Saturday, March 30, 2013

HTC One with 64GB will be an AT&T exclusive in the US

It looks like prospective HTC One buyers in the United States might not be able to choose a carrier if they want to enjoy the smartphone with 64GB of built-in memory. The aforementioned version will be sold exclusively by AT&T Wireless.

AT&T delivered the word quietly via an HTC One promo video, uploaded on its official YouTube channel. See it below.

There is no information on pricing or availability of the 64GB HTC One in the United States yet. All reports however, point at an April release

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Source : http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_one_with_64gb_will_be_an_at_t_exclusive_in_the_us-news-5784.php

Did HTC DROID DNA get quietly retired by Verizon Wireless?

It appears that Verizon Wireless has quietly ceased offering the HTC DROID DNA - the wireless provider's current Android top dog. The smartphone is no longer available for purchase from the carrier's online store and has been dubbed as retired by Verizon's sales reps.



According to a statement from Verizon "HTC halted production in efforts to push out an upcoming project on the horizon". The "upcoming project" part probably refers to a smartphone which will be closely related to the HTC One.

If the reports turn out to be the case, the HTC DROID DNA will go down in the record books as one of the company’s shortest-lived Android flagships. The HTC Butterfly's US relative was launched less than five months ago.

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Source : http://www.gsmarena.com/did_htc_droid_dna_get_quietly_retired_by_verizon_wireless_-news-5783.php

JB ROM in testing for Xperia P, flash at your own risk

If you own an Xperia P and are eager to flash it to Jelly Bean, now is the time. An Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean ROM with Firmware 6.2.A.0.399 has leaked. It's meant for internal testing on developer Xperia P units but has been found to work on production units.


Sony Xperia P on Jelly Bean

The ROM isn't final yet and there are things missing or not working on it. Therefore, we advise you to flash at your own risk and MAKE A BACKUP. Also a prerequisite is that you need to either be running a stock ICS ROM or a ROM based on stock AOSP one in order to flash this one. Your bootloader will also need to be unlocked.

Other than that - copy the ROM into your memory, reboot into recovery and flash away.

There's no information yet on when an official release will hit the Xperia P.

Thanks, Ben Ling for sending this in!

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Source : http://www.gsmarena.com/jb_rom_in_testing_for_xperia_p_flash_at_your_own_risk-news-5782.php

Lenovo 'in talks' to buy NEC mobile, could scupper its interest in BlackBerry

Lenovo 'in talks' to buy NEC mobile, could scupper its interest in BlackBerry
Just like Everton FC, NEC was big in the 80s

Lenovo's efforts to enter the smartphone industry seem to have taken another twist, with the company reportedly interested in acquiring floundering NEC's mobile division.

Reuters reported on Friday that the two companies are in talks over a potential takeover, following two straight years of losses for the Japanese company's mobile offerings.

Lenovo has been vocal about its desires to pick up a smartphone property to complement its booming PC and tablet business.

High ranking officials at the company have recently been talking up potential interest in buying up BlackBerry, but purchase of NEC would surely kill such talk.

Deal or no deal?

In response to media reports on Friday, NEC issued a statement claiming nothing had been decided, but did not deny talks were ongoing.

"Amid the rapidly changing market we are considering a number of ways to bolster the competitiveness of our mobile phone business, but nothing has been decided," the company said.

Former Everton FC kit sponsor NEC has struggled to gain traction internationally with its range of handsets, while competition from Samsung and Apple has hindered its efforts domestically.

Lenovo hasn't yet commented on the reports.


Source : http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/lenovo-in-talks-to-buy-nec-mobile-could-scupper-blackberry-buyout-talk-1141666

US Cellular and Verizon to also offer the Samsung Galaxy S4

US Cellular and Verizon will be the joining AT&T in carrying the upcoming Galaxy S4. The former has even put up a preorder page for the smartphone, so that those who are interested can sign-up for instant updates on its availability.

Samsung's flagship is also going to land on Verizon's LTE network, as FCC's kindly informs, utilizing the 700MHz and AWS frequencies. Additionally, the Galaxy S4 for Verizon will also sport a 3G radio, meaning it's going to be usable outside US borders, too.

As you know, the US is getting the Snapdragon 600 variant of the Galaxy S4, so don't get your hopes up on an Exynos 5 Octa version being offered by any of the aforementioned carriers.

The CDMA version of the Galaxy S4 isn't yet clear on neither availability, nor pricing for the carrier duo, but we suspect it should be some time at the end of April. That's when the international version of Samsung's latest and greatest is bound to become available.

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Source : http://www.gsmarena.com/us_cellular_and_verizon_to_also_offer_the_samsung_galaxy_s4-news-5781.php

Selected Apple iMessage users hit by DDoS attack, forcing iOS app crash

Selected Apple iMessage users hit by DDoS attack, forcing iOS app crash
iMessage proving vulnerable to attack

A group of iOS developers and hackers are reporting they've become the target of a malicious attack which overwhelms the Apple iMessage application with spam texts.

The attack, which appears to be confined to those directly targeted, sends messages (claiming to be from Anonymous) in such a large volume that the recipient is constantly receiving notifications.

The next level is to send a single 'Zaglo text' so large in size that the iOS iMessage app cannot cope with the load and crashes.

As Apple's iMessage app does not limit how fast texts can be sent, and does not allow users to block senders, there's no mechanism in place to prevent their instant delivery.

Motivation?

This constitues a new kind of DDoS attack, the kind of which we've seen hackers and online activists use to bring down government websites in the past couple of years.

The iMessage pranksters' motivation isn't totally clear at present, but The Next Web reports that the attack originated from a Twitter account "involved in selling UDIDs, provisioning profiles and more that facilitate in the installation of pirated App Store apps which are re-signed and distributed."

The report suggests that the attack was conducted using AppleScript to set up and send the overwhelming number of messages using the OS X iMessage client, something one victim said was extremely easy to do.

iOS developer Paul Grant told The Next Web: "What's happening is a simple flood: Apple doesn't seem to limit how fast messages can be sent, so the attacker is able to send thousands of messages very quickly."

Apple has been notified of the issue, but is yet to comment.


Source : http://www.techradar.com/news/computing/apple/selected-apple-imessage-users-hit-by-ddos-attack-forcing-ios-app-crash-1141657