In another Glu Mobile’s success story we have the company announcing that its Deer Hunter Challenge has surpassed 2 million downloads in the first 20 days on the AppStore. Based on Atari’s popular Deer Hunter franchise, the game sees you discovering and hunting animals in a number of unique environments, including Alaska and Patagonia. Then…
Cobra PhoneTag makes sure you never lost your phone
Cobra PhoneTag is a new product from Cobra Electronics, which touts it as an “innovative Bluetooth tagging system that links a smartphone to you or other valuables.” Working like a two-way alarm and loss prevention device between the Android, BlackBerry or iPhone smartphones, Cobra’s new device makes sure you never (or at least not that…
Tata DOCOMO launches HTC 7 Mozart in India
After the HTC HD7, another HTC-made Windows Phone 7 device is launched in India. This time, we’re talking about the HTC 7 Mozart, which doesn’t come with the HD7-like super-large screen, but a display that’s large enough (3.7 inches) to nicely render all the graphics in WVGA resolution. In addition, there’s also an 8-megapixel camera…
REVIEW: Palm Pre 2 – HP’s First webOS Phone
The Pre 2 is the first handset Palm has made since they were rescued from complete deterioration by HP and given what you might call a third wind. Despite the fact that webOS brought a lot of cool stuff to the table when it was introduced two years ago, like live thumbnails in multitasking, gesture…
Prisoners, having nothing but time, play FarmVille on smuggled cell phones
If you’re ever in prison, there are plenty of ways to pass the time. You can exercise until you’re in the greatest shape of your sad life, or you can read lengthy novels or learn to write poetry. Or you can play FarmVille. That’s right – the time wasting and reportedly addictive game has found…
Opera browser for tablets coming at CES
Opera is not going to let Skyfire get all the tablet browser love, as the company has demonstrated a sneak peak at its browser for tablets. In the video below, you’ll get a quick glimpse of Opera for tablets and it appears to be running on the Samsung Galaxy Tab. Like with the desktop version,…
Semi Secret Software Goes Open Source with Canabalt for iOS
One of my all-time favorite games for iOS, Canabalt, has gone open source on us. For real. The developers at Semi Secret Software have released all of the source code, music, graphics and a bunch of other goodies for everyone from serious app developers and casual hacks around the world to tinker with. How cool…
Samsung Galaxy Tab gets a Bluetooth keyboard case, too
After the iPhone 4, Brando is going for the growing army of the Samsung Galaxy Tab users. He’s out with the Bluetooth keyboard case that effectively turns Sammy’s tablet into a netbook of some sort, while at the same time protecting the device from accidental drops. Heck, the case is said to be waterproof though…
Google putting real hardware requirements for Android Honeycomb in place?
While we know that the upcoming Android Gingerbread won’t have minimum hardware requirements, it may be a different story for Honeycomb, Google’s tablet-optimized version of Android. With rumors that the NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual core CPU will be the design reference for Honeycomb, it may end up actually being a requirement. There’s also rumors that the…
Motorola Splits in Twain Tomorrow
Motorola’s handset division will officially become its own company tomorrow, as expected. Current Motorola stockholders will get one share of Motorola Mobility for every eight shares they own, which will be followed by a 7-to-1 reverse stock split. Although the split means that they won’t be able to indefinitely suckle on their established infrastructure and…