June 2009 Archives
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BlackBerry Tour Available July 12, Price of BlackBery Storm Dropped to $149
We finally have the official word on the Verizon 3G BlackBerry Tour which will be in Verizon Wireless stores on July 12. The notice also shows price drops for all BlackBerry smartphones.The BlackBerry Tour is a 3G world phone, allowing customers to...
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Comcast High-Speed 2go Launched
Comcast launched high-speed wireless data in Portland as the company kicks off its nationwide rollout of Comcast High-Speed 2go.Comcast's High-Speed 2go is a 4G wireless high-speed data service that they claim provides the fastest available wireless Internet in the nation...
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High Costs Keep Travelers from Using Travel Apps, Says Sprint
A survey from Sprint and Harris Interactive shows that the majority of vacationers are not using helpful travel applications because of budget concerns. Wireless phone are the most popular item to pack, Aside from laptops (50 percent), MP3 players (38...
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Mobile Advocacy Coaltion Formed to Lobby FCC
The Mobile Advocacy Coalition (http://www.mobileac.org) was formed in June 2009, in response to the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit's ruling in Satterfield v. Simon & Schuster, Inc. They claim that the Court's decision to remand includes instructions that twist...
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Palm Pre News: 370,000 Palm Pre Sold, GSM Coming & More Orders/Chapters
There is more Palm Pre news today and momentum for the Palm Pre is growing. Numbers of shipped Palm Pre units were greater than expected. Other webOS devices are coming including a GSM version. Production has almost doubled and developers...
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iPhone 3GS Too Hot to Handle - Hot Pink Scorch Marks
There have been reports that the new iPhone 3GS is too hot to handle, the super-fast processor's temperature is so very warm, owners claim it can hurt. Photos of white iPhone 3GS posted in forums show heat scorch marks,...
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Palm Pre News 2Day: More App Developers and Update 1.0.4
There is a new update to the webOS for the Palm Pre 1.0.4 which addresses several security issues with Palm webOS software. It also causes some homemade apps not to work because those apps used security flaws in order to...
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Top Double Ten Apps in BlackBerry Application World
There is a big difference between the top BlackBerry apps for the BlackBerry App World and the top iPhone apps on iTunes we also reported today. There's not a single game on the top BlackBerry applications list. It is interesting...
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Top Ten Free and Paid iPhone Apps
It appears that iPhone owners like to play games. A majority of all the top apps from the iPhone iTunes App store are games Only two of the twenty top apps, are not games. If we wanted to pun around,...
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Michael Jackson's Death Gets Mobile Search Record and News Hits
Google searchers who weren't near a computer when Michael Jackson died, searched for news on their mobile phones for breaking news. Google experienced one of the largest mobile search spikes ever in its history with 5 of the top 20...
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HTC Hero, Offers Heroic Adobe Flash for Videos
The HTC Hero is the first Android phone to ship with Adobe Flash technology. This makes it possible to view Flash-enabled websites and ads on the HTC Hero. Close to 80 percent of all videos online delivered with Adobe...
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BlackBerry Free Apps 2Day: FlyCast 2.0 Beta for BlackBerry Storm, Bold, and Curve 8900
FlyCast has launched a new version FlyCast 2.0 Beta for BlackBerry Bold, BlackBerry Curve (now 8900) and BlackBerry Storm phones. FlyCast is a streaming audio "radio stations" program that we previously named "BlackBerry Storm App of the Day"FlyCast claims to...
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BlackBerry News: Next Models Not So CrackBerry? Reduces Sleep & Manners?
As the smartphone wars heat up analysts are poo-pooing the next generations of BlackBerry, while dates are leaking as to when the new models will be released.GC Research analyst Tero Kuittinen is concerned that RIM is not make major changes...
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Palm Pre News Mojo SDK Available (Grey Market) Online, Bite out of Apple
There's always something new to learn about the Palm Pre, the SDK has been leaked, a full blown huge cast commercial is airing and Sprint claims Palm Pre, users save money over the iPhone.There have been several reports that an...
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Google Voice Invites Will Take a While
Google Voice is a free service from Google to use as a centralized phone number with many features including text transcription of voice mail. Google Voice is currently only open for Grand Central members and Google will invite those who...
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MetroPCS Offers Unlimited Int'l Calling for $5 @ Month
MetroPCS now offers unlimited calling to over 100 countries for $5 per month. MetroPCS customers will be able to make unlimited international calls to more than 100 countries, including more than 1,000 destinations, without any additional charges. "Unlimited international calling...
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No More Monkey Business in Sprint Ads
Due to pressure from animal rights group PETA, Sprint has agreed to stop showing the chimpanzee movie star spot in movie theatres "turn off your cell phone."Sprint has issued the following statement:"Sprint and its advertising agency, Goodby, Silverstein & Partners,...
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Harry Potter, GI Joe, X-Men and Star Trek Mobile Games from EA
EA Mobile announced the launch of four new, movie-based titles: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, G.I. JOE The Rise of Cobra, Star Trek and X-Men Origins: Wolverine.Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Experience the magic of Harry Potter in...
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Amercian Cost Cutters Would Drop Mobile Data More, Says Strategy Analytics
Forty-eight percent of Americans would drop their mobile data plan completely if they have to cute expenses, according to Strategy Analytics' Multiplay Market Dynamics service. Only 10% would drop their home broadband subscription. Strategy Analytics asked respondents this question: Imagine...
