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NFL Mobile Verizon: Free Android & iPhone App to Watch Super Bowl

NFL Mobile Verizon: Free Android & iPhone App to Watch Super Bowl

Verizon, the official wireless service provider of the NFL, is making sure Verizon Wireless customers are part of the excitement during Super Bowl XLVI with NFL Mobile. It is the  first time the Super Bowl will be streamed live to smartphones with free Android and iPhone apps available through …

Why Updates to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, Gingerbread & iOS Take So Long

Why Updates to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, Gingerbread & iOS Take So Long

Droid, iPhone and Samsung Galaxy S (1 & II) owners have been known to get anxious waiting for updates for Android 4.0  or iOS 5.  The wait is not just due to software development/testing but could also be due to network traffic. Android owners seem to have wait longer due to he development …

Pinger Turns iPod Touch into iPhone 4 Calling/Text & Big Hit with Teens

Pinger Turns iPod Touch into iPhone 4 Calling/Text & Big Hit with Teens

Pinger says that its apps reach over 5.8 million active U.S. teens and young adults, which represents 10% of the overall U.S. teen market.  Their figures confirm that teens love to text and talk, especially when it is for free over Wi-Fi on an iPod Touch, iPad  or Android phone/tablet. Due to a…

iPhone An’ Droid Top Smartphone Choices: Scant BlackBerry

iPhone An’ Droid Top Smartphone Choices: Scant BlackBerry

The iPhone 4S launch in November was very successful, while Android remains the top smartphone OS, reported Nielsen. 46.3 percent of all smartphone owners surveyed in Q42011 reported they have an Android-based mobile phone. Among New smartphone owners in the last three months 44.5 percent of t…

iPhone/iPad Owners Happy/Optimistic, Android Active and BlackBerry Bleak

iPhone/iPad Owners Happy/Optimistic, Android Active and BlackBerry Bleak

A Gazelle  survey that polled CES attendees to reveal connections between mobile phone ownership and optimism. The study showed that iPhone and iPad owners tend to expect the best, are optimistic and enjoy friendships.   Android tablet owners are more optimistic than Android phone users.  Bl…

Very Active iOS and Android Xmas 2011 and Appy New Year

Very Active iOS and Android Xmas 2011 and Appy New Year

Many good boys and girls received new iPhones and Android devices on Christmas day. According to research by Flurry Analytics, there were 6.8 million activations of iPhones and Android devices on December 25th. It was also a very "appy" day with 150 million apps downloaded. The average daily acti…

No Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich Update for Samsung Galaxy S Fascinate, Captivate, Vibrant, Epic 4G or Tab 7″

No Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich Update for Samsung Galaxy S Fascinate, Captivate, Vibrant, Epic 4G or Tab 7″

The Samsung Galaxy S Fascinate, Captivate, Vibrant and Epic 4G will not be getting an update to the latest version of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS). The original Samsung Galaxy Tab 7" model won't be updated either. Update 12/27/2011: There are new reports that suggest that Samsung is recon…

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