August 2009 Archives
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T-Mobile Dropped Calls Due to Station Fire, La Canda, La Crescenta & Nearby
T-Mobile communications equipment was damaged in the Station Fire, Monday. It should only cause minor reception issues for customers, reported the Pasadena Stars NewsThe repeater site equipment on Mt. Lukens that provides service to other local cell sites is down....
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Wireless Giant BlackBerry Stores in More Airports and Stations
Wireless Giant and InMotion Entertainment have joined together to develop and operate additional "BlackBerry from Wireless Giant" retail stores in new transportation centers, including major airports and rail stations across the United States. The stores will exclusively sell BlackBerry products...
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WiFi Users Plan to Buy Stuff and Travel - iPod/Phone Tops for Wi-Fi
JiWire released its Mobile Audience Insights Report that shows demographic and behavioral interests of Wi-Fi users. Wi-Fi users are rich, travel and buy a lot of tech stuff. The café Wi-Fi audience also reported that 38 percent make an online...
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GHSA Supports Ban on Texting While Driving in All States
The Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) supprts a ban texting behind the wheel for all drivers in all states. GHSA Members are appointed by their governors to lead state highway safety agencies.Texting while driving is very dangerous. It is worse...
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Samsung Opens On-Samsung App Store On September 14
Samsung will launch a new on-device app store for Samsung Smartphone users on September 14th. The Samsung Application Store allows users to browse a variety of applications including games, references, social networking, e-books and health-related tools (e.g. pedometer, eye test,...
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Verizon Ready to Help with CA Fires: Free Call-Fowarding for Landlines
As we told you earlier today, as smoke fills the hills around us, wireless carriers are prepared for emergencies and act quickly. Verizon is providing wired phones, wireless broadband modems and mobile phones to help firefighters coordinate their attacks...
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iPhone / BlackBerry(Storm,Bold, Curve, Pearl) Free Apps 2DAy: iDrive Lite Contact Backup
Talk about syncronycity, we just wrote an article about disaster tips and suggest contact backup and low and behold there is a free mobile app for backing up your contacts. And the iDrive service also allows you backup up to...
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Top Mobile Cell Phone Tips for Station Fire & Other Disasters
Those of us who are affected by the Station Fire in La Canada, Pasadena, and other areas, may need to remember some safety tips and other information about cell phones, smartphones, and wireless services during a disaster.The view from our...
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Verizon Ranked Highest Call Quality in JD Power Study in Many Regions
The J.D. Power and Associates 2009 Wireless Call Quality Performance Study-Volume 2 measured wireless call quality. They ranked call quality by region.Verizon Wireless ranks highest in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Southeast and Southwest regions in wireless call quality performance. Verizon performs...
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Facebook Update for iPhone 3.0 - B'Days, RSVP, Notes & Videos
There is now a new Facebook 3.0 for iPhone. This new update has added many features.Now you can:- See your upcoming Events and RSVP. - See your friends' birthdays. - See Pages and post updates and photos to Pages you...
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BlackBerry Tour 9630 Sprints to MI, IN & Alltel
Sprint is now offering the BlackBerry Tour 9630 smartphone, the international phone featuring 3G technology with full in West Michigan and Northeast Indiana. Meanwhile, Alltel also started selling the BlackBerry Tour 9630 with access their 3G network allows and support...
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2,200 Apps to NTIA for $28 B U.S. Broadband $$
The Commerce Department's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and the Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service (RUS) has received almost 2,200 applications requesting nearly $28 billion in funding for proposed broadband projects reaching all 50 U.S. states and territories...
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Txtng @ Dentist Caps Dental Care, 411 B4 or 4Get Txting
Okay folks, you text while driving and cause accidents. Shouldn't you give your dear dentist and break and not be texting while in the dental chair? Just think of the mistakes you will make while breathing the "happy-air." Personally, I...
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TXT Chegg 2 RNT Txt Books 2 Save $$$
As students go back to school they are probably having sticker shock when they see the price of college text book. If you don't want to keep the text book you can rent it for about a third of the...
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Verizon Gets More than Squat ($33.15 Million) from Cybersquatter
Verizon wants the world to know that the largest cybersquatting judgment, ever has been upheld by a federal court in the Northern District of California. The court denied the motion of the defendant -- OnlineNIC, an Internet domain registration...
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Best Verizon BlackBerry Deal Ever: Buy One BlackBerry Storm@$49, Tour $149, Curve $49 Get One Free
Attention BlackBerry shoppers, Verizon would really like you get a BlackBerry. Not only do you buy one, and get one of equal or lesser value free, they've dropped the prices to record low buy-ins for BlackBerry smartphones with that much...
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FCC Asks How to Improve Communcation Services, Not Just Billing
The FCC has issued a Notice of Inquiry asking for more information about communications services. The Commission is looking for comments from communications service providers, academic researchers, consumer groups and third-party analysts on how best to ensure consumers have the...
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Palm Pre Apps 2Day: Yep, There's a Free Yelp App Now
Yelp released a new app for the Palm Pre, today. This app that accesses reviews by reviewers like you about local businesses, restaurants and events integrates with Palm Pre's syncronicity....
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Palm Pre News: Palm Pre on Verizon by Early Next Year, Bell Canada, Yelp and Google Voice
The Palm Pre has been in the news a lot this week and we will see more of this super social-networked almost physic smartphone. During a conference call, Verizon execs revealed that they are committed to releasing the Palm Pre...
