May 2009 Archives
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Best Features of HTC Magic / T-Mobile G2, Sapphire, Ion Given to Developers
At the Google I/0 conference in San Francisco this week, the company gave out over 4,000 HTC Magic G2 (Google Ion/Sapphire) smartphones.The smartphones came with one month of service from T-Mobile. They included version 1.5 of the Android operating system,...
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BlackBerry (Storm) Free App Update of the Day: Slacker Radio 2.0.2
Those of you who have already tried Slacker Radio or are thinking about for your BlackBerry, check out the new version of Slacker Radio for BlackBerry 2.0.2 BlackBerry Storm users will be pleased that Slacker Radio will work on a...
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Palm Pre News Pre-Launch: Week In Review & New Details
Last week, was a very busy news week for the Palm Pre. We are now one week away from launch and all sorts of details and opinions are leaking out about the Palm Pre.Sprint will be ready for the Palm...
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BlackBerry Storm Update 4.7.0.148 Out This Sunday, May 31
Verizon has confirmed today, that they will release a software update to RIM BlackBerry Storm owners starting on Sunday.BlackBerry Storm update version 4.7.0.148 will be available to customers beginning on Sunday, May 31 at 12 p.m., PST on the BlackBerry's...
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Mobile Payment Users Up 70.4% Over Last Year, Says Gartner
The mobile payment industry will experience steady growth, as the number of mobile payment users worldwide will total 73.4 million in 2009, up 70.4 percent from 2008 when there were 43.1 million users, according to Gartner, Inc. Gartner predicts that...
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Sprint to Go Tri-mode with WiMAX-Enabled Phones, More Markets?
According to Unstrung, Sprint will offer a tri-mode with CDMA, WiFi and WiMAX connectivity, and may launch the Sprint 4G service in new unannounced locations. "We haven't announced specific timing or any more details other than to say we expect...
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EA Mobile Launches iPhone Versions of Star Trek, American Idol and Others
EA Mobile announced six new titles available on the Apple App Store including: Star Trek, AMERICAN IDOL, TRIVIAL PURSUIT, Lemonade Tycoon, Pandemonium! and Anytime Pool. Star Trek EA Mobile invites you to become the captain of the U.S.S. Enterprise and...
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BlackBerry (Storm) Free App of the Day: quub (cube) Instant Updater Beta
Wouldn't it be nice, if you could let all your friends or family know what you are up to to in a few clicks without hassling with lots of typing and entering updates into several different social networking sites?The quub,...
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Palm Pre News: Twitterfied, VZW, Hands-On, D7 Demo & Sonorous
If you haven't checked the news about the Palm Pre from Sprint for one day, you've missed a lot. Yesterday, we were excited about our editor attending a Palm Pre pre-launch event and today there's even more Palm Pre news....
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New LG Phones Coming to Verizon Soon
Verizon Wireless and LG Mobile have cooked up three new phones for summer fun. The new LG enV3 will be available Friday, while LG enV TOUCH and LG Glance will be available June 5 at all Verizon Wireless Communications...
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iPhone Exclusively Best Bet for AT&T, Says ChangeWave
ChangeWave Research surveys show that the U.S. cellular service provider market remains a two-horse race between AT&T and Verizon - with the former leading in terms of future demand and the latter in terms of customer satisfaction and fewest dropped...
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BlackBerry BES Update Fixes Vulnerabilities in the PDF Distiller
RIM issued another update to deal with problems with BlackBerry Attachment Service and PDF files on BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES). There notice is titled "Vulnerabilities in the PDF distiller of the BlackBerry Attachment Service for the BlackBerry Enterprise Server."Flaws in...
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AT&T 7.2Mbps HSPA Mobile Broadband Speeds in 2011
AT&T is planning to upgrade their 3G network to deliver faster mobile broadband speeds. The network upgrades are slated to begin later this year, with completion expected in 2011. They will upgrade to High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) 7.2 technology....
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Credit Card Co's Trusted More than Carriers, Says Harris Interactive
Harris Interactive results surveying people about cell phone use and payments found that: Nearly 4 out of 5 U.S. adults (77%) receive bills from cell phone and credit card companies, and of these adults, the majority (57%) trust credit...
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Smartphones Account for 35% MobiAds, Says Ad Mob
The latest AdMob metrics show smartphones accounted for nearly 3 times more usage than their relative market share in its April 2009 Mobile Metrics Report. The report also compares usage of mobile Web sites to usage of HTML sites on...
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Palm Pre News: More Features @D7, Ads, IMAP IDLE, OverSync and Palm Eos
There is a lot of exciting buzz anticipating the launch of the Palm Pre on Sprint June 6. There is rumor that our editor that our editor, attend a Pre pre-launch event and we will be reporting what happens at...
