January 2010 Archives
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T-Mobile More Buzzed than iPad and God, Says Viralheat
Viralheat is a service that monitors the viral buzz on hot topics and brands. They cover Twitter, blog posts and video. We checked today to see how well Apple and iPad did with Viralheat after the iPad announcement and all...
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iPad Touchscreen is Like Having a Super Drawing Tablet with Benefits
In a gesture of trying to find the features of the new iPad from Apple, we watched a video and it you can really do a lot with your hands and fingers. You can slide two-finger across the screen...
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BlackBerry Magnum Hybrid Cross-Over Touchscreen & Keyboard BlackBerry?
The BlackBerry code named Magnum is a BlackBerry with both a touchscreen like the BlackBerry Storm and a keyboard like the BlackBerry Bold or BlackBerry Tour2 (coming soon!) Some think it will be the best of all possible worlds.Some are...
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Google Nexus One Headed to AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus and Most of Europe?
From those who like to read into FCC files, they think the FCC ID NM899110 which is an HTC phone with one number greater than the Google Nexus One and will be available for AT&T.The unnamed phone can use 3G...
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Google Nexus One T-Mobile Outage - Over and Out : Reboot
Earlier today, Friday, there were reports of network connections problems with the Google Nexus One supertphone. We have a review unit of the Nexus One, and we have not experience problems. It is now working and surfing the web fine....
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Obama's Stimulus Helped Stimulate Expansive Mobile Market, Says ABI
ABI Research confirmed IDC's belief that the world mobile handset market improved. Nokia maintained it's lead followed by Samsung, LG, Sony Ericsson and Motorola."2009 may have started with a whimper but by 4Q-2009 the global mobile handset market ended with...
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Verizon Android Market Channel on Droid Features Fun and Useful Apps
Previously, Verizon announced some of their favorite apps, some of which appeared on Wireless and Mobile News' Top Best Coolest Android an' Droid Apps. Now, Verizon would like Droid users to check out the Verizon Channel on Android Market."We're thrilled...
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Mobile Phones Rebound, Nokia Sells More Smartphones and Moto Shipped 2 Million Android an' Droid Devices
Nokia still leads the world mobile phone market, followed by Samsung, LG, Sony Ericsson and Motorola. Nokia increased their smartphone sales while Samsung grew from its converged mobile devices with its Omnia II. LG profited from their enV and Android...
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BlackBerry Pearl & Curve(8100/8120) Free Replacemnt Trackballs Due from T-Mobile 2/15
T-Mobile is expected to offer free replacement trackballs for T-Mobile customers with BlackBerry Pearl or BlackBerry Curve (8100/8120) smartphones starting on February 15.There have been many "issues" with trackballs on BlackBerry devices such as the BlackBerry Tour. In fact the...
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BlackBerry Tour2 News 2Day: BlackBerry Tour2 (9650) Coming Soon!
Facebook fans of BlackBerry were given a hint about the release of the BlackBerry Tour2 from Verizon .Basically their now deleted Facebook update says the BlackBerry Tour is coming soon.... They want you to check back for official news.Well, well,...
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iPhone Apps 2Day: New iPhone SDK Allows VoIP, iCall Works Over 3G
Apple Computer, Inc. has updated the iPhone developer SDK to allow VoIP over cellular networks. iCall is the first VoIP application that functions on the iPhone and iPod Touch over cellular 3G networks.VoIP on the iPhone has been the source...
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Verizon BlackBerry Tour/Storm/Curve/Pearl Music/Apps Deals 2Day: 1,000 Songs and 4 GB microSD $49.99
Verizon BlackBerry owners can now get the slotRadio+ microSD card. Designed by SanDisk, the slotRadio+ microSD card comes with 1,000 popular songs plus 4 GB of flash memory for storage.The Verizon BlackBerry slotRadio+ app plays 1,000 top Billboard songs and...
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EA, Gameloft, Glue and Namco Bandai, Top Mobile Game Publishers, Says SNL Kagan
Mobile game publishers grossed nearly $540 million in top-line revenue in the U.S. in 2009, up at a 12% CAGR from $382 million in 2006, according to a new study from SNL Kagan, "Economics of Mobile Games." In "Economics of...
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Nexus One, Android an' Droid Tips 2Day: How to Voice Search
A few weeks ago, our editor attended a meeting and a woman showed her new Android phone. She asked our editor what she though the Droid and the Nexus One. Our editor took out the a Droid and tapped the...
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Deposit Checks with Android an' Droid Apps 2Day: USAA Mobile Banking
USAA's Mobile App for Android, introduced over the weekend to the Android Market, offers access to banking, insurance and stock-trading services as well as USAA's popular Deposit@Mobile feature. Deposti@Mobile allows eligible members to instantly deposit checks vy submitting an image...
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Free VIP Apps for Verizon 2Day: VeriSign Identity Protection 2-Factor Double Passwords
Verizon now offers the free data protection apps for VeriSign, VeriSign Identity Protection.VIP is a free application that transforms mobile devices into VIP authentication credentials that help customers protect their online data. VIP Access for Mobile displays a security code...
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Google Nexus One Superphone Software Update Fix in the Works
According to the Nexus One Help Forum. Google is working to help address the 3G issues some subscribers are experiencing.Google engineers have uncovered specific cases for which a software fix should improve connectivity to 3G for some users of the...
