July 2009 Archives
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Why Wi-Fi Connections Soared by AT&T
AT&T reported a huge second-quarter increase in the number of Wi-Fi connections on the AT&T network, fueled by the rising number of customers with Wi-Fi enabled smartphones.In the second quarter, AT&T handled nearly 15 million Wi-Fi connections on its network...
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iPhone OS 3.0.1 Update 2Day
Apple has released an update for the iPhone OS that fixes an SMS security vulnerability. The update, iPhone OS 3.0.1, is available via iTunes or by checking for updates.The SMS opening that would allow a text message to wreak havoc...
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In PrePaid Rankings NET10 Ranked Highest, Says JD Power
According to the J.D. Power and Associates 2009 U.S. Wireless Prepaid Customer Satisfaction Index Study, Prepaid carrier NET10 ranks highest in overall customer satisfaction among non-contract wireless user. The study also showed an increase in monthly plan services, pay-as-you-go has...
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Don't Jailbreak Your iPhone, Says Apple
When you change the operating system of an iPhone you may be disrupt the network, void your warranty and infringe on Apple's copyright.Apple has issued a support article that warns against the "jailBreaking" and messing with the iPhones OS. Titled...
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BlackBerry Update 2Day: BlackBerry App World 1.1
If you are a BlackBerry user who likes to view and buy apps on BlackBerry App World, it's time to upgrade to BlackBerry App World 1.1.RIM has added new features including enhancing performance, improved search, save apps on memory card...
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BlackBerry (Tour Storm Bold) Free Apps 2Day: Vison YouTube App
If you love YouTube and you have a BlackBerry Tour, Bold or Storm, you may want to try Vision from Metova. This visionary Vision app recently was chosen to be one of the first four Finalists in the 2009 BlackBerry...
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Next BlackBerry App World to Allow Apps on Memory Card & View Apps on Website
The documentation for BlackBerry developers for BlackBerry App World 1.1 shows some new developments: flexible storage capabilities, and more features at the website for BlackBerry App World.For BlackBerry users who like to download a lot of apps this feature will...
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Verizon Supports Senate's Ban of Texting /Emailing While Driving
Yesterday, legislation was introduced in the U.S. Senate that would ban texting and e-mailing while driving. The proposed legislation, called the ALERT Act, was introduced by U.S. Sens. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), and Kay Hagen...
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New LG Chocolate Phone (LG-BL40) with Wide Screen
LG showed off their new LG Chocolate phone (model: LG-BL40). The LG-BL40 features a larger screen, 5 megapixel camera with Schneider-Kreuznach lens, 7.2Mbps UMTS/HSDPA connectivity, Wi-Fi, and aGPS. The fourth handset of the Black Label Series has 4.0-inch wide screen...
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Metro PCS Adds Unlimited Text, Data, & Web Features to Plans
MetroPCS will add new unlimited text, web, email and social networking features to its existing service plans that will save wireless customers even more money beginning this Saturday,August 1, 2009. MetroPCS’ $40 plan will include MetroPCS Unlimited Nationwide service for...
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Babelgum Takes Funny or Die Videos Mobile
Independent mobile and web content platform Babelgum and Funny or Die announced an exclusive, wireless licensing agreement to bring Funny or Die videos to mobile platforms. The agreement will bring new and library Funny or Die content to mobile users...
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AT&T Official Sponsor of Major League Soccer
Major League Soccer, the U.S. Soccer Federation and AT&T announced that AT&T will be the official communications services sponsor of MLS and the U.S. Men's and Women's National Teams. As part of the multi-year agreement, AT&T is the title sponsor...
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Free BlackBerry (Storm / Tour) Apps 2Day: LifeInPocket (Beta) GPS, LBS , MSG
LifeinPocket is now available for the BlackBerry Tour and Storm. LifeinPocket has many functions for people with busy lives. It is a free text messaging via phone and PC service powered with navigation and other GPS based services. It has...
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Palm Pre Apps 2Day: OpenTable Earns Free Meals
OpenTable now offers a free dining restaurant-locator reservation-maker app that integrates with the Palm Pre's calendar and earns points for free mealsThey say it makes it easier than ever for people to find and book reservations on-the-go, OpenTable for the...
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iPhone iPod Apps 2Day: MobileMe iDisk
Apple finally released their free iDisk app for the iPhone for MobileMe members. Now you can access iDisk files from your iPhone or iPod touch. The service is free for MobileMe members. The iDisk enables users to view popular file...
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New Yahoo Mobile Search with Sync & iPhone App
Following the new Yahoo! homepage announced last week, Yahoo! released a new mobile homepage for a seamless Yahoo! experience across PC and mobile devices. Yahoo! says Yahoo! reaches nearly 1 out of every 2 mobile Internet users in the country...
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Mocha 3G HTC Touch Pro2 Available from T-Mobile August 12
The touchscreen HTC Touch Pro2, will be available in a mocha finish for T-Mobile customers beginning Aug. 12.The HTC Touch Pro2 is the next generation of the HTC Touch Pro and it works with T-Mobile's 3G network and Wi-Fi (802.11...
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GPS Smartphone Shipments to Grow to 77 Million, Says Strategy Analytics.
Worldwide GPS smartphone shipments will grow 34 percent from 57 million units in 2008 to 77 million units in 2009, reports the latest research from Strategy Analytics GPS adoption in smartphones is being fueled by widespread consumer acceptance of portable...
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Microsoft and Yahoo in Cahoots with Search Deal/Partnership
Microsoft and Yahoo finally got in the search business bed together, Microsoft will power Yahoo search while Yahoo also becomes the sales force for Microsoft's premium properties. Yahoo will continue to provide online destinations and web products.Micrsoft's Steve Ballmer noted...
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BlackBerry Tour Apps 2Day Update: Slacker Radio with V Cast
BlackBerry Tour users have noticed a Slacker Radio button appearing (pushed over the air) to their BlackBerry Tour smartphones.A few weeks ago, Verizon announced that that Slacker Radio with added V CAST music buying "benefits" was pushed to Verizon BlackBerry...