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BlackBerry (Storm) Free App of the Day: Audible Free Friedman Best Seller
A free version of Audible is now available for BlackBerry. Users can shop, sample, download, and playback audio from Audible's catalog of over 60,000 titles, right on a BlackBerry. We named it our BlackBerry Free App of the Day because...
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Open Mobile Consortium Development Community Open
The Open Mobile Consortium launched its global development community to help organizations working towards social good to better collaborate and share mobile phone-based technologies. The OMC’s open source software tools help organizations to better serve the health, humanitarian and development...
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Jitterbug Phones Recalled by CPSC: Call Samsung for Update Now
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has recalled Jitterbug phones made by Samsung. The main reason is that when the recalled Jitterbug phones are in a no-service area and display an “out of range, try again later” message and could fail...
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Nokia Ovi App Store Open for Business : Glitched Launch
Ovi Store by Nokia is now open for an estimated 50 million Nokia devices. Customers can visit store.ovi.com through their Nokia device browser to access/buy games, videos, podcasts, productivity tools, web and location-based services and more.The store is not open...
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AT&T to Android with HTC Lancaster - August 3?
Engadget has leaked an AT&T document for the HTC Lancaster, a QWERTY slider smartphone running Android. It appears to a touchscreen like the HTC Touch Pro which they call "The Consumer Social Messaging Device"Th HTC Lancaster offers EDGE and 850...
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BlackBerry Poynt App Gains Points & Repeat Customers - 400,000 Users
Multiplied Media Corporation announced that Poynt their local searcyh app has surpassed 400,000 users. It' nice to know because we named Poynt our "BlackBerry Storm App of the Day" on February 15.Every day, between ten and 15 percent of Poynt's...
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Mini Notebooks Coming to AT&T All Over U.S.
AT&T plans to begin offering the new mini laptops through its nationwide sales channels - more than 2,200 AT&T-owned retail stores and through AT&T - this summer.AT&T began trialing the sale of 3G mini laptops in its retail stores in...
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Palm Pre News : Business and Gesture Details
This weekend has been a great weekend for official Palm Pre documents to be leaked analyzed and reported. After we showed you, yesterday, the best features of the Palm Pre from Sprint, we heard about these leaked documents. The business...
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American Idol a Hit with AT&T Services
AT&T reported that more than 78 million text messages crossed its network as fans interacted with American Idol -- the highest total for any season and more than double the 78 million messages AT&T reported last year. 97 million votes...
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BlackBerry Stolen from Kevin Bacon on Same Day as Hilton's Loss
Talk about six degrees of separation, Kevin Bacon, also lost his BlackBerry on Thursday but to a thief in a New York City subway station. Paris Hilton doesn't know what happend to her BlackBerry Bold.The theft occurred at B, D...
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UK Mobile Web Survey - Search on Toilet, @Table & in Bed
Yahoo! Mobile in the U.K revealed that Brits are so addicted to staying connected to the information that they search and browse the Internet on their mobile in a number of unusual situations, including on the toilet and between the...
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Free BlackBerry (Storm, Bold/Curve) App of the Day: Yahoo oneSearch
Yahoo! has expanded support for oneSearch with voice to the BlackBerry Bold, Storm, Flip, and Curve 8900. We named it our BlackBerry (Storm/Bold/Curve/Flip) App of the day because it can come in handy when your hands are full and you...
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BlackBerry Curve 8900 on Sale @ AT&T $150 with WMN Coupon & Contract
Dubbed as the thinnest BlackBerry, yet, the BlackBerry Curve 8900 is now being sold by AT&T. PCMag wrote that the BlackBerry Curve 8900 has terrific keyboard and sharp screen. This AT&T model is similar to the one being sold by...
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Palm Pre News: Best Features - Why So Hyped - Why So Good
As the Palm Pre launch date approaches tech gurus have been writing about how good it is and showing off the Palm Pre 's best features.Adrian Covert at Gizmodo called the Palm Pre "the most hyped device since the iPhone."...
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BlackBerry Storm Update 4.7.0.148 Features Better than 4.7.0.113 or 4.7.0.141?
Yet another OS update for the BlackBerry Storm has been leaked onto the Internet. Version 4.7.0.148 of the BlackBerry Storm OS is more stable and faster than the operating system currently on the BlackBerry Storm from Verizon.Update on Update May...
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WiMAX to Act as DSL Substitute, Says Juniper
Juniper reports that up to 12% of the global DSL installed base will be substituted by WiMAX by 2013. The Far East will lead with over one fifth of the 47m subscribers in 2013. A region by region analysis...