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Top Ten Best Coolest Best Palm Pre Helpful Tips, Tricks and Suggestions
The Palm Pre is a very complicated device that simplifies your life. Their ad state, "Thinking ahead is a beautiful thing. You do need to think ahead because wiith any new device it may take a while to figure out...
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Texting While Driving Worse than Drinking While Driving, Says Car and Driver
To gauge the effect of texting while driving, Car and Driver magazine conducted road tests to determine just how dangerous texting and driving can be. In the Car and Driver video of the test, Editor-in-Chief Eddie Alterman, said, "While you're...
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40% of Smartphone Owners Say They'll Switch to iPhone, Says Crowd Science
Four out of ten Blackberry and other smartphone users would switch to Apple's iPhone, as their next smartphone purchase, according to a recent survey conducted by Crowd Science.On the other hand, only 14% of non-Blackberry smartphone users would switch...
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Verizon to Pay Restiution for "Free" Mobile Content, Settles with FL
Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum announced his office has reached an agreement resulting in millions of dollars in refunds to Florida Verizon Wireless and Alltel consumers for third-party charges on their cell phone bills. Verizon Wireless, LLC has also agreed...
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iPhone Rules Apps and Upgraders, Says AdMob
AdMob reports that in less than one year, the Apple App Store has grown to more than 50,000 applications and given consumers access to applications with broad consumer appeal as well as a long tail of niche applications that serve...
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HTC Ozone with Wi-Fi, Global Roaming Coming to Verizon for $49.99
Verizon Wireless' HTC Ozone will be available on July 29 from Verizon. The QWERTY, Windows Mobile 6.1 smartphone has host of connectivity options that include 3G network, global roaming and Wi-Fi. It will cost at $49.99 after a rebate They...
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Palm Pre News, Tele-Buy, Over 1 Mil Apps, 150,000 Units, and Enterprise Goes Zen
The Palm Pre is gaining momemtem and mentions in the news. Still in short supply you can order a Palm Pre over the phone from Sprint, the app catalog will take time, 1 million apps have been downloaded and around...
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iPhone 3GS, Costs $178.96 to Make, Says iSuppli
iSuppli has estimated how much it costs to make the new iPhone 3GS and its just slightly higher than the iPhone 3G. The dissection conducted by iSuppli Corp.'s Teardown Analysis team also eveals some interesting changes in the parts and...
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Palm Pre Shortage Persists: Sprint Catching Up / Pre-Orders at Best Buy
Bob Brust, CFO of Sprint revealed during a webcast investor conference about Palm Pre supply, "We still have a backlog of subscribers but it's not unmanageable and we get shipments every week ... We'll be short for a while but...
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IT Pros Don't Protect Their Mobile Data, Says CREDANT
Even IT pros don't protect their data on their mobile phones notes a new CREDANT survey. IT Security professionals report that they are suffering from password fatigue when using their mobile devices, exposing their data to personal and corporate identity...
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Palm Pre and BlackBerry (Storm/Curve/Bold/Pearl) Apps 2Day: New RealPlayer
If you are the kind of person who likes take your video with you where every you go than the the new beta version of RealPlayer, RealPlayerSP is for you. The SP stands for social/portable because this player helps users...
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Deal of the Week: No AT&T Activiation - Free BlackBerry Bold/Curve 8900 & More
Wirefly really knows how to attract new customers for AT&T, many of you bought the BlackBerry Curve 8900 on sale from every carrier on the big sale weekend. If you would like AT&T to be your carrier the deal Wirefly...
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Moto Karma Q1A Coming from AT&T June 28
If you live and work in California, like we do, you know that we want good karma. Without reviews yet, the Motorola Q1A Karma surely has texting and social networking, karma. The Motorola Q1A Karma is square when closed with...
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Nokia & Intel Partner for Future Mobile Devices
Intel Corporation and Nokia today announced a long-term relationship to develop a new class of Intel Architecture-based mobile computing devices for fast mobile broadband connections. They will define a new mobile platform with nnovative hardware, software and mobile Internet...
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Netbook/Notebook Ain't the Same, Consumers Confused, Says NPD Group
NPD Group has also studied the confusion around notebooks versus netbooks. Netbooks are not as powerful and can dissapoint buyers.Although netbook and notebook sound the same, they are not. According The NPD Group, many consumers believe the two have...
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More Twitter Awareness than Ever and Twitterers Love/Buy Music
The NPD Group likes to know what's going. They have tracked Twitter awareness. They found that awareness of Twitter more than doubled in the first quarter of 2009 reaching a 52 percent awareness level among the U.S. Internet-using population, which...
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1 in 5 Want to Buy iPhone: Pricing & Data Obstacles, Says NPD Group
A new NPD Group study shows the main reasons consumers do not want to purchase an iPhone, "high price" was the second-leading reason (42 percent) after "lack of interest" (55 percent). Based on consumer tracking information reported in NPD's "iPhone...
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35% of Teens Admit to Cheating with Cell Phone, 100 Texts While in Classroom
Moore than 35% of teens admit to cheating with cell phones, and more than half admit to using the Internet to cheat reports a study by the The Benenson Strategy Group for Common Sense Media. Furthermore, many students don't consider...
