November 2009 Archives
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AT&T Announced 1GHZ LG eXpo with Optional Pico Projector
AT&T and LG announced the LG eXpo will be available beginning December 7. Featuring the first 1 GHz processor in the United States, the LG eXpo will be compatible with AT&T's High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) 7.2 Mbps technology, which...
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BlackBerry, Android, Symbian & WinMO Apps 2Day: NetNanny Watches Kid's Smartphones
Net Nanny, and SMobile Systems have released a new mobile solution, Net Nanny Mobile for parents to help monitor and protect their kids' mobile use.Net Nanny Mobile is compatible with all Windows Mobile 6.0 and 6.1, BlackBerry (Curve, Bold, Tour,...
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3.8% of Cyber Monday Shoppers via Mobile, 96.5 Million Cyber Monday Shoppers, Says NRF
The National Retail Federation expects a great Cyber Monday. According to a survey conducted for Shop.org by BIGresearch, 96.5 million Americans plan to shop on Cyber Monday this year, up from 85 million in 2008. 3.8 percent of Cyber Monday...
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Cyber Monday Cheapest Best Cell Phone, Smartphone and BlackBerry Deals/Discounts Countdown
There's only a day left for cell phone, smartphone and BlackBerry Cyber Monday deals from major wireless carriers. You'll be happy to know that there are some deals that don't end until Tuesday. Here's a rundown of deals expiring Cyber...
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Please Don't Drive While Texting, Pleads Sprint
While driving to all those Black Friday and Weekend, sales please don't drive while distracted warned Sprint. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, in 2008 distracted driving was responsible for 16 percent of all traffic fatalities and 21...
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Review: BlackBerry Bold 9700 (AT&T & T-Mobile) Review of Reviews
BlackBerry Bold 9700 Rated 4 out of 5 by Wireless and Mobile News' Review of Reviews If you are looking for a good, nice stylish BlackBerry with a comfy keyboard and excellent messaging features the BlackBerry Bold 9700 may be...
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Watch Out for Black Friday Cyber Monday and Holiday Identity Theft, Says IdentityTruth
Identity Truth warns consumers that this year's most popular holiday gifts can put their identities at risk. Hot gadgets such as laptops, GPS devices and even personal robots increase the risk for becoming a victim of identity theft. While shopping...
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Shopping by Mobile Phone Surges in Searches & Payments on Black Friday, Will Grow on Cyber Monday and Beyond
While many of you were shopping for new mobile and smartphones on Black Friday, those who bought high-powered smartphones previously were busy shopping on their mobile phones. Black Friday, Weekend and Cyber Monday sales are still available for more information...
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Top Ten Black Friday, Weekend and Cyber Monday Cell Phone/Smartphone Tips from Wireless and Mobile News
In the frenzy of Black Friday, Weekend and Cyber Monday, sometimes you can loose sight of what the season is all about and your goals. Here's a list of things to remember on Black Friday, Weekend and Cyber Monday, especially...
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The Top Ten Best Cheapest Black Friday (Weekend) and Cyber Monday Cell Phone and Smartphone Deals
The Black Friday, Weekend and Cyber Monday cell phone and smartphone deal list is the best we've seen in years. The quality and power of the cell phones offered for free, a penny or cheap are well-discounted. Let's take a...
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AT&T Black Friday Weekend Deals: Surprise Friday, BlackBerry Saturday, Messaging Sunday & 1 Cent Cyber Monday
Over at AT&T on Black Friday and the weekend they are offering special AT&T deals. The sale begins at 12:01 a.m. EST, Friday Nov. 27 when AT&T will package together value, savings and giveaways into the perfect present as shoppers...
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Palm Black Weekend Deal: $30 Off $99 Purchases @ Palm Store Online
Palm is having a grateful great year and is offering $30 off any purchases of $99 or more at the Palm online store, starting Black Friday. The sale ends Tuesday December 1. Now's a great time to buy a new...
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Verizon Black Friday Deals - $29 Netbook, Free Phones or Money Back on HTC Ozone with Trade-In
Verizon will be offering some sweet Black Friday Deals this BlackBerry/Netbook/Smartphone Friday. It has been reported that the following are the Verizon Black Friday deals. If these deals don't suit your smartphone and cell phone needs check out, Wireless and...
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Black Friday & Beyond Deal - $100 Rebates for HTC Tilt2 HTC Touch Pro2, HTC Imagio and HTC Ozone
HTC wants Black Friday and beyond to be profitable for its carriers. Smartphone owners who buy the key-boardtastic HTC Tilt2, HTC Touch Pro2, HTC Imagio or the HTC Ozone qualify for a $100 rebate from HTC .This offer is for...
