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T-Mobile is always cracking me up. In a recent commercial, the carrier pokes fun at the iPhone 4 and AT&T. Apparently, FaceTime – a video calling feature available only on the iPhone 4 – can’t be fully supported by AT&T’s network, hence its Wi-Fi only limitation. Fair enough, but wasn’t T-Mobile the one whining last…
What does it take to be a successful app? When it boils down to it, I think you just need to deliver what the people want in a technically proficient way. This is exemplified by the Bible.is app hitting more than 1 million downloads in about five months. The Bible app is available for the…
In a bit of a turnaround, Papa John’s has just released an iPhone app after previously saying it didn’t need to. While rivals like Pizza Hut had apps out years ago, Papa John’s previously called an iPhone app a “dud” and it instead focused on the mobile web. Now that there are more than 50…
We know that the HTC 7 Pro will be bringing Windows Phone 7 to Sprint and other CDMA devices but we haven’t got a good look at the device until now. The Unwired has snagged a bunch of high-quality shots of this QWERTY-sporting smartphone. The HTC Pro 7 has been spotted on Germany’s website, so…
Stuck on an older version of iOS because the latest and greatest isn’t supported by your favorite jailbreak method yet? Fret not as the iPhone Dev Team now has redsn0w for iOS 4.2.1 in the beta stage of an untethered jailbreak right now. The beta tester phase ought to iron out the kinks and bugs…
We know that HTC is preparing a smartphone for the Verizon 4G LTE network and the ad picture in this post indicates that it could be called the Thunderbolt 4G. We have previously seen this device when it was code-named Mecha and some thought it would be called the Incredible HD, but this ad sends…
The world was in disbelief when Apple took the plunge into the mobile phone market in 2007. That year during WWDC, Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone, a wondrous little device that made phone calls, surfed the Internet and replaced the iPod – all in one. The initial reaction from competitors, or soon-to-be competitors since Apple…
The Apple iPhone 4 has been a big hit in Japan but it’s lacking some key features that those users expect like NFC capabilities to pay for things like the subway. The carrier Softbank is trying to fix that by adding an NFC sticker to the case. The iPhone 4 NFC support is achieved through…
Samsung has had success with its Galaxy S series of smartphones and its popular tablet, selling millions of each device during 2010. Now, the manufacturer is going to try its hand at the digital media player market with the future launch of the Samsung Galaxy Player (YP-GB1). Samsung confirmed today that it will be introducing…
We already know that Skype plans to bring video calling to the iPhone 4 and other platforms but the VoIP provider may have just outed the oft-rumored Verizon iPhone. Skype published some support documents for this feature on the iPhone and one of these had the Verizon logo prominently displayed. The documents were quickly pulled…