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Palm Pre: Sale Locations, Instant Rebates, & Analysis
As customers anxiously await the launch of the Palm Pre, analysts are making predictions and consumers are looking for their best angle.The Palm Pre 's price depends on where you buy reported several sources. If you buy the Palm Pre...
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Hilton BlackBerry Lost - Why She Should Worry About Security
Paris Hilton lost her BlackBerry Bold, last night, at the Cannes Film Festival in the wee hours of the morning. She searched for it frantically at her hotel."It's the worst thing that could have happened. It has all my...
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Smartphone Sales Up 12.7%, Nokia is Top, Followed by BlackBerry, Says Gartner
Worldwide mobile phone sales totalled 269.1 million units in the first quarter of 2009, a 8.6 per cent decrease from the first quarter of 2008, according to Gartner, Inc. Smartphone sales surpassed 36.4 million units, a 12.7 per cent...
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Palm Pre Users Have Seen Mobile Ads and BlackBerry Storm Hits 15
Millennial Media, April SMART mobile ad study showed that Palm Pre users saw ads and the BlackBerry Storm entered the top twenty. Device Highlights: iPhone/iTouch impressions grew 8% month over month set new network-wide record. Apple edged out LG...
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iPhone/iPod Earbud Static Discharge Reported by Apple
Apple has posted a notice on its website warning that their earbuds can give electric charges, like when you rub your hair with balloon. There doesn’t seem to be any health problem concerned with the condition. When using headphones in...
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BlackBerry Storm 2 to Be Outed in June Too?
June looks like its going to be a big smarpthone month. On June 6, the Palm Pre is going to hit the street and there will be some kind of iPhone announcement. Now it looks like Verizon wants to join...
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26% Drive while Texting - 60% Mobile Phoners Text, Says Vlingo
The results of the Vlingo Consumer Mobile Messaging Habits Report are down right dangerous. Despite Driving While Texting (DWT) bans in seven states and the District of Columbia as well as reports of accidents caused by DWT, 26% of...
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Palm Pre News: Party, Limited Supply, Unlimited Plans & Projections
After yesterday's announcement that the Palm Pre will go on sale June 6, there are all kinds of news revolving around the launch. There's a pre-Pre release party, supply may be limited, and plans are being compared to the iPhone....
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It's Official: Palm Pre Goes on Sale June 6 for $199 with Contract & Rebate
Email notifications for the Palm Pre were sent this morning. The Palm Pre will be in stores on Saturday June 6. The phone will be sold at Sprint stores, Best Buy, Radio Shack and select Wal-Mart stores. Most predictions came...
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BlackBerry (Storm) App of the Day: gwabbit
If you are too busy to copy all that contact information from emails into your BlackBerry address book, here is a paid app that will do it all for you. gwabbit automatically finds contact information in your emails and adds or...
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Customers Prefer Operator Portals, Says Strategy Analytics
The latest benchmark report from the Strategy Analytics Wireless Media Lab, "US Mobile Portals: MSN and AOL Trail Operator Offerings for User Experience," found that consumers preferred the mobile portals from US operators to offerings from AOL and MSN. The...
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12-24 Year-Olds in This Digital Age: Everything Moving to Mobile
According to Dr. Cole from the Center for the Digital Future at USC Annenberg School, during his presentation to the Knight Digital News Entrepreneur Boot Camp, in Los Angeles, Saturday, the life of today's 12-24 year-old human is very digital. Here are some...
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Samsung and LG Sold Over 20 Million Touchscreen Phones Each
Korea has been responsible for their fare share of touchscreen phones. Both Samsung and LG have each sold 20 million touchsreen phones. They both started their touch adventures two years ago. In January Samsung, reported reaching 10 million touchscreen phones....
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Star Gazer App of the Night: Google Sky Map for Android-Astronomer in Your Pocket
Google Sky Map for Android helps users learn about the sky using GPS, compass, and date and time data. Google Sky Map turns Android-powered mobile phone into a dynamic window on the night sky. When you point your phone upwards...
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AT&T to Offer Cheaper iPhone Data Plans?
Acco rding to Business Week, AT&T is considering lowering the month cost of the monthly plan rates for the iPhone. "One plan that could be introduced as early as late May would include limited data access at a $10 monthly...
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Cloud Storage for Enterprise Coming from AT&T
AT&T will start offering cloud storage for web accessible devices, this month. AT&T Synaptic Storage is a storage-on-demand distribution and retrieval of their data from any location, anytimevia the web.. Customers will be able to specify their storage criteria -- called...
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Palm Pre News: Advocates, NASCAR Racing and Launch Date?
The Palm Pre news media machines are bubbling forth this weekend. It's no surprise that announcements of the launch and launch dates are changing. Sprint store advocates are getting their hands on the smartphones. There are many references to the...