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BlackBerry Cuve, Storm, Curve, Bold and Pearl - Top US Handsets, Says Opera
Almost 40 million people used Opera Mini last month, representing more than 11% growth in one month. However, page-views and data transfers increased at a faster rate, meaning consumers now save 9.4 billion USD per year just by choosing Opera...
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iPhoners Love and Buy Digital Content, Says Olswang
Users of the Apple iPhone are among the heaviest users of digital content and are also more willing than any other consumer to pay for a wide range of types of content, according to findings in this year's Olswang Convergence...
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Black Thurs/Friday Deals @ RadioShack: Free BlackBerry 8520/Xenon, Cell Phone Discounts
For those of you who will be online on Thanksgiving, we've listed the RadioShack deals on cell phones listed in their flyer. Their new motto is "Our friends call us the Shack." The RadioShack website offers free shipping on orders...
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Palm Pre/Pixi Free Apps 2Day: photoWALL
photoWALL, a showcase of mobile devices, real-time web technology and user-generated content, announced today it is available to all Palm Pre and Palm Pixi customers worldwide as a free download in the Palm Beta App Catalog. photoWALL enables an unlimited...
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BlackBerry (Storm Tour Bold Curve) App Updates 2day: BlackBerry Media Sync 3
Attention BlackBerry Storm, Bold, Tour, and Curve owners, RIM has updated the BlackBerry Media Sync software to version 3.0. BlackBerry Media Sync makes syncing your desktop music and photo collections with your BlackBerry smartphone quick and easy. This version adds...
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HP iPAQ Glisten, Glistens with AMOLED Touchscreen Display
AT&T will sell the new HP iPAQ Glisten, a 3G world phone designed for modern mobile worldly. professionals. The HP iPAQ Glisten is AT&T's first AMOLED (active-matrix organic light-emitting diode) touchscreened smartphone, with a QWERTY keyboard, voice commands, multimedia and...
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Black Friday Weekend Deals: Free BlackBerry Bold & 99 Cent BlackBerry Storm2 Friday @ Wirefly
For Wirefly, Black Friday has become BlackBerry Friday, all weekend with a few Moments of Samsung. The really want to activate sales because they are also waiving activation fees until the first of December for both AT&T and Verizon.Probably, the...
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Black Weekend Highlights from T-Mobile $50 Off Moto CLIQ, BlackBerry Bold 9700, Samsung Highlight.
There will plenty of deals this BlackBerry, Android and Super Smartphones over the weekend. We're compiling a master list all the Black Friday and beyond deals for publication on Thanksgiving in the meantime you can plan your weekend if you...
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Droid Tips 2Day: Don't Get Lost Use Google Maps Navigation
For finding that holiday party, when you don’t know where you are going the Droid by Motorola from Verizon can give you turn-by-turn droid-voice navigation using GPS. It was an exclusive feature of Droid when it came out. As of...
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Android 1.6 Apps 2Day: Google Maps Nav(Beta) Navigates to Android 1.6 Phones
Google Maps Navigation has just been made available for Android 1.6. It will work on myTouch 3G, and the T-Mobile G1. Since well-reviewed Droid Eris and Motorola CLIQ run Android 1.5 Google Maps Navigation will not work on the Droid...
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Symbain Apps 2Day: Spotify Spotted for Symbian
Spotify, the popular music application, is now available in to download on Symbian based phones with more apps planned for the future. Spotify gives world of music in your pocket and works with Wi-Fi or data plans. You can play...
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Not All Mobile Shopping Times Are the Same, Says Gomez
Mobile web shoppers may be stalled and take as much as four seconds longer on some retailers' mobile web sites than others. The latest Gomez study compares and ranks the mobile web performance of the nation's top retailers. Between November...
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Meteoric Growth of Droid Shown in AdMob Metrics
The meteoric growth of Droid is shown in AdMob's latest metrics on November 18th, the Droid already represented 24% of the traffic in our Android network and the Motorola CLIQ generated 6% of Android requests. In the AdMob latest report...
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Samsung Omnia II (2) with WinMo 6.5 Officially Announced for December 2
Verizon and Samsung officially announced the availability of the Samsung Omnia II that will go on sale December 2. The "Swype" virtual keyboard is supposed to fan-text-ic by pressing a key then dragging to the next letter, than the...
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Review: Droid Eris by HTC (Verizon) Review of Reviews
Droid Eris by HTC (Verizon) Rated 3.75 by Wireless and Mobile News' Review of ReviewsVerizon is heavily promoting the well-reviewed Droid by Motorola and the Droid Eris by HTC. The Droid Eris is worth taking for stroll if you need...
