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We had previously shown the AT&T version of the HTC One selling on Amazon at $129 for both upgrades and new accounts. Well, Amazon has thrown the Sprint version of the HTC One into the mix and is selling them at $79 for new accounts and $99 for upgrades respectively, both on two year contracts for...

Samsung’s second generation of TecTiles went on sale today. Samsung Mobile describes them best: Samsung TecTiles™ 2 are the next generation and evolution of TecTiles, programmable NFC sticker tags that allow users to automate everyday functions of a smartphone through a single tap. TecTiles...

Some Sprint HTC One users (including myself) have noticed that the capacitive back and home buttons have issues. Every once in a while, they won’t register a tap no matter how hard you try. This has been frustrating at times. Sprint released a minor OTA update today to fix that. It increases...

If you went to check your app drawer recently for the popular backup app Carbon, you may have noticed that it wasn’t there. Well, that’s because it has been re-named to Helium. It’s the same app, just with a new name… For those unfamiliar with the app: “Helium does NOT...

Well, coming across G+ in a re-share bonanza, Steve Kondik has confirmed that the AT&T version of the Samsung Galaxy S4 does indeed have a locked bootloader. The device “authenticates the recovery and boot images before executing them” which means it checks whether or not things have...

45% of U.S. carrier Verizon Wireless is owned by British Vodafone. Reuters has previously reported that Verizon hired a firm to help with a buyback of the 45% stake that Vodafone owns for $100 billion. News of this has made way throughout the Vodofone universe and some investors have responded. Six Vodafone shareholders,...

In the next week or so, Microsoft will be pushing the Switch to Windows Phone app to Google Play. It’s supposed to make it easy for Android users to change OSes and migrate to Windows Phone. On the Android side, users will run the app and it’ll upload to SkyDrive their current app list; sidenote,...

I was just chatting with some folks on G+ about the new HTC One’s lack of an SD card slot and someone pointed me to this awesome Kickstarter campaign that’s approaching its end. It’s a microSD card reader for your microUSB port. Some folks just have to have their storage. It’s...

In the ongoing patent battles that are never-ending, Motorola Mobility and more importantly its parent company Google were dealt a final loss by the ITC to a drawn-out case that dates back to 2010. Initially, Motorola had argued to the International Trade Commission that Apple had infringed on 18...

For those who don’t know, guitar tablature or tabs are similar to sheet music, but instead of having 5 lines, there’s 6 which represent the 6 strings on a guitar (there are tabs for non-6 stringed instruments such as 7 string guitars or 4 string basses as well). Rather than having individual...

If you used Google Maps from a browser today, you’d notice something new. A new feature pops up asking if you want to Start Treasure Hunting: When you click Try it now, the treasure hunt begins and you’ll notice that the map you’re used to seeing now looks like an old 18th century...

Late last year, the Evil Think Tank was opened to the public and with it, so was the Team Evil Store. The store sells various high quality decals which are unlike any that can be bought anywhere else. I bought some a few months ago and can attest that they’re awesome. Check out the new Father...

Speculation about a Chrome OS-Android unification into a single OS was rampant following the departure of Andy Rubin as the head Android. Normally when someone steps down in a company who’s been around for several years and wants to move onto other things wouldn’t raise many eyebrows, but...

Have you ever been embarrassed by your phone’s ringer or notification going off at a bad time? Wouldn’t it be awesome if you could set a schedule when your phone should be silent or even better, where your phone should? Well, now you can. Silent! Pro is a fairly new app that lets you control...

Do you have a device with a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor? Well, if you have a U.S. version of either the Galaxy S3, One X, or any version of the Nexus 4 then you do, high five! Qualcomm just released an official app called BatteryGuru (Beta) specifically for Snapdragon-equipped devices to help with...