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Deal of the Weekend: All AT&T Phones Free @ Wirefly Fri.-Mon.
AT&T revealed today that they are leading in smartphones and now Wirefly has a sale that will increase smartphone and integrated phones sales even more. All AT&T phones and some smartphones are on sale this weekend and discounted to be...
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New Small Biz Plans from Verizon
There is a new voice plan in the Verizon Wireless Small Business toolbox. The Nationwide Small Business SharePlan, available starting May 17, gives customers shared Anytime Minutes, unlimited Mobile to Mobile calls to over 80 million other Verizon Wireless customers,...
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Auto Warranty Robocallers Sued by FTC
Have you ever gotten those annoying calls saying your warranty for a old battered auto is expiring? We have even gotten them on cell phones.Those flaky services have raked in over $10 million dollars and make more than 1.8 million...
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BlackBerry Storm News, BB Storm2 Pics, Amazon App and Updated I Luv BB
There is lot of BlackBerry Storm news today. Sneak peak photos of the BlackBerry Storm 2 are appearing and disappearing. You can now securely shop from a BlackBerry Storm on Amazon and BlackBerry addicts now have a newer version of...
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2x # of Smartphones, Double Integrated Devices, Says AT&T
AT&T claims that, based on independent market research, twice as many smartphone users have chosen AT&T over any other U.S. carrier. They attribute their success to the fastest 3G network and nearly 20,000 U.S. Wi-Fi hotspots offers and AT&T's industry-leading...
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51% Users Use Mobile Content, Used Longer for Entertainment, Says Magid Assoc.
Mobile content is growing in popularity and use. 51 percent of mobile phone users access content using their mobile phone on a weekly basis, according to a new study released by research and consultation firm Frank N. Magid AssociatesWhat's more,...
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Review of Reviews Nokia E71x (AT&T) Review
Nokia E71x Rated 4 out 5 by Wireless and Mobile News Review of ReviewsThe Nokia E71x is a world smartphone, full of bells and whistles for a great price. Reviewers all wrote that the push email and business functions are...
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Samsung Jack Hits the AT&T Road: 3.2 Mpx Camera, Video Cap, and Wi-Fi for $50 with Coupons & Plans
The Samsung Jack is now the official. This successful successor to the BlackJack and BlackJack II, will go on sale May 19. It offers office, music, and video features with a QWERTY keyboard. If you don't know Jack about iPhones...
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Free Battery Swap from U.S. Cellular Starts Monday
If you have ever had a cell phone battery die on you, you know it could cost as much as new phone. Replacement batteries generally cost $40 and can be hard to find in stock.In fact, Jay Leno on the...
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More Mobile Ads Recalled, Says Brightkite and GfK
Brightkite and GfK Technology released their latest Mobile Advertising Report (MAR). 38% of US mobile phone owners recall seeing advertising on their cell phones in the first quarter of 2009, although for Smartphone (such as iPhone) users, 59% recalled...
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Verizon Will Start Selling HP Mini 1151NR Netbook for $199 with Rebate & Contract on 5/17
Verizon has confirmed that it will start selling the HP Mini 1151NR Netbook heavily discounted with a two-year service agreement for wireless broadband services on Sunday May 17.The netbook would fit in a large purse. The HP Mini 1151NR netbook...
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Palm Pre News: Best Buy Teaser, Contest, Price, Wins Poll Over iPhone and Release Date?
The Palm Pre rumor, news and media machine keeps putting out more information for the Palm Pre information hungry. Best Buy shows it on its website, you can win one from Sprint, the price is estimated, there's a Palm Pre...
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Verizon Star Trek Beam Down Transporter Commercial: Interactive Video, Games and Simulators
Verizon and Nokia's Star Trek commercial is packed with a lot of details and fun. The ad asks, "Are you cut out for Star Trek Academy?"The announcer continues:"Find out when Star Trek action comes to V Cast with the...
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Samsung Alias 2 On Sale at Verizon Ink Morphing Keypad for Texting or Calling
The Samsung Alias 2 is now on sale at Verizon. You could say it has many keyed aliases in that the keypad can act as a dial number keypad or as a QWERTY keypad. This handset is geared to those...
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Night Vision Video on Samsung SCH-W760 Handset
In the near future, handset users in the dark will able to hold video conferences. The Samsung SCH-W760 has a camera on the front sensitive to infrared spectrum so that users can hold grayscale video calls in complete darkness. The...
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T-Mobile Optimistically Looking to Intro Android Netbooks
Cole Brodman, chief technology officer of T-Mobile told Om Malik that T-Mobile USA is looking to introduce Android-based devices from three different companies."We are looking to launch multiple Android-based devices in the second half of this year with three partners," ...