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Pantech Impact Fun Touchy Messaging Handset @ AT&T
Pantech will will "Impact" AT&T messaging customers with the Pantech Impact in bright blue and soft pink. Impact features a high-gloss faceplate with a haptic response touchpad, two screens and a side-ways flip keyboard, along witht social and multimedia...
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Free Txt MSGs 2 BFF Santa @ AT&T BAK
Santa is up-to-date to date on his technolgoy, and is not just jolly but textable. Good little boys and girls across the country can text their holiday wish-list to Santa and track Santa’s sleigh journey. AT&Tcustomers who text SANTA to...
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BlackBerry Curve 8530 from Verizon Included in Buy One Get Anything BlackBerry Deal
Even though Droid has landed, it looks like there is a BlackBerry invasion for Black Friday. The BlackBerry 8530 is now being sold by Verizon and is included in the Buy One Get One Free BlackBerry Deal at Verizon. So...
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BlackBerry Bold 9700 (with OS 5.0) Goes On Sale 2Day @ AT&T
In preparation for BlackBerry Friday, AT&T has begun offering the BlackBerry Bold 9700 which runs the latest BlackBerry operating system OS 5.0 that packs a lot of functionality. It also be used as a tethered modem. The BlackBerry Bold 9700...
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Verizon BlackBerry Tour Updates 2Day: BlackBerry OS 4.7.1.61
If you own a BlackBerry Tour, you'll be happy to know that there is update to your operating system available from Verizon. BlackBerry Tour OS 4.7.1.61 fixes many glitches, enhances features and has been reported to give the BlackBerry Tour...
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ARM Solution Center for Android Open for Open Source Developers
ARM has opened the Solution Center for Android, a resource for designers and developers of ARM technology-based products running on Android, the open source platform from the Open Handset Alliance. The ARM Solution Center for Android (SCA) offers developers new...
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U.S. Cellular Offers Overage Protection with Text Alerts
U.S. Cellular is now offering a text alert service "Overage Protection."Here's how U.S. Cellular's Overage Protection works: Existing and new post-pay customers can sign up by visiting a retail store, contacting customer service or accessing their account at uscellular.com. New...
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Traffic.com: Mobile Traffic Mobi, Text, and Phone Info Help
Before you head out for the holiday weekend here are ways mobile ways to access free Traffic.com alerts this holiday week and whenever you need it: Connect to http://mobi.traffic.com - a free wireless website for mobile traffic hotspot reports. Traffic...
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Samsung Omnia II (2) Due @ Verizon on December 2
The Samsung Omnia II has been rumored to be coming out for a while. Finally, leaked documents reveal that the the Samsung Ominia II will go on sale at Verizon on December 2.The Samsung Omnia II will be running Windows...
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T-Mobile Completes PrePaid BlackBerry Plans: T-Mobile Complete
T-Mobile has started offering T-Mobile Complete, a pre-packaged no-annual contract solution that offers the value of a monthly plan and the first pay-in-advance BlackBerry smartphone from a national U.S. carrier. Prepaid BlackBerry smartphones include the BlackBerry Curve 8520 for $299.99...
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Touchscreen Smartphones Account for 39% of Network Volume, Says Bytemobile
Bytemobile issued its first mobile data report for the industry. The Mobile Minute Metrics report anonymously sources the data traffic in a global cross-section of larger Bytemobile customers' wireless networks and provides insight into the current state of the mobile...
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Mplayit Plays IPhone App Discovery on Facebook
Mplayit unveiled its "playable" app store not on the web, but on Facebook. The social networking will help to build mobile app discovery among consumers in a way that can potentially challenge the App Store. Mplayit introduces "playable discovery" for...
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Money, LBS, Search, Lead Top 10 Apps for 2012, Says Gartner
On the heels of the Xiam study that showed search as the top sites on mobile today, it looks like money will be tops in 2012. The top 10 consumer mobile apps in 2012 will include mobile money transfer, LBS, ...
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Mobile Users Aren't Finding Satisfaction in Search, Says Xiam
Users rely on search engines to discover content but it often doesn't come up with the goods notes a new Mobile Content Discovery Report from Xiam Research by TNS Global. Users are have having trouble accessing content, getting in quickly,...
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60% of Internet-Connected Devices Sold Through Carriers in 2013, Says In-Stat
Carriers are becoming a significant channel for all Internet-connected mobile devices, including netbooks and mobile PCs, because of the revenue potential of the associated services. In-Stat (http://www.in-stat.com) anticipates that the number of devices sold through the carriers will continue to...