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Linux-Based Maemo Software Running on Nokia N900 Internet Tablet
Nokia unveiled the new Nokia N900 portable Internet Table. The Linux-based Maemo software delivers a PC-like experience on the handy Nokia N900 Running on the new Maemo 5 software, the Nokia N900 can have dozens of application windows open and running...
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GreatCall Jitterbugs with Verizon Network
GreatCall and Verizon Wireless, that GreatCall's Jitterbug will now run on the Verizon Wireless network through the wireless leader's open development program....
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Android Apps 2Day SPB TV: Free IP TV
SPB TV is now available to Android smartphones including the G1 and T-Mobile myTouch 3G. There a freebie (limited features and channels) and full-paid version for $9.95 from Android Market...
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Drivers with Real-time Traffic Data Spend 18% Less Time, Says NAVTEQ
NAVTEQ, revealed insights from a esearch study designed to assess the consumer impact of everyday use of navigation devices. They found that real-time traffic information really saves real time....
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Whole US Crowdsourced by Google Maps: Shows Traffic Data from U
Google expanded its traffic layer to cover all U.S. highways and arterials when data is available. The maps show how fast traffic is moving. Is done through “crowdsourcing,” using data from Google Map users and how fast they are traveling...
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BlackBerry Bold Update 2Day: BlackBerry Bold OS 4.6.0.297
AT&T is sending out an over-the-air update(OTA) of the BlackBerry Bold operating system version OS 4.6.0.297. The best part of this update is the addtion of Visual Voice Mail that displays the name of the person who left each voicemail...
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Top BlackBerry Apps for First Half 2009 from Handango
As we reported previously, BlackBerry apps are growing over at Handango. BlackBerry became the dominant platform within the Handango smartphone content catalog, constituting 44% of all apps sold in the first half of 2009, up from its 31% share...
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SPB Mobile Shell 3 and MobiTV Top Handango Bestseller Smartphone Apps
Handangoannounced the results of its bi-annual Handango Yardstick for insight into the smartphone content industry. For the first time ever, BlackBerry displaced Windows Mobile to become the dominant platform within the Handango smartphone content catalog, constituting 44% of all apps...
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Free Thumbplay BlackBerrry App Worth Playing 4 Free DRM Free Music?
We have removed the "Thumbs down" for the Thumbplay free BlackBerry (Tour, Bold, Pearl and Storm) app available in BlackBerry App World, we gave it, earlier this week. In general, we are suspicious of Thumbplay because someone on the staff...
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Samsung Omnia II Coming Soon to Verizon
Samsung has put up a teaser page for the next generation Samsung Omnia, the Samsung Omnia II. They claim:Smart Phone, Genius Texting."The Samsung Omnia II will revolutionize the way you text and email - faster and more accurately. Plus, it's...
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SonyReader Daily Editon with 3G from AT&T Ready 4 Xmas
Sony today announced the - the Reader Daily Edition, a wireless eReader l with 3G connectivity from AT&T.. Sony already sells the Reader Pocket Edition and the Reader Touch Edition.The Reader Daily Edition will be available this December in...
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Android Apps 2Day: Inspector Gadget, Katamair and Brain Stuff
Now selling on Android Market are the popular games, Inspector Gadget, Rolling with Katamari, Brain Coach with Dr. Kawashima and More Brain Exercise with Dr. Kawashima, The new games were developed by Namco Bandai Networks Europe and will be distributed...
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BlackBerry Curve, Bold, Pearl, & Storm Top Devices for Opera Browsing
In the United States use of Opera Minis is growing rapidly and the top makers of smartphones are BlackBerrry, Samsung and LG (with the feature phone the LG Vu.) Opera Mini USA Data - Page-view growth since July 2008: 189.5%...
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Syniverse Buys VeriSign's Messaging Unit 4 $175 Million
Syniverse Technologies will acquire VeriSign, Inc.'s messaging business for $175 million, subject to working capital adjustments.The proposed acquisition will combine Syniverse's NEXTAdvanced Messaging Hub, the industry's first comprehensive enhanced messaging hub, and other NEXT messaging offerings with four of VeriSign's...
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New Applets on Feature Phones with OneApp from Microsoft
Microsoft Corp. is offering Microsoft OneApp, a new software application that enables feature phones -- to access mobile apps such as Facebook, Twitter, Windows Live Messenger, and other popular apps and games. OneApp brings mobile apps and services to feature...
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RIM Torches BlackBerry Smartphones, Buys WebKit Developer Torch Mobile
There may be a much better BlackBerry browser experience coming to a BlackBerry near you. BlackBerry-maker RIM has acquired Torch Mobile.The Torch' team of developers will join RIM's global organization and will now be focused on utilizing their WebKit-based mobile...
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AT&T Bundles Wireless with TV U-Verse or Voice to Get Net Free
AT&T is bundling AT&T U-verse and AT&T wireless services to compete with cable bundles. The new "Buy Two, Get One Free" offer gives customers the choice of a flexible AT&T U-verse triple-play bundle that includes wireless voice service. which they...
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Nokia Booking on MS with New Netbook Nokia Booklet 3G
Nokia and Microsoft are booking on their partnership. Today Nokia let the world know that they will be selling a netbook they call Nokia Booklet 3G. Pricing will be announced at Nokia World on September 2. Powered by the Intel...
