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Remember that post from a few days ago, mentioning that Best Buy Canada would launch the BlackBerry Bold 9780 on November 9th? Well, the 9th is here, and indeed, it’s looking like the 9780 is on its way off the shelves for Canadian consumers. As expected, Rogers has made the Bold 9780 available, and you…
Some rumours are suggesting that the Storm 3 we had seen a few months ago with a 3.7″ touchscreen and an optical trackpad is codenamed Monaco. Also, the old Dakota/Magnum project that put a touchscreen on the Bold 9000 form factor has been revived as the Montana, apparently. It’s entirely likely that the Montana is…
Just when RIM had pretty much emptied out everything they had been working on lately, like the Style, Bold 9780, and Torch, we’re starting to get wind of the next batch of BlackBerry devices. Vodafone Germany is listing a battery cover for the BlackBerry 9900 in their inventory, which is a device we haven’t really…
If you’ve ever wanted to combine the touchscreen goodness of the iPad with the can’t be beat feel of a full tactile keyboard, Crux may have just the thing you’ve been looking for. Dubbed the Crux360, this new clamshell-keyboard case for your iPad will have your friends and colleagues doing a double-take. It instantly turns…
The folks at CAZE are up to their stylish tricks yet again. This time around they’ve announced a new case for the iPhone 4. The ThinEdge Clear Case for iPhone 4 is the latest to grace their lineup, and it packs a lot of nice features new owners will enjoy. The case itself is constructed…
They say you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, and I’m ashamed to admit that I used to profile people based on what type of mobile phone they carried. Seems like I might have been right all along because data collected by personal finance service Pageonce shows that an average iPhone users charges around…
As Opera promised last week, they’ve now released a beta of their Opera Mobile 10.1 browser for Android. Since they’re using hardware acceleration throughout the entire application, things like pinch to zoom and scrolling are insanely smooth, or as Steve Jobs would say: “like butter”. Also built in is the ability to use the same…
USA WEEKEND Magazine and maker of the mobile location check-in service Whrrl, Pelago, are teaming-up to launch a mobile shopper marketing program to give the magazine’s advertisers the opportunity to leverage Whrrl’s technology to connect with smartphone users in-home and as they shop in-store. Under the deal, USA WEEKEND will build custom societies for marketers…
Western Digital announced that its WD Photos photo viewer app is no longer an iPhone thing, only — Android users are now also invited to jump on board and access photos stored on their compatible WD hard drives while on the go. If for some reason you like this idea — as opposed to hosting…
After the iPhone app, Sam’s Club is going for other mobile platforms. The membership warehouse club is out with mobile apps for Android and BlackBerry smartphone users, and an “optimized for mobile” website. Among the features included in the Sam’s Club app, we highlight: Access to the latest information on local club events, membership renewal…