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CTIA Approves FCC's Approval of "Shot Clock"
Today, CTIA-The Wireless Association® President and CEO Steve Largent issued the following statement after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to approve a "shot clock" for tower siting applications: "On behalf of CTIA and the wireless industry, I would like to...
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Free WinMo Apps Today - Opera Mobile 10 Beta Mobile Browser
Opera Mobile 10 beta for Windows Mobile phones is now available for immediate download on a smartphone near you. This version for Windows Mobile users elevates mobile browsing to a desktop-like experience, helping people to search, socialize and stay connected...
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Pizza Hut Delivers @ Mobile Marketing Awards - Winners Announced
The Mobile Marketing Association (MMA), a global organization leading the way in promoting the development and sustainability of mobile marketing, announced the winners of its Fifth Annual Global Mobile Marketing Awards during the Annual Dinner and Awards Ceremony on November...
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Verizon Free Feature Phone Apps 2day: The Social Beat Goes On with Social Beat for Facebook, MySapce & Twitter
Verizon is now offering Social Beat, a free social media application that allows Verizon Wireless customers to easily interact with their mobile social networking with a single app on their LG enV , LG Chocolate or feature phones. Social Beat...
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64.8 Million Mobile Web Users at 4:46 Minutes a Pop, Says Millenial
Mobile web use and app use is growing. Here's a quick summary of fun facts from the Millennial Media October SMART report : The U.S. Mobile Web: Grew to 1.1% to 64.8M users, according to Nielsen. Apple surpassed Android and...
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2009 Year of Mobile Marketing? If Not Next Year, Says MMA
Today, I spent most of the day at the Mobile Marketing Forum in downtown, Los Angeles. It was a well-rounded event that covered almost everything anyone would need to know about mobile marketing. I will be posting the winners of...
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Droid News 2Day Tip: Lens Cleanse Fixes Camera Photo Blurs 24.5 Day Glitch Not Fixed
The Droid by Motorola has been well-reviewed but reviews of the camera were not so clearly positive. Why we ask? It may be because the reviewers were taking photos with a dirty lens. There have been several camera rumors circulating...
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Best Value BlackBerry Curve 8520 Coming @ AT&T for $99 with AT&T Wi-Fi
AT&T says it will sell the" best value in" its BlackBerry smartphones the BlackBerryCurve 8520. The BlackBerry Curve 8520 has a full QWERTY keyboard and touch-sensitive trackpad for easy typing and navigation, built-in Wi-Fi and an advanced media player,...
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3G UbiCell Personal Base Station Extends Home Calling for Cells
Samsung announced today the Samsung 3G Ubicell Personal CDMA Base Station, launching in 2010, will be the next product in the femtocell family. The 3G UbiCell, ideal for home or small office, is a small plug-and-play base station that works...
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Saygus Android VPhone 2-Way Video Calling pHone
Here's an Android phone of the future. The new Saygus VPhone is an Android equipped smartphone with America's first nationwide two-way video calling. The VPhone won the prestigious "Best of Innovations" in the "Wireless Handsets" category against top smartphone makers....
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BlackBerry(Storm, Curve, Bold Bold), Android, iPhone Free Football Apps 2Day: National Football Post
Attention football fans, before you head out for Thanksgiving you must be sure that your can get the latest football news on your BlackBerry (Pearl, Curve, Storm, Bold), iPhone, or Android/Droid. National Football Post (NFP) will drop-kick you through the...
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Mirror Mirror on the LG Shine II - Chick Chic Multi-tasker @ AT&T 11/22
Mirror, mirror on my phone who is the most chic chick multi-tasker in the land? According to their latest news release it has to be the new LG Shine II. AT&T will be offering the LG Shine II, the next...
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Droid News: 250,000 Droids Sold 1st Week - iPhone Contender, Says Flurry
Mobile analytics firm, Flurry, has tracked Droid sales to be 250,000 in its first week which they calll a strong result for Motorola and Verizon. Although it was not as spectacular as the iPhone 3G, it showed the Droid...
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Classical Music Taste - Genetic, Country Taste Is Learned, Says Kings College and Nokia
A study by Nokia into the musical tastes of nearly 4,000 twins reveals genetic influences on the music people like varies with genre. Yes, your music taste is genetic. Country music-love is less genetic and comes more from training in...
