We’re well on the way to Halloween, and so what better time for iPhone/iPod Touch apps providers to come with new titles! In this case it’s Scholastic Media with two apps based on their books series: I SPY and Goosebumps. I SPY Spooky Mansion: Takes players on a hidden object adventure through a scary and…
Archives for October 16, 2009
Nokia Musical Chairs Update: Jo Harlow to head Smartphones, John Martin to head Mobile Computers
Earlier today I posted the press release that Nokia issued this morning about Rick Simonson leaving his post as CFO to head the mobile phones unit. Reuters managed to digg up some more details. The Devices Unit is now split into three subunits, not two as I said this morning. Mobile Phones, which does S30 and…
WIND Device Lineup Leaked
The up and coming Canadian carrier, wind, is getting close to launch, and will apparently be bragging no contracts, no system access fee, free caller ID and voice mail, no long distance charges for calls within your province, and a freaking Microsoft Surface in every store. Hot damn, sign me up. Their first devices, according tipsters,…
Video: Breaking the law with the Nokia N900 and Bit Torrent
Staska from Unwired View lives in Lithuania and the poor guy can’t get the latest TV shows and movies from America, so he has to resort to piracy. I do the same thing from here in Finland, but to be honest even when I was living in America I pirated the living hell out of…
Sony Ericsson’s Q3 Results: Sales Dropped 42% Year over Year
Sony Ericsson continues a downward spiral in the third financial quarter of 2009, although this go-around is not quite as bad as Q2. President Dick Komiyama is leaving the company at the end of the year, and he’s feeling optimistic about the SE’s future, even though it had to take in a Euro 455 million…
Android 2.0 Preview: Facebook and Microsoft Exchange built in, new Google Maps, new everything
The Motorola Sholes that The Boy Genius some how managed to score earlier this week is running Android 2.0. Whether or not that version is going to be called “Éclair” is up for debate, but with Google employees moving a model replica of said pastry on their front lawn, something has to be up. What’s…
Oklahoma City Gets T-Mobile 3G
Great news for folks in Oklahoma City. Multiple reports have been flowing in that 3G is now available in OKC, much to the relief and excitement of T-Mobile customers in the area. Keep in mind, this is unconfirmed news at this point, but many reports have been coming in that 3G is up-and-running. I’ll keep…
More Acer Liquid A1 Goodness: Looking Good in Red
I can’t help myself. Doing some digging around this morning on the Android-Powered Acer Liquid A1, and have come across some new images. This comes to us via the folks at Pocket-Lint, seems as though they’ve had some hands-on time with the A1, but not the typical build we’ve seen thus far. This one was…
R-Vintage Lookup 2.0 for BlackBerry: Must-Have Tool for the Wine Enthusiast
Drink a lot of wine? Or perhaps you simply enjoy a glass of Shiraz every once and awhile to relax and unwind with? Whatever the case, if you have a soft spot for the grape, there’s a new BlackBerry app out that you may fall in love with. Titled ‘R-Vintage Lookup’, this wine enthusiasts app…
Android-Powered Acer Liquid A1 Specs Leaked
Happy Friday, all! Remember the Acer A1 Android phone that went all official on us yesterday? Today I’ve stumbled across a full spec list for the A1, and it looks not half-bad. Key features/specs include: 3.5? WVGA (800 × 480) Capacitive Processor: Qualcomm QSD 8250 1GHz (we will see who is actually to 768 Mhz)…