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AT&T Wi-Fi Hotspots Hot, 72% from Smartphones
AT&T mobile broadband customers are increasingly using the the AT&T network. AT&T reported that its customers made a record 85.5 million connections to the Internet in 2009 using AT&T Wi-Fi network, four times the number of Wi-Fi connections made in...
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Apple Tablet: iPad with iBook, iWork and iPrices $499 - $829
Steve Jobs revealed this morning the latest sibling to the the iPhone, iPod family, the iPad."It's like holding the Internet in your hand," Jobs said. He thinks its better than a smartphone or a laptop.The iPad runs the OS that...
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USDOT Bans Texting While Driving for Commerical Vehicles Imediately
U.S Transportation Secretary, Ray LaHood today announced federal guidance to expressly prohibit texting by drivers of commercial vehicles such as large trucks and buses LaHood is not the first to want to end distracted driving, Oprah did a whole...
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iPhone and Palm Pre/Pixi Web Apps 2Day: Google Voice
Google has introduced the Google Voice web app for the iPhone and Palm webOS devices. This HTML5 application provides a fully functional mobile experience for Google Voice because it uses the latest advancements in web technologies. For example, AppCache lets...
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BlackBerry Apps Cost More than Other Apps, Says Distimo
Distimo has released it app store report. They found that most Android developers are in the US, Europeans pay more for their apps, BlackBerry apps are the most expensive and WinMo apps are not available in all countries due to...
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3.6 Billion Apps in 2009 to Grow to 16.2 in 2013, Says Futuresource
Mobile application stores are revitalising the mobile content market, with 3.6 billion apps downloaded from app stores in 2009, expected to rise to 6.6 billion this year, and growing to 16.2 billion in 2013, according to a new strategic report...
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BlackBerry (Curve, Bold, Tour Storm (1 &2 ) Free BackUp Apps 2Day: Aurkon
Applico launched its mobile free BlackBerry BackUp app, Aurkon. Aurkon is a free backup app that provides automatic, wireless backup for the BlackBerry. Aurkon offers BlackBerry users with an "install and forget" solution. Not only will they never lose their...
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BlackBerry Curve 8330 Top US Smartphone, Google Top Website and Facebook Favorite of World, Says Opera
Opera Mini usage gives us a snapshot of the the world's mobile use, showing favorite websites and smartphones. Facebook and Google have become super populart. Unique users of Facebook grew more than 600% during 2009, helping the site surpass VKontakte,...
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First Day of Sale for Palm Pre Plus and Palm Pixi Plus: Get Palm Pixi Plus Free Deal
Both the Palm Pre Plus and Palm Pixi Plus go on sale today at Verizon. These Palm smarpthones have Wi-Fi and be able network with up to five 5 devices. Verizon priced the Palm Pre Plus at $149.99 and the...
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Wirefly Free Droid Eris Sale Extended One Day for Current and New Subs
The free Droid Eris by HTC is still on sale at Wirefly today. The Droid Eris is free with a Verizon contract at Wirefly for a few more hours (until midnight) for both new customers and current Verizon customers, which...
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Flurry Analytics Finds Apple Tablet Testing on Apple Campus
Flurry Analtytics watching their iPhone/iPod analytics believes they have tracked Google employees testing the new Apple tablet on the Apple Cupertino campus running Apple iPhone OS 3.2. Leading people to speculate the the OS will be offered later this year....
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&8@#$%! Google Cleans Out Swear Words on Voice Tanscriptions with #####
Reuters reported that on the Google Nexus One, during voice transcription in any field on the superphone curse words do not appear. The word is replaced by #####(pound signs). It has been reported that even the verancular BS, the S...
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BlackBerry Curve 8330 Boasted on Boost Mobile with BlackBerry Unlimited Plan
Boost Mobile introduced the BlackBerry Curve 8330 on its BlackBerry Unlimited Plan It combines features like full Web browsing, social networking, music, videos, games, robust email access and downloadable apps with the unlimited talk, text and web.Neil Lindsay, chief marketing...
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Mobile Ad Netowrks Support Haiti with Mobile Ad Campaign
The largest mobile fund-raising effort was made possible through several mobile ad networks AdMob, Eyeblaster, Jumptap, Microsoft Advertising, Millennial Media, Ringleader Digital and other networks. They were approached by mGive-Mobile Accord to develop the mobile advertising campaign designed to broaden...
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Deal of the Day: Droid Eris Free for Verizon New and Renews @ Wirefly
The Droid Eris by HTC is on sale at Wirefly, today. The Droid Eris is free with a Verizon contract at Wirefly for a few more hours (until midnight) for both new customers and current Verizon customers, which makes a...
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Review: Palm Pixi Plus (Verizon) Review of Reviews
Palm Pixi Plus Rated 3.5 out of 5 by Wireless and Mobile News' Review of ReviewsThe candy bar Palm Pixi Plus from Verizon, the little sister to the Palm Pre Plus, has some pluses for its small size, low price...
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Review: Palm Pre Plus (Verizon) Review of Reviews
Palm Pre Plus Rated 4 out of 5 by Wireless and Mobile News’ Review of ReviewsThe reviewers of the Palm Pre Plus from Verizon all agree that the webOS, Synergy and web browsing on the Palm Pre Plus are great. ...
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Verizon Deal 'til Valentines 2/14: Buy One Palm Pre or Pixi Plus get Pixi Plus Free Deal (BOGO)
The Palm Pre, was the first phone to realize that people wanted all their social networking information to stream together with the the revolutionary webOS operating system that also works on the Palm Pixi. When these two super smartphones come...
