| HTC One max FCC filing tips AT&T release Oct 22nd 2013, 14:31, by Robert Nelson HTC officially unveiled the One max earlier in the month and since then we have seen confirmation from Verizon Wireless in terms of an upcoming release. While we have yet to see anything official from AT&T, there has been some leaks suggesting they would also have the handset joining the lineup. And well, it looks like some additional evidence has arrived in support of those previously leaked AT&T One max images. 
This latest is coming by way of the FCC. A filing has been discovered that shows the handset with support for AT&T LTE. Specifically, support for LTE band 17, which points towards AT&T. The filing was for a handset with a model number of OP3P500, which while sort of generic sounding — is a play off the international OP3P510 model number. 
Aside from this brief suggestion of support for AT&T LTE, the filing was rather light on the details. Of course, there wasn’t anything in terms of timeline. Not to mention, there wasn’t anything that specifically mentioned the handset was even coming to the carrier. Basically, this just adds a further bit of evidence to that earlier leak. As far as Verizon Wireless goes, while they did offer confirmation of a release, they were light on the details. Big Red originally posted the details on the @VZNews Twitter account. The message said the handset was coming “this holiday season” and otherwise, all we have seen was the launch of a coming soon style teaser page on the Verizon website. VIA: Engadget |  | BBM for Android; how to jump the waiting list Oct 22nd 2013, 14:05, by Robert Nelson Blackberry finally launched BBM for Android yesterday, though that didn’t mean everyone was able to begin chatting immediately. Perhaps in an effort to scale the launch, BlackBerry has released the BBM app, but has users sitting in a waiting list for an invitation to actually begin using it. The reason for a controlled launch makes sense, however we also understand that people are not always keen on waiting. 
That being said, the folks at CNET have discovered a simple workaround that should mean instant access — should you still want your BBM PIN. The process is actually pretty simple, download and install BBM from the Google Play Store. From here enter your email address, click Next and then force-close the app. On Android that means heading to Settings -> Apps -> BBM and clicking Force Close. Once done with this part, relaunch BBM and you should get the required PIN assigned to you. Now for the catch, BlackBerry could catch on and close this loophole. And in addition, we have seen some mixed reports in terms of success. Tricks aside, we should also point out that BlackBerry has begun sending out invites already. We first registered a personal email address yesterday morning after installing the app from the Play Store. Since then, an invite has shown up for that address — with a catch. We discovered that email in our spam folder. Or in other words, if you registered for BBM using a Gmail account you may want to be looking in your inbox and spam folder, just in case. | | DroidBooster Android accelerator app acquired by Google Oct 22nd 2013, 13:35, by Robert Nelson Google may have brought some smoothness to Android with Project Butter, however a new acquisition has it looking like they are still looking to make some further improvements. According to reports coming from the French-language L’Expansion, Google has acquired the DroidBooster app from FlexyCore. Details point towards this being a €16.9 million ($23.1 million) acquisition. 
While Google hasn’t offered anything in terms of the pricing, there was confirmation on the acquisition itself. In a statement provided to GigaOm, Google offered the following; “The FlexyCore team has strong expertise in building software to optimize Android device performance, and we think they’d be a great fit with our team.”
Otherwise, the deeper plans that Google may have remain a mystery. That does open the door for some speculation, but it seems to be fairly simple at this point. Google looks to have grabbed FlexyCore to bring further improvements to Android. Maybe something along the lines of Project Butter Part 2. Anyway, while this is all being confirmed and acknowledged now, the deal has actually been in the works for some time. In fact, it looks like this process was all set in motion more than a year ago. And to further that, the deal was said to have been concluded earlier this month. Maybe Android users will see some of the perks when Kit Kat gets an official unveil. VIA: Rude Baguette | |
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