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Smartphones Will Be 60% of Handset Sales in 2014, Says Pyramid
Pyramid Research just published its Q3 2009 Handset Forecasts that show a dramatic increase in demand for smartphones. RIM which has 50% of the current smartphone marekt especially at Verizon. Pyramid estimate smartphones will represent 31% of new handsets sold...
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Oh Droid Wherefore Art Thou? There's a Map for that - WHERE Shows You Where
We told you that there was a Droid invasion starting on November 6. Now there's a map for that. WHERE, a location-based app that is being used on Droid smartphones has setup a website that shows locations where Droid has...
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BlackBerry Storm (I & II), Curve, Pearl, Bold Deals of Week: $100 Gift Card with Purchase @ Walmart.com
If you're thinking about buying a BlackBerry you may want to think Wal-Mart where they will give you a $100 gift card when you buy a BlackBerry with a contract. Buyers of BlackBerry smartphones from all four major carriers: AT&T,...
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Droid Must-Download Free Apps 2Day: Motorola Media Link
Some reviewers noticed that the native Android 2.0 operating system on Droid by Motorola didn't sync media. Many makers of Android phones, including Motorola, have made their own syncing software. Earlier today, we published an article on how to copy...
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Droid Tips 2Day: How to Get Music & Photos On/Off of Droid Plan A
If you Droidites are new to the Droid universe of open source smartphones, you may be befuddled by the process of getting your photos onto your computer or copying music files onto Droid. Although, reviewers raved over the Droid by...
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CES Honors Wireless Video, Bluetooth Finger/Ear-ring, and Phone2TV
CES announced its Best of Innovations Winners, Sponsored by CEA, and endorsed by the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) The Best of Innovations designation is awarded to products that earn the highest honors from a panel of judges, which...
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Yahoo! Mobile Se Habla Español
Yahoo! today released Yahoo! Mobile en Español, a Spanish-language mobile homepage that is customized for the specific needs of the U.S. Hispanic consumer Available across more than 1,900 mobile device models, Yahoo! Mobile en Español (visit http://espanol.yahoo.com from a mobile...
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Sunday 11/15 America Recycles Day - Recycle Cell Phones Please, Says Sprint
Sprint is supporting America Recycles Day, and encourages consumers to make environmentally conscious choices when purchasing or disposing of products. Sunday, Nov. 15 marks the twelfth annual celebration of America Recycles Day.Sprint actively supports recycling and reuse through active participation...
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BlackBerry Goes to College with BlackBerry Courses in Dev, Server and Support
If you want to learn how to master development, servers and services for BlackBerry smartphone. You may want to go back to college.Research In Motion launched the BlackBerry Academic Program to provide colleges and universities around the world with a...
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Qualcomm to Launch Smartbook from Lennovo @ AT&T
Qualcomm introduced a new category of computer/phone devices the smartbook. Based the Qualcomm snapdragon chipset, Qualcomm's CEO Paul Jacob's showed off a smartbook from Lenovo.The smartbook is about the size of the netbook but is lighter because the Snapdragon chipset,...
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iPhone Live Video 2Day: Livestream Streaming for iPhone
Live Internet video platform, Livestream today announced the immediate availability of its free service for streaming live to the iPhone and iPod Touch. Using Livestream Procaster, users can stream live from their webcam, video camera or even broadcast their...
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Droid News 2Day: A Whole Lot of Droid Browsin' Goin On', Ties "i" and Keys Don't Scratch
Droid has landed and Droidites are flocking to the web while Droid dukes it out with iPhone (which may or may not put a scratch in iPhone sales). The Droid, however, doesn't scratch easily when hit by foreign invading keys.Droid...
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Android, BlackBerry, iPhone, Pre Mobile Web 2Day: Michael Jackson Mobile
Sony Music with Azuki Systems will create mobile versions of its artist websites, offering video, photos, news, and more for the music fan on the go with the Michael Jackson's official website will be the first mobile site to launch...
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Mobi-Net, Data Plans and Smartphones will Boost Demand for Paid Mobile Content, Says eMarketer
eMarketer has released their take on the future of the mobile content, the demand will grow, mobile web access will skyrocket, and mobile content providers should have learned from the web to pursue paid content.Over the next several years,...
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iPhone Most Proftiable Handset Vendor, Says Strategy Analytics
Apple is now the world's most profitable handset vendor in Q3 2009. Nokia dropped to second as margins have been hit hard by both the economic downturn and a stagnant presence in the United States, according to the latest...
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Sign Up for Mobile Content Cash Action Award from Mobile Content Settlement
If you have ever been charged without your permission for mobile content, a combined lawsuit settlement, may owe you payments or free services. A Cook County, Illinois court granted preliminary approval to a global settlement agreement which combines 30 separate...
