OtterBox has released yet another ‘special edition’ type case, this time in support of the Avon Breast Cancer Crusade (10% of every purchase is donated toward the charity). As you can see in the image above, the new accessory for the BlackBerry Torch 9800 is pink from head to toe, and offers much the same…
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Angry Birds coming to Windows Phone 7?
A tweet by Rovio Mobile suggests its popular mobile game, Angry Birds, may be landing on Windows Phone 7 handsets in the near future. The tweet points to an announcement coming on Angry Birds Day, a fan-proclaimed event with worldwide meet-ups slated for December 11th. On that date, Rovio says it may provide an update on…
Koostik Wooden iPhone Dock Amplifies Audio Without Power or Parts
Perhaps you have a basement with retro-cool 60’s wood paneling on the walls… Or perhaps you are an audiophile with good taste in everything musical. Whatever the case, if you’d find a wooden iPhone dock that promises to amplify sound without additional power or components… read on. The Koostik wood iPhone dock is built out…
Opera Mobile 10.1 for Symbian^3, S60 5th Edition, and 3rd Edition devices is now out
Opera, makers of the desktop browser that goes by the same name, has just released the final version of Opera Mobile 10.1 browser for Symbian devices. If you’ve got a Symbian smartphone that you’ve purchased in the past 3 or 4 years, then chances are your handset will be supported. New features include the just-in-time…
AT&T and Sprint looking to swap some spectrum to increase coverage in major metro areas
AT&T and Sprint have filed a request with the FCC for a swap of spectrum licenses. This is about the driest news you’ll be reading this week, so let’s get to the meat and potatoes and get out of here so we can go and enjoy Thanksgiving: The Applicants state that the additional spectrum (including…
Apple to release iOS 4.3 next month? Subscription billing to be a main feature?
Apple’s newest version of their iOS operating system that runs on the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, came out less than 50 hours ago, and there’s already a rumor going around that another update, version 4.3, is going to be released quite soon. Earlier this month we reported about “The Daily”, a secret project between…
Sony Reader hitting iOS, Android in December
This one’s for existing Sony Reader device users. If you also happen to own an iOS or Android powered smartphone or tablet, you’ll be glad to know that Sony Reader will release the native application for the two platforms in December. In other words, you will be able to transfer all of the books you’ve…
UberTwitter comes to the iPhone!
No longer a BlackBerry exclusive, UberTwitter is going for the iPhone users. Still in beta, the free to download application comes with standard Twitter features such as composing and sending tweets, retweeting, direct messaging and embedded link shortening. Moreover, there’s the so called UberView that makes reading tweets faster and easier. You can either tap…
Sports Tracker 4.0 adds workout sharing capability, indoor and night mode, and improved energy consumption estimate
The popular GPS and accelerometer enabled activity tracking tool Sports Tracker is now in version 4.0. I’m not sure such a big leap forward in terms of the version number is needed as only few things have been improved, but what do I know. On the other hand, it’s good to see Sports Tracker folks…
Quicky: Low-end AT&T R225 lands in the carrier’s GoPhone portfolio
AT&T has a new low-end feature phone in its GoPhone portfolio – the ZTE-made R225 which the carrier sells as AT&T R225. The dual-band GSM/EDGE candybar isn’t made for folks looking for anything other than making phone calls and texting. Sure it also comes with email and IM messaging support as well as mobile web…