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Samsung Mobile Explorers will Tweet & Post Olypmic Games to Samsung Website
Samsung Electronics announced the global winners of its Samsung Mobile Explorers contest. The lucky winners will travel to Vancouver for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games and share their personal experiences and observations through social media and online posts to Samsung’s...
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Free Cell Phones with Voicemail, Caller ID and Call-Waiting for Low-Income Households in Virginia, Tennessee and North Carolina
An awareness campaign using television and online media outlets in Virginia, Tennessee and North Carolina launches this week about Assurance Wireless, a new cellphone service that makes wireless calling available at no cost to more than one million eligible lower-income...
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Digicel Working in Haiti Offers Free Charging, Credits and SIM Replacements
Verizon landline and wireless customers along with T-Mobile can make free phone calls to Haiti. Digicell wireless in Haiti reported that their network is back up and working. They are also offering discounts, free charging and free SIM-replacements. Work to...
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BlackBerry, iPhone, Android, WinMo, Ovi App Shazam Shazams Men Wear the Pants, Khaki Dockers Pant GiveaWay
Dockers and Shazam have developed a way allows viewers who watch the new Dockers "Men Without Pants" TV commercial to use their smartphones for more "engagement," The new commercial debuts during the Super Bowl XLIV broadcast on February 7...
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Mobile Text Aid to Haiti Reached $30 Millions Says Mobile Giving Foundations
Donations made via mobile phones for Haiti Earthquake Relief have reached $30 million across all the short codes reported the Mobile Giving Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping other non-profits raise funds through mobile.A list ways to text aid...
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Smartphone (BlackBerry, iPhone & Other) Users Would Spend More $ on Music and Biz Apps, Says Asknet Survey
An asknet survey of 400 smartphone users has found that consumers are frustrated by the cost, accessibility, and mechanisms supporting mobile e-commerce, in spite of a strong consumer demand for personal and business mobile applications. The survey, conducted simultaneously in Boston...
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Free iPhone In Case of Emergency Apps 2Day: ICE
A new free iPhone app puts patient info in the hands of the emergency first responders.The iPhone "In Case of Emergency" ICE App keeps your emergency contact information and critical medical data on your person iPhone.The app creates an ice-cube...
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Free BlackBerry Friend Finder Apps 2Day: FourSquare for BlackBerry
Foursquare is mobile friend finder, meet n' great game by the creator of DodgeBall, Dennis Crowley. Foursquare is now available as a beta BlackBerry app as well as iPhone app, via text, Facebook or the mobile web. It's kind of...
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Verizon Droid Devour (Calgary) with MotoBLUR Due @ Verizon Soon?
The Droid Devour by Motorola aka the Calgary should be seen at Verizon soon, because an unnamed source found it on the Cellbrite system then sent a photo to Android Central.The Droid Devour is a slider phone that comes in...
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Nokia Free Apps 2Day: Nokia Offers Free Ovi Maps with Turn-by-Turn Voice Directions & Free Guides
Nokia no offers free Ovi Maps for its smartphones that includes high-end walk and drive navigation at no extra cost, available for download at www.nokia.com/maps. Nokia bought NAVTEQ is and is involved in all kinds of location-based apps. Google also...
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iPhone Top OS for AdMob Traffic, Android Traffic Jumped, Says Admob
AdMob released its December 2009 AdMob Mobile Metrics Report on regional changes in manufacturer and smartphone Operating System (OS) share. Remember AdMob data is based on the usage of mobile sites and apps, which is very different than if you were...
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Verizon Offers Free Landline & Wireless Calls to Haiti Until 1/31
Verizon will waive all long-distance usage charges for calls from its residential landline and Verizon Wireless phones to Haiti, from Jan. 12 through Jan. 31. T-Mobile also offers free calls to Haiti until January 31. Starting Wednesday (Jan. 20), all...
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Verizon Lowers ETF for Some LG enV Phones for Valentines Buy One Get One Free Deal?
Verizon has removed some high-end features phones from its $350 Early Termination Fee from LG, Motorola and Samsung.The following phones appear to have been removed from the high ETF list:LG EnV TouchLG VersaLG VoyagerCasio ExilimMotorola Krave Samsung Rogue andSamsung GlydeBlackBerry...
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BlackBerry (Storm, Bold, Curve, Flip) Free Apps 2Day: Tripit
The TripIt app is now available for BlackBerry cmartphones including the BlackBerry Storm, BlackBerry Curve, BlackBerry Bold, and BlackBerry Flip as well as other recent BlackBerry smartphones.. This free mobile app gives travelers access to all their travel plans right...
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Opera Buys Ad Network AdMarvel
Opera Software announced that it has acquired AdMarvel, Inc. It will enable Opera to expand its portfolio of products and services to include ad monetization services for Opera branded mobile products. It's interesting to note that Symbian system phones have...
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Majority of 8-18 Yr-Olds Own Cell Phones & Spend More Time Listening to Music, Gaming and TV Watching than Talking
A Kaiser Family Foundation study, found that 8-18 year-olds devote an average of 7 hours and 38 minutes (7:38) to using entertainment media across a typical day (more than 53 hours a week). And because they spend so much of...
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Palm Pixi Plus and Palm Pre Plus Coming From Verizon 1/25, for $99 and $149?
