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Syed Sofian Rabbani
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My involvement with Android - as a fan and user - started in 2009-10 when I had dual-booted Android 2.2 Froyo on my SE Xperia X1. I have been following the rapid (and much deserved) rise of Android since then and have been rooting and flashing every android phone I could get my hands on. A self-proclaimed tech expert, in my free time I catch up on my reading and play with my kids.

Dish Loses 363K Subs Amid Warnings of T-Mobile 3G Network Shutdown
Feb 23, 2021 · By Syed Sofian Rabbani
Dish Loses 363K Subs Amid Warnings of T-Mobile 3G Network Shutdown
Results show that Dish has lost 363K wireless subscribers from its Boost Mobile MVNO arm…
Feb 23, 2021 · By Syed Sofian Rabbani
Samsung Pushing For More Acquisitions & Investments
In its Q4 2020 earnings call, Samsung Electronics Co. has stated that the company will…
Jan 28, 2021 · By Syed Sofian Rabbani
T-Mobile Removes Samsung Galaxy S20, S20+ & S20 Ultra From Its Store
T-Mobile has removed the pages for the Samsung Galaxy S20 trio phones from its online…
Dec 09, 2020 · By Syed Sofian Rabbani
FCC Takes Back WiFi Spectrum To Supercharge 5GHz WiFi
The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has voted to release a small amount of spectrum…
Nov 19, 2020 · By Syed Sofian Rabbani
Here's How Huawei Plans To Bypass US Chip Manufacturing Sanctions
Huawei is planning to start a dedicated chip manufacturing factory in Shanghai that wouldn't depend…
Nov 02, 2020 · By Syed Sofian Rabbani
Issues Plague Unlock Procedure For T-Mobile's OnePlus 8T & 5G Phones
T-Mobile OnePlus 8T and OnePlus 8 5G phone users are unable to unlock their phones…
Oct 26, 2020 · By Syed Sofian Rabbani
ARM Will Drop 32bit Support in Future Chips and CPUs
During its DevSummit developer event, ARM has announced that it will drop support for 32-bit…
Oct 08, 2020 · By Syed Sofian Rabbani
Huawei Plans to Open HMS & HarmonyOS to Rival Manufacturers
Huawei's chairman has confirmed that the Chinese manufacturer plans to open up its HMS ecosystem…
Sep 23, 2020 · By Syed Sofian Rabbani
Ericsson, Qualcomm & US Cellular Demonstrate Better Range over 5G NR mmWave
Ericsson, along with Qualcomm and US Cellular, has announced a major breakthrough using the 5G…
Sep 18, 2020 · By Syed Sofian Rabbani
FTC May File Antitrust Lawsuit Against Facebook Soon
The FTC is possibly preparing to launch an antitrust lawsuit against Facebook as per certain…
Sep 16, 2020 · By Syed Sofian Rabbani
Demand for Samsung Exynos Chipsets Expected to Grow Next Year
Analysts and industry watchers expect the demand for Samsung Electronics Co. manufactured Exynos chipsets to…
Sep 11, 2020 · By Syed Sofian Rabbani
OSOM Products Rises From The Ashes Of Essential
Former Essential employees have started their own company, called OSOM Products. The company terms itself…
Sep 03, 2020 · By Syed Sofian Rabbani
T-Mobile Lights Up High-speed Mid-band 5G in Over 80 Cities
T-Mobile has lighted up its mid-band 5G spectrum in over 80 cities and towns. Consequently,…
Sep 02, 2020 · By Syed Sofian Rabbani
Huawei & ZTE Patent Appeal Dismissed by the UK Supreme Court
The UK Supreme Court today, dismissed two appeals filed by  Chinese telecom equipment manufacturers Huawei…
Aug 27, 2020 · By Syed Sofian Rabbani
White House Appeals To Supreme Court Over Trump's Twitter Blocking Case
The White House has appealed to the Supreme Court to allow President Trump to block…
Aug 23, 2020 · By Syed Sofian Rabbani
New US Restrictions Cut off Huawei's Access to Technology and Chips
