A while back, HTC announced the first suite of devices that it would be rolling out Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich updates to. The devce lineup included the entire HTC Sensation line (XE, XL, and 4G), followed by the Rezound, Amaze 4G, and new EVOs (Design 4G and 3D). Today, HTC has announced (also on its Facebook page) some further timing on just when devices will get those updates, and a few more devices making the cut.
First to the fray will be the HTC Sensation series (XE, XL, 4G, and sans moniker), which will get their ICS update before the end of March. Other devices getting an ICS update will see their update by a slightly more ambiguous and underwhelming "later this year." It's nice to see HTC committing to a date here, even though it's only for the Sensation line of devices. Hopefully as updates for the rest of the lineup draw closer those respective phones will see update timelines as well.
HTC also added a few more devices to its official list, which brings the tally to the following:
- HTC Sensation (XE, XL, 4G, and sans moniker)
- HTC Rezound
- HTC Vivid
- HTC Amaze 4G
- HTC EVO 3D
- HTC EVO Design 4G
- HTC Incredible S
- HTC Desire S
- HTC Desire HD
Source: HTC (Facebook)
SAP is to accelerate plans to migrate customers away from Oracle databases by introducing in-memory computing support for its ERP product in 2012.
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Beginning this Sunday, January 22, AT&T will begin offering new data plans to its US smartphone and tablet customers, its first change to the plans since June 2010.
The new plans aren't designed to save money for existing smartphone customers: the previous entry-level Data Plus plan, which offered customers 200MB of data a month for , has been replaced by a Data Plus plan that offers 300MB for , a increase for just a 100MB increase. The hike is less ostentatious for the middle and top tiers: the DataPro 2GB () and DataPro 4GB () plans have been replaced by DataPro 3GB and DataPro 5GB plans that run and , respectively, which is in line with the company's /GB overage charges. As with before, tethering and mobile hotspot capabilities are only available for the top tier (5GB) plan.
The story is similar for tablet users: there are 3GB and 5GB Data Connect plans available for and , while the price and data cap remain the same for the .99 250MB plan.
Current AT&T customers can elect to stay with their current plans, which was the case when AT&T stopped offering unlimited data plans to new customers, but new subscribers will only be able to choose from among the new plans. For current customers, the new plans make sense only for 2GB and 4GB subscribers who regularly go over their caps – an extra GB for is more attractive than an extra GB for . Otherwise, I'd recommend sticking with what you've got.
Source:AT&T
LG and Microsoft have inked a patent agreement that covers all of LG’s Android tablets and mobile phones, and – oddly – any devices running Chrome OS.
Since LG doesn’t have any devices running Chrome OS we’re assuming that means there’s a Chromebook on its way from the company in the near future.
The new agreement, which builds on a pre-existing deal, sees LG join the throngs of Android manufacturers paying Microsoft for use of its patents, including HTC, Samsung and Acer.
So long and thanks for all the cash
In fact, as Microsoft’s corporate VP Horacio Gutierrez gleefully points out, "more than 70 per cent of all Android smartphones sold in the US are now receiving coverage under Microsoft’s patent portfolio".
The terms of the deal are under wraps, but it’s likely that LG is paying Microsoft a broad licence fee, as well as royalties on each Android (and soon, Chrome OS) device sold.
Microsoft may be finding its approach a little more successful than Apple, whose rigorous protection of its intellectual property has seen it battling competitors in court rooms around the world – and that’s a colour that doesn’t look good on anybody.
As for the mystery LG Chromebook, we’ll have to wait and see what the company has up its sleeve.
Today’s round up of bits and bytes, trivia and head-shaking mobile phone news starts us off with a new paradigm. Hopefully, the minimum standard of human intelligence will improve ways to spend money.
What? Lie?
Anyone who has spent any time in any chat room will probably shake their heads in wonder, but someone actually spent money on a study about honesty and text messages. The results were hardly surprising: More people lie in text messages than they do in other communication forms.
Wow. That’s a world-tilting epiphany, yes? Good grief.
Microsoft’s Marketing RAM Needs Upgrade
Microsoft advertising staff committed a faux pas in a recent ad touting all the mobile phone and smartphone operating system types – iPhone, Android, etc., – on which users can enjoy Windows Live Messenger.
Not a bad reminder, right?
Except they forgot to list the Windows Phone OS.
Good going, blokes.
Microsoft’s Win Streak Almost Rivals Football Team’s
Microsoft lost six of the seven patent issues to Motorola, according to the latest ITC ruling.
That 1-6 record almost rivals the 1-300 record of FIFA’s American Samoan team. And that sole, lonely international win was a recent one.
Just think: Samsung’s next on the lawsuit list involving defendant Microsoft. What’ll the win-loss record of rulings, heavily dependent on Motorola’s suits, be when all the dust settles?
Lucky Blokes
Page Plus Cellular, a US-based mobile phone provider, busts budget-keeping wide open with their recent plan announcement. Nicknamed “The 12,” users basically get each month 250 talk minutes, 250 texts per month and 10 MB of data at a monthly cost of, yes, US. That equates as of today’s exchange rate to £7.68.
We scour plans to find a comparable plan in the United Kingdom. We found a few for close to that price per month, and the best one was from Talk Mobile. Their 24-month contract charges £9.99 per month, but it covers only 50 talk minutes, 150 texts and 250 MB of data.
For a comparable plan as “The 12” in pounds, the best price came from T-Mobile with 300 minutes, 300 texts and unlimited data for £15.32 or .94 US.
Hold on. More for less….
Lucky us!
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