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BlackBerry (Pearl, Curve, Tour ) Apps 2Day: EA Scrabble, Risk, Tetris, Sims
EA Mobile announced eight new titles available on BlackBerry App World including globally renowned mobile titles: Bejeweled, Need for Speed Undercover, RISK, SCRABBLE (in the US and Canada only) $6.99, Tetris, Tetris Mania, The Sims3, and Tiger Woods PGA TOUR....
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BlackBerry (Tour, Storm) Free Apps 2Day: Thumbplay DRM Free Music
It looks like Thumbplay is pulling your thumbs in BlackBerry App World. They claim to offer a free app, and music as cheap as 69 cents a song. However, you may be signing away a monthly payment. So we give...
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Blackberry Storm 2 Video Leaked - Great Spongy Piezo Multitouch Touchscreen
An anonymous videographer, who doesn't show his face, has made video about the BlackBerry Storm 2, which new reports show should be out in October of this year from Veriozn. The person who posted the video claims he doesn't know...
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AT&T Ain't in on Google Voice iPhone App Rejection, Apple Says Alters iPhone UI
The FCC is getting answers from both Apple and AT&T after inquiring about the Google Voice app rejection.AT&T in a letter to the FCC answered questions about the denial of allowing the Google Voice iPhone App into the iPhone app...
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Data Plan Required by AT&T, Starting September 6
Low-income people or people who don't use a lot of data will still have to swallow a whole data plan from AT&T when they buy a smartphone from AT&T starting September 6.Starting on Sept. 6, AT&T will require all new...
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BlackBerry Apps 2Day: Top 5 Free Apps in BlackBerry App World
As more and more people use BlackBerry App World to get their BlackBerrry apps, the popular apps are changing. Here's a list of the top five freebie apps. What tops the list of apps on BlackBerry App World? BlackBerry App...
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BlackBerry (Storm, Curve, Bold, Tour )Apps 2Day: Yelp - User Reviews of Places
There is now a Blackberry Yelp app available for downloading. Yelp offers reviews from from "Real People." The Blackberry Yelp app uses location-aware technology to determine your current location and then lets you search for nearby businesses and read reviews.The...
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Google Apps Connector Integrates with BlackBerry Enterprise Server
Google has integrated its Google Apps Premier to sync and integrate with BlackBerry making very appealing to enterprise business and educational users.By installing Google Apps Connector, you integrate the Google Apps messaging suite with BlackBerry Enterprise Server, letting employees use...
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Visa Europe Trials SMS Alerts for Debit, Debit and Prepaid
Visa Europe will trial a new mobile service giving Visa cardholders instant transaction confirmation to their mobiles when they use their debit, credit, or prepaid card. Visa claims the notifications will provide increased peace of mind when shopping, on a...
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AT&T BlackBerry Bold Update (4.6.0.508) Coming August 25
AT&T will be distributing the BlackBerry Bold Maintenance Release (v4.6.0.508) on August 25, 2009 including via Over-the-Air .BlackBerry Bold users received an email stating "AT&T has approved the BlackBerry Bold Maintenance Release (v4.6.0.508). This release, which provides several enhancements, will...
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Verizon Escapade World Phone $29.99 with Contract
Verizon Wireless is now offering the new Verizon Wireless Escapade, developed by Personal Communications Devices. They claim it's great for globetrotters and jet-setters because the Escapade has quad band network compatibility allows customers to place voice calls in more than...
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BlackBerry Storm TV Apps Today: 1st V CAST Video on Demand Smartphone App
Verizon V CAST Video on Demand service is now available to BlackBerry Storm smartphone customers.TV fans who don't want to miss episodes of their favorite shows can download the application directly to their BlackBerry Storm smartphones and start watching video...
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Nokia 5800 Naigation Edition Comes with Maps and Voice Nav
Nokia announced the Nokia 5800 Navigation Edition that comes with lifetime voice-guided DRIVE and WALK navigation licenses, quick access to the latest Ovi Maps software, full regional maps and zooming. The Nokia 5800 Navigation Edition is based on the Nokia...
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Audiopoint Update 2Day: Speaks Calendar and Email for Visually Impaired
Audiopoint, introduced an upgrade to its Voice Terminal Service that speaks directly to the visually impaired community, voice enables Google Calendar and offers entry level service plans making the service affordable to all. VTS allows visually-impaired users to access email...
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FLO TV and Rentrak to Measure and Track Mobile TV
FLO TV and Rentrak Corporation have launched the mobile television industry's first comprehensive viewership and advertising impression reporting using Rentrak's TV Essentials media measurement system. Through their collaboration, FLO TV and Rentrak will deliver reporting that will serve as the...
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Android Apps 2Day: Listen to Listen Podcast Finder Getter App
For some reason, this a super apps day, there were several apps launched in the last few days and now here's another Android app for your myTouch 3G or G1 Android smartphone. Google Labs has launched application for Android-powered smartphones...
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iPhone and Android Apps 2Day: Coldwell Banker Int'l Home Search
Coldwell Banker has launched international home search applications for iPhone and Android-powered smartphones.The Coldwell Banker Real Estate mobile app enables users to earch for property listings and recent home sales in 28 countries in North America, Europe, Central America, Caribbean,...
