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There’s some interesting data coming out of the latest Jumptap report, as the mobile advertising company has come up with some neat data about the advertising rates on Android, iOS and others. In particular, it’s fun to see which states tend to trend more toward Android or the iPhone. Of course, this data isn’t a…
HTC plans to make its Sense UI much more cloud-friendly with the $18.5 million purchase of the cloud-service provider Dashwire. “Cloud services are key to delivering the promise of connected services to our customers,” said Fred Liu, HTC president of engineering and operations, in a prepared statement. “People want access to all of their important…
Yet another beta from RIM has launched recently, only this one is geared more towards programmers. The first version of the BlackBerry PlayBook native development kit has gone into beta, meaning developers can make apps with a richness we have yet to really see on their tablet If you’ve poked around at all in the…
After a few coy glimpses, the next generation of BlackBerry’s on-device app store is now in the public eye. Beyond some of the visual updates, there are some new functional ones as well. Every month, they’ll be showing a a new set of themed apps, which are linked in the featured carrousel on the front…
As part of its Back to school campaign, EA is running one of those weekend only promotions, offering many of its popular iOS games for less. When it comes to the iPhone games, the following titles are now on sale: TETRIS, SCRABBLE, FIFA 11, Fight Night Champion, TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON, BATTLEFIELD: BAD COMPANY…
On the heels of that Droid Charge deal we covered few days ago, Amazon informed us about their latest offering. The online retailer has slashed prices for two additional 4G smartphones – Sprint’s Nexus S 4G and Verizon’s HTC Thunderbolt. The first of the two is available for $0.01 for new users, which is a…
Motorola officially announced the Domino+ smartphone aka XT531. The mid-range device will be sold in Europe as Motorola FIRE XT and in Latin America as Motorola SPICE XT. Moreover, it will also be available in Hong Kong and Taiwan where users will be able to access Moto’s SHOP4APPS service in addition to Android Market. Specs,…
Carphone Warehouse has slashed prices for all versions of the Motorola Xoom. This, however, doesn’t mean Moto’s baby is now super-affordable — quite the contrary, the Xoom is still far from being an Average Joe’s product of choice. The 3G model now costs 539 GBP, while the Wi-Fi only version is down to 439 GBP…
Comcast is quietly running a neat promotion, offering the free Motorola Xoom to select new customers. Alternatively, there’s an option to get the Honeycomb tablet for $99, which is still an awesome deal. The problem, however, is that the promotion isn’t advertised anywhere and only customers who actually ask for the Xoom may get one.…
To celebrate selling the 2 million Galaxy S II units in South Korea, Samsung unveiled uniquely-designed battery covers for its super-popular Android smartphone. There are four different designs to choose from, all of which will be available “in limited numbers.” We’ve no idea what that exactly means and can only hope the electronics giant will…