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Skinny GPS 3G Sidekick LX 2009 Offered by T-Mobile
The T-Mobile Sidekick LX is now available from T-Mobile to the general public. Previously it was only available through web pre-sale for existing T-Mobile customers. It's thinner than the original SideKicks with 3G speed, GPS, Flash video support, and Twitter...
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My, My, My - Another MiFi 2200 Hotspotter but from Sprint with GPS
Shortly after reviewers raved about the Novatel Wireless MiFi 2200, from Verizon Sprint announced it will offer the intelligent mobile hotspot device with GPS.The MiFi 2200, will available in the first week of June will allow users to connect...
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InterCall Provides Conferencing for BlackBerry (Bold, Storm, Curve & Pearl) Smartphones
Conferencing and collaboration services provider, InterCall, now offers Mobile Assistant, its conferencing on-the-go application for BlackBerry smartphones. Mobile Assistant is available for immediate download on BlackBerry App World and on the InterCall website. InterCall's Mobile Assistant enables a one button...
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Inergize Digital and DoApp Do iPhone Apps for Media Companies
Inergize Digital and DoApp Inc. are offering Mobile Local News, an iPhone and iPod touch application that distributes locally branded news, weather, sports, politics and entertainment to consumer iPhone and iPod touch mobile digital devices.Television and radio stations, magazines, newspapers...
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Google Android to Increase 900 or 420%, Says Strategy Analytics or IDC
Depending on what analyst you listen to, Android shipments are going increase a lot this year.Strategy Analytics predicts global Android smartphone shipments will grow 900 percent in 2009. While IDC predicts a meager 420% growth rate for Android smartphones in...
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BlackBerry Storm Update Wanted by Users: Failed Verizon Tests
BlackBerry Storm owners are getting antsy waiting for the BlackBerry Storm update notes Bonnie Cha at CNET. In an article titled "Verizon Puts the Kibosh on the Storm Update?" she writes that Verizon could get a backlash form BlackBerry Storm...
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Acer Now Selling Acer X960 3G Smartphone with GPS
Also available now from Acer is another smartphone announced at Mobile World Congress the Acer X960, a 3G Windows Mobile smartphone, with a high‐resolution VGA touchscreen and GPS.The Acer X960 has internet‐search, favorite web bookmarks, emails, and attachment readingThe X960...
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Acer Now Selling Dual Sim Dual Standby WinMo Smartphone
Acer has reveal dmore details about the the Acer DX900, which they claim to be he world's first dual‐SIM and dual‐standby Windows Mobile smartphone supporting both 3G and 2G connections. It is now available in EMEA and most Asian markets.The...
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NAVTEQ Adds Lonely Plane to NAVTEQ Travel Guide
NAVTEQ, expanded its travel and leisure guide portfolio with the addition of Lonely Planet for NAVTEQ: Travel Guide. At launch, the travel guide will cover 19 cities in Australia and New Zealand, with expansion planned to other countries such as...
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Review of Reviews MiFi 2200 (Verizon) Review: Wow!
MiFi 2200 (Verizon) Rated 4.5 out of 5 by Wireless and Mobile News Review of ReviewsThere seldom comes a device that when we see the description the whole staff says, "I want one!" The MiFi 2200 from Verizon is one...
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Moto W7 Active Editon Phone Burns Calories, Shakes Things Up
Motorola is launching the Moto W7 and they want to shake things up. The MOTO W7 Active Edition senses body movements, orientation and hand gestures to perform tasks. They claim it is a way for mobile phone users to stay...
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Strong Demand for Mobile Video, Says QuickPlay
QuickPlay Media, unveiled the findings of its latest quarterly consumer consumption analysis. The results--aggregate usage statistics from 15 representative QuickPlay-powered services over the first quarter of 2009--reveal that consumer demand for streaming and mobile video download content remains strong. The...
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Restaurants and Restrooms Top Rooms for Cellular, Says IGR
GR, announced the findings of a recent study on the locations in which consumers use their mobile phones. The survey, open to 18 to 65 year old consumers, asked respondents to specify the places they had used their mobile phones...
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Choose Your Tissue Wisely Free Mobile, Android and iPhone App from Greenpeace
Greenpeace wants you to choose your toilet tissue wisely and there's an app for that. The Recycled Tissue and Toilet Paper Guide makes it easy to find out which brands of facial tissues, toilet paper, paper towels, and napkins...
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AT&T Offers New $3.00-a-Day Unlimited Calling Plan
AT&T today announced a new prepaid calling with unlimited nationwide calling for three dollars per day -charges only applying on days when they make or receive voice calls. The new AT&T GoPhone plan includes no roaming or long distance fees...