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MySpace Really Likes iLike, & Like Totally Buys iLike
Here's how a Valley Girl would report this story, "Like you know, MySpace, like, really, really likes, iLike. Like totally for sure. So like, iLike helps you. like, find music that's like music you like. So MySpace buys like, iLike...
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Sony's New Lithium Ion Batteries Charge Faster, Last Longer
Sony Corporation has launched a new type of lithium ion secondary battery that combines high-power and long-life performance, using olivine-type lithium iron phosphate as the cathode material. Shipment started in June 2009. These batteries can charge in a little...
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BlackBerry(Bold/Curve) and Android Free Apps 2Day: Say Aloha to Aloqa
Yesterday, we wrote about the location photo layering app, Layar and now there's a new location app for social networking and pizza-place-socailizing, Aloqa.The Aloqa mobile app is designed to let users discover their friends and favorites nearby. The Aloqa application...
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BlackBerry Apps2Day: Top Paid Apps In BlackBerry App World
When we look at the top 5 premium pad apps in BlackBerry App World today, we find very familiar apps and some that have been popular with our readers in the past, but we also found some new apps. When...
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Free BlackBerry (Tour, Storm, Bold, Curve) Apps 2Day: TwitVid Twitter Video Posting App
TwitVid.com, Twitter video adding service is now offering a video uploading application for the BlackBerry. They will also power video for UberTwitter, the most popular BlackBerry Twitter app. After you open the TwitVid.com app, s select or record a Vide,...
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Android Apps 2Day: Layar Reality Browser Adds Info to Photos Where U At
Here's a new Android app for those seeking a new view of the world, Layar. They call it "augmented reality." The Layar app is now available around the world.Layar displays digital information on top of what you see through your...
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World Wide Analog Mobile TV to Grow 6x to 300 Million by 2013
Telegent Systems and In-Stat reported a worldwide user base of 54 million mobile TV consumers in 2009 and predicts 6x growth to 300 million users by 2013 . "The adoption of analog mobile TV handsets has been driven by the...
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iTunes 25% of A-la-Carte Music Sales, 69% of Digital Diners
According to The NPD Group, a while CDs remain the most popular format for paid music purchases, digital music sales are making up an ever-greater share of U.S. music sales. CDs comprised 65 percent of all music sold in the...
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Feature Phones Featured in 72% Mobile Phones Sales enV2 & Rant Tops, Says NPD Group
The NPD Group reports, feature phones still rule the U.S. market, even as smartphone sales increased their share of overall handset sales. NPD's Mobile Phone Track information revealed that unit-sales of new feature phones fell 5 percentage points to 72...
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Palm Pre vs. iPhone Very Statisfying and Exceeding Expectations, Great Start, Says ChangeWave
Paul Carton and Jean Crumrine at ChangeWave Research reported the findings of their August survey of new iPhone and Palm Pre owners. They compare and contrast owner impressions such as which smartphone features they like best and dislike the most.A...
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BlackBerry Apps 2Day: BlackBerry App World Webbed for Browsing
The BlackBerry App World catalog is now available to view on the web on your computer while you still have to connect to your BlackBerry to purchase them. Buying ability should be coming soon. If you are interested, you can...
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QWEST Quits Wireless Ports to Verizon
Qwest Wireless customers started receiving notifications that they have 60 days to switch their Qwest Wireless service to another wireless provider. In 2008, QWEST announced it was quitting the wireless business and began offering Verizon Wireless service to Qwest customers....
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iPhone Apps 2Day: HSN 3rd Screen Shopping
HSN launched an Apple iPhone app to view HSN programming 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, throughout the US. The launch creates the e-commerce industry's first live-video "3-screen experience," enabling consumers to browse and shop the network's 35,000-plus...
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BlockBuster Movies Coming to Yo' Moto Mobile Phone
Blockbuster will offer select BLOCKBUSTER OnDemand movie download service on select Motorola phones.Select Motorola phones will feature an exclusive Blockbuster OnDemand application, providing on-the-go download access to Blockbuster's digital library of thousands of current Blockbuster OnDemand movies. "Mobile video entertainment...
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Palm Pre News: Catalog Accepting Apps, Free Concerts @ The Grove
There are two marketplaces open for the Palm Pre this week, a sensory try-out experience and free concerts at the Grove in Los Angeles, and developers can start submitting their apps.For those visiting Los Angeles, the Palm Pre Experience is...
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BusinessWeek's iPhone vs BlackBerrry vs Guidebook Test Won by Nice People
BusinessWeek which just launched a free BlackBerry app, published an article where three college students participated in a travel test in Atlanta to see which was more efficient, smartphones such as the BlackBerry or iPhone or a guidebook. Shalini Ramachandran...
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BlackBerry Storm 2 Video with Details Leaked
Someone on YouTube has shot a video of the new BlackBerry Storm 2. It looks a lot like the previous BlackBerry Storm and reportedly has Wi-Fi.The BlackBerry Storm 2 in the video has a 3.2 megapixel auto focus camera, backlit...
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Cricket Applies for Recovery Funding for Low-Income Wireless Broadband
Cricket Communications, announced the filing of an application for federal Recovery Act funding, in partnership with One Economy Corporation. The grant proposal would extend Project Change Access - an innovative program for affordable wireless broadband service - to low-income residents...
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Verizon LTE Test Successful in Boston and Seattle
Verizon Wireless, on Friday, completed its first successful Long Term Evolution (LTE) fourth generation (4G) data call in Boston announced that it had earlier completed the first LTE 4G data call in Seattle. They are expecting to launch their fast...