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New Snappy QWERTY Smartphone HTC Snap from Sprint
If you want to organize in a snap the HTC Snap is the first wireless phone to feature Inner Circle, which allows people to prioritize emails from the most important people to them. We saw a demo of this...
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Sprint Offers QWERTY Samsung Exclaim
Sprint is now offering the Samsung Exclaim. a messaging-centric dual-slider with a numeric keypad and a full QWERTY keyboard. Exclaim is focused on social networking, with new interactive Facebook and MySpace tiles right on the home screen as part of...
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Samsung Jet Pre-Orders Reach Over 2 Million
Pre-orders of the Samsung Jet have skyrocketed, according the Telecoms Korea that reported that Samsung announced pre-orders for the jetsetting Jet had topped two million. That's what you call jet propulsion.That's more than the iPhone 3GS that sold only a...
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Over One Million iPhone 3G S Served, Steve Jobs Recovers from Liver Transplant
Apple announced that they sold over one million iPhone 3GS models through Sunday, June 21, the third day after its launch. In addition, six million customers have downloaded the new iPhone 3.0 software in the first five days since its...
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Apple Offers $30 iTunes Credit for Delayed Activation
Because there were delays activating iPhone 3G S, Apple gave an apology and a $30 in iTunes Store credit to customers. Some customers may have to two days due to "system issues and continued high activation volumes." "We hope you...
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T-Mobile Android myTouch to Touchdown for Pre-Order July 8
T-Mobile will launch anther Android smartphone in July, the myTouch 3G, in three colors black, white and a merlot. Designed by HTC, myTouch 3G features a 3.2-inch HVGA touchscreen display and virtual keyboard and autorotate. It also features a 3.2-megapixel...
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Palm Pre App Catalog to Reach 1 Million Downloads by End of Week
The Palm Pre app store, the Application catalog has served 800,000 apps in all as of June 20, 150,000 of them were downloaded to customers on the first day of sale of the Palm Pre. At the rate of about...
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BlackBerry (Storm) Apps 2Day: ÜberTwitter
For Twitter users there is a a very full featured BlackBerry (Storm) app that works on all current BlackBerry devices which we give our coveted Blackberry (Storm) app of the day and recommend for all BlackBerry Twitter fans. ÜberTwitter is...
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Palm Pre News: How to Install Palm Pre Update - webOS 1.0.3
Palm has just updated the webOS operating system for the Palm Pre to webOS 1.0.3. The webOS 1.0.3 update for the Palm Pre improves speed and signal strength. It also improves syncing with Google Apps and changed the alarm clock...
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BlackBerry and iPhone Users are Rude and Laughable, Disses Seinfeld
Today must be BlackBerry humor day. Jerry Seinfeld who performed at the Palm Pre launch VIP party/event, disses rude BlackBerry users who look at their BlackBerry smartphones during a a conversation in an interview with Conan O'Brien. Seinfeld is careful...
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BlackBerry Storm Clone without BarackBerry Security?
What looks like a BlackBerry Storm 9500, sort of looks like a BarackBerry and will never be endorsed by the United States' President, Barack Obama?It's the BlockBerry 9500. It looks like the BlackBerry Storm and the Windows smartphone's spokesmodel in...
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iPhone 3GS Serves Fewer Line-Waiters and Overloaded Servers than Last Year
It could be due to the ability to pre-order the iPhone 3GS that lines for the new iPhone were shorter than previous long lines with other iPhone introductions. Wired reported that the line in for the downtown San Francisco Apple...
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Deal of the Weekend: Free Samsung Alias and Activation w/Contract @ Verizon with Coupon
Verizon has a brand new tempting exclusive offer for our readers for a limited time. You get the Samsung Alias for free (with a two-year contract) and free activation until Monday, June 22. Verizon calls the Samsung Alias "one of...
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Let My Phones Free! Hopes Free Press
Media reform group, Free Press has been generating a lot press regarding wireless and phone matters. They are pleased with the FCC's actions, launched FreeMyPhone and believe that AT&T allowing video for some services but not others should be prohibited.Acting...
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BlackBerry RIMshots Good, But Analysts Are Worried
BlackBerry and RIM seem to be doing well according to their newly released reports. RIM added 3.8 million new BlackBerry subscribers in its first quarter. RIM posted a 33 percent increase in earnings. Co-CEO Jim Balsillie, claimed RIM has 55...
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Samsung Instinct Has More Ad Instinct than iPhone, Says Millennial
Mobile ad network, Millennial Media has released its May Scorecard for Mobile Advertising Reach and Targeting. In the device department, the Samsung Instinct replaced the iPhone as number one handset on their list of the Top 20 Mobile Phones in...
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Palm Pre Apps: City Search with Location-Based Cafe/Movie Finding/Mapping
Online local guide, Citysearch is now offering its new Mobile by Citysearch app for the Palm Pre smartphone.The Palm Pre Mobile by Citysearch helps users browse, search and share local business information via Twitter, and post real-time reviews to Citysearch. ...
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Free BlackBerry Apps: Paper Eco-Calculator, Stock List, and Paper Calculator from Neenah
Neenah Paper is the first in the paper industry to offer applications for BlackBerry smartphones. The first application provides mobile access to Neenah's popular eco-calculator and is available now. It allows the user to instantly calculate the environmental savings from...