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Free Wi-Fi in Barnes & Noble Bookstores from AT&T
Barnes & Noble with the help of AT&T will provide complimentary in-store Wi-Fi to any customer that visits a Barnes & Noble bookstore nationwide. The existing AT&T Wi-Fi network at Barnes & Noble has been available to customers since 2005....
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Super-Social-App AT&T Social Networks Facebook, MySpace and Twitter.
AT&T has launched an app for social butterflies who want to be in multiple places at one time. AT&T Social Net, a free mobile social networking application that combines access to Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and customizable news feeds within a...
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Stylish Bluetooth Earpiece, TheFirstOne, Unassuming Style?
novero is offering the TheFirstOne which they call a premium Bluetooth earpiece experience because it is stylish, convenient and technically refined. The company is a spin-off from Nokia auto and now they are reinventing accessories.They say, "TheFirstOne is beautiful, yet...
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RIM Helps Developers Plug-in to BlackBerry Web Apps with Eclipse and MS Visual Studio Plug-ins
Research In Motion offers new and enhanced tools for developing web applications for BlackBerry smartphones. The tools include the new BlackBerry Web Development Plug-in for Eclipse and the BlackBerry Plug-in for Microsoft Visual Studio version 1.2. These tools are part...
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Sprint Buys Virgin Mobile USA for $483 Million
Sprint Nextel is buying Virgin Mobile USA, for a total equity value of approximately $483 million, which includes the value of Sprint's current 13.1% fully diluted ownership interest in Virgin Mobile USA. They believe that the acquisition will strengthen Sprint's...
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Free BlackBerry (Storm / Tour / Curve) Apps 2Day: TIME (Magazine)
Attention doctor's office TIME magazine readers who need to read Time magazine on your BlackBerry smartphone. Today, TIME launched their free TIME BlackBerry application, just in time for you take on your vacation or to the pool.The TIME app gives...
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Palm Pre News: Whoops No Mo' $99 Palm Pre @ Best Buy, Palm Pre Coming to Verizon
There has been some new news about the Palm Pre, today. Verizon said in their earning's call announcement that the Palm Pre will be coming to Verizon in early 2010.In the bargain department, a few lucky cheapsters were able to...
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2Q Handset Shipments Bode Well, Says ABI
2Q-2009 resultsshow a better outlook for handsets, notes a new report from ABI Research. “269 million handsets were shipped in 2Q-2009,” says Jake Saunders, VP for Forecasting at ABI Research. “That bodes well for 2H-2009. Shipments should build sequentially in...
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Consumer Wi-Fi Data/Calling BlackBerry Curve 8520 @ T-Mobile 8/5
T-Mobile and Research In Motion officially announced the consumer-friendly BlackBerry Curve 8520 smartphone will be available on August 5. The BlackBerry Curve 8520 (black or frost) is for people who like to be connected to email, messaging (IM, SMS, MMS) and...
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m:Mafia Goes Symbian @ Ovi Store
Moblyng Games’ m:Mafia is now available in the Ovi Store.Moblyng Games’ titles allow players to connect with friends across multiple networks and devices, including Facebook, the iPhone, Android and the Nokia 5800 and N97 more platforms than any other social...
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Over 10 Billion Mobile Pages Served in 1 Mo., Says Opera
Opera Mini users viewed more than 10 billion pages in one month for the first time, according to the State of the Mobile Web report by Opera. .In June 2009, Opera Mini had nearly 26.5 million unique consumer users, a...
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(Palm Pre News) Deal: Price Drop $99 @ Best Buy & Low Return Rate
The Palm Pre is "gaining momentum" which were surely increase when buyers discover that Best Buy is currently selling the Palm Pre for only $99 with a contract or upgrade. It appears the Palm Pre has been reduced to $99...
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Top Ten Best Free BlackBerry Tour Apps (So Far)
The BlackBerry Tour has had record sales for Verizon and is readily available on Sprint. After you become accustomed to using the basic functions of the BlackBerry Tour, you can enhance your experience with free apps. We've rounded up the...
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BlackBerry Tour Apps 2Day: Poynt GPS 411 with Movie Info & Maps
Searching for local information on your BlackBerry Tour is easier with Poynt. Poynt is a feature-packed 411 that uses the BlackBerry GPS, cell-site-location and input to find businesses, and events near where you are.Poynt has been pointed out to be...
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BlackBerry Tour Apps & Uses from Verizon
Verizon issued a news release today with all the features of the BlackBerry Tour spelled out. The release highlights the social networking features of the BlackBerry Tour on Facebook and MySpace and Flickr. They also promote instant messaging, email and...
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Google Latitude for iPhone Web App Launches in Safari Browser
Google Latitude for iPhone and iPod touch is a location-based web app running in Safari.With the Google Latitude web app users can see the location of friends on a map and modify r privacy settings.It offers basic Search and Directions...
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Nokia Buys Cellity for Better Contact Managment
Nokia acquired certain assets of cellity. cellity is a privately owned mobile software company which employs 14 people in Hamburg, Germany. Nokia will acquire the cellity team to strengthen its competencies in the area of social networking. cellity’s current service...
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US Airways Goes Gogo Wi-Fi with Aircell
US Airways flys with Wi-Fi via Aircell’s Gogo Inflight Internet service beginning in early 2010. Full Internet access including Web, Instant Messaging, email and VPN access will be available for purchase to passengers with laptops, smartphones and other Wi-Fi enabled...
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RadioShack T-Mobilizes
RadioShack and T-Mobile y announced a retail agreement to offer T-Mobile®products and services in more than 4,000 RadioShack stores across the U.S. and Puerto Rico beginning later this summer. The relationship expands RadioShack's postpaid wireless offerings, and enables RadioShack to...