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Super GPS Mapping iPhone Apps Today: TomTom
Would you like to have the same functionality of a GPS system on your iPhone? TomTom is now offering a full GPS and mapping functions iPhone in the iTunes store.TomTom app for iPhone includes the exclusive IQ Routes technology. Instead...
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Review of Reviews myTouch 3G (HTC Magic) Review
T-Mobile myTouch 3G Rated 3.5 out 5 by Wireless and Mobile News' Review of ReviewsThe T-Mobile myTouch 3G is a nice looking touchscreen smartphone that comes in a zippered travel case with a micro fiber pouch. It has an acclerometer...
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Free BlackBerry (Tour, Storm, Bold, Curve) Apps 2Day: BusinessWeek
There is now a BusinessWeek app for BlackBerry smartphones including the BlackBerry Tour and BlackBerry Storm. The free BlackBerry app features market updates, stock quotes, and specialized content channels. From Finance to Small Business, Technology to Management; BusinessWeek allows you...
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Free BlackBerry (Tour, Curve 8520) Apps 2Day: Vlingo
If you are wishing that you could tell your BlackBerry Tour or BlackBerry Curve (8520) what to do then, Vlingo is for you, there are free a paid versions of this voice-control app for BlackBerry smartphones. The Vlingo app has...
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iPhones Deposit $1.5 M in Checks @ USAA Bank with iPhone App
According to MoCo News, USAA, a bank which caters to the military, reported that $1.5 million in checks have already been deposited via an iPhone app that was launched three days ago.The app allows iPhone owners to scan a check...
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Palm Pre News: Deadline 2night for Free Palm Pre
You have until midnight tonight, August 14, to enter to win this month's giveaway for a Palm Pre over on Palm's Facebook page. Just click on the Win a Palm Pre tab and post a comment letting Palm know why...
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Deal: Free Activation: Verizon Buy One BlackBerry Get One Free or Notebooks or Other Smartphone Deals
Smartphone and price wars have hit Verizon today with new promotions for free BlackBerry smartphones, phones and more. All you have to do is go over to the Verizon deals page and there are tons of bargains for free devices...
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TouchScreen Zune Pre-Sale Now More Like iPod or Better with OLED Screen?
Zune HD, the next Microsoft digital media player, is available now for pre-order and will be in stores Sept. 15. The player, available in 16GB and 32GB capacities, is the first touchscreen Zune it will have an HD radio. HD...
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Best of Android Apps, Applications and Accessories for myTouch 3G and Beyond
To help those who just bought their T-Mobile myTouch 3G smartphones recently, we've rounded up all our apps and applications articles about Android apps to help you find the right apps for your Google Android smartphones. There are thousands of...
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Alltel, T-Mobile and Verizon Tie for Highest Customer Care, Says JD Power
Overall wireless customer care performance has improved considerably as customers report shorter hold times and improved rates of problem resolution on the first contact, compared with six months ago, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2009 Wireless Customer Care...
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Weaker World Mobile Phone Sales but Smartphone 27% Higher in Q2, Says Gartner
Worldwide mobile phone sales totalled 286.1 million units in the second quarter of 2009, a 6.1 per cent decrease from the second quarter of 2008, according to Gartner, Inc. Smartphone sales surpassed 40 million units, a 27 per cent increase...
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BlackBerry Unwanted Updates 2Day: UberTwitter, Now Ad-Free
Attention, UberTwitters, just in case you haven't heard the new version of the beta 4 update no longer has ads. The UberTwitter BlackBerry app makes it easier to tweet from BlackBerry smartphones. Many have called it the top most popular...
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Over One Million Android Google Magic myTouch 3g Smartphones Shipped
HTC shipped more than 1 million HTC Magic smartphones, the Google Android smartphone known as the myTouch 3G in the United Sates, reported DigiTimes report citing HTC CEO Peter Chou. The HTC Magic launched in Europe this spring and has...
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Apps Are the Key to Data Rev Growth, Says iSuppli
The explosive growth in wireless data service revenues, mobile applications and smartphone device unit shipments during the past two years is spurring a dramatic shift for the global cell phone industry says Dr. Jagdish Rebello, director and principal analyst with...
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Review of Reviews Best Top Free Apps for T-Mobile G1 and myTouch 3G Android Smartphones
Finding the best apps for the T-Mobile G1 and myTouch 3G Google Android smartphones can be overwhelming because currently there are thousands of apps out there. So how you can find the best apps? Well you could read reviews of...
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T-Mobile HTC TouchPro2 Touches Stores, Priced at $349
T-Mobile 's HTC Touch Pro2 goes on sale today and the price is $349.99. It has a QWERTY keyboard, GPS, Wi-Fi, 3.2 Megapixel camera and many email and voice functions.TC Touch Pro2 is the next generation of the HTC Touch...
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Nokia Partners with Nokia for Microsoft Office Mobile Apps and Enterprise Solutions
Nokia and Microsoft will work an enterprise-grade solution for mobile productivity. Today, Microsoft Business Division President Stephen Elop and Nokia's Executive Vice President for Devices Kai Oistamo announced the agreement. Thye will begin collaborating immediately on the design, development and marketing...
