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Apple Patent Proposes An iPhone Display Screen Capable Of Touch-Less Interaction

Submitted by Staff on Tue, 2016-02-02 21:09

It is kind of like in the movie Minority Report. But instead of waving your hands in front of a giant screen, you are doing it using your fingers over the display screen of your iPhone or iPad. Yup, it sounds more like science fiction at the moment, but Apple actually has a new patent that proposes exactly that.

Xiaomi and Meizu Phones Coming To America By Way Of US Mobile

Submitted by Staff on Mon, 2016-02-01 21:48

As far as mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) go, US Mobile is not even that popular. Sure, it uses T-Mobile’s network in delivering its mobile phone services, but other than that, many would think of the wireless carrier something that is not a household name. Well, this little MVNO just became the first ever wireless carrier in the United States to sell smartphones produced by Chinese phone makers Xiaomi and Meizu.

The App Ecosystem Continues To Evolve

Submitted by Staff on Fri, 2016-01-29 19:30

Mobile users in the United States are spending more time using mobile apps on their smartphones and tablet devices than ever. Yup, even more time than they do on desktop computers. And with industry watchers predicting that the number of smartphone users in the next half decade will balloon to almost four billion in total, it can no longer be denied that we now live a mobile world driven by apps.

Smartphone Vendors Shipped A Record 1.43 Billion Units In 2015, Per IDC

Submitted by Staff on Thu, 2016-01-28 19:18

According to a preliminary report published by market research firm IDC, mobile manufacturers around the world shipped a whopping 1.43 billion units of smartphones last year. This is a new record for the worldwide smartphone industry, representing an improvement of more than 10 percent compared to the previous record holder, the year 2014.

Sprint Gains 491,000 Customers During Most Recent Quarter

Submitted by Staff on Tue, 2016-01-26 21:15

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Boost Mobile Family

Total Monthly Price:(for 1 lines)

$35.00 /mo
Minutes:

Unlimited
Data:

Unlimited Unlimited (2GB of 3G/4G data)
Unlimited Unlimited (5GB of 3G/4G data)
Unlimited Unlimited
Messages:

Unlimited
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About this Plan

The Boost Mobile Family Plan is a family no contract cell phone plan that offers unlimited anytime minutes for nationwide calling, unlimited nationwide text messaging, and unlimited data. Customers can choose between 2GB or 5GB, or unlimited high-speed data per line, per month. After your limit is reached, your data speeds are slowed until the next billing cycle.

The Boost Mobile Family Plan is geared towards smartphones or feature phones. For $5 extra per month, Data Boost customers can get unlimited calling to Mexico and Canada, and unlimited worldwide text messaging.

Features & Benefits

No contract required

Boost Mobile offers prepaid wireless, no-contract cell service for top of the line smartphones.

Unlimited Anytime Minutes

This plan allows for unlimited anytime voice minutes per month.

Stream Music Unlimited

Boost Mobile allows customers to stream music from select partners without the data used to stream the music counting against their high speed data allotment. These partners are: 8tracks, iHeartRadio, Pandora, Samsung Milk Music, and Slacker Radio.

boostTV

Sports fans: never miss a game with boostTV and an an optional $10 boostTV™ Live Sports add-on, a video streaming service that lets customers watch live and on-demand sports content on a Boost Mobile smartphone.

Other Included Features

This plan also includes the following features:

Unlimited text messages and pictures messages
Unlimited web/email
Auto Refill Option
Call forwarding
Basic voice mail
Caller ID
Call waiting
Conference calling

Cost Breakdown in Detail		Monthly
Base Plan		$ 35.00
Messages Cost		$0.00
Data Cost		$0.00
Grand Total		$35.00

*Other fees based on usage may apply, including early termination fees and a one time activation fee of $0.00.

Description	Cost	Data	Excess
Unlimited Unlimited (2GB of 3G/4G data)	$0.00/mo	Unlimited	$0.00
Unlimited Unlimited (5GB of 3G/4G data)	$10.00/mo	Unlimited	$0.00
Unlimited Unlimited	$25.00/mo	Unlimited	$0.00

Description	Cost	Included
Unlimited	$0.00 /month	Unlimited

US Rates	Cost
Domestic Long Distance Rate	$0.00
Roaming charges	$0.00
Text messages (pay per use)	$0.00
Picture/video messages (pay per use)	$0.00

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Snapchat To Have Video, Audio Calling And Stickers Within Its Chat Service?

Submitted by Staff on Mon, 2016-01-25 22:38

It appears that Snapchat is currently testing features such as video and audio calling, as well as stickers within the its chat service environment (view the screenshots here, courtesy of XDA). To date, Snapchat works only with text or images accessed from the camera roll.

Did Google Pay Apple $1 Billion To Keep Its Search Bar On iOS Devices?

Submitted by Staff on Fri, 2016-01-22 19:28

Apparently so, according to a Bloomberg report. Ever wonder how Google the creator of the Android mobile operating system, rival to Apple’s own iOS, manages to have its search engine inside iPhone and iPad devices? Well, it turns out that Google has paid Apple a whopping one billion dollars just to have it search engine included in the iOS environment.

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