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Paris Hilton Losses BlackBery: Gets 5 Sony Ericsson Handsets
According to Bloomberg news cell-phoneliscious Paris Hilton has given up BlackBerry smartphones and was e was given five Sony Ericsson handsets. "One is even like a watch with a phone on it and it's so cool," she said. "So I'm...
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Bye-Bye Buy One Get One Free BlackBerry Offer from Verizon: New Deals
There have been reports that the big Buy One Get One Free BlackBerry offer from Verizon is kaput, over, gone, bye-bye.We've contacted Verizon and the buy-one-get-one-free BlackBerry smartphone deal is officially over. The good news, however, is that they have...
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T-Mobile Dash 3G Redashed from T-Mobile in July
T-Mobile will soon offer their firsst 3G-enabled smartphone, the T-Mobile Dash 3G, with faster data delivery and web browsing via T-Mobile's high-speed 3G network and Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g). The T-Mobile Dash 3G by HTC uses Microsoft's Windows Mobile 6.1, is...
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Verizon Offers USB100 Global Wireless Broadband Modem
Verizon Wireless offers the new USB1000 Global Modem from Novatel Wireless, which gives customers high-speed data connectivity whether in the U.S. or beyond its borders. he USB1000 Global Modem uses the latest technology for multiple frequency bands and multimode operations...
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AT&T Changes Upgrade to iPhone 3GS Eligibility iTunes, Answers FAQ
Apparently, AT&T has gotten so much flack for their procedures for buying a new iPhone 3GS along with MMS and tethering options that will offered by other carriers, they have released an open letter and video to answer tweets and...
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Teen Texter, Kate Moore Wins $50,000 While PAW > Zippity Split in 60 Seconds
The third annual LG U.S. National Texting Championship, concluded with 15-year-old Kate Moore from Des Moines, Iowa as the winner. Moore, won the title of the LG U.S. National Texting Champion, along with $50,000 in prize money by texting on...
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Boku Gets Beaucoup Bucks and Mobilizes Payments
BOKU, Inc.announced its payments service for global consumers to make online purchases of digital and virtual goods with their mobile phones. The claim they are creating a new standard for the mobile, by bringing bank-grade mobile payments to the web....
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Pam Pre Apps: Match.com for Palm Pre Dating App
Online dating company, Match.com, now offers a Palm Pre smartphone app.. The new Match.com App for Palm Pre gives members access to millions of singles for easier connections with location-based functions. "Every day, Match.com members send nearly 1 million emails...
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Apple iPhone 3.0 Update Released
Apple has released the free software update for iPhone 3.0 with more than 100 new features and enhancements. Apple iPod Touch users are required to pay $10.00 to get the update.The 230-260 megabyte update can be found in the iTunes...
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Accessorize to Monetize: 66% Revs Earned by Accessories, Says ABI
According to a recent study from ABI Research, sixty six percent of revenues earned from mobile handset accessories are generated in the aftermarket. This percentage is only expected to grow with time, following a market trend to move more and...
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Android Google Maps Updated with Voice Search and Latitude Updates
Google Maps for Android-powered phones has been updated with new features and it fixes issues with Google Latitude. You can now search Google Maps for Android using your voice. The voice recognition engine currently understands English in American, Australian, and...
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BlackBerry (Storm) App: CBS News BlackBerry App
CBSNews.com has revamped its web presence with 24-hour access to news, videos and photos. BlackBerry users can also take CBSNews.com with them wherever they go through their new mobile BlackBerry apps. With the CBS mobile app the application, users will...
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Males Dominate iPhone and iPod Touch Use and Prefer Web to Newspapers, Says Admob & comScore
AdMob released new research on the demographics and behavior of iPhone and iPod touch users in the US. iPhone and iPod Touch users are different in age an household income. The research found that 5 in 10 consumers on both...
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Boingo Wireless Offers Wi-Fi Locator/Connector App for Android
Wi-Fi hotspot provider Boingo Wireless is offering the Wi-Fi hotspot finder and connection manager for Android smartphones. Boingo Mobile currently is available for all Android smartphones, including models running the latest version of the OS, Android 1.5. Most Android smartphones...
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Clearwire WiMAX UnWires Atlanta
Clearwire Communications says they have transformed Atlanta into the fastest unwired city in the South. The city is now home to the largest 4G WiMAX wireless broadband network in the United States with CLEAR service available to nearly three million...
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Tour of New BlackBerry (9630) Tour With World Access
RIM has announced the BlackBerry Tour - a new 3G BlackBerry smartphone for CDMA (Verizon Sprint) carriers, sometime in the summer. Sprint will sell the BlackBerry Tour for $200 with a contract and rebates. The BlackBerry Tour has a 3.2...
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Samsung Launches Samsung Jet with Lots of Palm Pre and iPhone-Like Features
Samsung Electronics unveiled the Samsung Jet, with advanced smartphone features, AMOLED screen, syncing, TouchWiz, Dolfin browser and video multimedia support. Some would say it looks a lot like the Palm Pre in features and or iPhone.It has a WebKit browser....
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Samsung Omnia II, OminaPROs (B7610 B7320) and OminiaLITE Revealed
Samsung is showing its latest smartphones at CommunicAsia 2009 the Samsung Omnia II (I8000), Samsung OmniaPRO series (OmniaPRO B7610, OmniaPRO B7320) as well as the Samsung OmniaLITE (B7300). The new Omnia smartphone line-up follows the success of the very first...