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Mobile Excellence Awards Call for Entries, Partners with Yankee Group
The Mobile Excellence Awards (www.mobilexawards.com) announced its partnership with Trendsmedia, the events and publishing division of The Yankee Group The MEAs will take place on December 7th, 2009 in Los Angeles, CA, and will celebrate the best of the best...
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Motorola Delves into App Accerlation with MOTODEV
Motorola launched advanced Android development resources through MOTODEV, including a new App Accelerator Program and MOTODEV Studio for Android Beta.MOTODEV will offer developers early access to a new suite of Google Android developer tools and programs, along with the opportunity...
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Ringtones Ringing Sales Relate to Celeb Gossip, Deaths, & Marriages
Rringtone sales are effected by celebrity news and gossip. For example, when it was announced that the Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch had cancer, his ringtone sales jumped 64 percent. Zed, a leading digital entertainment company, analyzed sales of ringtones from...
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Palm Pre News - New webOS 1.1 Update iTunes Syncable & Free Palm Pre Contest
Here's updated Palm Pre news for today. There's a new update for the Palm Pre. After Apple blocked the ability to sync the Palm Pre easily with iTunes, and many Palm Pre owners were unsynced without a work-around, the latest...
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BlackBerry ( Tour / Storm ) Apps 2Day: Nogago - Outdoor Navigation
Here's a free app that tracks outdoor activities. nogago connects to the GPS in your BlackBerry smartphone and then keeps track of your travels, speed and how far you went. It works with the most popular BlackBerry smartphones including our...
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Verizon Developer Conference Sold-Out, Watch Webcast
Verizon's Verizon Developer Community (VDC) Conference coming starts on July 28. Due to the overwhelming number of people registered for the conference registration is now closed to new registrants. Meanwhile mobile application developers can still participate by signing up to...
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BlackBerry Storm OS 5.0.0.140 Update Pirated - Abandon Ship?
The next BlackBerry Storm operating systme, OS 5.0.0.140 has been leaked onto the Internet and is expected to come installed on the new BlackBerry Storm 2. If you have a Verizon BlackBerry Storm, Verizon eventually releases updates after vigorous testing....
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iPhone News: iPhone iSupply Shortage? Empty iPhone Box: $650
The iPhone is definitely popular. So popular, that there iPhone shortages, deadly leaps from buildings and black market prices for a black empty iPhone box as high as $650.In the Apple earnings conference call, there were clues and warnings of...
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Mobile Web Access Grows, Breaking-Up with Cell Phones Hard to Do, Says Pew
A new Pew study shows that mobile access to the internet is growing. An April 2009 survey by the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project shows that 56% of adult Americans have accessed the internet by wireless means,...
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54% of iPhones Users Are in U.S., Says Ad Mob
AdMob, looked at the geographic distribution of iPhone OS users in its June 2009 Mobile Metrics Report. AdMob's latest report estimated the number of iPhone and iPod touch devices in various countries. Highlights from the June 2009 AdMob Mobile Metrics Report:54...
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Samsung Comeback QWERTY Messaging Phone Comes to T-Mobile
T-Mobile is now offering the Samsung Comeback, available in pearl white plum or frost silver cherry, is a stylish messaging phone with a unique side-flip that reveals its full QWERTY keyboard. The Comeback takes messaging to the extreme with access...
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Samsung Gravity 2 Coming to T-Mobile in August
Following the popular Samsung Gravity that launched last year, T-Mobile will be selling the Samsung Gravity 2 that also features a horizontal, slide-out QWERTY keyboard with a thinner, sleeker design. The Gravity 2 offers a pair of fun color options...
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LG Profits from Touchscreen and QWERTY Phones
LG Electronics (LG) announced their earning here's what they released regarding their mobile arm.The Mobile Communications Company reported KRW 5.140 trillion (USD 3.981 billion) in sales, 25.8 percent higher than the previous year, and operating profit of KRW 545 billion...
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Hallmark Offers Mobile Greetings
Hallmark is now offering Hallmark Mobile Greetings. The initial launch includes a small network of phone models. "Millions of people rely on cell phones as part of their daily routine of connecting with others," said Mike Adams, Hallmark Mobile manager....
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Missing iPhone Prototype Cause of Suicide? Apple Responds
There were reports in the worldwide press, that a worker in a Chinese factory, Foxcon, committed suicide by jumping out his window, after her lost an iPhone 4G prototype. "We are saddened by the tragic loss of this young employee,...
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BlackBerry Tour Apps 2Day: Slacker Radio
We've gotten positive feedback from our readers for articles featuring free BlackBerry Tour apps. BlackBerry Tour apps can be difficult to find, while developers are tweaking their BlackBerry apps to work on the BlackBerry Tour.The spokesman for Slacker Radio confirmed...
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2x More iPhones(5.2 M) than Macs Sold(2.6 M) by Apple in Q3
Apple reported its third quarter results, in 5.2 million iPhones were sold representing 626 percent unit growth over the year-ago quarter. More iPhones were sold than Mac computers, 2.6 million Macintosh computers were sold, representing a four percent unit increase...
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WebMD Offers Medscape Mobile iPhone App
WebMD has launched Medscape Mobile, a free iPhone application for physicians. Medscape Mobile offers drug information, clinical reference tools, medical news and continuing medical education (CME). It is the only mobile application to include specialty-specific news from Medscape's award-winning professional...
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Wi-Fi WiMAX Mondi Mobi-Device Premiers in Vegas, Portland & Atlanta
Samsung and Clearwire have announced the Samsung Mondi, Mobile WiMAX-enabled handheld device aka Mobile Internet Device or MID.The touchscreen Mondi, which is Latin for "world," is designed for use with the Clear Mobile WiMAX service from Clearwire in the activated...
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Cellular South Will Offer Android Smartphone
The Android invasion continues. Cellular South, the nation’s largest privately owned wireless communications provider, today announced that it plans to bring a smartphone to market later this year based on the Android open source mobile platform. “We’re excited to provide...