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Thomson Reuters App for BlackBerry from Handmark
Handmark developed an app for Thomson Reuters for BlackBerry with one-click access to Thomson Reuters' business news, award-winning photography, market data and financial information. Since the app just came out today, it's too soon to make it a free BlackBerry...
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Free BlackBerry (Storm & Bold) Apps of the Day: WeatherBug
Local weather service app WeatherBug has launched a free version for the BlackBerry Storm and BlackBerry Bold smartphones at BlackBerry App World. We named it as our BlackBerry (Storm and Bold ) Free Apps of the Day, because we’ll you...
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Palm Pre News: Review Units, Touchy Touchstone Price, Limited #, Apps Appear, Launch Date?
The secrecy surrounding the Palm Pre's launch gives rise to bloggers and journalists scouring forums and blog posts for any kind of Palm Pre news possible. This evening Tech Crunch reported that those regular folks or "Real Reviewers" that Palm...
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LogMeIn BlackBerry Storm Apps Outed at WES
On our list for a BlackBerry Storm App of the Day in the future is LogMein Ignition for the BlackBerry Storm. LogMeIn Ignition for the BlackBerry Storm will allow users to access their Internet-connected Windows- and Mac-based computers from virtually...
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Match Star Trek Tech with Wireless Tech: Communicator, Apps, and Phones
Star Trek has been a boon to the wireless industry. Our present technology now almost matches some of the technology in the original Star Trek TV series. There are products that mirror Star Trek, iPhone phasers and games. There is...
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BlackBerry Storm Free App of the Day: Fee Finder (Calculator)
If you are looking to buy a house, car, or are dinning out here is free app for you: Fee Finder for the BlackBerry Storm. Fee Finder is a free app that calculates auto payments, mortgages and tips quickly and...
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Wireless and Cell Phone Fire Tips from Wireless and Mobile News
Unfortunately, we need to remind you again as wildfires rage over Santa Barbara, tips to have your cell phone, phones and information ready in case of fire.Be sure to keep your cell phone charged.Send text messages to save bandwidth -...
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Verizon Helps Jesusita Wildfire Survivors & Fire Fighters
Firefighters in the field and evacuees at shelters in Santa Barbara County are relying on the Verizon Wireless and wireline networks to stay connected during the Jesusita wildfire.Verizon landline customers who have lost their homes or who have been...
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Verizon Cuts Exclusive Handset-Time, Sells Part of Alltel and Advocates No-Text While Driving
According to the Associated Press Verizon has shortened how long rural carriers have to wait before they begin to offer Verizon-exclusive LG and Samsung phones.Verizon spokesman Jeffrey Nelson told an AP reporter that, two months ago, Verizon started allowing LG...
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Top Features Added to Android 1.5 Update Coming Soon from T-Mobile
T-Mobile will be officially pushing the update to Android week and it has a lot of enhancements.When the OTA is sent, Android phone will prompt you to download and install the update as soon as it becomes available. T-Mobile is...
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TetherBerry App Tethers BlackBerry to Pcs - Free Beta Version for Macs
If you are a Mac owner and don't want to pay $50 for the Launch2Net app for your BlackBerry or BlackBerry Storm. TetherBerrry is looking for Beta testers to try out their BlackBerry tethering app for free that they claim...
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Launch2net Tethers BlackBerry Storm to Mac Computers
Launch2net is now offering a tethering app to enable BlackBerry Storms and other smartphones to act as a tethered modem to Apple computers.The latest update includes the ability for BlackBerry Storm smartphone users to "tether" their Storm as a broadband...
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Windows Mobile Facebook App Launched
Windows have released a Facebook app especially for Windows Mobile smartphones. They claim it is the first app to enable users to upload video directly from their handsets to their Facebook pages.The best part of the Windows Mobile Facebook app...
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Best Free BlackBerry Storm Apps for BlackBerry Storm This Month
BlackBerry Storm Apps have been a favorite topic for our readers. This month, we discovered even more free BlackBerry Storm Apps that entertain or help users. When the BlackBerry Storm was released last November, there were few apps available for...
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T-Mobile Supported Unlocked iPhones Through Glitch
The Consumerist gives kudos to T-Mobile for helping customers on their network through a glitch with iPhones and other unlocked phones even though they don’t officially support the phone. They also gave the customers service credits.When T-Mobile changed their voicemail...
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BlackBerry Storm Update 4.7.0.141 Seen at WES, Official at Vodafone, Verizon Soon?
Vodafone has officially launched launched the 4.7.0.141 update for for the BlackBerry Storm 9500.It leads us to believe that Verizon will do the same soon. We're hoping for this Friday, May 8 for the BlackBerry Storm upgrade, because Verizon usually...
