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Folks are starting to get antsy for Windows Phone 7 and its arrival at AT&T on Monday, so the carrier is making sure that its customers and soon-to-be customers are aware of the launch details. Yesterday, an AT&T representative said that pre-orders would not be available, but that the handsets would be available in AT&T…
Dell has announced that they’re offering about 25,000 of their employees a Venue Pro handset running Windows Phone 7 to replace their corporate BlackBerry. Dell also plans to do the same with Android once they release the Venue. Although this might be seen as some sign of allegiance to their own mobile solutions, the company…
It seems Japanese handset makers needed some time to embrace Android and include it to their high-end mix. That’s now a thing of the past as we have Sharp announced two super-awesome smartphones running Froyo (Android 2.2) for Softbank. The two devices unveiled are Galapagos 003SH and 005SH. The former is an all-touchscreen device with…
Samsung and AT&T unveiled a successor to the original Solstice feature phone, which was announced at the end of July last year. The new version of the device keeps the QWERTY side-slider form factor, making it another Quick Messaging device in the carrier’s portfolio. In addition, there’s a 3-inch WQVGA (240×400 pixels) touchscreen, 2-megapixel camera,…
Zumobi keeps pushing new apps to the iOS device users and their latest work is a result of collaboration with Good Housekeeping magazine. The new application is called Good Housekeeping @Home App and it’s available free of charge for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad owners. There are six content/functionality areas included in the app:…
It was six month ago when OpenTable announced that 3 million people have booked restaurant reservations using their mobile apps. Translated into cash, the company estimates mobile users have generated more than $250 million in revenue for its restaurant partners. And when we put this number into the bigger picture we find out that mobile…
Andreessen Horowitz LLC, the venture capital firm co-founded by Netscape’s founder Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, has raised $650 million for a second fund to invest in startups. It is said that the company will look at the ever-innovative mobile industry for growth. The VC is already known as an investor in companies like Skype,…
Nozbe has once again updated its iPad application, this time bringing some features that are not even available on their web-based service. The update adds two new views — “Unread Comments” and “Delegated Actions” — both of which sound useful to me. Of course, the company said these views will also hit the iPhone/iPod Touch…
Don’t know about you, but I used to enjoy playing Space Ace and Dragon’s Lair on my Amiga “back in the days.” Sure, the gameplay was sucky — all you had to do is move your joystick to the right direction and the main character (Dirk the Daring or Dexter) would do the right thing…
Orange UK is offering a special version of the low-end-ish Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini smartphone. The QWERTY keyboard-equipped device is getting the “Fashion Edition,” boasting two “free fashion covers” (white and pink) that go well with the device’s black body. Targeted at British ladies who want a taste of Android, Sony Ericsson’s special baby…