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We all know that going apartment hunting can be a huge pain in the rear but now Rent.com is trying to help you out on the go with a slate of new apps for the iPhone, Android and BlackBerry. The Rent.com apps will sync with your account to the online service and you’ll be able…
Here we go again now. Android 2.3, or Gingerbread, is all but far off on the horizon. It’s close, and we can almost taste it. The recent Google Maps update has allowed us to see just what some of these refinements may entail. With a little API tinkering, Freenode IRC member canadiancow managed to give us…
Finally, a mobile offering will be coming from LG that may not be too disappointing. After deciding to ice their Froyo tablet, LG will be waiting until early next year to unveil a newer, more powerful Android tablet powered by the still-mythical Android Honeycomb 3.0 OS. The “LG-Pad” will pack quite the punch when launched…
Twitter is updating its Android app and the micro-blogging client is getting a host of new speed and performance improvements. The new Android app is available now and the company said you can look forward to: Tweet details page. We changed the layout of the timeline and introduced a Tweet details page, which you can…
Facebook just wrapped up its mobile event and put forth the framework for a new mobile applications platform built upon Facebook. Dispelling all rumors of the Facebook phone, CEO Mark Zuckerberg confirmed that Facebook is not interested in developing a new handset. Instead of hardware, Facebook will focus on integrating its network into a variety…
When it comes to my iPhone, I can honestly say I use it heavily on a daily, if not, hourly basis. As for the iPad, unfortunately it doesn’t get quite as much love as my iPhone 4 and I blame Apple for not making iOS 4.2 available for the iPad as soon as iOS 4…
Samsung is preparing 7-inch Super AMOLED screens for tablets and this could lead to the next generation of Apple iPad competitors in 2011. The Super AMOLED displays can be found exclusively on the Galaxy S smartphones and these things are beautiful. It produces some deep blacks, vibrant colors and it even works pretty well in…
Hot on the heels of their Android update, the most excellent web and mobile music service, Grooveshark, has recently updated their webOS app. Palm Pre and Pixi owners can now shuffle their music, control music through a new dashboard player that hangs out in the notification area, and a few other things. Here are the…
Anxiously awaiting theOTA update for your T-Mobile G2? Well, there’s a manual way to do it, but if you used the Google Goggles Remover that we posted yesterday, the update won’t install correctly. Thankfully, there is a fix for this and it’s easy enough as long as you read the instructions. If you HAVE NOT…
Last night, T-Mobile taught us the difference between 4G the technology, and “4G” the marketing term. The former actually means something in mobile technology, and is clearly defined by the International Telecommunications Union. The latter is the term you use when you need to entice more users to flock to your network by offering negligible…