Yesterday, due to the torrential downpours in SoCal we were listening to a different radio station, one geared toward news and heard a radio commercial for Verizon and the new Palm Pre Plus and Palm Pixi Plus that are coming...
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mGive Platform Provides Text Service for $24 Million Given to Haiti Red Cross Releif
Nearly 2.5 million people have texted $10 pledges for Haitian relief to the American Red Cross in seven days, the largest number ever to take action for a mobile giving campaign. Mobile pledges now total about 25 percent of all...
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BlackBerry and WinMo Apps 2Day: Distracted Driving Liability for Employers Stopped by ZoomSafer
Mobile phones are critical to modern business productivity. However, used while driving, mobile phones pose a serious danger to employees and an expensive liability to companies.ZoomSafer, released a white paper today documenting the enormous liability faced by corporate CEOs, risk...
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BlackBerry Entreprise Social Networking: Lotus Connections Lotus Quickr
Lotusphere -- IBM ( IBM) and Research In Motion (RIM) have created a new social networking applications for BlackBerry smartphones. IBM and RIM are bringing the BlackBerry Client for IBM Lotus Quickr and a new version of the BlackBerry Client...
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New Features Rumors in the Next iPhone OS 4 Update and Hardware
On January 27 there will be a big Apple announcement and many suspect that there will be new features announced for iPhone OS4 which is expected to be available in June..Boy Genius today said one of his unnamed sources suggested...
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U.S. Cellular Lowers Prices with Unlimited Plans, Follows AT&T and Verizon
U.S. Cellular announced new unlimited national calling plans, following the recent price drops by AT&T and Verizon. Beginning January 19th, new and existing customers can sign up for the Unlimited National Individual Plan and pay only $69.99 a month for...
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AT&T Mobile Facebook Glitch Fixed, Says AT&T
The Associated Press, over the weekend reported cases where an AT&T customers using a smartphone accessing Facebook somehow entered someone else's Facebook account. Once in the wrong account the customers could see all the user's personal information."In a limited number...
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Oprah's No Phone Zone Pledges to Stop Texting and Cell Calls While Driving
Oprah calls it "America's new deadly" obsession, texting, emailing and calling while driving. Oprah's show today illustrates the great tragedies that happen due to distracted driving.Oprah urges her viewers to take a pledge. So far over 20,000 people have taken...
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iPhone, Android an' Droid PowerPoint Showing Web Apps 2Day: MightyMeeting
If you want to take your PowerPoint presentations any where check out the MightyMeeting app. The winner of Founder Showcase pitch event in Silicon Valley. MightyMeeting is a mobile web conferencing solution that lets users present and connect anywhere, in...
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Text Msg Windows Mobile Glitches an' Fixes 2Day: Back to Future 2016 Texts
CNN reported earlier this month that Windows Mobile users have been since the first of the year, have been getting text messages from the future, the year 2016."Microsoft is aware of reports that phone messages received after 1/1/2010 may be...
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Android Apps 2Day: Sears2Go App
Sears, the original catalog store, is offering many new ways to shop for Sears products. When you are in a Sears store, you can order the matching pants to the jacket on the computer in store, and now you can...
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More Nexus One "Issues" Touchscreen Touchiness--Needs Software Fix? Call 888 Number!
The Google Nexus One had received fab first looks, and then well "issues" appeared with long waits for email support. When customers can't phone a company then they start posting problems to forums seeking help. Then reporters can peruse the...
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Tour of BlackBerry Tour2 9650 Coming to Verizon in February?
According to an unnamed Verizon employee the BlackBerry Tour2 (code named Essex) has appeared in their Celebrite system for transferring data between phones. Last week, "dummy" units of the BlackBerry Tour2 showed up in Verizon's inventory. The BlackBerry Tour2 has...
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8/10 Apps Free, 4.5 Billion Apps Downloaded, $6.2 Billion in 2010, Says Gartner
Gartner Analysts said mobile app stores will exceed 4.5 billion downloads in 2010, eight out of ten of which will be free to end users. Consumers will spend $6.2 billion in 2010 in mobile apptores while advertising revenue is expected...
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Text Disaster Info Service Launched for Hiatians by Thomson Reuters Foundation
The Thomson Reuters Foundation has today launched a first-of-its kind, free disaster-information service for the people of Haiti. The service allows survivors of Haiti's earthquake to receive critical information by text message directly to their phones, free of charge. To...
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More thatn $16 Million Mobile Text Donations, List of Text Codes
Donations made via mobile phones for Haiti Earthquake Relief have surpassed $16 million. Over the weekend mobile donations increased from $10 million reported by MGF on Friday to more than $16 million. The Foundation noted that it continues to see...
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Yo-Yo-Like Charger, YoGen Mini-Power Generator Charges Cell Phones Without a Power Cord
What can you do if you are out of power and need to charge your cell phone? There are battery boosters, and fuel cell rechargers and now a new device that cranks energy with a yo-yo-like string.The YoGen handheld charger...
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Top Android BlackBerry and iPhone Apps Very Similar Says Mplayit
Apple's iPhone may more offer apps than even its closest competitor (the iPhone has over 100,000 available, compared to about 20,000 Android apps and around 4,500 on Blackberry App World), but the top apps are very similar in function and...