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BlackBerry (Storm / Tour) Apps Update 2Day: FlyCast 2.0 Station Cache
FlyCast is a streaming audio "radio stations" program, we previously named "BlackBerry Storm App of the Day." FlyCast claims to have more radio stations than any other Internet radio or satellite platform with 1200 stations. For our BlackBerry Tour readers,...
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BlackBerry (Tour / Storm) Apps 2Day: TweetCaster
Handmark has released TweetCaster, a new free Twitter application available exclusively for BlackBerry smartphones with a trackball (including the BlackBerry Tour) and the BlackBerry Storm. TweetCaster claims that their app, makes Twitter on a BlackBerry smartphone fast, easy, and fun....
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BlackBerry Tour Apps 2Day: WHERE GPS Location Widgets
It appears that the most popular apps for the BlackBerry Storm are appearing for the BlackBerry Tour. It was recently announced that WHERE now does all its locating magic on the BlackBerry Tour. WHERE is a GPS location-based service that...
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BlackBerry Tour Apps 2Day: Google Maps
One of the most popular apps for the BlackBerry Storm for our readers is Google Maps and we are pleased to find out the Google Maps app now works with the BlackBerry Tour. Google has made changes to their server,...
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BlackBerry Desktop Manager Coming for Macs in September
Inside BlackBerry the Official RIM blog reported today that BlackBerry Desktop Software will be coming to Mac in September. This is a follow-up to the BlackBerry Media Sync that worked with Macs earlier this ear. This version will work with...
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Mobile Broadband Will Produce $48BN in Op Revs in 2017
Coda Research Consultancy research shows that portable laptop and netbook users accessing the internet via mobile broadband will produce US$48bn in operator revenues in 2017, will number 418m worldwide, and will generate and consume an immense 1.8 exabytes of traffic...
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More $199 Netbooks from A&T: Dell Inspiron Mini 10, Acer Aspire One and Lenovo S10
AT&T has added new netbooks that include the Acer Aspire One, the Dell Inspiron Mini 10, and the Lenovo S10.AT&T will offer the Acer Aspire One throughout stores nationwide. The Dell Inspiron Mini 10 and Lenovo S10 will be available...
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It's Not Easy Being Mobile Web...Says Nielsen Norman Group
In studies conducted by the Nielsen Norman Group, researchers found that the average success rate for users completing tasks on the mobile Internet was 59 percent compared to an average success rate of 80 percent for websites accessed on a...
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Verizon Two-in-One PC and Epress Card Modem PC770
Verizon is now offering that the PC770 2-in-1 PC Card and Express Card The PC770 is for the Verizon Wireless' Mobile Broadband service. It has an adapter so that it can be connected to your notebook computer and your PC.Key...
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Deal of Day: BlackBerry Storm Price Dropped to $99 Online / $29 with New Contract
As the summer smartphone wars heat-up, the price of the Verizon BlackBerry Storm has been lowered to $99 with an online only discount at the Verizon website.The BlackBerry Storm had mixed to favorable reviews at first, but after a massive...
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Consumer BlackBerry Curve 8520 News: Movie Parties / Walmart
Research in Motion and T-Mobile USA are expected to show the designed-for-consumers BlackBerry Gemini (Curve 8520) -- at launch parties starting Monday, according speculations from invitations. Instead of the usual BlackBerry trackball, the BlackBerry Gemini has an optical trackpad powered...
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BlackBerry (Storm / Tour) J2ME Updated Apps 2Day: BOLT Mobile Browser
Many of our readers who are BlackBerry and J2ME cell phone users have enjoyed the BOLT mobile browser. We saw a demo of the BOLT at CTIA on both the BlackBerry Storm and commonly used "free-style" basic phones. BOLT rendered...
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HTC Fixes Bluetooth Flaw in HTC WinMo Smartphones
HTC has issued an update that fixes a Bluetooth vulnerability in the HTC Touch HD, Touch Diamond and Touch Pro. The problem was in the Bluetooth driver, obexfile.dll, and found in HTC Windows mobile phones.Until you download the fix you...
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Palm Pre News: Palm Pre Online Ads/Buzz Successful, Says comScore
comScore, released an analysis of recent online trends related to the June debut of the Palm Pre. Launched on June 6, the Palm Pre debuted along with Sprint's innovative "Now Network" marketing campaign. There was great exposure form the YouTube...
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BlackBerry ( Tour / Storm) Free Apps 2Day: Pandora Internet Radio 1.1 BlackBerry
There is now a new version of Pandora Internet Radio for BlackBerry. The new version works on the brand new BlackBerry Tour smartphone. We previously named Pandora our "Free BlackBerry Storm App of the Day" and are adding it to...
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Verizon Samsung Omnia Software Update Opens GPS for LBS
Verizon realease software update CF03 with GPS unlocked and open to be used with other location-based services. The notification came out in the form of tweets from Samsung MobileUSA.Other tweets revealed:At this time, the open GPS update for the Omnia...
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iPhone #1 for Mobile Ad Reach, Says Millennial Media
Millennial Media's Scorecard for Mobile Advertising Reach and Targeting (SMART) for June has been released with new figures. The iPhone remained number one handset, while the Samsung Instinct came in at number two which many believe is due to the...
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Verizon Wireless Losens Exclusive Handset Deals
Verizon Wireless is easing its exclusive handset deals and sent a letter to the Senate committee dealing with antitrust claim of exclusive handsets deals to outline their intentions. The letter which follows states: Small wireless carriers (500,000 customers or less)...
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BlackBerry Storm Apps 2Day: Buy Music From Slacker Radio on BlackBerry Storm
Verizon BlackBerry Storm smartphone customers will see the Slacker Radio application icon appear on their handsets' home screens. The app will be pushed over-the-air and will give customers Slacker Radio combined with the ability to buy music. Wireless and...