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Samsung OmniaPro B7320 - Messaging Smartphone
The Samsung OmniaPRO B7320 has a compact design and ergonomic QWERTY keypad. It looks like the Samsung Jack and BlackBerry. It runs Windows Mobile 6.1 which can be upgraded later.The Samsung OmniaPRO B7320 is a portable messaging center which lets...
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OminaPRO B7610 QWERTY Work/Life Combo Smartphone
In their latest announcement Samsung called OmniaPRO B7610 the work-life Balance Winner: It's an AMOLED smartphone with touch/Qwerty and 5-megapixel camera. With separate mode for Work and Life, the OmniaPRO B7610 boasts features optimized for both work and play They...
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Verizon Samsung Omnia II I8000 (Verizon) Details and Specs News
Samsung Omnia II I800 (Verizon) is a Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional touchscreen phone, featuring the world's largest 3.7-inch AMOLED display with crystal-clear WVGA resolution (800 by 480) which is a larger than the previous Samsung Omnia.The Samsung Omnia II has Advanced...
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Parental Control and Tracking for iPhones from MobiCIP
Mobicip.com Premium, a web-based parental control service is available for iPhones and iPod Touch devices to track Internet usage and ensure they are protected from inappropriate content.For a $9.99 per year, the Mobicip.com Premium service enables parents to protect their...
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Samsung OmniaLITE Details
The Samsung OmniaLITE is designed for users who demand an easy smartphone interface with full support of multimedia, Internet, and business features. TouchWiz 2.0 User Interface and downloadable online widgets make it highly user-friendly, while its 3D multimedia player interface...
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How to Get an iPhone 3GS on Friday via Apple Stores/AT&T Pre-Orders Sold-Out
If you were lucky enough to pre-order a new iPhone 3GS at an AT&T store, you should be very satisfied, because now AT&T pre-orders will be arriving later than the June19 release date.According to Apple-Insider pre-orders starting this past weekend...
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iGR Text Study: Breakups, Marriage Proposals, Babies, Divorces
Mobile consultancy, iGR's recent study on the content of consumers' text messages shows some major life situations are occurring via cell phone SMS text messages.The survey asked respondents a series of questions regarding the purpose of text messages they sent...
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Best Top New Free BlackBerry (Storm Bold & Curve) Apps this Month
We've discovered some new BlackBerry (Storm, Bold and Curve) apps that we think you would like. Most of the apps support the more recent BlackBerry models. In general BlackBerry apps usually work on non-touchscreen models provided they have the correct...
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Verizon Horizon Palm Pre (Cousin), BlackBerry Tour/Storm 2, and Android Smartphones Coming
Verizon will be offering a lot of smartphones in the upcoming months, in around six months. Verizon's CEO Lowell McAdam revealed plans during a Barclays Capital conference in New York. He gave a tour of what to expect from Verizon...
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Best Top Ten Free Palm Pre Apps Today
You new Palm Pre owners are you ready for some free apps? Here's a list of the top best Palm Pre webOS apps so far. We will be writing about more Palm Pre apps in the future. All these Palm...
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Deal of the Weekend: Free BlackBerry Curve 8900 (AT&T, Verizon T-Mobile, Alltel, Sprint)@ Wirefly
It’s summer sale time for smartphones and Wirefly has a really tempting offer, a free super thin BlackBerry Curve 8900 from any carrier including AT&T, T-Mobile, Alltel, Sprint and Verizon. This is a great deal/discount. Therefore we named the...
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Envious Verizon Deals on LG enV3 and enV Touch - $50 Price Drop
Verizon is heavily promoting both new enV phones the enV3 and the enV Touch and now they have dropped the price.Originally the Verizon LG enV3 cost $129 with a two year contract and a rebate an now it dropped to...
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Free & Cheap BlackBerry Storm Deals for Best Buy Reward Zoners
For one week only Sunday, June 14th and running through Saturday the 20th, Best Buy Mobile will literally giving away Verizon Wireless' BlackBerry Storm smartphones. Premier Silver members are eligible for a FREE Verizon Wireless BlackBerry Storm (with 2-year...
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Firethorn Launches Mobile Banking Apps for Android G1 Phones
Firethorn has launched a new Android mobile banking app. Firethorn's mobile banking Android application allows G1 users to securely manage their finances, including checking balances and transaction history, transferring funds, receiving offers, viewing and paying bills, and tracking rewards points....
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iPhone More Buzzed than Palm Pre, Says Nielsen
The use of iPhones has been growing. As of April 2009, Nielsen estimated that there are 6.4 million active iPhone users in the U.S., up from 2.1 million a year prior. The estimates are not in yet for the Palm...
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Palm Pre Apps: Free App Today: The Missing Sync Mac Sync
Mark/Space, released version 1.0 Beta of The Missing Sync for Palm Pre. Synchronize contacts, calendars, music, ringtones, photos and more between a Mac and the new Palm Pre phone. Use The Missing Sync to keep contacts and calendars in...
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BlackBerry Internet Service Update: 2.7
RIM recently updated BlackBerry Internet Service with new features. It now allows non-enterprise users to push and check up to ten email addresses. This service is what consumers generally use to get email if they aren't connected to a corporate...
