It looks like Square has yet another competitor in the mobile payments arena. Global payment leader VeriFone has announced SAIL, a credit card reader much like Square’s, that will attach to a number of mobile devices. While VeriFone may have a little catching up to do, they have the advantage of an extensive network with a commanding percentage of retail transactions passing through their service.
If you passed on Sprint’s Samsung Galaxy Nexus in favor of the EVO 4G LTE, your patience is about to be rewarded as Sprint has now opened up pre-orders for the latest and greatest HTC EVO 4G LTE. If you head over to Sprint now, you can put one of these bad boys on hold for yourself (or someone else) and then anxiously await the yet-to-be-announced launch date.
We’ve all heard stories of celebrities and their high-priced diamond encrusted phones, but have you heard the one about Best Buy selling a run-of-the-mill HTC EVO 4G LTE for $99,999.99? It’s an obvious mistake but if you head over to the Best Buy site now, that’s the current price of an off-contract HTC EVO 4G LTE device. Talk about sticker shock! I bet if it wasn’t a mistake, there would be some rich fool out there that would actually buy it just to say he did. Anyways, it gave us a good chuckle.
HTC users have been patiently waiting for the next iteration of devices to hit shelves and replace their aging devices. While most carriers have been granting user’s wishes in the form of the HTC One X and One S, Verizon will be filling that need with the DROID Incredible 4G LTE. Officially announced today, the DROID Incredible 4G LTE will be a huge step up from the previous Incredible 2 and will feature:
As you may already know, yesterday Samsung held an event in London to unveil the “next Galaxy.” The event itself was full of serene images and orchestrated music, and was a delight to watch. Oh yea, and they also showed off some new phone, umm… what was it called? That’s right, the Samsung Galaxy S III. Kidding aside, you may have already heard all about Samsung’s new beast of a device but still wish you could have seen the event. Well, now you can.
