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Jet-setters who can’t get enough iPhone travel apps should know that FlightView is now available and free. The app is ranked pretty highly amongst other travel apps in the iTunes App Store, and the price on it is a very attractive zero. Keeping a tight schedule and knowing when flights are canceled, delayed or on-time…
Imagine becoming part of your mobile network. Everywhere you go, you’re helping improve and boost signals where they might otherwise be dead or non-existent. Now imagine that there dozens, maybe hundreds more around you that are doing the same thing. Sporting events and concerts or festivals like SXSW won’t be mobile dead zones anymore. Instead,…
Today OS 6 for the second-generation BlackBerry Bold, the 9700, was leaked, offering a host of user interface improvements, universal search from the home screen, and a new WebKit browser. The BlackBerry Bold 9700 is solid mid-rand smartphone, and packs most of the same specs you’ll see in newer BlackBerrys, like an HVGA display, Wi-Fi,…
I’ll be the first to admit, I’m not much of a Sony Ericsson booster. That said, one of my first real mobile phones was a Sony Ericsson candybar, so I have to give them credit every once and awhile for a new launch. With that in mind, Sony Ericsson has just launched the Vivaz Pro…
True to form, my local carrier here in Manitoba, Canada (MTS) is set to launch the Motorola Milestone… long after the darn thing was popular. The Motorola Milestone A854 is the Canadian version of the original Droid, with Android 2.1 and side sliding goodness as part of the deal. Stan Kurtas, VP of Marketing for…
Not a huge deal here, but if you use the Twitter app for BlackBerry… you best take note. The application has just been updated, and it brings us up to version 1.0.1.7. It’s usually best to load up the latest version of any app, so I highly suggest you do so. Hit up the App…
We’re big fans of Opera at IntoMobile, so we’re happy to hear that they’re doing their part towards making the planet a cleaner place to live by opening up a data center in Iceland that runs on 100% renewable energy. Opera, for those who have yet to hear of them, and it’s possible since most…
If you stop and think about how many antennas are inside your mobile phone, you really begin to appreciate how much time and energy must’ve gone to make your device even work. There’s the 4 needed to support all the international GSM bands, then there’s up to 5 bands for 3G, but make sure you…
Chinese infrastructure and handset firm ZTE has become the first to demonstrate CDMA2000 1x Advanced, an upgrade to the aging CDMA technology that’s used by relatively few operators around the world; at least compared to GSM. What CDMA2000 1x Advanced enables is a better use of one of the most expensive resources on the planet:…
British startup Deltenna have started shipping their first run of “Wireless Broadband Enabler” devices, or WiBi for short. The concept is one you’ve heard of before. Take a 3G modem, connect to the wireless network, turn that signal into WiFi so that a wide range of devices can easily connect to it, and that’s it.…