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BlackBerry (Storm) Free Sports Apps Today: ScoreMobile BlackBerry
Attention sports fans, if you want scores, fantasy player stats, game previews and detailed recaps this free BlackBerry application ScoreMobile BlackBerry is for you. We named it one of our free BlackBerry apps because it is free and supports sports.Designed...
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Mobile Phoners Worry, Operators Should Help, Says Mformation
Mformation research shows the great concern phone owners have about their data and their lifes. A lot of information is now stored on mobile devices:94% of users surveyed store telephone numbers.65% also store address and other contact information on their...
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Data Revs Rep 25.3% of Operator Data Revs, Says Strategy Analytics
Mobile service revenues grew by just 3 percent in Q1 2009, down from 8 percent a year earlier, according to, "Wireless Operator Performance Benchmarking, Q1 2009," a report from the Strategy Analytics Wireless Network Strategies service. Nearly 40 percent of...
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Palm Pre Innovator Jon Rubinstein to Lead Palm
Palm, announced that its board of directors has appointed Jon Rubinstein to lead the company as Chairman and CEO upon the departure of Ed Colligan. Jon Rubinstein lead the development of the Palm Pre.Rubinstein, who joined Palm as Executive...
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Newer Version of Mobile Gmail from Google
Google mobile has added two improvements that will speed up mobile Gmail for Android phones and iPhones/iPod Touch. The first improvement is faster address auto-completion. Gmail for mobile will quickly display possible contacts once typing is started. They made it...
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Verizon Casio Exilim 180 Rotating 5.1 Megapixel Camera Rugged Phone
Verizon is now selling the CASIO EXILIM with a high-end digital 5.1 megapixel camera entertainment features and a 180-degree rotating display. The CASIO EXILIM also offers access to Instant Messaging, Visual Voice Mail and V CAST Music with Rhapsody.The camera...
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Cricket, Boost Top Increase in Prepaid Searches, Says ComScore
ComScore, released a quarterly review of the U. S. prepaid wireless industry based on online visitation and search referral activity. It showed strong gains in online activity as consumers increasingly turn to cost-effective wireless service alternatives during the economic downturn....
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Moto Rival Text & Messaging Phone from Verizon
Verizon Wireless and Motorola, are now offering Motorola Rival. Designed for quick and easy messaging, the Rival comes in Tin Silver or Purple. The Rvial has a slide sliding backlit QWERTY keyboard, touch dial pad, threaded IM-style texting, and one-touch...
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Prepaid Broadband2Go Coming from Virgin Mobile USA
Virgin Mobile USA will launch Broadband2Go, a 3G nationwide prepaid wireless Internet service. Operating on the Sprint Nationwide Network, Broadband2Go allows access to EVDO Rev. A coverage. It will be available exclusively at Best Buy Mobile starting in late June...
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Verizon GPSGolfShot Real-Time Yardage Goes the Distance
GPSGolfShot is available exclusively to Verizon Wireless customers and shows golfers the distance. Using GPS technology, GPSGolfShot helps golfers navigate both new and familiar golf courses, giving them information to improve their games, right on their wireless phones. GPSGolfShot provides...
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Mobile FLO TV Goes National After DTV Final, June 12
FLO TV will expand its service nationwide following the DTV transition on June 12, which frees up broadband spectrum for its dedicated network. FLO TV will expand into 39 new markets, offering its service to an additional 60 million...
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Palm Pre, a Hit - Smartphone Competition Grows, Says Yankee Group
Yankee Group in their latest report "Latest Palm Device "Pre"-views Future OEM-Operator Relationships" shows the smartphone category is becoming he most important competitive battleground in wireless today: Forty-one percent of consumers are likely to choose an advanced OS phone as...
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Nokia N97 Mobile Computer On Sales in U.S. for $699
The Nokia N97, which Nokia calls its flagship mobile computer is being sold in the United States at Nokia stores. Along with a tilting 3.5" touch display, QWERTY keyboard and a fully customizable home screen, the Nokia N97 offers...
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Super Fast Turbo-Charges Opera Mobile 9.7 Beta Available
Opera Mobile 9.7 beta is now available for Windows Mobile phones. They claim it accelerates the mobile browsing experience and uses Opera Turbo. Opera has also included its newly upgraded browser engine, Opera Presto 2.2, for faster page loads and...
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OtteBox Protects BlackBerry Curve 8900 with Defender Case
There is now an OtterBox Defender Series case for the new BlackBerryCurve 8900 smartphone it handles drops and protects against dust, dirt, scratches, bumps and dings.The BlackBerry Curve 8900 is the thinnest BlackBerry, yet and has a nice large keyboard....
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Palm Pre News: High Sales, iPhone Comparisons, & Facebook
Sprint execs reported on Monday that "Palm Pre" weekend was the highest sales recorded for Sprint Sales. J.P. Morgan estimated that over 50,000 phones were sold during the weekend while the Wall Street Journal culled numbers from analysts that estimated...
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Cloud-Sync Evaluated, Rated, Indexed and Reviewed
Cloud-sync and push email provider, Funambol, t released a mobile cloud sync index study evaluating solutions from 12 top device makers, portals, carriers and specialists in the mobile industry, including Apple MobileMe, AT&T Mobile Backup, BlackBerry IS, Funambol, Google Sync,...