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Android Apps 2Day: DataViz Free and Paid
DataViz is now offering free and paid versions of Documents to Go 2 for Andriod smartphones to deal with Microsoft Office files.The free version allows viewing of the files while the paid version supports editing and other features: The...
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Smartphone Apps to Reach 6.67 Billion in 2014, Says Frost and Sullivan
New analysis from Frost & Sullivan's An Insight into the U.S. Smartphone Application Storefront Market, finds that smartphone downloads from all app stores will reach 6.67 billion in 2014. The market segments covered in this research include prepaid and...
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Sprint Settles ETF Lawsuit: Sprint Customers Get $95 Each
Sprint has sent announcements to subscribers that itsettled a class action suit for its former early termination fee (ETF) practices. The suit claimed that Sprint overcharged customer $1.2 billion.Sprint changed their ETF practices last fall and by pro-rating ETFs, with...
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Top Android Apps 2Day: Top Ten Paid Android Apps Full of Tools
What makes a popular paid app in the Android Market? Useful tools appears to be the answer for the July 2009 most popular paid apps in Android Market. It's "full" of tools. For Top Free Android Apps, please read yesterday's...
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BlackBerry Developer's Blog Launched
RIM has launched a blog for the BlackBerry developer community The BlackBerry Developer's Blog will be a key component to the overall BlackBerry Developer Zone experience, and will cover three distinct areas: Technical Discussion and Insights - Including best practices for...
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Over 1 Million Ovi Mail Accts, Email for the Rest of the World
With over one million accounts activated in just over six months, Ovi Mail is quickly establishing itself as the email account for the developing world. Specifically designed for on device set-up, people can get their first email address and create...
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DOCOMO LiMos More Full-Function Handsets
LiMo Foundation announced the newest round of LiMo-compliant handsets has been released to market. They were developed by LiMo members NEC and Panasonic Mobile Communications for LiMo board member NTT DOCOMO "In February 2009, a number of major network operators...
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Top 10 Free Android Apps 2Day: Weather, Rings and Jokes
It great to see people we know in the top apps listings. In the latest Distimo Report, Dominic Mazzoni, lead developer and inventor of the fabulous free open source audio editing program with professional-studio sound, Audacity, wrote the Ringdroid app...
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BlackBerry(Curve, Bold, Pearl) Apps 2Day: Shozu BlackBerry Client
ShoZu social media hub client app is now available for many BlackBerry smartphones on BlackBerry App World. The new ShoZu app provides two-way interactivity with a variety of social networking sites. "Whether you're uploading photos, blogging or using other social...
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Handsets Are Low-End and Smart, Middle is Squeezed, Says Juniper
The mobile handset market is getting more polarized between low cost handsets for emerging markets and high-end smartphones for developed regions - with the mid-range handset market being squeezed, notes new research from Juniper Research.Low-cost handsets and smartphones will together...
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Free iPhone Apps 2Morrow: Deposit Checks @ USAA Bank via iPhone
iPhone users who usually play games while they are in the bank will soon be able to give up waiting in line at USAA bank altogether. The next version of USAA Federal Savings Bank iPhone app will allows users to...
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Parental Mobile Chaperone App SMobile Wins iParenting Award
Disney's iParenting.com has awarded SMobile Systems its "2009 Outstanding Product" award for its Security Shield Parental Controls software, which is designed to protect children from the growing dangers of online predators, sexting (sending sexual texts or picture messages), cyber bullying,...
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YourKey Free App Keys into LifeLock Keyed with Ads in App Android Version 1st
Next Access Technologies developer of YourKey personalized data security system for smartphones, has signed a co-marketing and partnering agreement with LifeLock. The YourKey app help you not loose your cool when your phone is missing or stolen. There's a video...
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Handy Free Txt Email Alert Srv 4 Travelers & BFFs
There are many applications for smartphones especially the BlackBerry and Palm Pre that help you while you are traveling. Not everyone has a global phone that will roam with you all over the world. So what can you do if...
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The Worst is Over in Mobile, Says Chetan Sharma
Although the worst is over in mobile, prepaid subscribers, may stay in prepaid lane, and carriers will need a multi-prong approx to accommodate the increased data load. Chetan Sharma looke at a lot of data in his latest report. There’s...
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Fiserv Does Mobile Money for KeyBank
Fiserv, announced that Cleveland-based KeyBank, has chosen Mobile Money from Fiserv for its mobile banking system.Mobile Money provides KeyBank with "triple play" technology that enables consumers to access their accounts using any of the three primary mobile access modes: a downloaded...
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BlackBerry Curve Tops Top Ten US Smartphones Shipped 4 Sales from IDC: Fast & Furious?
IDC released (to one source only) preliminary figures for smartphones shipped for the second quarter of 2009. Top Ten (Shipped) Smartphones in the U.S Q2. (Formerly Exclusive Information )according to IDCBlackBerry Curve iPhone 3G S BlackBerry Pearl iPhone 3G BlackBerry...
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BlackBerry (Tour, Storm, Curve) Apps 2Day: Nobex Radio Campanion
BlackBerry Storm, Tour and Curve owners are probably aware by now that there are many fun music apps fro their BlackBerry smartphones, such as Pandora, Slacker Radio and FlyCast Nobex Radio is yet another streaming radio choice for BlackBerry music...
