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Hot Deal: T-Mobile’s HTC One S available for $125 from Wirefly through Memorial Day weekend

If a) you don’t need the HTC One X and would rather get something more affordable like One S, and b) want T-Mobile as a carrier – here’s a good news for you. Wirefly has a special offer for HTC’s powerful smartphone, offering it for $149.99 with a two-year contract, which is $50 less than what the Magenta carrier asks at the moment. But that’s not all, if you enter coupon code HTCONES25, you’ll get an additional $25 off for a total price of $124.99 (plus taxes, where apply). Pretty Read more

First 50 Galaxy S III buyers in London to get Olympic tickets for free

If you happen to be one of the first 50 folks to buy the sexy new Samsung Galaxy S III, aside from getting the best Android smartphone ever made, you’ll also get free tickets to the Olympics. The information comes from AndroidCentral, which received an email from the Samsung store at Westfield Stratford City, London detailing the Galaxy S III launch event on the evening of May 29th. Invites are being sent out for 5pm, with the first sales taking place at 6pm, assuming you’ve pre-ordered your S III. Samsung Read more

NPD: Children in the U.S. are adopting mobile apps

Children in the U.S. of A have access to an average of 12 apps on mobile devices, the majority of which (88%) were downloaded for free. According to the research firm NPD Group, children use smartphones, tablets and smart media players like iPod Touch five days of the week, with the average session lasting just under one hour. As expected, games are the single most popular app category among children, accounting for an average of 6.5 apps on a device. This is followed by listening to or downloading music, and Read more

Asus Padfone, Transformer Pad Infinity hitting Australia in July

Aussies will have to wait a big longer (than Europe and North America) to get the latest Asus’ products. The Taiwanese company turned to Facebook to share the sad news, saying that their smartphone turned tablet Padfone and flagship tablet, Transformer Pad Infinity, will hit Australia in July. If you missed our coverage on the two devices, you should know that Padfone is an Android-powered smartphone that comes with a 10-inch tablet shell which not only adds an extra screen estate, but also provides users with extra battery juice. In Read more

Unlocked LG Optimus L7 available in the UK for 233.99 GBP

The best device from LG’s L series, L7, is now available in the UK. Online phone retailer Handtec is offering the unlocked smartphone for 233.99 GBP, which translates into some $367. That’s not a bad price for a device as capable as L7, though I know most of you are looking to get the sexy new Samsung Galaxy S III… Specs wise, LG’s baby comes with a 4.3-inch WVGA IPS LCD screen, 5-megapixel rear-facing camera, 1GHz dual-core processor, HSPA and Wi-Fi connectivity, GPS, Bluetooth, and 4GB of built-in storage which Read more

YoYo Games’ GameMaker: Studio allows developers to make cross-platform 2D games using HTML5

YoYo Games launched GameMaker: Studio, a new software that promises to make 2D game development easy, relying on HTML5 technology. This in turn, will allow developers to make game once and see it running on multiple platforms, including iOS and Android. Although it’s touted as a “powerful” solution, GameMaker: Studio sports a drag-and-drop IDE with a built-in games-oriented scripting language, making it suitable both for novices and seasoned game developers. Moreover, once your done with development, you are able to export the game as native iOS and Android packages, or Read more

ooVoo updates its iOS and Android app, launches Facebook video-chat application

Multi-party video chat service ooVoo updated all of its apps, including those for desktop and mobile platforms. We don’t care about the former, but we definitely want to look at the latter. Here’s what you should know: – Both iOS and Android apps have been updated, featuring a new user interface and simplified registration using Facebook. – The new iPad app allows users to host a 12-way video chat with the ability to view four simultaneous video streams at once. – ooVoo is making free the option to record and Read more

NewsLook launches personalized video news app to iPad

We’ve already seen a number of personalized magazine and news apps like Flipboard and Zite, but none of them was focused on video exclusively. Enter NewsLook, a 24-hour global streaming video news service, which newly launched iPad app features a vast, curated library of news video from over 50 sources including Associated Press, Bloomberg and Reuters. As you can imagine, you are able to create your own custom channels like sports, politics, lifestyle, fashion, art and entertainment. Moreover, you can also select a specific type of interest such as some Read more

Sexting and the College Student [Infographic]

As you can imagine, sexting is no big deal for most college students. In fact, as many as four out of five engage in sexting, even though it can lead to more than just embarrassment, especially if a minor is involved. According to one survey, 56% of students admitted to receiving sexually suggestive images and 78% of students admitted to receiving sexually suggestive messages. So what can students and the society do about it? I’m not sure, but this could be a potential problem since it’s so widely spread… The Read more

New iPad usage already exceeds original iPad

After two months on the market, usage for the new third-generation iPad has already surpassed usage on the original first-generation iPad released in April 2010, according to a report. Analyzing data from iOS apps it has access to, Localytics has been able to determine first-generation iPad, iPad 2 and third-generation iPad usage and compare them over different timeframes. During the launch week of the most recent iPad model in which Apple sold three million tablets in that single weekend, the new iPad was hastily able to snatch up 14 percent Read more

Rant: Sprint cans the Nexus S 4G, good riddance!

Well, I could’t say I didn’t see this one coming. Sprint has officially given the ax to the Nexus S 4G, according to The Verge. This suggest that The Now Network is clearing shelf space for the newer Galaxy Nexus that released on the carrier a few weeks ago. The Nexus S was a popular device to many, because of its unique form factor (people dug the chin), and its normal sized 4-inch AMOLED screen. Although it was popular in its day, it left many Android users with heavy heartache Read more