Half of Verizon wireless traffic is video, says CEO Lowell McAdam

Wireless traffic on Verizon is 50% video, according to a statement the company’s CEO, Lowell McAdam, has made at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Show in Las Vegas.
He then added that the reason why half of the traffic is video is his company’s LTE network, as 3G implies buffering, but 4G  allows users to stream video, by eliminating that. He also made an interesting prediction, saying that the percentage of the network’s wireless traffic video makes will get to two-thirds until the year 2017.

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HTC to hold Beijing press conference on April 24, One release could happen soon after

It’s no longer a secret that HTC had to delay the initially planned One release because of component shortages, but thankfully it seems the Taiwanese have finally managed to iron out all the kinks and get the phone ready to fulfill its destiny. The splendid 4.7-incher is still available only for a handful of people around the world, but things are set to change by the end of this month.

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Twitter is developing a Google Glass experience

As Google Glass approaches commercial release, the head mounted computer seems to be garnering more and more attention from some of the biggest names in the technology world. There has been a lot of debate around the social networking potential of the device, so it’s only natural that Twitter is reportedly working on applications for the platform.

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Sprint’s Samsung Galaxy Victory 4G LTE gets Jelly Bean update

Samsung is busy, busy, busy lately and not just with Mega launches (pun intended). The Galaxy makers are also working hard on providing timely Jelly Bean updates for as many “stars” as possible.
The latest Sammy phone to get a taste of JB butter is Sprint’s Galaxy Victory 4G LTE, available with the carrier ever since September 2012. Aside from the winning name (ba dum tss!), the 4-incher has never been able to stand out from the crowd very much.

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As mobile devices power on, PC sales register worst drop in history

The decline of PC sales continues, with data from IDC showing the largest drop in shipments since data has been first tracked. The fact that Windows 8 has started shipping with PCs didn’t seem to be of too much help, either.

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Samsung starts mass producing 16GB flash memory chips

Flash memory has come a long way over the last 30 years or so and Samsung’s recent announcement that it has started to mass produce 16GB flash memory chips demonstrates how dependent we are today on this clever little invention.
I remember watching a science show when I was but a teenager (no comments about my age please) that demonstrated some of the first flash memory. Back then the capacity of flash memory was just a few kilobytes, but now a single flash memory chip is capable of holding 16GB of data.

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LG LTE smartphone sales top 5 million in Korea, is it enough for 18 months?

While they’re no match for the record-breaking numbers posted by Samsung fiscal quarter after quarter, LG’s smartphone sales have been on the rise lately, mostly boosted by the Nexus 4 and Optimus G hits.

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Galaxy Mega 6.3 and Galaxy Mega 5.8 official: specs, features, release date and pricing

Samsung on Thursday announced two new Galaxy smartphones, the Galaxy Mega 6.3 and the Galaxy Mega 5.8, both devices that appeared in a previous series of leaks and rumors.
The Mega is a new subfamily of the Galaxy tree, one that seems to include even bigger handsets than the Note series.

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Xbox SmartGlass for Android optimized for tablets in new update

An Xbox SmartGlass update for the Android app is now available, and the most important thing it brings is support for 7-inch and larger Android tablets.
The update brings the Android app to version 1.5 and also includes the “always-on” state for your mobile device, which prevents it from going into sleep mode when the app is running, as well as design and stability improvements, and the mandatory bug fixes.

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Pantech reportedly prepping bezel-less 5-inch phone with Snapdragon 600 CPU

Although it’s not exactly a household name in the global mobile industry, Pantech is extremely popular in South Korea. In fact, believe it or not, Pantech has been the second best-selling handset maker in its homeland in 2012, behind Samsung, but ahead of LG, Apple and all the others.

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