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YXES.B Symbian Malware Can Intercept and Spam
Trend Micro has alerted the public to new malware for Symbian phones. SYMBOS_YXES.B has the potential for damage, propagation, or both. It has also received attention from independent media sources and/or other security firms. The Symbian Information Source (SIS) file...
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GetJar Gets Over Half Billion Downloads and Uploads New logo
GetJar, the world’s largest independent app store, announced that more than a half billion applications have been downloaded from its store. They also have uploaded a new logo. GetJar offers free Java, Symbian, Windows Mobile, BlackBerry, Palm and Flash Lite...
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RIM and Visto Patent Settlement Reached for $267.5 Million
Research In Motion Limited (RIM) maker of BlackBerry smartphones and Visto Corporation ("Visto") announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement to settle all outstanding worldwide patent litigation between the companies.Visto was the first company to offer push email...
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Symbian Horizon on Horizon in October to Open Up Nokia Development
The Symbian Foundation previewed Symbian Horizon, an application-publishing program that will be available in October 2009. Symbian Horizon gives developers assistance in building applications for Symbian devices and in placing those applications in the many global stores which reach Symbian...
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Palm Pre News: Palm Opens Up Palm Pre webOS to Everyone
Palm announced that they have ended the webOS (operating system for the Palm Pre) early access program and opened up the program to everyone and released their public developer portal at http://developer.palm.com.The portal offers many tools for developers who want...
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AT&T Shakes it UP with W518a Walkman Phone from Sony
AT&T launched the Sony W518a Walkman phone, a people and music connected phone with social networking that's got users shaking and waving.Open the phone to view Facebook friends' status updates and profile photos. One click from the W518a's standby...
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8.1 Megapixel Cyber-Shot C905a Camera Phone from AT&T
AT&T is offering the 8.1 megapixel Cyber-shot C905 the highest camera resolution ever in a phone from AT&T. The Cyber-Shot C905a is a slider phone that looks, acts and feels like a digital camera. The Cyber-Shot C905a a 2.4-inch scratch-resistant...
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Highlights of Samsung Highlight (T-Mobile)
T-Mobile is now offering the Samsung Highlight, a touchscreen phone with Samsung's TouchWiz user interface. The Samsung Highlight has a 1.61 x 2.64 inches, 240 x 400 pixels, 262k TFT touchscreen, GPS and a 3 megapixel camera with video capture....
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Bulk Apps Bulk Up App Stores, Says Skyhook
Skyhook Wireless, released its July report on trends in location-aware apps from Apple's App Store, Google's Android Marketplace, Blackberry App World, Nokia's Ovi Store, and the Palm App Catalog. The report shows the evolution of LBS app pricing in the...
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dotMobi Enhances Instant Mobilizer Service
dotMobi announced that it has improved its Instant Mobilizer service. Instant Mobilizer automatically creates mobile sites using existing content from business' PC-based web sites. Instant Mobilizer now offers a vCard feature that allows site visitors to save a business'...
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Palm Pre News: iTune Syncing Killed, App Catalog Appealing, Sells Well
In Palm Pre News, Apple has squashed directs syncing on the Palm Pre ; a study shows app catalog confusion, and the Palm Pre is still selling wellNo Mo' iTunes SyncingThe direct iTunes syncing feature of the Palm Pre was...
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BlackBerry App World Works Well, Payment Barrier, Says Strategy Analytics
Strategy Analytics', "BlackBerry App World Works Well But Payment Approach Represents Barrier to Use," evaluated the recently launched BlackBerry application store. Target users evaluated the core aspects of the application store experience including overall navigation and layout, content browsing, and...
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BlackBerry (Storm) Apps 2Day: buzzd event finder/rater/dater Thrills and Kills
Location-based social event and place suggestion application buzzd is now available for the the BlackBerry Storm. buzzd had been working on the BlackBerry Storm, but now it optimized for the touchscreen and other features.buzzd delivers information about places such restaurants,...
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BlackBerry Tour Apps 2Day: World Mate Live Travel
It's summer and many new BlackBerry Tour owners will most likely be traveling using the worldly aspects of the BlackBerry Tour and want to download the best free apps for the BlackBerry Tour.Here is a BlackBerry Tour travel app we...
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BlackBerry Tour Apps 2Day: TeleNav GPS Navigator
TeleNav's GPS Navigator is now available for the BlackBery Tour. They are offering a free 30-day trial that includes full access to the mapping navigation service.It offers full-color 3D moving maps, voice and on-screen directions, and optional speech recognition for...
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BlackBery News: BlackBerry Tour Success Matches 1st iPhone
On Sunday, the first day of sale of the new BlackBerry Tour, between 275,000 and 300,000 BlackBerry Tour Verizon Smartphones were sold according to analysts. Numbers for the Sprint version of the BlackBerry Tour have not been estimated yet. BlackBerry...
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Verizon Wireless Data Used 4 AirSage Real-Time Traffic Data
Verizon Wireless and AirSage have entered into an agreement where non-identifying data from Verizon Wireless' network will be used to help AirSage provide real-time traffic information.Verizon Wireless' network data will be made anonymous and integrated into AirSage's patented Wireless Signal...
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AT&T Wins Battle Against Prepaid Mobile Traffickers Awarded $51 Million
AT&T obtained final judgments and permanent injunctions against defendants in four federal lawsuits stopping the unauthorized bulk buying and resale of prepaid mobileAT&T has filed 14 lawsuits against companies and individuals in Texas, Florida, California, and New York in an...
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WinMo Marketplace Opens to Developers July 27
Windows Mobile Marketplace is on schedule to open for apps submissions in 29 supported countries on July 27th. Windows Marketplace launches with Windows Mobile 6.5 in the fall. Later this month, Microsoft will announce the details of an app developer...
