tablet Sales Stats

Jul 29th, 2011

Anybody notice something missing from Samsung ’s Q2 results? Hint: it was the phone/tablet sales data. But why

Sprint Launches Motorola Photon 4G Online for Premier Customers

Jul 29th, 2011

Ahead of the retail launch of the Motorola Photon 4G this Sunday, Sprint has made the phone available for sale online on its own sales portal for Premier customers. The phone is available for $199.99 after new 2 year agreement and $350 instant… (Continue reading at the link above, or visit PhoneNews.com directly)

T-Mobile Rolls Out G2 OTA Update

Jul 29th, 2011

T-Mobile has begun to roll out the long expected Android Gingerbread update for the T-Mobile G2 after being leaked last week and previously being mistakenly distributed by T-Mobile through insurance replacements. The updates features improvements… (Continue reading at the link above, or visit PhoneNews.com directly)

PressOK’s PlacePlay Lets Developers Integrate Location Features And Local Advertising Into Games

Jul 29th, 2011

Seattle-based PressOK Entertainment , a game development company, launched an interesting new service this week in public beta called PlacePlay , which the startup describes as a “location enablement platform” for games. Location is something that hasn’t really been explored much in gaming as of yet, so simply put, PlacePlay aims to tackle the obstacles that prevent location from becoming a relevant facet of the games we play every day. For starters, the platform is focused on giving game developers the ability to quickly add local tournaments into gameplay, so that a user can, for example, play a virtual game of Battleship with other players that live on the same block. Though tournaments are the primary feature of the platform at this point, PlacePlay also supports location-based virtual goods, objects, achievements, and more.

Sprint and LightSquared: What The Network Deal Means

Jul 29th, 2011

Earlier today, weeks of speculation were formally confirmed when Sprint and LightSquared announced a new network deal worth up to $15 billion for Sprint in cash and network access credits, while LightSquared will use the carrier’s newly… (Continue reading at the link above, or visit PhoneNews.com directly)