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Asus Transformer Prime Ice Cream Sandwich problems will be fixed next month

Mark Raby, Jan 27th 2012 Discuss [43]

Despite its delicious name, Ice Cream Sandwich has left some users feeling sour. The latest example is Asus's ambitious Transformer Prime tablet, which recently upgraded to the latest and greatest version of Android. The only problem is handfuls of users started complaining that after the update, the device started locking up and requiring a manual reset. Read The Full Story

Netflix video game rental idea is axed

Mark Raby, Jan 27th 2012 Discuss [17]

If you were waiting for the day when you could watch Family Guy on your iPad, pop Indiana Jones into your DVD player, and wait for the latest Call of Duty game to appear in your mailbox, all while only logging into one online account, your dreams have been quashed. Specifically, the Call of Duty part. Video streaming giant Netflix has dismissed its plans to add video game titles to its mail-order rental library. Read The Full Story

Yahoo mobile apps taken down, no one notices

Mark Raby, Jan 27th 2012 Discuss [2]

Yahoo! Meme, Yahoo! Mim, Yahoo! AppSpot, Yahoo! Deals, Yahoo! Shopping, and Yahoo! Sketch-a-Search have all been removed from Apple's App Store. And if you're like most people, you never even looked at these apps in the first place. That's exactly the point. It's part of Yahoo's strategy to rebuild its mobile presence from the ground up. Read The Full Story

SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: January 27, 2012

Mark Raby, Jan 27th 2012 Discuss [0]

As we wrap up the last full work week of January, we saw a big chunk of mobile news today. For example, watch your back if you have an Android device because the Android Market is having its largest malware infection ever. If the iPhone is more your style, but you're stuck on T-Mobile, you might be pleased to know that the magenta-colored carrier plans to start boosting unlocked iPhone support at the end of the month. Read The Full Story

Samsung Galaxy S III appears on official support site, details scant

Chris Burns, Jan 27th 2012 Discuss [13]

The Galaxy S III is a device that will be popping up some time inside 2012, and today's information leads us to believe that it will be sooner than later: a clue at Samsung's own Global Download Center support site, no less. Here we can see inside the Mobile Device and Smart Phone categories a brand new Product Model Name: GT-I9300, a model that's a grade above the rest. Here will find the next Samsung handset that will break down the walls previously set up by the Galaxy S II last year and the Galaxy S before that. Read The Full Story

First official U.S. CTO Aneesh Chopra steps down

Rue Liu, Jan 27th 2012 Discuss [0]

The first official Chief Technology Officer of the United States, Aneesh Chopra, has resigned from his post to pursue other political ambitions. Chopra was appointed the position back in May of 2009 shortly after President Obama took office and wanted to integrate modern technology to improve government operations. Read The Full Story

Reviews

Spectrum by LG Review

Chris Burns, Jan 27th 2012 Discuss [23]

Welcome to Verizon’s most high-definition LTE device on the market right now, the Spectrum by LG, complete with a massive True HD IPS display at 4.5-inches and 720 x 1280 pixels. It’s certainly not a short device, made to fit in the palm of your adult-sized hand and weigh in at next to nothing (142g) as it shows off its fabulously bright front and powerfully backed-up interior with its dual-core 1.5GHz Snapdragon processor from Qualcomm. Is this the nicest LTE device on the market today?

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T-Mobile to boost unlocked iPhone support starting January 30

Rue Liu, Jan 27th 2012 Discuss [2]

T-Mobile is home to more than a million iPhone users despite still being denied an official iPhone deal with Apple. These unlocked iPhones only have access to T-Mobile's slow 2G EDGE network and that isn't about to change, but the carrier is planning to improve customer support for these users starting January 30. Read The Full Story

Symantec: Android Market having its largest malware infection ever

Chris Burns, Jan 27th 2012 Discuss [22]

Virus detection and security group Symantec has today reported that a bug by the name of Android.Counterclank has infected between 1 million and 5 million Android users as of this afternoon. This bit of software sits on a handful of easily downloadable applications available on the Android Market as of late today and each has been downloaded several hundred times at least, with some ranging in the thousands. This Android.Counterclank has the highest distribution of any malware identified inside 2012 and may well be the largest infection on Android in its short history. Read The Full Story

Nikon D800 to be unveiled February 7, new Coolpix cameras on February 2

Rue Liu, Jan 27th 2012 Discuss [8]

The much anticipated Nikon D800 DSLR will be unveiled on February 7, according to NikonRumors. Details on the D800 along with a picture of the camera have been leaked in previous months, revealing a whopping 36-megapixel full-frame DLSR that manages to be slightly smaller than Nikon's D700 while still having three times the megapixels and a larger LCD. Read The Full Story

Sony Ericsson buyout approved by EU

Chris Burns, Jan 27th 2012 Discuss [4]

This week the EU's list of mergers and takeovers includes no less than an approval for Japan's Sony to acquire sole control of the mobile phone company called Sony Ericsson. This company had thus far been co-owned by both Sony and Ericsson, and has been approved on the 26th of January to be owned only be Sony. This comes just one week after the company Sony Ericsson posted a $318 million USD loss in their 4th quarter earnings report. Read The Full Story

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