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>20% of Mobile Web Traffic Over Wi-Fi, Says Bango
According to Bango, over 20% of people visiting web sites to purchase content using their mobile phones are now connecting via Wi-Fi. Bango is developing a billing system for carriers so that Wi-Fi content purchased can be made via the...
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>1.5 Billion iPhone Apps Downloaded
More than 1.5 billion applications have been downloaded from the Apple App Store which they claim is the largest applications store in the world. There are more than 65,000 apps and more than 100,000 developers in the iPhone Developer Program....
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Nuance Buys Jott for More Voice to Text Services
Nuance Communications acquired of Jott voice-to-text service provider. Jott currently offers a voicemail to text service, note via phone, sales applications, and an API for development. The combined Nuance and Jott teams plan to focus on several key voice-to-text initiatives:...
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BlackBerry Tour Apps 2Day: Charge Anywhere Credit Card App
The BlackBerry Tour has only been available since yesterday and well-reviewed in the last week. Now, today, there is a secure credit card app for the BlackBerry Tour. We've also started compiling a list of our favorite best BlackBerry Tour...
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Palm Pre News: Palm Pre Performed Well / Virtual Keypad Wanted, Says Strategy Analytics
Strategy Analytics Wireless Device Lab benchmark report, "Mobile Device User Evaluation: Palm Pre," evaluated the recently launched Palm Pre across a number of core and new features, including contact management, messaging, imaging, music and web browsing. The Palm Pre performed...
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New Reason for Not Texting While Walking: Sewer Holes OMG
According to NBCNewYork.com a teenage girl fell into a uncovered sewer while texting on Victory Boulevard on Staten Island. The girl, Alexa Longueira, 15, received some scrapes on her arms and back after she fell into the sewer hole.The family...
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Size and Color VIP to Cell Phone Buyers, Says Wirefly
Most American cell phone buyers still say fancy features are not so important when they choose a cell phone. According to a new survey from Wirefly, cell phone buyers' main reason in selecting a phone are for reasons other than...
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Nokia Surge - Social, Flashy, Webby, Video-Sharing and Cheap($29.99 w/Coupon & 2Plans)
AT&T will start selling the Nokia Surge, a socially supercharged smartphone on July 19. The Nokia Surge is designed for clique-clicking with IM, text or email, MMS, AT&T Video Share, or social networks updating. The Nokia Surge has a landscape...
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Bug-Free Censor-Free LG App Store Opens Today
LG Electronics launched the beta version of their online applications store, today. Their news release claims that all apps will be “bug-free,” and that it is independent from their handset business. There are free downloads available mostly for Windows Mobile...
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Review of Reviews: BlackBerry Tour 9630 (Verizon ) Review
BlackBerry Tour 9630 Rated 4 out 5 by Wireless and Mobile News' Review of ReviewsThe BlackBerry Tour goes on sale today, while the band U2 is on tour, sponsored by BlackBerry. As we write this "Review of Reviews of the...
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BlackBerry Storm Apps 2Day: Shazam Names that Tune
There is good news for our BlackBerry Storm user-readers, Shazam "name that tune" music-identifier app is available for BlackBerry Storm in BlackBerry App World and or from http://is.gd/IWHh.With Shazam you can identify music tracks, buy music, and share the tags...
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BlackBerry Tour Now Available from Verizon and Sprint (Deal $49 VZW)
The long awaited and talked-about BlackBerry Tour is available from Verizon and Sprint, today.For a summary of reviews of the BlackBerry Tour, read our Review of Reviews of the BlackBerry Tour. The BlackBerry Tour was code-named Niagra, and the screen...
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Deal Free BlackBerry Curve: T-Mobile, Verizon, Sprint, Altell, AT&T Weekend Sale : Current & New Customers
Here's our smashing great super cheap deal of the weekend for our readers who want a powerful BlackBerry Curve, whether you are new to a carrier or not. The BlackBerry Curve 8900 and all BlackBerry Curve smartphones are FREE at...
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Palm Pre News: New Apps & Charge: NFL Mobile Live, PopCap & FuelTank
The future looks bright for Palm Pre users who want to watch Football games or play games on their Palm Pre. If you out and about away from the Touchstone and/or a USB connection now you can charge the Palm...
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BlackBerry Tour Will Wi-Fi on Sprint Next Year
The BlackBerry Tour is the much awaited super-sized world-version BlackBerry Bold/BlackBerry Curve-like BlackBerry smartphone coming out on July 12 from Sprint and Verizon.We are currently working on a review of the BlackBerry Tour that will appear this Sunday July 12,...
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Accelerometer Growth Accelerated in Smartphones, Says iSuppli
Because acclerometers, enable smartphones like the BlackBerry Storm, iPhone and Palm Pre, sense rotation and therefore automatically rotate the screen they are expected to appear in one-third of mobile phones shipped next year, according to iSuppli Corp. While few consumers...
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Top Ten Best Summer Fun Free BlackBerry Storm Apps 2Day
The sun is shinning, the kids are out of school. If you are lucky enough to have a job and go on vacation with your BlackBerry Storm here are some fun and useful apps for your BlackBerry Storm for summer...
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Amazon Drops Kindle Price to $299 for Summer Reading Fun
Just in time for summer vacation reading Amazon has dropped the price of the 6 inch Kindle wireless reading device to $299. They claim that with this new low price, summer reading just got a lot more fun! The lightweight...
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Rugged Splash-Proof Nokia 3720 Classic Announced
Nokia officially introduced the new Nokia 3720 classic, an mobile phone designed to resist water, dust and shock. The Nokia 3720 classic is encased in durable materials and is entirely sealed to protect the inner electronics. The Nokia 3720 is...
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Wireless Contributes to Economy, Jobs, and Capital, Says CTIA
Yesterday, CTIA-The Wireless Association filed an ex parte with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to show the significant contributions the wireless industry is making to aid the revitalization of United States short and long-term economic health. Some believe that the...