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Texter LG Neon Feature Phone Virtually Free Deals
AT&T is now offering their texting phone the LG Neon a touchscreen phone with lots of features for a low-price.The green and white quick messaging LG Neon features a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, 2.0 megapixel camera/camcorder and access to Instant Messaging,...
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AT&T to Offer iPhone MMS Late this Summer, Tethering Date Not Yet
Earlier today at the World Wide Developer Conference Apple announced that the iPhone 3GS could be used as a tethered modem from 22 carriers. However, at the time AT&T was not in the mix.Later an AT&T spokesman, Mark Siegel said,...
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Free Palm Pre Apps of the Day: Today Show and Sporting News Baseball
Zumobi is supporting the Palm Pre phone with two appls that were designed for the new Palm webOS: Today Show and Sporting News Baseball available as free downloads on the Palm Pre's on-device beta App Catalog. We named them our...
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Smartphones Users Spend 2 Hours-a-Day & 30x-a-Day, Says Gravity Tank
gravitytank surveyed 804 smartphone users, 301 of whom own app-enabled phones (either Apple's iPhone or HTC's G1) to study how they use their handsets and integrate apps into daily life According to gravitytank's research, 50% of app-phone users view apps...
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WebOS and Palm Pre Could Be a Game Changer, Says isuppli
Palm's new Pre smart phone holds strong potential for robust sales growth, and may have a major influence on other platforms as well as the technology supply chain, according to iSuppli Corp. Palm Pre shipments could amount to 1.1...
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New iPhone 3G Revealed iPhone 3GS with Improved Best Features
Apple has revealed their new iPhone, named the iPhone 3GS that will be available June 19. The iPhone 3GS will come in 16GB, 32GB models and will be priced at $199 and $299 respectively. The new iPhone 3GS will...
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Deals of the Day: T-Mobile Drops Prices on BlackBerry and T-Mobile Dash Smartphones
T-Mobile dropped the prices for many of its BlackBerry smartphones and stopped requiring mail-in rebates on some. Models include both new and older models. Here's another chance to get the best cheapest prices on smartphones with T-Mobile. Therefore, we...
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Top Ten Things You Need to Know About the Palm Pre Best Features
If you don't have time to read a full review of the Palm Pre, we suggest two things, read our Review of Reviews of the Palm Pre which summarizes all the top Palm Pre reviews and besure to ead this...
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Palm Pre News: Shortages, Waiting List, & How to Get a Pre
On the first day of selling the Palm Pre, shortages occurred at Sprint stores within hours and people were put on the waiting lists, Bloomberg reports. The excitement may be due the great reviews of the Palm Pre and the...
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RIM to Launch Update 1.6 for BlackBerry Facebook App
RIM will be making the new 1.6 version of their Facebook app available tonight, at 6 p.m. (PDT) It can be accessed from BlackBerry Browser or from the desktop at www.blackberry.com/facebook. New features include. Status updates and highlights on the...
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iPhone Rumors Du Jour
The current iPhone related rumors included that Steve Jobs will be back at Apple this month. The other is that at the the Apple developers conference, they will announce a less expensive iPhone, probably $50 or $100 less than the...
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Sprint Exclusive Palm Pre Connection is Longer than Verizon Thinks
At a Palm Pre event this morning in New York, Dan Hesse warned that Sprint is the exclusive Palm Pre carrier."They need to check their facts," Sprint CEO Dan Hesse said "That just is not the case. Both Palm and...
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RIM Issues Security Update for BlackBerry Enterprise Server and BlackBerry Professional Software.
RIM has issued a security update for users of BlackBerry Enterprise Server and BlackBerry Professional Software.It has something do with PDF files once again. The advisory says that multiple security vulnerabilities exist in the PDF distiller of some released versions...
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RIM Buys Dash Naviagtion: Will BlackBerry Have Traffic Probbing?
RIM has confirmed that it has bought Dash Navigation but hasn't revealed many details on the purchase.Dash's technology turns a personal navigation device (GPS) into a traffic reporting tool, also called a traffic probe. Last year, Dash made a device...
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AT&T to Offer Android Hero and Lancaster/Memphis
Chinese newspaper, Economic Daily News, reported that HTC will unveil the Google Android Hero on Juune 24 in London .AT&T will have an exclusive selling deal for HTC Hero for six months.. EDN reported there will be two versions of the...
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Review Palm Pre Reviews of Reviews
Palm Pre Rated 4 out of 5 by Wireless and Mobile News Review of ReviewsThe Palm Pre has gotten many good reviews that especially praised the WebOS operating system that uses a deck of cards and synchronization (synergy) of contacts...
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Broadband Will Continue to Grow & Add 5 Million Subs, Says Strategy Analytics
Even during the down-turn with contracting household budgets, US broadband subscriptions will continue to grow in 2009, according to analyst firm Strategy Analytics. In a report just published, “North America Broadband Forecast: 1H’2009,” the firm predicts that US Broadband Service...
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Mobile Video Will Surpass 534 Million in 2014, Says Pyramid
The global number of users paying for mobile video services will grow five-fold from 2008 to 2014,surpassing 534 million, with a substantial proportion of mobile net additions coming from emerging markets, according to the latest report by Pyramid Research the...
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Sony Goes Green with GreenHeart Handsets
Sony Ericsson y unveiled two new GreenHeart handsets, showing their commitment to taking a lead on environmental sustainability by driving green innovation.The GreenHeart program launches with two flagship products - the C901 GreenHeart and Naite- plus the MH300 GreenHeart. Both...