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BlackBerry (Tour, Bold, Curve) Free Apps 2Day: Didiom Streaming Audio from Your PC
Didiom audio streaming service is now available for BlackBerry smartphones in BlackBerry App World. With the Didiom appl, you can stream music, podcasts and audiobooks from your PC to your BlackBerry, wirelessly and for free. Choose from your own library,...
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View Smartphone Content, Activity, Apps, and Control Security with MobileIron
MobileIron announced the launch of the MobileIron Virtual Smartphone Platform, the first solution to combine data-driven smartphone management with real-time wireless cost control. Enterprise data is moving to the smartphone. Wireless costs are skyrocketing. Smartphones have become a risky...
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Deal of the Weekend: All BlackBerry Curve Models Free @ Wirefly New or Current Customers
Wirefly is blowing out BlackBerry Curve smartphones for all carriers this week end with their special all models of the BlackBerry Curve are Free with select service plans for a carriers and all colors with free shipping. The sale ends...
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Top 10 BlackBerry Apps (Downloaded) from BlackBerry App World
For BlackBerry app users its always fun to see what the top downloaded apps from BlackBerry App World. Here's the latest list and we find it really interesting because many of apps appeared on our top apps lists for the...
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Play KickBall with the Jonas Brothers Contest from VZW and LG
During the “Jonas Brothers World Tour 2009,” fans who create green screen videos at the Verizon/LG booth at Jonas Brothers shows, or those who create videos via their mobile phones can enter for a chance to play the ultimate kickball...
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Android and IPhone Apps Prices Close Except for Reference, Says Distimo
The Distimo Report, July 2009 is now available and for download and covers the Apple App Store and Google Android Market. Starting this month, they reported on cross app store trends. Pricing of applications in the Apple App Store and...
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PreDev Campers Camping in SF, NY, Sand Diego, Dallas and Kansas City
The non-profit PreDevCamp starts on August 7. More than 1300 developers in 80 cities worldwide will explore the potential of webOS for the Palm Pre mobile phone. PreDevCamp is a is grassroots software-development gathering that will feature presentations, refreshments...
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Deal: Wirefly Undercuts WalMart for BlackBerry Curve 8520 - Free with Contract
In the future some mobile historians will call the summer of '09 as the summer of smartphone price wars with BlackBerry smartphones goes for next nothing, in fact free.Some blog resporters have commented about the BlackBerry Curve 8520, the latest...
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Twitter Attacked, Fights Back
Twitter couldn't tweet that it was under attack today. Twitter is the target of a denial of service attack. Attacks such as this are malicious efforts orchestrated to disrupt and make unavailable services such as online banks, credit card payment...
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Black Hawk Iowa First 2 Text 2 911
The Black Hawk Consolidated Public Safety Communications Center In Black Hawk Iowa can receive now text messages from select wireless subscribers in the county. The call center successfully completed the text trial this past June and is now the first...
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Sprint Exclaims Samsung Reclaim is Eco-Friendly Green
Sprint and with sell the Samsung Reclaim on August 16, which they proclaim is the first phone in the U.S. constructed from eco-friendly bio-plastic materials. Made from 80 percent recyclable materials, Samsung Reclaim is a messaging phone with a full-featured...
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Mobile Market 2009 Will Decline 13% Says IDC
There was another year-over-year decline in the second quarter of 2009 (2Q09) for the worldwide global handset market. According to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, handset vendors shipped a total of 269.6 million units worldwide, down 10.8% from 302.2...
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BlackBerry Curve 8520 Goes On Sale @ T-Mobile
While the T-Mobile skydiving team was jumping in San Francisco, the T-Mobile consumer BlackBerry Curve 8520 launched for T-Mobile.The T-Mobile BlackBerry Curve 8520 smartphone comes in black or frost and offers email, messaging (IM, SMS, MMS) and popular social networking...
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Summer Reading: Two New Sony eBook Readers
Sony introduced two new eReaders, the Reader Pocket Edition puts a library in your hands for as little as $199. Both the Reader Pocket Edition and the Reader Touch Edition will be available at the end of August, at SonyStyle.com,...
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Sprint Launches 3G and WiMAX Routers for More Connections
After launching the Novatel Wireless MiFi 2200 intelligent mobile hotspot, Sprint now adds two 3G/4G Mobile Broadband Routers to its mobile broadband arsenal: Sprint Personal Hotspot PHS300S and Cradlepoint MBR-1000 Broadband Router for business, each featuring both 3G and 4G...
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T-Mobile myTouch Android Smartphone Touches SF from Sky
T-Mobile s now selling the Android T-Mobile myTouch 3G smartphone with Google. To celebrate its arrival, T-Mobile produced an aerial spectacle in the sky over San Francisco at noon today. 100 skydivers, each dressed as unique personalities to reflect...
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Young Adults Find Wireless Apps & Social-Net Essential, Says Sprint
According to a new study from Sprint, more than 80 percent of young adults (18-34) cite their wireless phone as their "lifeline" to others. Email, texting, apps, social-networking and price are all important purchase options. In a tech-heavy world, relying...
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Unlimited Monthly Subs for Video Download 25x More, Says Versaly
Versaly Entertainment, showed results of its first half of 2009 sales for video downloads in the United States. Versaly's video-on-demand clips are distributed through its Vmbc.tv mobile video syndication network. The results clearly show subscription downloads outperforming pay-per-downloads. Of all...