New sanctions imposed by the US have now restricted Huawei's access to the latest technology…
Aug 18, 2020 · By Syed Sofian Rabbani
Qualcomm Wins Appeal Against The FTC In Anti-Competitive Lawsuit
Qualcomm has won a major victory against the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in an antitrust…
Aug 17, 2020 · By Syed Sofian Rabbani
Verizon Gives Out More Data to Consumers Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
Amid the Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, Verizon has announced to give more high speed data to…
Apr 23, 2020 · By Syed Sofian Rabbani
Amazon To Temporarily Stop Accepting New Online Grocery Orders Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
Amazon has stated that the company plans to temporarily stop accepting any new grocery delivery…
Apr 13, 2020 · By Syed Sofian Rabbani
Watch TV Shows & Movies Subscription Free On HBO This Month
HBO has announced that consumers can watch around 500 hours of prime content on their…
Apr 05, 2020 · By Syed Sofian Rabbani
Google Nest Was Down For A While, It's All Good Now
Google Nest services suffered an outage yesterday. The impact was severely felt by users of…
Mar 30, 2020 · By Syed Sofian Rabbani
Dish Loans Its Unused Spectrum To Bolster 4G LTE For Major US…
Dish has announced the company will loan its unused spectrum holdings with major US wireless…
Mar 20, 2020 · By Syed Sofian Rabbani
T-Mobile Gives Unlimited Data To All Customers Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, T-Mobile has upgraded customers to unlimited data plans starting March 13th,…
Mar 16, 2020 · By Syed Sofian Rabbani
Samsung Shifts Production to Vietnam Because of Coronavirus Outbreak
Samsung has reportedly shifted manufacturing operations and production to its Vietnam plant from its South…
Mar 09, 2020 · By Syed Sofian Rabbani
Netflix HD & HDR Supported Devices Now Include Samsung Galaxy Phones, Tablets
Netflix has updated the list of devices that support HD and HDR content playback. The…
Mar 09, 2020 · By Syed Sofian Rabbani
Philips Hue Bridge v1 Support To End From April 2020
Philips Hue has confirmed that support for the original Philips Hue Bridge v1 will stop…
Mar 09, 2020 · By Syed Sofian Rabbani
T-Mobile Lays Off Portion Of Metro Employees As Sprint Merger Moves Forward
The merger between T-Mobile and Sprint is moving into its final stages. News reports of…
Mar 02, 2020 · By Syed Sofian Rabbani
Next Gen USB 3.1 Type-C Connectors Could Grace Your Next Smartphone or…
If you own a gadget, and chances are you'd be having loads of them stocked…
Aug 12, 2014 · By Syed Sofian Rabbani
Xiaomi Makes Cloud Messaging Optional After Privacy Concerns Raised by F-Secure
Xiaomi has been recently been in the news for all the wrong reasons. Despite having…
Aug 11, 2014 · By Syed Sofian Rabbani
LG Aims to Capture Major Chunk in Chinese Market on the Strengths…
  The latest flagship device from the Korean manufacturer, LG Electronics, has been receiving rave…
Aug 08, 2014 · By Syed Sofian Rabbani
Xiaomi Announces a 4G Toting Redmi Note for $162
Xiaomi has been in the news recently for (mostly) good reasons - whether it was…
Aug 06, 2014 · By Syed Sofian Rabbani
LG is expected to Sell 60 Million Smartphones this Year
LG Electronics was a late incumbent into the smartphone arena, when they finally arrived on…
Aug 04, 2014 · By Syed Sofian Rabbani
Samsung's Profit from Mobile Devices Sees a 15% Drop in Q2 2014
When it comes to mobile devices, Samsung has no competitor when it comes to the…
Jul 31, 2014 · By Syed Sofian Rabbani