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Smarter than a Smartphone: Nokia N900 Mobi-Computer Shipping Now On Sale in November
Shipments of the Nokia N900 have begun for Nokia's latest mobile computer based on open source Maemo 5 software. The Nokia N900 will be available in retail stores in November. The Nokia N900 is powered by ARM Cortex-A8 processor and up...
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Droid Updates & Sales 2Day: OS Update 12/11 - 1K Weekend Droiders, 1 M in 2009
Droid has landed, sales are brisk and Verizon will fix any problems Droid owners experience with future updates.Both the Droid by Motorola and Droid Eris by HTC are expected to get over-the-air (OTA) updates on December 11. Leaked Verizon...
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BlackBerry Free & Paid Winning Apps 2Day: Music & Games Big Winners
At the BlackBerry Developer Conference, in the “Final 16” awards event, judges awarded 7digital Music Store (by DevelopIQ) as the winner of the US$100,000 grand prize in the 2009 BlackBerry Partners Fund Developer Challenge. The free app lets users browse...
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Free Wi-Fi 4 Holidays @ Airports and on Virgin, Gift from Google
Besides celebrating the 40th birthday of Sesame Street, Google along with Boingo Wireless, Advanced Wireless Group, Airport Marketing Income and others will provide free W-iFi as a holiday gift now through January 15, 2010. The gift of free wireless currently...
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Adobe and BlackBerry Team for Flash Development in a Flash on BlackBerry Smartphones
At the 2009 BlackBerry Developer Conference, Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM) and Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq: ADBE) tannounced that creative professionals and application developers will be able to use the Adobe Flash Platform technology and Adobe...
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BlackBerry Adds Ad, Payments and Geo Sevices to BlackBerry Platform
RIM made some big announcements during the BlackBerry Developers Conference.Research In Motion unveiled a new services platform for developers that offers advertising, payment, content push and new location services. The BlackBerry Advertising Service will enable developers to integrate advertising into...
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Google Buys AdMob Mobile Ad Platform Analytics & Metrics
AdMob has signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by Google for approximately $700 million. AdMob is a popular mobile advertising platform that also tracks usage and other analytic factors."The best part of all this is what's next. We are...
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Nokia Recalls AC-3E, AC-37 and AC-4U Chargers: Free Replacements
You may want to trade in your Nokia charger for a new one. Nokia is recommends you exchange chargers made by one of their vendors for free replacements.During a routine quality control process, Nokia identified a potential product quality...
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Smartphone News: Sold-Out HTC Touch Pro2 Back In-Stock at Verizon Online
We know you keyboard lovers have been holding your breath waiting for the HTC Touch Pro2 to be back in stock at Verizon.. The last time this well-reviewed reasonably-priced, keyboard-tastic smartphone came back in stock, it sold-out in a day.Today,...
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Deal of Day: Wirefly Verizon Droid $149 with Contract Extension or New Customers
As our readers know, Wirefly often has great deals and coupons for new customers. They have now gotten in the Verizon Droid invasion and appear to have the best cheapest deal for Verizon renewals and new customers, purchasing an Android...
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BlackBerry Curve 8530 in Purple or Black Coming from Sprint
Sprint will be selling the new BlackBerry Curve 8530 smartphone and is taking pre-orders. It comes in royal purple and black. If it's in in purple than is it PurpleBerry instead? Verizon announced it will start selling the BlackBerry Curve...
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Nokia, BlackBerry, iPhone Lead Smartphones New Record Set, Says IDC
According to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, the worldwide converged mobile device (aka smartphone) market reached a new record for shipments during a single quarter. Vendors shipped a total of 43.3 million units during the third quarter of 2009...
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Droid News 2Day: Droid Momentum Growing, 5GB Tethering Plan, Speed Test and ETF
Droid momentum is growing and news story abound. Sales appear to brisk, tethering is coming as well as an increase in the Early Termination Fee from Verizon. Droid is still getting good reviews and is packed with features. In...
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Android Free Web Apps 2Day: Photoshop.com for Android
Droid from Verizon comes loaded with a 5 megapixel camera. Once you take the photos, wouldn’t be nice to share them and edit them?Adobe launched Photoshop.com Mobile for Android software. The Android application equips consumers with quick and easy image-editing...
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Android and Droid Free Apps 2Day: Slacker Radio
The free Slacker Radio app is available for Android phones. Music lovers can now listen to their favorite Slacker stations anywhere they happen to be on their Android-powered smartphones. Owners of Android smartphones can now enjoy the Slacker music discovery...
