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The Kik messaging client for BlackBerry has been yanked from RIM’s official software portal, App World. No comment as to why was made, but it’s possible that Kik’s growth has been too much of a strain on RIM’s hosting. The more conspiratorial among us might think RIM is trying to to nip a potential BlackBerry…
We thought that AT&T might have been the first to release the Samsung Galaxy Tab, but it looks like they will be last of the four major US carriers to offer the Android tablet from Samsung. On top of that, AT&T also has made the upcoming 7 inch tablet the most expensive out of all…
U.S. Cellular will also be offering the Samsung Galaxy Tab this holiday season for about $399 on a new, two-year contract. The Galaxy Tab will be available on U.S. Cellular on Nov. 19 and that $400 price tag will be after a $100 mail-in rebate. The long-term costs may also be a lot, as it…
The Samsung Fascinate is the Galaxy S phone for Verizon Wirless and the carrier has put its own spin on the Android-powered smartphone. Is the Fascinate better than the other Galaxy S phones or is it just another “me too” handset? Well, read on for a comprehensive review. Verizon Samsung Fascinate Available now from Verizon…
We’ve seen the T-Mobile G2 overclocked before, but nowhere near the speeds that this new overclocked Android kernel provides. A new kernel has hit the XDA forums that will allow your G2 to push Android OS to the limits with CPU speeds at 1.9GHz! We were wondering if the G2 would get some sort of…
Firemint’s Real Racing is one of those games that just needs to be downloaded on every iPhone gamer’s device. The graphics are slick (especially on the iPhone 4’s Retina Display), controls are tight, and the amount of game you get for your dollar makes it an easy recommendation for any racing fan. Firemint knows they…
Facebook is trying to rewrite the way people communicate with each other and it will be bringing the improved Messages product to its to the Apple iPhone app. The new Facebook operates around three principals: Seamless messaging, conversation history and a social inbox. The first is where the mobile market may play the biggest role…
The highly anticipated Path photo sharing app has finally been released to the masses. If you’re a heavy social-networker and you share more photos than you do little quirky status updates, you might want to give this app a shot. It’s sort of like Instagram, except right now it’s closed in that you can only…
A new site launched a few weeks ago called Damn You Auto Correct which showcases screenshots from poorly-worded text conversations, usually from an iPhone. Often on-screen keyboards will predict the wrong word that someone is trying to type, and speedy texters have a bad habit of hitting Send before reading it over. Damn You Autocorrect…
We know that Google has been working on Android Gingerbread for a while and there’s a strong chance that it could come out of the oven later today. We were expecting the Android Gingerbread SDK to drop last week but that didn’t happen. The clues are starting to come into place that at least part…