HTC Launches the HTC J Butterfly for Japan – a Water-Proof HTC…
The Japanese market for electronics has such a voracious appetite that several devices are released…
Jul 31, 2014 · By Syed Sofian Rabbani
Trend Micro Backs Off Bogus "Malware-in-Google-Play-Apps" Claim
Trend Micro is a big name in the anti-malware industry and hence a claim from…
Jul 28, 2014 · By Syed Sofian Rabbani
Hugo Barra Defends Xiaomi Against 'Copy Cat' Labels, Claims Apple is an…
  A huge ripple was created in tech circles when Google's then VP for Product…
Jul 24, 2014 · By Syed Sofian Rabbani
Google Voice adds Web-based Calls using Hangouts, Without a Google+ Profile
Google Voice has always been a service which is admired by most, but only available…
Jul 24, 2014 · By Syed Sofian Rabbani
LG Launches 'Puppy Pop'; the First Game for LG's QuickCircle Case
The LG G3 is undeniably an excellent device. The efforts that LG took with it…
Jul 23, 2014 · By Syed Sofian Rabbani
Amazon Launches Its Own Wallet App to Compete With Google and PayPal
  Amazon is a name synonymous with online retail, however the recent forays the company…
Jul 23, 2014 · By Syed Sofian Rabbani
Gionee to Introduce 5mm Thick Smartphone
Gaining a foothold outside of their bastion is the dream of all Chinese manufacturers, be…
Jul 21, 2014 · By Syed Sofian Rabbani
US Judge Issues Warrant for a Gmail Users' Emails, Sparks off Debate…
An international debate on user data privacy and the authority that governments have for conducting…
Jul 19, 2014 · By Syed Sofian Rabbani
Nokia's Trust with Android to End, Nokia X Will Flaunt Windows Phone…
As an experiment, Nokia's X series married Nokia's hardware to the ease of Android in…
Jul 17, 2014 · By Syed Sofian Rabbani
The Chinese are Adventurous, Fake iPhone 6 Running Modified Android Surfaces
If you need a fake made, chances are you would find someone in the eastern…
Jul 16, 2014 · By Syed Sofian Rabbani
LG G3's 'Mini Me' Gets Leaked, Will be Called the LG G3…
The latest flagship from LG's stables is definitely going to follow the trend of bringing…
Jul 16, 2014 · By Syed Sofian Rabbani
Is the Moto 360 Smartwatch Exorbitantly Costly? Chinese Listing Says So
Google's upcoming OS platform for wearable devices - Android Wear - will be coming into…
Jul 03, 2014 · By Syed Sofian Rabbani
Solar Powered 'Smart Benches' will now Charge your Phones across Parks in…
If you're a resident of Boston, you have something new to look forward to when…
Jul 01, 2014 · By Syed Sofian Rabbani
Did HTC Just Troll Us with a HTC Nexus 9 Render at…
Google is one great company, with an even greater sense of humor. If you don't…
Jun 26, 2014 · By Syed Sofian Rabbani
Google Takes a Second Foray into the Living Room with Android TV,…
If there is one place where Google hasn't managed too much success - so far…
Jun 25, 2014 · By Syed Sofian Rabbani
Android Leads OS World Domination with 1 Billion Active Monthly Users
If you've been living under a rock, then let us remind you that the most…
Jun 25, 2014 · By Syed Sofian Rabbani
Mysterious Motorola Phone with Dual Front Speakers for Verizon Leaks, Is This…
  Motorola, under the able leadership of Google, had taken the tech world by storm…
Jun 24, 2014 · By Syed Sofian Rabbani
Google may add a kill-switch to the next Android version
The ease of access to the Internet and belonging content on smartphones has enslaved us and…
Jun 19, 2014 · By Syed Sofian Rabbani
OPPO Releases the Find 7 on Pre-Order, Ships in Early July
One of the most hotly anticipated devices, bearing the fabled quad-HD or '2K' resolution, is…
Jun 17, 2014 · By Syed Sofian Rabbani