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Droid Fever: Droid Invasion Top Features Facts & News Roundup
Droid has landed at Verizon and he's a quick view of the news and reviews. Through Twitter reports there have been lines at Verizon stores, today, but nothing that major. There were 100 people in line in New York City...
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AT&T Messaging Takes Flight with Samsung Flight $99
AT&T and Samsung like to get your messages across. They announced the next generation messaging device from Samsung, the Flight, available in red and silver color options. The Samsung Flight has a vertical portrait phone with a sliding-down QWERTY keyboard...
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Samsung Mythic @ AT&T $199 FLO TV $9.99 a month
AT&T and Samsung announced the Samsung Mythic The Mythic's 3.3" full touch screen uses the Samsung's innovative TouchWiz interface, which allows users to drag and drop widgets for their favorite and most commonly used features and functions on the phone's...
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Droid Fever: Droid & Android Expected to Be a Big Success, Says iSuppli
Even industry analysts have gotten Droid Fever, iSuppli analysts suggest Droid could be the "Comeback Kid" for struggling Motorola. Their news release states, " Droid promises to reverse Motorola's fortunes in the cell-phone business." Droid uses Google's Android Operating System...
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Rihanna to Stream Rated R Content Hosted by Nokia
Rihanna will perform from her Rated R, exclusively to a Nokia audience via a globally streamed live performance on November 16th 2009. The event in partnership with Nokia will preview tracks from Rated R - set for a November 23nd...
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Samsung Convoy Joins Verizon Calacade of P-T-P Rugged Phones
Verizon will offer the push-to-talk, Samsung Convoy with military specifications built to withstand the harshest of elements to its offering. The Convoy's high-quality stereo speaker, extended battery life and multiple messaging options make it the ideal device to stay...
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Droid Invasion: Droid Eris by HTC Landing with Moto Droid 11/6 for $99
Today, Verizon officially announced the Droid Eris, an Android powered touchscreen smartphone from HTC. It's a lot like the HTC Hero and uses Android 1.5. It has been rumored that will be upgradable to Android 2.0 at a later date....
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Verizon BlackBerry Curve 8530 for $99 on 11/20
Verizon announced it start selling the BlackBerry Curve 8530 smartphone on November 20. The slim BlackBerry Curve 8530 smartphone gives customers access to Verizon Wireless' 3G network, built-in GPS and Wi-Fi capabilities, as well as easy access to music, games...
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T-Mobile Outage Over and Out
Last night there was a T-Mobile outage. Problems started around 5:30 p.m. EST. Te outages occurred in several regions. T-Mobile customers from Atlanta to Los Angeles complained about the outage on web forums.Today the T-Mobile Forum notes:PDATE 11/04/2009 9:15 AM...
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iPhone, LG Dare, LG Voyager, BlackBerry Storm and Palm Treo Top Touchscreens, Says comScore
comScore, Inc released a study of touchscreen mobile phone adoption in the U.S.and touchscreen phone adoption is growing rapidly. iPhone, LG Dare, LG Voyager (which also has a keyboard) BlackBerry Storm and Palm Treo top the list. The LG Dare...
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Digby Buys Web App Store Commerce Movaya
Digby, the leading provider of mobile commerce solutions for retailers, announced the acquisition of Movaya Wireless, Inc., a Seattle, Washington-based mobile software company focused on building digital goods storefront applications for the iPhone, Android and mobile web platforms. Additionally, Movaya...
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Droid Invasion: Verizon Droid Demo Video 2Day
If you would like a live demo of Droid before it is released on Friday as early as 6:00 am. Verizon has uploaded a YouTube video that demonstrates some of the best aspects of the Verizon Droid by Motorola. You...
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Verizon Droid Smartphone Invasion: 6:00 AM Openings - Times Square Spectacular
Many Verizon stores will open early Friday (Nov. 6) so people can buy the DROID by Motorola on its first day of sale. Some stores will open at 7 a.m. and others at 8 a.m. These early-Droidites can also learn...
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Droid Invasion: Top Ten Best Coolest Features of Verizon Droid by Motorola
The Verizon Droid is landing on earth November 6 as early as 6:00 am and the momentum is growing. We've been using the Droid and discovered the best top most likable features of the this new Android smartphone which we...
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LBS Loopt Adds Pulse and Partners with Navteq & Zagat
Loopt has added new features to connect users to the most relevant places and people nearby. This brand new version of Loopt enhances users' ability to discover the world around them -- revealing who's around, what to do, and where...