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Droid Does Cost $187.75 to Make and Does More than iPhone, Says iSupply
The well reviewed and heavily promotoed Droid by Motorola materials cost $187.75, reports iSuppi which contians $179.11 worth of componoents and $8.64 to manufacture, not icluding software and materials.Droid does offer more features than the iPhone such as a QWERTY...
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AT&T Unlimited & Data Plan Deals Counter Verizon Dropped Prices
Following Verizon’s unlimited plan announcements earlier today, AT&T announced new unlimited plans across all smartphones, feature phones and cell phones:Feature Phone customers may choose unlimited talk for $69.99. Family Talk customers (prices assume two lines) may choose unlimited talk for...
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T-Mobile Customers Get $100 Refund for Nexus One
Since it's launch the Google Nexus had a bit of confusion and protests on its pricing for existing T-Mobile Customers. There have been complaints of poor customer serviceand network problems. Altough the Nexus One received fab first looks, opinions have...
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T-Mobile Offers Free Phone Calls to Haiti & Roaming In Haiti
T-Mobile announced that the company is helping aid Haiti and unite families in the aftermath the earthquake disaster in Haiti. If you want to donate money to Haiti, we have published a full list of ways to text money to...
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Rumor Rumor: New LG Rumor Touch Coming to Sprint 2/14
Sprint announced the upcoming availability of the new LG Rumor Touch, successor to the LG Rumor with a QWERTY keyboard, touchscreen, 2 MP camera/camcorder, 3G, GPS, Sprint TVThe LG Rumor is a full QWERTY keyboard device that is one of...
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BlackBerry App Updates 2Day: Google Mobile for BlackBerry Searches Email & Contacts
Finding all those contacts, emails and text messages can be difficult on a BlackBerry. Google now offers in their Google Mobile for BlackBerry app update searches messages and contacts as well as searches via Wi-Fi.BlackBerry users, using built-in Messages and...
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Verizon Officially Reveals Cheaper Calling Plans: BlackBerry and Droid Data Plans Still $29.99
Verizon has officially announced changes to their calling plans. Current Verizon customers can keep their current plans or change to any of the news plans at any time. Starting Jan. 18, Verizon customers may sign up for a new Nationwide Unlimited...
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Verizon Cheaper Plans Coming on January 18
Unnamed sources have leaked the changes to Verizon Wireless plans and price cuts with cheaper unlimited plans. Boy Genius reported that beginning Jan. 18, Verizon will offer $69.99 unlimited voice plan for individual customers and an $89.99 unlimited voice and...
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Many Ways to Text Aid to Haiti: Record $7 Million Donated via SMS So Far
In 36 hours, donations made via mobile phones for Haiti Earthquake Relief have surpassed $7 million reported the Mobile Giving Foundation, a non profit organization dedicated to helping other non-profits raise funds through mobile. This amount represents a mobile-giving record...
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Verizon Palm Pre Plus and Palm Pixi Details Emerge
Last week, Verizon announced that it will be selling both the Palm Pre and Palm Pixi with added features with a plus added to the names. Sources have leaked some details about the Verizon's Palm Pre Plus and Palm Pixi...
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Symbian Top Phone Top Ad Performer, iPhone Out-Performs WinMo, Android, Palm and BlackBerry, Says Smaato
Symbian phones were the best performers followed by iPhone, Windows Mobile, Feature Phones and Android in the Smaato Mobile Advertising Metrics. BlackBerry came in last. The Smaato Metrics show Click Through Rate (CTR) Index by handset operating system "The Smaato...
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BlackBerry (Storm, Curve, Bold), WinMo, Palm Droid an' Droid Free Sync Apps 2Day: doubleTwist
Many Android and BlackBerry smartphone users have discovered that syncing iTune playlists, videos and photos from your PC can be confusing and take time. Sometimes the phone maker offers a sync program such as Media Link for Motorola Android phones....
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Android Phones 2Day: myTouch 3G Fender Edition with Free Eric Clapton Songs & Sync
The T-Mobile myTouch 3G Fender Limited Edition will be sold at T-Mobile in partnership with legendary musician and Fender guitarist Eric Clapton to help unveil the exclusive new phone. The myTouch 3G Fender comes with free Clapton songs, media syncing...
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Windows Mobile New Free Apps 2Day: 20x Faster NetFront Browser 4.0
ACCESS has launched their new NetFront Browser v4.0, the latest version of NetFront Browser for mobile handsets and Internet-enabled devices. The claim it has one of the world's fastest JavaScript engines(1) developed from the ground up by ACCESS, NetFront Browser...
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Kodak Files Lawsuits Agaisnt BlackBerry and iPhone for Image Preview and Digital Camera Process Patent Infringment
Eastman Kodak Company a has filed lawsuits against Apple Inc. and Research In Motion Limited (RIM) alleging the infringement of Kodak digital imaging technology. The Kodak complaint, filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), specifically claims that Apple's iPhones...
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Verizon Tops Zagat Wireless Carrier Survey AT&T Top Products
Zagat is now rating carriers along with restaurants. Their survey incorporated feedback from 2,319 wireless consumers who rated AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless on aspects of their performance: Reliability, Coverage, Products, Value and Customer Service. AT&T's customers however rated...
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Text Relief Money to American Red Cross in Haiti Text HAITI to 90999
Wireless customers can send $10 donations to the Red Cross International Relief Fund to help earthquake victims in Haiti.Type in the word HAITI and send it to 90999. A confirmation message will arrive within a few minutes, to which the...