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Free PayPal Android App Available on Android Market
PayPal has launched a free Android app for accessing PayPal accounts. The PayPal app offers, direct integration with the contact list, recent history and balance checks. The PayPal Android app is available on Android Market. "And, of course, all your...
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57% of AT&Ters Play Mobile Games: Tetris Most Popular
PopCap Games, results of a new survey, show 57 percent of AT&T wireless customers who were polled play mobile games on their wireless devices. The survey, conducted by Information Solutions Group among more than 1,100 AT&T wireless customers, underscores the...
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WiGig Creating 10x Faster LAN Standard
The Wireless Gigabit (WiGig) Alliance is working to establish a unified specification for 60 Gigahertz (GHz) wireless technologies. WiGig has 15 tech company members that plan to develop a 60 GHz wireless for fast connections.Speeds of WiGig can be up...
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Over 20% Households Wireless Only: Wireless-Only Heathlier, Says NHIS
More than one of every five American homes (20.2%) had only wireless telephones during the second half of 2008, an increase of 2.7 percentage points since the first half of 2008 reports the July-December 2008 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS).This...
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Verizon Fights Text Spammer, Files Lawsuit
Verizon Wireless has filed a lawsuit against Pennsylvania-based Money Warehouse, Inc. (doing business as All State Mortgage Lender) and other John Does alleging they sent at least 800,000 wireless spam messages promoting mortgage products to Verizon Wireless customers and employees...
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MiFi 2200 Mobile Hotspot Coming from Verizon
Verizon Wireless will introduce the MiFi 2200 Intelligent Mobile Hotspot on May 17. The MIFi 2200 made by Novatel Wireless creates a Wi-Fi mobile broadband hotspot to share 3G Internet with up five Wi-Fi-enabled devices such as notebooks, netbooks, cameras,...
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AT&T Adds Send to Mobile Feature to Att.net
AT&T has added a new “Send to Mobile” feature to att.net, allowing customers to push content from the Web portal to their AT&T mobile devices. AT&T’s wireless customers can register for a free att.net account, which includes e-mail with unlimited...
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AT&T iPhone Account Management App Launched
AT&T now has an iPhone app to allow iPhone customers to manage family and individual accounts directly from their iPhone. The app's primary functions include: Bill and Pay - View monthly bill in full and make one-touch payments.Voice and Data...
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Palm Pre News 2Day: Sprint Employees Fired, FAQ & Bell
Palm, announced that Palm Pre will be sold in Canada exclusively on Bell Mobility's 3G high-speed mobile network in the second half of 2009. There is still no word on the official release of the Palm Pre in the United...
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BlackBerry (Storm) Voice App of the Day: Vlingo
Vlingo Corporation just launched version 3.0 of Vlingo that gives users "hands-free" control of BlackBerry smartphones through voice commands.By speaking, the last version of Vlingo enabled users to send and reply to emails and text messages, search the mobile web,...
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BlackBerry (Storm) Free App of the Day: Pocket Express WinMo Too
We know you BlackBerry (Storm) and smartphone users like free apps that make your life easier and provide useful information. Today we named Pocket Express our Free App of Day because Pocket Express, offers up-to-the-minute news, sports, weather, stocks, travel,...
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AT&T Will Sell Thin BlackBerry Curve 8900 in Early Summer
AT&T will offer the new lighter super thin BlackBerry Curve 8900 smartphone in the early summer.It comes with Wi-Fi and GPS, a fast next generation processor and multimedia capabilities They claim that the BlackBerry Curve 8900 users can get a...
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Cincinnati Bell First US Carrier for Nokia 5800 XpressMusic
Cincinnati Bell is the first U.S. operator to offer the touchscreen Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Phone.Packed with music and audio playback features, the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic comes with an 8GB microSD memory card and a one touch Media Bar. The Media...
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Handset Shipments to Decline 20% in 2009, Says In-Stat
The global recession will make the next two years unusually difficult for the cellphone industry, reports In-Stat. They claim Subscription growth is slowing, so roughly three quarters of handset unit sales are expected to be replacement models, a discretionary purchase...
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Mobile Ad Sector Will Double in Next 2 Years, Says Magna
The mobile advertising sector is posed to almost double over the next two years. MAGNA forecasts the US market for mobile advertising will grow by 36%, rising from $169 million in 2008 to $229 million during 2009. Although these...
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Palm Pre News 2Day: Rumor @ Best Buy June 7 & Commercial Twit Pic
There have been rumors in the past that the Palm Pre will be sold at Best Buy and now the latest rumor du jour is that Best Buy will get a limited number (4500) of Palm Pre smartphones on...