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Android and BlackBerry Apps 2Day: Egnyte Online File Sharing Backup
Egnyte introduced Blackberry and Android device interfaces that allow small business users secure access to all their business files via their Blackberry or Android-powered smartphones. Egnyte's on-demand file server enables both Mac and PC business users to have online file...
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Bling Nation Mobile Community Payments Keep $$$ Local
Bling Nation, announced today at that Colo.-based Park State Bank & Trust began offering mobile payments to its customers and community through Bling Nation's Community Payments Service Oct. 15. The Community Payments Service is a secure local debit network, driven...
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Wireless RF Can Cause Heart Irregularity, Headaches, Tinnitus, Dizziness, Says Dr. Havas @ AHMA
Don't have a heart-attack over this information, but your cordless and/or wireless phone may be making your heart change beats.Dr. Magda Havas, Professor of Environmental and Resource Studies at Trent University, Canada will present new evidence showing a link between...
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Android Invaison: Sony Xperia X10 with UX Mediascape & Timescape
Over the weekend it was rumored that the new Sony Ericsson Xperia Android smartphone would be called the the Xperia 3, that was previously code-named Rachel. Instead Sony has jumped numbers to Sony XPERIA X10.Sony created something simiiar to the...
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30% Say Mobile Indispensable, Says Millennial Media
Mobile advertising network, Millennial Media and DM2PRO.com, collaborated to explore of attitudes and spending plans of leading agencies and brands. The responses resulted in the development of "State of the Industry: Mobile Advertising". CPG, Retail, Entertainment, Travel and Restaurant categories...
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Android Invasion: CLIQ Lands @ T-Mobile with Uni-Weezer Contest
The T-Mobile Motorola CLIQ with MOTOBLUR, the first Android -powered device from Motorola and the only device to feature MOTOBLUR this holiday season goes on sale today. To celebrate the CLIQ's arrival, also launched the T-Mobile Motorola CLIQ Challenge today,...
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iPhone Free Apps 2Day: UPS Ships, Tracks & Finds UPS Locations
UPS now has an iPhone app for shipping tracking and find UPS locations. UPS announced a new application for iPhone and iPod touch users that not only ships and tracks packages but also uses built-in GPS features to find the...
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Droid News: Zagg Will invisibleSHIELD Invading Droids @ Verizon
Zagg will be offering an invisibleSHIELD for the Motorola Droid. It's a clear shield that uses a Scratch-proof. The ultra-thin film is precision cut and won't bulk up the Droid while adding increased grip.ZAGG obtained a working model of the...
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Mobile Lexycasts Offer Audio Infotainmnet on NFL & College Football
Lexy announced the beta launch of their audios service that gives callers free on-demand audio clips to listen on phones by dialing 877-FYI-LEXY (877-394-5399) or by going to Lexy.com.Listeners subscribe to brief interactive audio posts called "Lexycasts," created by knowledgeable...
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Sprint Launches Dell Mini 10 Netbook with Speedy 3G Coverage
Sprint is now offering a netbook, the Dell Inspiron Mini 10 at Sprint Stores throughout the Bay Area for $199.99 with activation on a Sprint Mobile Broadband plan and a two-year service agreement, after a $100 mail-in rebate. Dell Inspiron...
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Droid News 2Day: Verizon Network Ready for Droid Invasion?
Most Verizon executives have stayed quiet about the Droid invasion coming to Verizon on November 6. All those Moto Droids landing with their beautiful dazzling screens that have wowed reviewers and HTML browsers could jam traffic on the "There's a...
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Android Video 2Day: Rachel Sony X3 Concept Video Jumps
The Android OS doesn't have a built-in system that resembles the syncing ability of iTunes, but Sony has an app for that which is being called "Mediascape."This added-to-Android Mediscape video looks very impressive and commenters call it "slick and sexy."...
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Droid News 2Day: Droid Promotion - Droid Nation Concert in San Francisco
We were warned about not only the Verizon Droid invasion but also the Droid marketing invasion. Droidites can now be given game pieces from the Droid Street Team to the Droid Nation Instant Win Game with promised perks such as...
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Droid News: Droid Eris by HTC $99, 8 GB, 5 MP Camera
Whoa, Verizon's Droid Invasion continues with sneak peak leaks at the Droid Eris by HTC. The Droid Eris by HTC has similar specs to the HTC Hero that is going to sell for the rock bottom price of $99 after...
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Droid Invasion Continues: Sony Sneak Peaks Xperia with Android
Sony Ericsson is set to unveil a new high-end phone on November 3. Let's see what open operating system that is invading earth would it have?This power-packed smartphone which has been kept top secret, shows signs of Android. The Sony...
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