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iPhone Contender Nexus One's Sales Not Close to Droid, iPhone or myTouch
The Google Nexus One may be an iPhone contender, but Google's sales didn't come close to iPhone 3GS or Droid launches reports Flurry Analytics. Flurry estimate 20,000 Nexus One units sold while 250,000 Droid will sold in the first week...
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$350 Early Recovery Fee for Nexus One: Recoups Subsidy?
Google wants to make the super phone buying process simpler, but if you return your Nexus One phone after 14 days will be hit with a $350 "Early Recovery Fee" along with a Early Termination fee $200 for canceling at...
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iPhone, BlackBerry, Android an' Droid, Nexus One Pregnancy Devices 2Day: Ritmo Sound System for Babies In-Utero
The Ritmo Advanced Pregnancy Sound System, allows in-utero babies to hear sounds from cell phones, iPhone, BlackBerry smartphones, Nexus One, Droid, Droid Eris or mp3 players. This super big pregnancy belly headset, lets babies hear Daddy, Grandma, relatives and friends...
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Nexus One, Android an' Droid Tips 2Day: Status Icon Meanings
On the very top or your Nexus One, Droid, Droid Eris and/or other model Android phone is a bar showing the Notifications and Connection Status Icons. So what do all those notification icons on the top mean? The is the...
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FocusDriven Helps Fight Distracted Driving and Assists Victims
FocusDriven the first national nonprofit organization devoted specifically to raising awareness about the dangers of distracted driving was formed recently.The group will be led by Jennifer Smith, who has been an outspoken advocate against distracted driving since her mother...
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Nokia Research Westwood Experience in Hollywood Augmented Reality 3D Reality Show in UCLAville
If you want an augmented/mixed reality experience Nokia is bringing one to the town neighboring UCLA, Westwood.Nokia Research Center (NRC), Hollywood, has begun a private pilot of its research project, the Westwood Experience. The augmented realtiy pilot explores how...
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LG Superphone LG GW990 MID with Intel Inside and 1025 x 480 Display
At Paul Otellini's Intel CES keynote at CES, Otellini showed off the LG GW990, what some are calling a super phone, because it has the power of a PC and the same number of pixels in the display. The LG...
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No Mo' Taxes on Top o' Plans, No Mo' Free Phones Deals from Metro PCS
MetroPCS has changed the way the offer plans and now include taxes and fees. These plans called Wireless for All, include all taxes and regulatory fees which is supposed to make things easier for consumers. Previously new cusomters, received a...
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Android an' Droid Dev Updates 2Day: Android SDK 2.1 Available
Google and the Android Developer community have released the latest SDK for Android, Update 2.1. Although it is considered a minor change the changes are in the API development tools. Here's a list of the new API and capabilites. Live...
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Nexus One, Android an' Droid Tips 2Day: What Do Those Funny Status Connection Symbols Icons Mean?
On the very top or your Nexus One, Droid, Droid Eris and/or other model Android phone is a bar showing the Notifications and Connection Status Icons. These tiny little icons (symbols) range from obvious like the battery and the phone...
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Windows Mobile 6.5 Updates 2Day: HTC Ozone and HTC Touch Pro 2
Verizon has released updates to the HTC Ozone and HTC Touch Pro 2 to update them to Windows Mobile 6.5. Over the holidays, HTC was offering a $100 trade-in rebate if you bought one of these phones. The Windows Mobile...
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Nexus One Trouble 2Day, Customer Service Complaints Continue, Rubin Says Working On it
Andy Rubin talked to Walt Mossberg at All Things Digital (video follows.) Rubin and Google wanted a simple way to sell the Nexus One Google phone. They are only offering one T-Mobile plan to make it easier. Where Nexus One...
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Best of Advanced Features in Unibody Nexus One Cost $174.15, Says iSuppli
The Google Nexus One, manufactured by HTC Corp., carries a Bill Of Materials (BOM) of $174.15, based on a preliminary estimate from iSuppli's Teardown Analysis Team. This total comprises only hardware and component costs for the Nexus One itself and...
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51% of Consumers Used Mobile Phones During Shopping for Info, Deals, and Comparisons
Motorola annual research study of holiday shoppers identified that more than half (51 percent) of consumers across 11 countries used their mobile phones for in-store activities such as comparison shopping and getting peer feedback, product information and coupons, which signals...
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Android an' Droid Phishy Apps 2Day VXer - How to Find Safe Banking Apps
Think before you download, may be a new motto if you are asked for financial information, such as your bank account number and password, don't give it out unless your are absolutely certain the app is safe.An Android app that...
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Tagged Great White Sharks SMS Lifeguards and Safety Agencies in Australia
Lifeguards may want to check their cell phones for text messages on the popular beaches in Perth. There are now monitoring stations designed to track movements of great white sharks off Perth's coast in Australia. Receivers track great white sharks...
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BlackBerry (Storm) iPhone Apps Winners 2DAY Mobile Apps Showdown Winners @ CES Gwabbit & Clixtr
The winners of the CES mobile Apps Showdown were Gwabbit by popular vote and Cixtr by the judges.Gwabbit scans incoming BlackBerry emails, finds contacts, and instantly transforms them into contact records within your Outlook address book - all with a...
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Keynotes, Nokia Sesame Street App Contest, Gov't App Winner, Boxee Box, and Driver's Ed @ CES
Speeches from leaders of Nokia, Qualcomm and Hisense, a candid discussion with Federal Communications Chairman (FCC) Julius Genachowski were recent highlights at the 2010 International CES. Nokia CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo addressed a packed theater Friday morning as the opening keynote...
