After the deal with Ordnance Survey for UK listings, mobile location services provider Telmap is partnering with Das Örtliche, Germany’s leading local directory to integrate their local businesses database into Telmap mobile location companion. As a result, folks relying on Telmap apps to navigate through Germany will get to access richer points of interest (POI)…
Video: Conan O’Brien and his interpretation of the Apple iPad 2 announcement
Apple’s recently announced iPad 2 made Apple fans across the world squeal like a pig about to feast on a bucket of chicken from KFC, but many people, myself included, frankly couldn’t give a damn. Whether Google manages to make a better tablet operating system, or Microsoft comes out with something compelling in 18 months,…
Microsoft won’t have iPad competitor until 2012?
If you saw the Apple iPad 2 and wanted to wait to see Microsoft’s response, you may have to wait a long time. A report out of Businessweek suggests that a true Microsoft iPad competitor won’t hit the market until the back-to-school time in 2012. Yowza. We already know that Microsoft’s tablet strategy is Windows…
WiFi Motorola Xoom to retail for $539 at Sam’s Club
Droid-life got their hands on some promotional signage from Sam’s Club that suggests the WiFi version of the Motorola Xoom will retail for a mere $539. The information was reportedly obtained from a “Year Beginning” meeting of employees. A launch date was not mentioned, but the WiFi Xoom is expected to land in Europe in…
LG Optimus 2X can multitouch like a champ [HD video]
Oh that Optimus 2X continues to surprise. We’ve already reviewed the device but playing around with some multitouch apps show that the Tegra 2-powered device can recognize up to 10 inputs at once. In the review of the LG Optimus 2X, I mentioned how I didn’t like the keyboard that much because the auto-correct software…
AT&T not shocked by iPhone defectors headed to Verizon
When the Verizon iPhone was announced, the world assumed that AT&T iPhone subscribers would be departing and defecting en masse. It turns out that’s not the case, and the numbers of defectors doesn’t surprise AT&T, says a high-level rep. Quite frankly, I’m not surprised, either. The subject of switching to Verizon for the iPhone is…
Verizon Wireless named best in multiple regions by J.D. Power
A new study from J.D. Power & Associates has named Verizon the top carrier in the West region. The report was pretty darn comprehensive, as it measured dropped calls, failed connections, text and voicemail notifications, static and other factors. Verizon was the tops in the West with five stars, followed by Sprint Nextel with four…
BulkyPix & DotEmu Team Up To Bring Another World to iPhone & iPad Later This Year
Back in 1991, there was a video game called Another World (or Out of This World as it was known when it was released in the US) that revolutionized the gaming industry with its cinematic effects, graphics, and cut scenes. At the time, games have yet to reach a maturity that Another World did as…
Microsoft resumes February Windows Phone update for Samsung phones
Microsoft is resuming the February Windows Phone update for Samsung handsets. If you recall, the software patch was pulled after reports of failed upgrades and bricked handsets started making the rounds. Microsoft’s Windows Phone team confirmed in a blog post that a small percentage of handsets, most of them made by Samsung, were having difficulty…
Fight Night Champion for the iPhone Lets You Become Champion of the Wooorrrrrld
A couple of weeks ago, NBA Jam was released and it literally blew my socks off. Seriously – I have no idea where the socks I was wearing that day went and they were my lucky rainbow socks with individual toes. That’s besides the point as another big name sports game has made the jump…