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Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The “convergence” is what he’s most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do.

In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it’s an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he’s there to try it out. He admits though, he’s still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which “sings” perfectly with the mobile PIM application.

Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.

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Posts by Dusan Belic

Staples unveils tablet website, launches Android app

After the iPhone app, Staples is going for the Android community and folks with tablets (whether it’s an Android-based one or the iPad). To that end, the company launched a native app for smartphones running Google’s mobile platform and a tablet-optimized website. First the smartphone app. As you can imagine, it puts Staples inventory at your fingertips, mixing the best of the Staples.com and in-store shopping experience. You can access the “rich product information” all with ratings and reviews while in-store, or find the nearest Staples store with the specific … Read more

Staples unveils tablet website, launches Android app 2 days ago

Dusan Belic

Samsung and Vodafone give away 91 pairs of London 2012 Olympic tickets

Samsung and Vodafone are organizing a neat sweepstakes, offering customers across Great Britain and Northern Ireland the chance to win a pair of London 2012 Olympic tickets. In total, the two companies will give away 91 pairs of tickets to just under 50 of the most highly sought after Olympic Games events, including the Men’s 100 meters Final, Track Cycling at the newly created Velodrome and swimming events at the Aquatics Centre. In order to participate, folks should purchase any Samsung Galaxy smartphone between February 1st and 29th. Moreover, those … Read more

Samsung and Vodafone give away 91 pairs of London 2012 Olympic tickets 2 days ago

Dusan Belic

Samsung offers Modern Combat 3 free for Galaxy S II users

Like an extra incentive is needed to get the Samsung Galaxy S II, the Korean company keeps offering some free content to its users. Their latest gig involves giving away Modern Combat 3: Fallen Nation through Samsung Apps store. That said, this may be Sammy’s way to trick users into tapping the Samsung Apps icon on their smartphones. Honestly, I can’t recall when was the last time I opened it and I guess in that sense (presuming Samsung wants to have more users of its app store) – offering freebies … Read more

Samsung offers Modern Combat 3 free for Galaxy S II users 2 days ago

Dusan Belic

Yahoo launches its own app search engine

Yahoo thinks there’s money to be made in app recommendations, hence they’re using the power of its brand to make it easier for smartphone users to discover new applications. The newly launched Yahoo! App Search spans iOS and Android apps, though Android titles are at the moment more prominently placed on the site. You can either browse through categories or search for the games and apps you like. The search is especially neat, allowing for filtering through results by price, category and device (iPhone/Android). When you think about it – … Read more

Yahoo launches its own app search engine 2 days ago

Dusan Belic

U.S. Cellular unveils Voice Mail to Text service

You know it’s a pain to go through voice mail every day. Sure enough, you can detect some numbers and decide not to listen to them at all. However, there are others which you should/could listen, only to find out no action on your part is needed. Hence, Voice Mail to Text services were born, transcribing audio into text and allowing you to see (rather than hear) what a guy/gal on the other end of the line has to say. U.S. Cellular announced such service for its users, offering it … Read more

U.S. Cellular unveils Voice Mail to Text service 2 days ago

Dusan Belic

Norton Safety Minder for Android keeps kids safe, monitored

Norton is out with a new mobile app for Android smartphones – Norton Safety Minder, allowing parents to keep track of what their kids are doing on their mobile phones through Norton Online Family. Although the application itself is free to download, Norton Online Family does come with a price tag, offering such benefits to the Norton Safety Minder users as: Ability to track who kids have been exchanging text and MMS messages with and check their contact lists. White and black list creation tool with approved and not-approved friends, … Read more

Norton Safety Minder for Android keeps kids safe, monitored 3 days ago

Dusan Belic

Droid RAZR MAXX temporarily out of stock on Verizon’s website

The DROID RAZR MAXX is obviously selling like hot cupcakes these days with Verizon Wireless at one point listing the popular devices as out of stock (along with the LG Revolution and Motorola DROID X2). However, the carrier and Motorola must’ve been working round the clock to fix this “injustice” and now the DROID RAZR MAXX is back with a small label that says “Will ship by 2/9.” That’s two days from now, so if you want the thicker version of the RAZR (with bigger 3300 mAh battery), you may … Read more

Droid RAZR MAXX temporarily out of stock on Verizon's website 3 days ago

Dusan Belic

Sprint’s ZTE Optik 7-inch tablet now available for $99.99

Sprint’s affordable 7-inch tablet, ZTE Optik, is now available for $99.99. The device is pretty capable, delivering quite a bang for the buck. It comes with a dual-core 1.2GHz processor, 5-megapixel rear-facing camera, 2-megapixel front-facing one, 3G (EV-DO Rev. A) and Wi-Fi connectivity, GPS, Bluetooth, 1GB of RAM, 16GB of built-in storage, while Android 3.2 Honeycomb is running the show. Don’t want another two-year contract? Sprint lists the Optik with the regular price of $350, though you can’t seem to buy it without committing to the carrier’s plan. Guess they … Read more

Sprint's ZTE Optik 7-inch tablet now available for $99.99 3 days ago

Dusan Belic

Big Bluetooth speaker Jawbone BIG JAMBOX coming soon

Like Jawbone’s JAMBOX Bluetooth speaker? If you’re not carrying it around that often, you may like the soon-to-be-announced BIG JAMBOX even more. As you can imagine from its name, the new speaker will deliver all of the benefits its smaller brother does (wireless music streaming) in a bigger package that is able to “fill up any room with unbelievable sound.” This speaker already got FCC’s seal of approval, so I guess now it’s all about the timing, to unveil the new device at a proper time. To that end, it’s … Read more

Big Bluetooth speaker Jawbone BIG JAMBOX coming soon 3 days ago

Dusan Belic

Gameloft LIVE! keeps gamers connected with avatars, allows them to earn virtual currency

Third-party social networks for games are cool, but big publishers want to control the end-user experience more closely. To that end Gameloft launched the Gameloft LIVE! app for Android, allowing players to keep up with their friends across a number of Gameloft titles. Here’s what you can do with the free to download application: Stay in touch with your friends – invite them to games, send messages and chat in real time. Create your avatar and hub just for you. Build your gamer score and earn XP and virtual Gameloft … Read more

Gameloft LIVE! keeps gamers connected with avatars, allows them to earn virtual currency 3 days ago

Dusan Belic

inMarket unveils world’s first mobile shopper network, becomes CheckPoints’ parent company

inMarket unveiled what it says is the first mobile network exclusively reaching shoppers making retail purchasing decisions. Simply called the inMarket Shopper Network, it combines the volume of brick-and-mortar retail with the performance accountability of online advertising in its hyper-targeted programs, which is apparently a concept only recently made possible through mobile. The CheckPoints rewards app — the one we covered for few times in the past — will continue to play an anchor role alongside best in class shopping apps and inMarket’s SDK set for release in coming weeks. … Read more

inMarket unveils world's first mobile shopper network, becomes CheckPoints' parent company 3 days ago

Dusan Belic