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The iPod touch-compatible ZTE Peel made its official début on Sprint this weekend. The 3G sleeve fits the second and third generation iPod touch and provides internet connectivity via Sprint’s 3G network. The sleeve functions as a WiFi hotspot that supports two simultaneous connections so you can share your mobile broadband with a friend, family member,…
More often than not, passionate people will find alternate uses for today’s technology. Case in point today, the iPad Protest Sign. For real. During a recent Lithuanian protest, an iPad was spotted in use as a vehicle to carry his message. Yes, a protest sign. Folks at the gathering noticed one person that had an…
MeeGo, the Linux based open source project that is being lead by Intel and Nokia with the goal of making Qt applications run on pretty much anything with a microprocessor inside, got a new friend today. Advanced Micro Devices, better known as AMD, announced at the first ever MeeGo conference that they’ll be joining the…
Nokia’s Symbian^3 powered C7, which was announced on September 14th of this year and started shipping less than a month later on the 11th of October, has a little secret. Buried inside is a chip that is capable of interacting with other devices via near field communication (NFC), but due to schedules that failed to…
The good all “invisible hand of the market” never ceases to impress. Ok maybe there were “some” problems with the banks few years ago, but still – we get to buy better products at lower prices all the time. That said, yesterday UK’s Dixons offered the Samsung Galaxy Tab for 479 GBP, the move which…
Mark Papermaster is a man whose name is most commonly associated with the issues that plague the antenna in Apple’s fourth generation iPhone. The 49 year old was picked up by Apple after working at IBM for over 25 years where he was, among other things, Vice President of Microprocessor Technology Development. This guy was…
It was Xtify rather than Playboy that informed us about a new Android application called Playboy Scout. The reason is simple – the app relies on Xtify’s technology to deliver (push) location-triggered content to the users. Scout presents Playboy’s audience with exclusive nightlife-oriented offers and information about events, clubs, and bars which have been reviewed…
Sling Media is riding the Windows Phone 7 wave, announcing that its SlingPlayer Mobile is now available for download from Windows Marketplace Mobile. You know the drill, right? You need a Slingbox SOLO or Slingbox PRO-HD connected to the Internet and then you will be able to watch your home TV on a smartphone. Moreover,…
Glu Mobile is all proud to announce a “strong early momentum” for its first social mobile games – Gun Bros and Toyshop Adventures. In a matter of weeks, the two titles have each generated more than 1 million downloads from Apple’s AppStore with Gun Bros currently averaging at more than 100,000 and Toyshop Adventures averaging…
These days it doesn’t matter how smart your smartphone is, when the battery dies it’s absolutely useless. It’s why RIM is so popular with the business crowd, it’s why the mainstream stayed away from the first generation of Android devices, and it’s why Apple iPhone owners buy those bulky slip on cases that have an…