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Sprint Outsources Day2Day Net Service to Ericsson - Employees Keep Jobs
Sprint announced a unique wireless and wireline network services outsourcing agreement with Ericsson. The seven-year agreement with Ericsson expands Ericsson's network services business in North America. The agreement, with an option for renewal, will result in payments for services valued...
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Winged Pull-Out Split Keyboarded Smartphone Patent Filed by Samsung
Attention all you texters who need to type constantly but want an different shaped keyboard. Samsung has filed a patent with split fly-out QWERTY keyboard.The device is titled "Mobile Terminal Having Rear Keypad." The keypads are spring-loaded and slide into...
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BlackBerry Takes Hit from Palm Pre & iPhone - BlackBerry Tour Will Be a Hit
BlackBerry device market share may be declining notes Piper Jaffray analyst T. Michael Walkley.Walkley's retail check showed erosion in the BlackBerry realm because carriers are pushing new devices from Palm and Apple. Sprint BlackBerry sales declined slightly due to solid...
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Pre-Order myTouch 3G Google Android @ T-Mobile
T-Mobile will be selling the new Google phone the T-Mobile myTouch 3G first to current customers with a pre-sale program, starting today.Designed by HTC, myTouch 3G features a 3.2-inch HVGA touchscreen display and virtual keyboard and autorotate. It also...
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Clearwire WiMAXes Vegas on July 21
Clearwire will officially launch its WiMAX high-speed wireless broadband service in Las Vegas on July 21.They claim CLEAR brings to the Las Vegas region the first super fast mobile Internet service that works as fast on the go as it...
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Michael Jackson Memorial Boosted Mobile and Facebook Traffic
The Michael Jackson Memorial, yesterday, drew crowds on television and also increased mobile traffic.Between 10am and noon PDT, Verizon Wireless voice calls in the vicinity of the Staples Center in Los Angeles, the location of the Michael Jackson memorial, were...
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Google Chrome OS for Netbooks and Beyond Announced
The Google blog has announced the Google Chrome Operating System. Google Chrome OS is an open source, lightweight operating system that will initially be targeted at netbooks. Later this year Google will open-source its code, and netbooks running Google...
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Free Android Apps 2Day: m:Vampire Sucks Your Blood
Moblyng has released a social mobile game, m:Vampire. It is a cross-platform role-playing Facebook, Android/G1, iPhone, Nokia 5800 and Nokia role-playing game. Players add and challenge friends from Facebook and supported smartphones. They claim it is the only truly social...
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911 Emergency Keep Landline and Cell, Says AT&T
While cable companies try to lure you to give up a real landline AT&T warns that in an emergency you may need a landline along with an AT&T cell phone. Some accuse the campaign of using scare tactics with the...
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LG Black Label Series Next Gen Chocolate
LG Electronics officially announced the development of the next generation Chocolate. The photos released don't reveal much except for sleek simple lines in black and red.Their news release says the it is from the design team that created the original...
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Palm Pre News: Europe, Easier to Get, Wikipedia and Poll
In Palm Pre News, the Palm Pre will be sold in Europe, it's not as hard to get a Palm Pre nowadays and Wikipedia is mobilized for the Palm Pre.The Palm Pre is headed for Europe. The Palm Pre is...
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BlackBerry, iPhone, Android Apps of the Day: Exit Strategy
Here are the Apps of the Day for New York City subway riders: Exit Strategy. The Exit Strategy NYC apps come in Android, BlackBerry, iPhone and Kindle, giving users access to the all the subway platforms, so they know where...
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Deal Netbooks: Radio Shack Bests Best Buy with Free Netbook
Yesterday, we wrote about the 99 cent netbook from Best Buy. Well, RadioShack bested Best Buy by selling netbook for free with contract Radio Shack is offering the Acer Aspire One for free with a two-year AT&T mobile broadband contract,...
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Deals: New 99 Cents Store for Netbooks, Best Buy with Sprint Contract
Oh say can you see that netbook prices are dropping down next to nothing. Best Buy is now offering embedded a Mobile Broadband netbook "in store only" for 99 cents with a Sprint contract, $199 for AT&T/Verizon or without a...
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1 Million Sirius XM Radio iPhone Apps Downloaded in 2 Weeks
Within two weeks of availability, SIRIUS XM Radio’s iPhone and iPod touch app has been downloaded over 1 million times from the App Store. The free version does not include access to premium programs such as Howard Stern. The SIRIUS...
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Android Nokia Rumor Punked, Not True
Nokia has officially denied that they are working on an Android phone any time soon. There is "no truth" to the rumor propounded by the Guardian that Nokia would be making Android touchscreen phones to better compete with the iPhone...
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2,000 BlackBerry App World Apps + Expanding to Europe India & S.A.
BlackBerry App World has reached 2,000 apps, doubling the number of applications, reported a Bloomberg article. RIM's App world is expanding this month to users in Italy, France, Germany and Spain. India and Brazil will be on board in the...
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Watch Out for Heated Temperature Warnings on Your iPhone
We reported previously, that iPhone 3GS and 3G units were heating up when charging and with heavy use. Apple let users know that there is a temperature warning via a support page.Some believe the page is an acknowledgment of the...
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2009 iPhone 3GS Sales Best-Ever, Says Internal Memo
The iPhone 3GS made the best sales day ever for AT&T according to leaked internal memo. In three days, one million iPhone 3GS units were sold. Hundreds of thousands of pre-orders were logged.AT&T's liberal upgrade requirements probably contributed to the...
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Palm Pre Test Drive Bloggers' Impressions Impressive But Not Transparent
To market the Palm Pre , Sprint asked people to apply to blog about their Palm Pre usage in order to receive free Palm Pre smartphones with truly unlimited free service from Sprint for three months. CNET chose ten bloggers...
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Moon Walk Phone: Round Moto Aura $2,800 with Free Screen Savers
To honor the July 20, 1969 moon landing of Apollo 11, Motorola is offering the commemorative luxury moon-themed Aura Celestial with an engraved photo of the moon landing. Motorola transponders on the Apollo 11 sent the television signals to earth...