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Android an' Droid News 2Day: Motorola BlackFlip Droid with Platform and Back Touchpad
At CES Motorola announced the Android Motorola BACKFLIP with socialnetwork-aware MOTOBLUR for Q1 2010. The unique reverse flip design makes it watcho enjoy videos, music and photos because the keyboard acts as a base.The QWERTY keyboard is great for e-mails,...
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DIY Touchscreen Touchy Touch-Off Test: iPhone Bests, Eris, Droid and Nexus One?
An independent website labs.moto.com, did its own study of touchscreens based on using a basic drawing program, a steady hand, and a few straight lines drawn very slowly on the screen.. The video is by Moto Development Group, the guy's...
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MagicJack for Free Broadband Cell Phone Calls in Home Coming Soon
MagicJack at CES revvaled a device that allows free calls from cell phones in the home, via a computer's broadband Internet connection.It uses the smecell frequencies (spectrum) as a cell tower and could be considered a femtocell device. The magicJack...
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Cell Phones Best Change for Better (BlackBerry and iPhones Too) Says Pew
Members of the Millennial generation are enthusiastic about the technological and communication advances of the past decade according to a new study by Pew Research Center for the Press. Cell phones where shown as one of the best innovations of...
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HTC HD2 with HTC Sense Coming to T-Mobile this Spring
The HTC HD2 is will available exclusively from T-Mobile USA this spring. High-res lovers have been drooling over this very visual smartphone for a while. The HTC HD has a high-resolution, 4.3-inch capacitive touch display, GPS, HTC Sense, Windows file...
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iPhone, Android an' Droid Search 2Day: RU Near Me Now?
Google announced through its blog that the “Near me now” feature is live on iPhone and Android phones.“Near me now” was designed to address two user problems. First, to make it fast and easy to find out more about a...
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Super Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus Coming to Verizon with up to 5 Wi-Fi Hotspots.
Verizon and Palm have finally announced that the Palm Pre Plus and Palm Pixi Plus will go on sale January 25.The Palm Pre Plus has a touch screen; high-performance processor; and slide-out keyboard. The Pam Pre Plus also comes with...
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Google Nexus One, Nexus/Example for Developing Says iSuppli
Google's new Nexus One super smartphone serves as a showcase for the latest version of the Android operating system and will allow the company to gather critical user data for developing new software, according to iSuppli Corp. "With a plethora...
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Google Nexus One Super Phone Shows Salient Use of "Sentience"?
The Nexus One Google phone has received fab first impressions from reviewers and is will be heavily promoted on the web. Google studies showed that wireless buyers were influenced by online research. We are bit confused by one of the...
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BlackBerry Storm, iPhone an' Droid Apps 2Day: OnStar Chevy Volt Remote Control
Chevrolet and OnStar unveiled smartphone apps that enable Chevrolet Volt owners 24/7 connection and control of vehicle functions and OnStar features remotely. OnStar's apps allows drivers to communicate with their Volt from Droid by Motorola, Apple iPhone and Blackberry Storm...
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Android an' Droid News 2Day: Dell Mini 3 @ AT&T 82% Don't Leave Home Without 'Em
Dell made its Mini 3 Android-based lineup official, and AT&T will sell them. They revealed the research showing that their customers wanted more smartphone choices. Mini 3 smartphones create an easy-to-use mobile Internet experience. Dell and AT&T will provide ...
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Android an' Droid News Updates 2Day: All Moto Android Smartphones (Droid) Will Be Upgraded to 2.1
We had a sneaky suspicion that since Sanjay Jha, CEO of Motorola,appeared at the Nexus One press event, there would be more Android updates on the horizon from Motorola. Although the speakers were clear that some devices would not be...
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Winter Snow Storm Cell Phone Tips: Plan, Txt, Alerts, Xtra Charger
With freezing temperatures and an expected forecast of snow across metro Atlanta and Coastal, Middle and Southern Georgia this week, ATT published a list of tips which we added our own suggestions to in Italics. AT&T said that it is...
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ZOMM New Bluetooth SmartPhone Un-Forgetter, Alarm and Speaker Phone
If you don't want to lose your smartphone, maybe you should put it on an invisible leash...or maybe you could put a car alarm on it...how about a speaker phone or light-up call notification for your phone too? There's a...
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5 Android Smartphones from AT&T, BREW for Quick Msg Phones and 70/30 Rev Share w/ App Devs
AT&T said that it will launch five new devices from Dell, HTC and Motorola based on the Android OS The company also announced at the AT&T Developer Summit in Las Vegas that is expanding its support to developers. The exclusive...
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Save Water Shower with Your Cell Phone - Wash Dishes and Cell Phone at Same Time with SEAL CELL Waterproof Antimicrobial Cell Phone
Finally a cell phone, you can shower with or wash in your dishwasher. You can even take it out in the rain or with you on that ragging river trip. It you share your cell phone and never clean it,...
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Review: Nexus One Google Super Phone - Fab First Looks - Review of Reviews
First Looks Favorable of Nexus One Superphone from Google, Reviewed by Wireless and Mobile News Review of ReviewsThe Nexus One super phone from Goggle made a splash, yesterday. We thought we'd take a look at the first reviews, impressions and...
