LTE Goes Live for Sprint

For many of you that bought a HTC Evo 4G LTE (aka the One X), and if you live in Kansas City, you're in luck. You can finally get true 4G or LTE, instead of the WiMAX that was previously advertised as 4G. But Kansas City is the only city with Sprint's LTE, and the full roll out is to occur during 2013. So you get the fast 1GB/s home internet from Google and LTE from Sprint, a true Internet Wonderland. But for now, most users will still have plain old WiMAX. Luckily once Sprint's LTE network is fully rolled out, many carriers that run on Sprint's network like Virgin Mobile, Boost Mobile, and many others will have full access to the WiMAX network instead of the sluggishly slow 3G.

Samsung Skyrocket Gets Ice Cream Sandwich Update

After following in the path of the Galaxy Note, the Galaxy SII Skyrocket has finally received the ICS Update. For now you'll have to update through Samsung Kies and currently isn't available OTA. But when you try to update through your device it gives a message telling you to check back in a number of hours. So now you can get rid of aging gingerbread and join the 10% of Android users that are on ICS. Plus you'll get all of the features on ICS including Face Unlock and the new multitasking menu. So it seems AT&T did keep its promise, but they took quite a while to do it.

MIT Researchers Develop Chip That Gains Energy From Other Souces

Sure the solar panel is a device that can harvest energy, so what's so special about this one? This chip can harvest energy from other sources simultaneously, meaning no energy goes to waste. The key to this working is that the chip switches from source to source incredibly fast. The chip can receive energy from heat, light, and vibrations. Unlike other chips that get energy from the most plentiful source. Instead it stores energy from less plentiful sources in secondary capacitors and gets the rest from the most plentiful source. And since this device harvests energy the device it self is very power efficient. This chip could be implemented almost everywhere. Already some watches get energy from kinetic movement so implementing this device will make it capable from getting energy from the heat of your body, the sun, and the occasional bumps of everyday life. Plus it could be implemented in smart phones as well, meaning battery life would drastically improve. Already there are cases that have solar panels embedded in them, but are very clunky and aren't very practical instead it would be embedded in to the device keeping it slim. So is this the next battery, seems we'll have to wait a few years to find out.

Android Jelly Bean Source Code Released

Let the Custom ROMs roll in. That's right the source code for Jelly Bean was released along with the proprietary binaries for the Nexus 7 and the Galaxy Nexus. So you can get your fix of Jelly Bean on your Android device plus you can expect to be ported to many Android devices in the future. In fact it's already been ported to the One X. Though don't expect manufacturers to start getting it on your device. They'll have to wait for the PDK which is supposed to come out later. Plus the team at Cyanogen Mod have already started development for Jelly Bean, so you should expect alpha builds coming out soon...

AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note Gets ICS Update Tomorrow

After many long months of tireless waiting some looked to custom ROMs to get the Ice Cream Sandwich that was promised yet some people persevered, constantly checking for updates. Luckily for you guys you will have your warranty and ICS starting tomorrow (and for a lucky few today). Of course all it took was some patience. All right, a lot of patience. But a question that concerns many is when ICS will come to the Skyrocket. Both the Skyrocket and Note have identical specs just different screen resolutions. So it shouldn't be too long before it comes out. Plus the ICS ROM for the Skyrocket was leaked months ago so it's bound to happen.

New Kindle Fire Featuring 1280x800 Display and Will Ship in Q3 2012

Rumors are already ramping up about the soon to be announced Kindle Fire 2 with reports from Pyrito and this time AllThingsD. Allegedly AllThingsD reports that the new Kindle Fire will feature a 1280x800 display and a camera. Plus featuring a a new thinner chassis. Plus according to Pyrito the device will be shipping with a TI OMAP 5 which features a newer GPU plus dedicated encoding and decoding chips built right in so you should expect performance near a Tegra 3 or even better due to the fact that the transistor size of the OMAP 5 is 28nm compared to Tegra's 45nm so in theory the chip should be more efficient and less power hungry. Basically meaning that you will get better battery life, so that may be another feature. And remember to subscribe to our RSS feed so you can always be updated.

The Galaxy Nexus Re-Appears on The Play Store

Barely after 2 days Google has been quick to put up the Galaxy Nexus on the Play Store. And it will be shipping in a quick 1-2 weeks. Of course once a week is over, the Galaxy Nexus will be gone forever :( . Hopefully Google will release a new Galaxy Nexus. If they were able to put a quad core in a tablet for under $200 they should be able to do the same for only a little bit more. But the price will be increased due to the fact of the use of an AMOLED screen, and the radios for cellular connectivity.

If Google does decide to retaliate and release a phone it should take a while due to the fact that it will have to go through the whole designing process and that they will have to make sure they don't violate Apple's patents. Plus they may have to make a deal with a new manufacturer, most likely ASUS. If they can make a phone based off the ASUS Padphone which has pretty good specs. Plus if they are able make the phone connect to a tablet or become the tablet it will totally make a dent in Apple's market share. Plus the Padphone isn't doing so well right now so if it is rebranded as a Nexus device it will sell, since it provides direct updates and no extra bloatware. Just like they did with the ASUS Memo aka the Nexus 7.