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RIM Has API for Pushing Real-Time Content to BlackBerry Smartphones
Research In Motion (RIM) is pushing a new BlackBerry push API (application programming interface) that will enable developers to push real-time content to BlackBerry smartphones. This push technology can be used for breaking news stories, immediate sales leads, real-time sports...
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Palm Pre News 2Day: Palm Pre Training @ Sprint May 6 with NDA's
According to Sprint Gurus, Sprint will begin training employees on the Palm Pre on May 6. Employees will attend the training in a room that will be setup with one Palm Pre for every five trainees. Each attendee will have...
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New Version of BlackBerry Enterprise Server - 5.0
RIM today announced the availability of BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0. that supports advanced IT administration features and smartphone controls that help improve the productivity of mobile workers and more effectively meet the demands of large-scale, mission critical enterprise deployments. ...
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AT&T Restricts and Limits Data Plans
AT&T has changed the terms of service for its wireless data plans restricting data access for Internet browsing, email and intranet access. While "certain uses that cause extreme network capacity issues and interference with the network and are therefore prohibited"...
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BlackBerry Developer Challenge Starts June 1
This morning at the WES 2009 Conference, BlackBerry Partners Fund announced the 2009 BlackBerry Developers Challenge. This is the second year that the challenge is running, although the focus for this year's contest has shifted and entries will be evaluated...
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BlackBerry 50% of Smartphone Market, Says NPD
The NPD Group reports that the buy-one-get- one" promotion by Verizon Wireless helped RIM's BlackBerry Curve outsell Apple's iPhone to become the best-selling consumer smartphone in the U.S. in the first quarter (Q1) of 2009. RIM's consumer smartphone market share...
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RIM to Make New Next-Generation BlackBerry Storm
RIM will launch a new version of the BlackBerry Storm reports Reuters. Jim Basillie said that the BlackBerry Storm was "a huge success in terms of sales and adoption."Balsillie said RIM is working on a "next generation" BlackBerry Storm, as...
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AT&T Navigator Tops Mobile Apps at AT&T
AT&T's top 10 performing applications for January through March, offering include navigation, Mobile TV, Napster, XM Raddio, MobiTV, WikiMobile, Shazam (MusicID), Make-UR-Tones, Weather, and MobiVJ. Wireless data revenues for AT&T grew 39 percent year-over-year. A key contributor to this growth...
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Latest Twitter Scam: Twitter Spam - Limited to Following 1000
Twitter is so popular it is not only a way for predators to phish your banking information it is also a way for annoying marketers to befriend you and clutter your Tweets.Case in point, we recently started posting all the...
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Free BlackBerry (Storm) App of the Day: I Love BlackBerry BlackBerry Addiction Tester
We are sorry to report that the new BlackBerry Storm update has not been pushed out to all you anticipating BlackBerry Storm users. We went over to the Verizon store where the rep told us "The end of April beginning...
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Palm Pre News This Week: Tweets, Molls and WebOS Netbooks
It looks like the crew over at Palm are busy bees, they are using social networking to market the Palm Pre, sponsored a webisode of The Molls Show and are working on a netbook computer. According to Barron's, analyst Trip Chowdry...
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BlackBerry RIM Announcements at WES: Tour, Apex, OS and BES
Psst, there are lot of rumors brewing as to what kinds of services and smartphones RIM will announce at Wireless Enterprise Symposium in Orlando next week.RIM will reportedly announce the BlackBerry Niagara now being called the BlackBerry Tour the sort...
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Web Phone Purchases and Acitvities Are Increasing, Says PriceGrabber
PriceGrabber.com's survey findings reveal that online consumers have made significant headway in web-enabled phone adoption and mobile Internet usage. It shows that web-enabled phone owners, research purchases and buy digital content. In PriceGrabber.com's March 2009 survey, nearly 58 percent of...
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Customers Most Satisifed with iPhone and LG, Says JD Power
The iPhone ranked highest in customer satisfaction among smartphone manufacturers, while LG ranked highest among traditional mobile phone users, according to the J.D. Power and Associates. Apple (iPhone) scored 791 on a 1,000-point scale, performing particularly well in ease of...
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Palm to Make Little Sister to Palm Pre: Pixie, Eos, Castle, Mini-Pre
According to TechCruch, Palm will launch a mini-version of the Palm Pre, code named "Pixie." The Palm Pixie will use the WebOS operation system and be a smaller "candy bar" style smartphone with a price of $99 and will come...
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Boost Bombs with Texting Delays Due to Overloaded Congestion
Due to so many customers going for the unlimited services of Boost Mobile, their network bombed and needed its own boost to deal with all the network congestion. Customers complained of widespread problems and text messages taking hours and even...
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