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Verizon Subscribers Get Binged: Bingo Ad Win for Bing
The Bing mobile search/decision engine is now the default search on Verizon phones through the carrier's portal page. It's part of a 5-year exclusive deal.It also appears that high-end browsers available with Verizon's handsets, like Opera have Bing as their...
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BlackBerry (Storm) Apps 2Day: Xing Social Networking with Contact Sync
XING, Europe's business network, is now offering a new app for BlackBerry smartphones including the BlackBerry Storm. The free download enables business professionals to access their personal network directly from their BlackBerry smartphones.The Xing app keeps track of all...
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BlackBerry News: U2 Tour, BlackBerry Tour, BarackBerry Prayers
BlackBerry smartphones are used for everything from seeing new angles of the U2 tour to Prez2Go Prayers. While BlackBerry presents the latest U2 260 Tour, the BlackBerry Tour is due out next week with launch dates officially released by Sprint...
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Palm Pre Apps 2Day: Major League Baseball MLB Permium for Palm Pre
For baseball fans with a Palm Pre, MLB.com Mobile Premium offers a new mobile-optimized live game web-app developed for the Palm Pre smartphone.You can get the MLB Palm Pre app via the mobile Web site (wap.mlb.com).Fans stay connected to their...
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Mobile Security Concerns Preventing New Trans, Says Cloudmark
According to a Cloudmark-commissioned survey from Harris Interactive, nearly two thirds of mobile device owners are concerned about security. The survey showed security concerns are preventing many users from adopting new mobile services for financial transactions and shopping. Spam...
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Up-to-Minute Traffic Updates on Mobi.Traffic.com
NAVTEQ is now offering a new version of its free NAVTEQ Traffic.com mobile website at http://mobi.traffic.com. It could be very helpful this holiday weekend. The mobile website will let you know the traffic Jam Factor and real-time traffic information.The website...
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New Ovi Map Update: Ovi Maps 3 with Night View and Download
The latest version of Ovi Maps App has just been released for Nokia devices and the web. The service offers high resolution satellite and terrain maps - both in 2D and 3D views - 3D landmarks for over 200 cities,...
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Pam Pre Apps 2day: Charge Anywere Credit Processing App
Palm Pre owners who want to accept credit cards can now accept credit cards with CHARGE Anywhere. Secure mobile payment provider Charge Anywhere now offers a mobile payment solution designed for use with the Palm Pre You will however...
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Michael Jackson a Hit with Sprint Music and Radio
The Sprint Music Store reported its biggest single day ever, with 25 percent of the tracks sold belonging to Michael Jackson on Friday. Sprint Music Store sales have increased 21 percent on average since news of Jackson's death Thursday. The...
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LG Wants to Be Number Two and Is Trying Harder with Smartphones
LG the number two cell phone maker wants to be number two and had plans to create some very competitive products according toYonhap News Agency.In an interview with Ahn Seung-kwon, LG mobile president. LG is planning on working their way...
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Visual Voice Mail Problems with iPhone Reported
PC World reports that iPhone users are getting angry and delayed visual voice mail messages.Sometimes the voice mail messages don't turn up for days. David Coursey wrote he had older voicemail messages he'd never seen before suddenly appear in his ...
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BlackBerry Storm & Palm Pre Better than iPhone for MSG and Multitasking
As the battles between the Palm Pre , BlackBerry Storm and iPhone continue. There's more news about the Palm Pre The Palm Pre will be coming to UK. Consumer Reports rated the Palm Pre higher than the iPhone for multitasking....
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Turn-by-Turn Navigators to Incresase to 26 Million by 2010 End, Says ABI
While PNDs and in-dash navigation device sales continue to suffer from the economic recession, handset-based turn-by-turn navigation is boosted by the rapidly growing smartphone segment. ABI Research expects the number of paying handset-based turn-by-turn navigation users to increase to...
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First Four Winning BlackBerry Apps in 2009 BlackBerry Developer Challenge
The BlackBerry Partners Fund today announced the first four (4) Finalists in the 2009 BlackBerry Developer Challenge. The winning apps include two games, a video viewer and one utility application.Fierce Towers by Nickel Buddy - Control the field to stop...
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BlackBerry Storm Free Apps 2Day: Beta BeejiveIM for BlackBerry Storm
BeejiveIM for BlackBerry Storm Beta is now available. They say it is the first instant messaging solution which takes advantage of the Storm's touchsreen. It saves SMS costs by using the data network. We're naming it our BlackBerry Storm App...
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Informa Lowers Device Expectations Due to Downturn
While more smartphones will be bought by confused consumers, the overall handset market will not be as robust as expected. The financial downturn will cause1.04 billion fewer devices sold in the next five years than had previously been expected, according...
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MythBuster Twitters Out of $11,000 Wireless Data Bill
MythBusters' Adam Savage did not understand clearly the limitations and roaming charges for his AT&T data plan while in Canada, managed to run up $11,000 in data charges using a USB modem on a laptop computer.How did he bust the...
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Open Source Tidal Wave of Apps Overturn Downturn, Says Juniper
pen Source Operating System Research from Juniper Research found that operating systems and applications are playing an increasingly important role in the differentiation of new smartphones and a key factor in the choice of which handset choice by users. They...
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MMA Updates Cross-Carrier Mobile Content Best Practices
The Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) released the latest version of its U.S. Consumer Best Practices Guidelines for Cross-Carrier Mobile Content Services.They say that their guidelines are the industry standard for cross-carrier mobile content services such as text messaging (SMS), multimedia...
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Smartphone Buyers Confused, Value Their Mobile Phones and TWI
A Best Buy Mobile survey conducted by GfK shows that many adult Americans plan to buy a smartphone in the next 12 months and they are confused. They do value their mobiles and would go to great lengths to keep...
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