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Free Cell Phones for Low-Income Households in Ohio
The SafeLink Wireless service will provide eligible low-income households a free cell phone, mobile access to emergency services and free 68 minutes of airtime, monthly, for one year. The cell phone offers in-demand features: voicemail, text, call waiting, international...
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Motally Offers Mobie Apps Analytics for iPhone and BlackBerry
Motally has beta-launched its mobile application analytics service for iPhone and Blackberry, with support for Android and others following soon. The mobile application tracker is designed to give developers greater insight and control over their data with features like specific...
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Cricket Hits Unlimited Web Ball With More Web for Free In Plans
Cricket Communications followed MetroPCS' lead and enhanced service plans with more web and unlimited features. Cricket's $40 monthly plan, which already includes unlimited voice, long distance, domestic and international text and picture messaging, and nationwide coverage, will include unlimited web,...
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Four More Apps Finalists in BlackBery Developer Challenge
The BlackBerry Partners Fund announced the next four (4) Finalists in the 2009 BlackBerry Developer Challenge for BlackBery apps. The Finalist Apps Are: David (by Turner Technologies) -helps minimize overwhelming cell phone bills by monitoring wireless usage (including daytime, evening,...
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Android Apps 2Day: Amazon for Android Remembers
Amazon.com is now offering their free Amazon App for Android in Android Market. The app makes it easy shop on Amazon.com and thousands of other merchants.. The application includes the Amazon Remembers feature that gives Android users two different ways...
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Palm Pre News: Palm Pre Battle with iPhone Sync Continues with USB Complaint
Palm has filed a complaint with the USB Implementers Forum because Apple updated iTunes not to sync with the Palm Pre.Palm claims that Apple misusing interoperability USB.standards between computers and devices using a U.S.B. connection. The Palm Pre was not...
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Price Drop Deal 2Day2: Palm Pre $99 with New Contract @ LetsTalk.com
It's smartphone price dropping time everywhere we look. First, Wirefly dropped the price of the Verizon BlackBerry Tour to $49.99 for new customers with a contract. Then Verizon discounted the price for many of its popular smartphones down to $99...
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Clearwire Adds 10 More Markets September First
Clearwire announced the official launch day of CLEAR 4G service in Boise, Idaho; Bellingham, Wash.; and eight markets throughout Texas, including: Abilene, Amarillo, Corpus Christi, Lubbock, Midland/Odessa, Killeen/Temple, Waco and Wichita Falls will occur on September 1, 2009. Clearwire...
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Mr. Cartoon Samsung Messenger Coming from Metro PCS
MetroPCS will offer an exclusive Samsung Messenger handset (SCH-r450) designed by Mister Cartoon, the acclaimed artist, later this month. MetroPCS recently expanded their unlimited plans to include unlimited web and texting. Mister Cartoon wallpapers, ringtones and animation are preloaded on...
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FCC Investigates Google Voice iPhone App Rejection
The FCC is investigating Apple's rejection of Google Voice iPhone app and other apps to its app store. The FCC has sent letters to Apple, AT&T, and Google to investigate the matter. They have been getting a lot of pressure...
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Eric Schmidt Resigns from Apple's Board
Dr. Eric Schmidt, chief executive officer of Google, officer of Google, has resigned from Apple's Board of Directors, a position he has held since August 2006.There has been a conflict of interest for Schmidt because well Google products are competing...
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MSNBC Mobile Views Up 3x Over 4 Months
Transpera and InsightExpress shows msnbc.com mobile video delivery has grown rapidly. Since first introducing video into the msnbc.com mobile web product in March, monthly video views across the full suite of msnbc.com mobile product offerings has increased 207% --...
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Deal Discount Coupon 2Day: Verizon $99 or Less Smartphones (Except BlackBerry Tour)
Yesterday, we reported the first super price drop by an online storefront on the BlackBerry Tour down to $49 for a new contract. Today, we discovered Verizon has cut prices on popular smartphones to $99 or less. This should help...
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Deals Discount Price Drop: BlackBerry Tour $49.99 @ Wirefly- No AT&T Activation
As our readers know, Wirefly runs some pretty special, special deals discounts and coupons. Ending Monday at midnight, AT&T Wirefly Waived Activation Event: offers free phones free Activation for new accounts & upgrades. The waived activation free is especially price...
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Android Cupcake Update Donut
There's new code and more calories in the next Android version when it grows from "Cupcake" to "Donut." The updates to the next version of Android will have offer a new camera user interface and ability to work on CDMA...
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Samsung Solstice On Sale @ AT&T for $99 or $50 w/WMN Coupon-Link
The touchscreen Samsung Solstice (SGH-A887) with social networking, messaging and multimedia features goes on sale today from AT&T. The Samsung Solstice has a full touchscreen, with a virtual, landscape QWERTY keyboard, and features Samsung's unique TouchWiz with one-touch access to...
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BlackBerry and Android Apps 2Day Google Voice for Mobile NO iPhone App
Google Voice is like having your own robotic switchboard with answering service to route calls and tell spammers that your number is disconnected. Google Voice automatically routes calls to either your cell or your landline and its free.Yup from the...
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IDEA Award Winners for Social Causes and Taste
IDSA, BusinessWeek, Target and Autodesk announced the winners of the 2009 International Design Excellence Award (IDEA) competition. The commitment to sustainability was the hallmark in product winners. Samsung of South Korea was the top winner from the corporate world, claiming...
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