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BlackBerry Add-Ons 2Day: Presenting BlackBerry Presenter for Wirelesss PowerPoint Shows
If you want to make a great presentation, and don't have a laptop but do have a BlackBerry check out the newly released BlackBerry Presenter BlackBerry Presenter is small device thaplugs into a projector or monitor, thenit displays Microsoft PowerPoint...
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BlackBerry Looses Sponsored Search Ad Battle to Nexus One Google Phone?
Nexus One is taking over the Googlesphere and landing in Googles of articles. One article by Larry Dingnan notes that when he searched "nexus one," his Google results showed a top BlackBerry ad above the search.However when we searched Google...
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Samsung Corby PRO QWERTY with 3G, 3 MP Camera and 3.5 Jack
Another feature phone being shown at CES is the Samsung Corby PRO that features a full, slide out QWERTY keyboard that lets users send text messages and emails instantly without sacrificing style. The Samsung Corby PRO also meets the needs of...
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New Feature Phones 2Day: Samsung Corby with Touchwiz, Apps and Quirky Cartoon UI
As CES Samsung is also unveiling the Samsung Corby. The Samsung Corby runs on the Samsung's Touchwiz user interface and haptic feedback system, which gives users the ability to customize their Corby with applications and widgets. It has a 2...
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Android Smartphones 2Day: Samsung Galaxy Spica Specs Revealed @ CES
Samsung is showing of some of it new mobile phones at CES this week and the Samsung Galaxy Spica will be landing with Android 1.5. Spica is the brightest star in the Virgo constellation. Spica, a blue giant, is the...
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Android Samsung Moment First Smartphone for Free Mobile DTV Demoed @ CES
Sprint and Samsung announced that the Samsung Moment will display a mobile phone demonstration of the North American mobile digital TV broadcasting standard during International CES 2010 in Las Vegas. It's like regular TV except in your phone, it the...
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Cell Phone Ownership by Children (Kids) up 68% in Five Years, Says, MRI
Cell phone ownership among children has increased 68% in the past five years, according to MRI's recently-released American Kids Study. Twenty percent of U.S. children ages 6-11 currently own a cell phone, up from 11.9% of children in 2005....
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iPhone App News 2Day: Over Three Billion iPhone / iPod Apps Downloaded, Says Apple
As apples were falling off the tree over the Google logo at Google.com, Apple announced that more than three billion apps have been downloaded from its App Store by iPhone and iPod touch users worldwide.The Apples falling were to celebrate...
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Google Nexus One Announcement Live Notes: Voice to Text Fields
We're watching the Google announcement in Mountain View.The Nexus One is the new category of "super phone." Nexus means point of convergence, it's where "web meets phones."It has 3.7 inch OLED display 480 x 800 WVGA, 1Ghz processor snap dragon...
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BlackBerry, Android an' Droid Updates 2 Watch Seesmic + Ping.fm
When want to help you stay in touch with friend on multiple social networks on anytime and from any device. then you’ll want to look for the new version of Seesmic. Seesmic bought super-network updater ping.fm and which can update...
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Smartphone Owners Buy But Mobi-Shy, Says Compete
Compete, a Kantar Media company, released the results of its quarterly Smartphone Intelligence survey showing that smartphone owners are more comfortable buying from their handsets, but that poor mobile site functionality is still a turn-off for many. Their research does...
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iPhone Android an' Droid Free Apps 2Day: mPayy Personal and Business
mPayy, Inc., mobile and online alternative payments service, announced their "mPayy Mobile Payments" application is available at the iPhone app store.They recently also announced an mPayy Android app available in Android Market. The mPayy application runs on all Android devices...
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Nexus One Rumors Reports 2Day: Meh, Spotify Music and Bravo
Rumors are exploding regarding the Google Nexus One smartphone which luckily should stop tomorrow morning when the real announcement is made. NOTE: You can view what the Nexus One really is here. In the meantime, here's what they are speculating:Some say...
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Big Jump in Android Use Due to Droid, iPhone Satisfaction Still High, Says ChangeWave
Recent ChangeWave data shows a major upturn in Android an' Droid interest and use. It also reveals the great surge in smartphone growth and a downturn for future Apple iPhone marketshare with iPhone still maintain high customer satisfaction.ChangeWave's December 9-14...
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Top (Ten Plus) Best Coolest Free Apps for Android an' Droid Round-Up
You may have noticed that there has been an explosion of Android an' Droid apps in the last few months. We thought it would be a good time to round-up all the best free Android an' Droid apps. We were...
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Android an' Droid Soon Apps Update 2Day: Layar 3.0 Adds Info(and Beatles) to Reality Photos
The Android augmented reality browser Layar has been updated to version 3.0 with new features and layers of reality. Version 3 added 3D objects & Log in for specific layers.Layar is a free app add information and images for photos...
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Droid Free Out of Stock Parts 2Day: Battery Cover / Door
Droid owners may have noticed that your battery cover has a tendency to fall off. Some of you may have lost your battery door/cover. Have no fear, Verizon is offering the Droid battery cover for free. Verizon likes to give...
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Palm Pre, Droid an' Droid Must-Download Apps 2Day: Salling Media Sync for iTunes
Salling Media Sync syncing media from iTunes and compatible photo applications to mobile devices. The new version is compatible with Motorola's Droid and other Android phones including the Droid Eris, T-Mobile G1, HTC myTouch 3G and HTC Hero. "I was...
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