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Verizon Will Sell BlackBerry Pearl Flip Smartphones
Verizon will sell the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230 smartphone, beginning June 19. The BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230 features the ahs mobile e-mail and messaging combined with rich multimedia capabilities and the high-speed connectivity of Verizon Wireless' broadband network in a...
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Intel Buys Mobile Embedded Software Co.: Wind River
Intel Corporation has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Wind River Systems Inc, a leading software vendor in embedded devices, and will become part of Intel’s strategy to grow its processor and software presence outside the traditional PC and...
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Palm Pre Hollywood VIP Event - Very Important Pre Paradox
Tonight was a night of contradictions, driving to the Palm Pre VIP event in Hollywood, it was raining and the sun was shining at the same time.Raleigh Studios was transformed into an urban interactive farmer's market, fresh flowers, fresh fruits,...
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Verizon to Open Java ME App Store
Verizon Wireless will open an app store to developers using Java ME, later this year said Verizon's CEO Lowell McAdam at the JavaOne in San Francisco.Recently, Verizon announced it will support Java, a big changes since it previously supported Qualcomm's...
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Opera Overtakes iPhone for Mobile Browsing, Says StatCounter
According to StatCounter Global Stats, Opera is the world's number one mobile browser, overtaking iPhone in May. In May Opera took 24.6% of the worldwide market compared to 22.3% for iPhone. Nokia retains third place with 17.9%. However, if one includes...
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Microsoft Bing Search Goes Mobile
Attention mobile searchers, Microsoft hasn't left you out of their new search service Bing. They have launched a mobile version of Bing at m.bing.com. It formats results nicely for your mobile phone. Services offered include local search, maps/traffic with turn-by-turn...
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Acer Announces First Android Netbook
Acer announced its first Aspire One netbook featuring the Android operating system geared for wireless Internet. Acer claims that the Android operating system will provide Acer netbook users with faster Internet connections."Netbooks are designed to be compact in size and...
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Palm Pre News: Secret Comedian, Commerical, Touchstone and Shortage?
The Palm Pre is still getting a lot media attention. We're stoked about the very VIP party tonight and now know who the secret comedian is. The Palm Pre commercial will be unveiled tonight and it involves over a thousand...
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PrePaid Strong, Says IDC
During the first quarter of 2009 (1Q09), the top 10 carriers in the United States added just under 3.5 million retail net subscribers. Out of these retail net subscribers, 75% were prepaid users. Over 20 million gross retail subscribers were...
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224 Billion Messages in 2008, 1.06 Million SMS Valentines, Days VeriSign
The latest figures from VeriSign show no signs of mobile messaging slowing, its growing exponentially. Mobile messaging volumes continue to shatter records, according to the latest quarterly index of mobile messaging statistics compiled by the Messaging and Mobile Media Division...
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Free BlackBerry (Storm) & iPhone App of Day: Snap2Twitter / SnapMyLife
SnapMyLife, a mobile photo-sharing site is offering Snap2Twitter, a free downloadable app for the BlackBerry smartphones and iPhones. We're naming our free BlackBerry and iPhone app of the Day for folks who like to send photos with their tweets.Snap2Twitter allows...
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BlackBerry Storm Update OS 4.7.0.148: Review of Reviews
BlackBerry Storm owners can breathe a sigh of relief because the official Verzion BlackBerry Storm Update OS 4.7.0.148 is being reviewed and it is seen as a godsend. It transforms the BlackBerry Storm into a quality, lovable device.Worst to QualityMatt...
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Jason Alexander to Emcee VIP Palm Pre Launch Event: Secret Comedian to Star
Palm has officially announced the charity and information about their Hollywood event June 3. The "VIP event celebrating the launch of the all new Palm Pre" will be held at Raleigh Studios in Hollywood and hosted by Palm, Inc. and...
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Sprint Opens Programs for Developers
Sprint announced at the JavaOne conference, their newest programs for application developers.Sprint Developer Sandbox will provide access to tools to let developers quickly and easily create location-based services (LBS) applications, messaging applications and more.There are three additional location aggregation providers,...
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New Faster Qualcomm Spanpdragon Chip for Smartphones & Smartbooks
Qualcomm announced it is expanding the Snapdragon platform with a next-generation chipset that uses 45 nanometer (nm) process technology to provide faster processing, battery life improvements and other enhancements for the user experience on Snapdragon-powered smartphones and a new category...
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Samsung Unveils 12 Megapixel Samsung Pixon12
Samsung unveiled Samsung Pixon12 (M8910) - they claim it is the world's first 12-megapixel camera phone with full-touch screen. The Pixon12 has advance photo functions and full-touch 3.1-inch AMOLED screen. The Samsung Pixon12 ha a Dedicated Camera Power Key and...
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Brain Genius Deluxe Available for iPhone
Glu Mobile's Brain Genius Deluxe is now available from Apple's App Store for iPhone and iPod touch. Brain Genius Deluxe is the sequel to Glu's Brain Genius. The latest version of Brain Genius Deluxe features brain training games that test...
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Hasbro to Offer More Games on Mobile
Hasbro, announced that more than a dozen of its popular toy and game properties will land on various video game platforms in the second half of this year through licensing alliances with video game leaders. Here's the scoup on what...
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