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Despite cramped seats, numerous delays, and in some cases overbooking, traveling via the modern marvel of aviation is still the fastest and most convenient way to get to your destination. Creature comforts have been introduced over the past few decades to make the experience more tolerable, things like first class, free booze, priority boarding, and…
T-Mobile is taking some extra steps in the direct carrier billing department by allowing customers to purchase content and services and have said services charged to their monthly bill. “In 2009, T-Mobile was the first U.S. carrier to offer direct carrier billing for the Android Market. With this new program, we’re extending the hassle-free payment…
If you’ve been waiting to get the Nexus S or just want a new smartphone for not much money, you should check out Best Buy August 3 because the company will be offering the pure Google experience phone for free with a new, two-year contract. That’s right, starting at 11:00 p.m. CST tonight through 11:59…
After a false start this morning, the Skype video and voice calling app for the iPad has been released. All of the standard bells and whistles are included, like instant messaging, friends list management, SMS texting, and of course video and voice calls to other Skype users as well as land lines. No multi-user video…
As if we didn’t have enough OS 7 BlackBerry launch dates today. A leaked flyer for Rogers has shown that they’ll be getting the Bold 9900 even earlier than Telus. August 9 is the date listed, which is in exactly one week, though they do say that target is tentative. Yeah, that word is there,…
Hunting around for an iPhone 5 release date? A bunch of dates from Telus have leaked, revealing that Canada is getting the iPhone 5 on October 1. At best, we have an idea of what it might look like, but any other info on the device itself is still the subject of speculation. That same…
Apple has just flipped the switch on iCloud.com and the company’s web apps are now live to join the mobile versions which will be going live with iOS 5 later this Fall. For those of you who have used MobileMe, the new iCloud web apps shouldn’t be much of a surprise, even if these are…
Whenever I get a new Android device, I always throw on the Amazon App Store in order to get free, high-quality paid apps each day. While that’s great for consumers and has surely brought in a lot of traffic, is this approach good for app makers? According to a blog post from the Shifty Jelly…
Piper Jaffray recently wrapped up some research on smartphone adoption, revealing that 67% of BlackBerry owners were going to switch to an iPhone next, with only 26% sticking with RIM. By contrast, 94% of iPhone owners were going to get an Apple handset again, while 42% of Android owners would be continuing with the OS…
While hearing about Android malware is nothing new, the researchers at CA Community have found an Android malware which can record your phone calls. Holy security risk, Batman! What’s scary is that the permissions needed for this “app” look like your standard permissions for many other apps including hardware controls, phone calls and system tools.…