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 Samsung has begun quietly rolling out the long-desired Android 4.0 update for the Galaxy Note . When it arrives, it’ll add the latest edition of Google’s OS and the ” Premium Suite ” full of stylus S-pen friendly apps like S Note, Shape Match and My Story to your 5.3-inch phablet . . . → Read More: Samsung Galaxy Note Ice Cream Sandwich update begins rolling out now! T-Mobile USA took a bit of a hit back in Q4 , following its failed merger with Ma Bell , but things are looking up for the magenta network. . . . → Read More: T-Mobile reports customer growth for Q1 2012, tries not to think about Q4 2011  In addition to announcing its newest flagship, the Galaxy S III , along with some nifty photo-sharing features, Samsung has just revealed two more human-friendly features that aim to further differentiate the phone on the software side. These include SmartStay, which cleverly keeps the display from timing out by using the front-facing camera to detect when you’re looking at the screen . . . → Read More: Samsung announces SmartStay and S Voice features for the Galaxy S III  After months of rumors Samsung has officially announced the world will meet the next Galaxy phone in London on May 3rd with this invite, first received by Dutch site Tweakers.net . . . . → Read More: Samsung will unveil the next Galaxy phone May 3rd in London  Can’t say we’re surprised, but Meizu’s finally giving us the lowdown on the quad-core variant of its flagship Android smartphone. Simply dubbed the MX Quad-core, this new device will be powered by a Cortex-A9-based, 32nm HKMG ( High-K Metal Gate ) quad-core Samsung Exynos chip — no word on the clock speed or RAM, but we’re betting our money on the Exynos 4412 that goes up to 1.5GHz. . . . → Read More: Meizu MX Quad-core launching with Android 4.0 in June, gets 32GB and 64GB flavors  While we wait to hear Kaz Hirai’s new plan for Sony , the news is getting worse before it gets better. The company just announced new projections that are more than double the net loss it predicted in February for the fiscal year 2011, to the tune of $6.4 billion . . . → Read More: Sony revises projections, sees $6.4 billion net loss for 2011  We’ve already seen a bit of big news slip out ahead of RIM’s earnings announcement, and the company’s now dropped another bombshell itself. Former co-CEO Jim Balsillie has resigned from his position on the company’s board of directors. In a statement, Balsillie said simply: “As I complete my retirement from RIM, I’m grateful for this remarkable experience and for the opportunity to have worked with outstanding professionals who helped turn a Canadian idea into a global success.” RIM also confirmed that CTO David Yach would be retiring as well, and that COO Jim Rowan as “decided to pursue other interests,” but it hasn’t offered any indication of a broader shakeup beyond those three departures. . . . → Read More: RIM announces Q4 2012 earnings, Jim Balsillie resigns from board, company plans to refocus on enterprise With BlackBerry World only weeks away and RIM’s earnings report merely hours away, it looks as if newly-appointed CEO Thorsten Heins will be leading it with quite the bang. While Heins has done a truly exceptional job of laying low ( really low) during his first few months in the corner office, he’s evidently been hard at work rearranging chairs… . . . → Read More: RIM CEO Thorsten Heins reportedly ‘clearing house,’ laying off numerous executives  LG’s 5-inch smartphone has finally arrived — at least over in Korea. While 4:3 ratio display raised a few eyebrows during its debut at MWC , the IPS display, lightweight frame and stylus has us chasing after a review model to give it the full run-down. Anyone in LG’s homeland can beat us to the punch — it’s now on sale priced just under the Galaxy Note, a device that’s been around for a few months . . . . → Read More: LG Optimus Vu launches in Korea, gets priced  Today the Munich I Regional Court handed down a decision awarding Apple an injunction against all Motorola products that violate a patent on “portable electronic device[s] for photo management.” That overly broad-sounding claim appears to apply specifically to the bouncing over scroll animation found in the company’s photo gallery application, so a small tweak to the existing software could quickly and quietly put this issue to rest. Still, according to FOSS Patents’ Florian Mueller, there is a small (and we do mean small ) chance that Apple could choose to enforce the ban, which could require Motorola to destroy all existing products that violate the claim. . . . → Read More: Apple wins injunction against Motorola in Germany |
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