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Pinball Arcade launches for iOS and Android devices; World’s best mobile pinball?

A company called FarSight Studios unveiled Pinball Arcade for iOS and Android devices, touting it is as the world’s best mobile pinball. That’s kinda bold claim when we know Zen Pinball is rock solid — and something FarSight justifies with its licensed pinball tables from Bally, Williams, Gottlieb and Stern. The game is launching with four tables, including Tales of the Arabian Nights, Ripley’s Believe It or Not, Theatre of Magic, and Black Hole. And that’s just a start, with two new pinball tables set to be added to the Read more

Motorola Gleam+ is a RAZR-like clamshell

Motorola launched a successor of its RAZR-like Gleam clamshell, simply called Gleam+. That “plus” is well deserved since the new device looks much better than the original Gleam model. Moreover, specs are also bumped up, though at its core Gleam+ remains a feature phone. Speaking of specs, this fancy fella’ rocks a 2.8-inch WQVGA (240×400 pixels) internal display, external screen comprised of 144 LEDs, 2-megapixel camera with fixed focus, Bluetooth 2.1, FM radio, 3.5mm headset jack, and 50MB of built-in storage that is further expandable with microSD memory cards. Moto Read more

Dell launches Fongo-powered VoIP service in Canada – Dell Voice

Just selling computers isn’t good enough for Dell. The company wants a piece of the ever-growing VoIP market and has launched its own such offering in Canada. Dubbed Dell Voice, the new service is powered by Fongo, providing users with a Canadian phone number and the ability to make free calls to numbers in 30 large metropolitan areas, including Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, as well as hundreds of smaller cities. Incoming calls from Canada are free as well, while international calls are competitively priced — i.e. cheaper than Skype. Read more

Nvidia to showcase the world’s first quad-core smartphone at MWC 2012?

NVidia has started sending out invites for its press conference at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on February 27. Details are scarce at the moment, but since it says “Nvidia quad-core firsts continue at MWC,” it’s kinda safe to bet we’ll see the world’s first smartphone with a quad-core processor unveiled at that time. When you think about it, world’s first quad-core tablet is already out (Asus Transformer Prime), hinting us Nvidia is talking about something else. And what else could that be but a phone. According to some Read more

Samsung Star 3 hits the UK as the Toco Lite 2

So you want an affordable all-touchscreen feature phone? You may have seen the Samsung Star 3, successor of the super-popular Star II S5260, that will hit the UK in March under the name of Samsung Toco Lite 2. Specs wise, this little fella’ comes with a 3-inch QVGA display, 3.2-megapixel camera, EDGE and Wi-Fi connectivity, Bluetooth 3.0, and a microSD memory card slot. In terms of preloaded apps, there’s a web browser, Samsung’s ChatON messaging service, social networking clients, email app — all easily accessible through TouchWiz Lite UI. At Read more

UK: Toshiba AT200 available exclusively through Carphone Warehouse starting at 399 GBP

Not sure that many folks dig Toshiba’s tablets, but then again – I may be wrong. We gotta give it to the Japanese company for their super-thin (7.7mm) AT200 model (aka Excite X10) that makes the iPad and many other Android tablets feel too bulky. And now this handsome device is available in the UK, with the Carphone Warehouse scoring the exclusive launch deal. The 16GB tablet could be yours for 399 GBP (about $633), while the 32GB version is selling for 50 GBP more (449 GBP ~ $712). Specs Read more

Priceline.com updates its Hotel Negotiator app with Tonight-Only Deals

We’ve already told you about the priceline Hotel Negotiator app, which is available for iOS and Android-based devices. Like the current hotel deals listed in the application are not enough, the company is introducing new Tonight-Only Deals, offering discounts of up to 35% off published prices. In other words, you can think of these offers to be similar to Hotel Tonight’s offering. These super-hot deals for 3-star and 4-star hotel rooms are available in cities around the country, including Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Ft. Lauderdale, Honolulu, Houston, Las Vegas, Read more

History of mobile app stores [infographic]

ShoutEm prepared a neat infographic to provide us with a history overview of most popular mobile app stores in the world — including Google’s Android Market, Apple’s iPhone App Store, Nokia’s Ovi Store, RIM’s BlackBerry App World and Microsoft’s Windows Phone Marketplace. Sure enough some app stores are more successful than others, with Apple’s service offering more apps and games than any other store. Here’s how it all comes together… Click on the image above to enlarge it.

PON is a touted as the strongest, most versatile smartphone mount

Like to support new product development? Need a smartphone mount? Check out the PON, one of the projects at Kickstarter, created with a mission to provide the “strongest, most versatile mounting system to harness the full potential of smartphone technology in all applications of everyday life.” Bold words, but the product behind them is bold as well. As a matter of fact, it’s CNC machined from single block aerospace grade aluminum, and can work with just about any smartphone on the market, while allowing access to all phone functions and Read more

Consumers may love the iPhone, but carriers hate it

Ever wonder why when you walk into a carrier store, they always subtly (or in some cases, not so subtly) try to push you toward buying an Android device? The reason is because even though Apple requires a grandiose display of the iPhone, carriers make much more money off of Android phones. Carriers pay Apple the subsidy that is able to keep the iPhone down to its $199 price point even after cramming in loads of new features in every release. For Apple, this is good. For consumers, this is Read more

Love your new Android phone? You won’t for long

Flash back to 2009: You just bought a brand new Motorola Droid, the first phone to run Android 2.0 and one of the very first Android handsets to successfully compete with the iPhone. Your friend, however, decided to buy a recently released iPhone 3GS. Now jump ahead to the present: You and your friend still own those same phones, but which one out of the two feels like a worthless piece of crap? The Motorola Droid. This is the case with many Android and BlackBerry devices — they lose their Read more

Official Gameloft LIVE! app made available on Android Marketplace

I have to hand it to Gameloft for their continued support of their Gameloft LIVE! service even after Game Center’s release and domination on the iOS platform. Although, some times I find it to be somewhat annoying that all of my hard earned Gameloft LIVE! achievements scores are most likely going unnoticed since not everyone checks their Gameloft LIVE! profile as much as their Game Center profile. But when it comes to the Android OS, there’s still a gold rush of sorts of gaming social media platforms until Google decides Read more

Jetpack Joyride downloaded over 13 million times; Big update planned next month

Halfbrick’s other big game that doesn’t include slicing up dangerous fruit being hurdled in your direction, Jetpack Joyride, has been winning the minds and hearts of anyone that’s played it with its one-button interface and addictive gameplay. In fact, Halfbrick announced today at D.I.C.E. in Las Vegas they have made it past the 13 million download mark, although I would have easily been impressed if they announced they made it past 10 million downloads. What makes this news even more impressive is the fact Jetpack Joyride has achieved this goal Read more

Urbanspoon growing faster on mobile than on web

The Urbanspoon iPhone app has evolved from a simple tool for finding a restaurant nearby to a full-fledged service that caters to your entire dining experience. Users can explore nearby restaurants, use the classic shaker to help narrow it down, connect with friends and more. It should come as no surprise then that Urbanspoon has seen tremendous growth over the past few years. It released data showing just how much: 80 percent traffic growth in 2011 with the mobile app growing faster than the Urbanspoon website. The mobile app grew Read more