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The Samsung Mesmerize was released just yesterday on US Cellular and it’s already had its Android OS officially rooted. How we wish the G2 could have seen this so soon after launch, but we’ll make do with seeing this root method hit the newest Galaxy S phone in the US. At least some new phones…
As almost every Android geek is patiently awaiting the Android 2.3 Gingerbread update, Verizon is rolling out a minor Android software update to the Motorola Droid 2. The software version is 2.3.20.A955, but not the 2.3 we’ve been waiting for. The update provides many fixes that any Droid 2 owner will be happy for, but…
Seems like another chapter in the ongoing saga of Nintendo commenting on Apple’s recent domination of the mobile gaming industry is upon us. If you recall, earlier this year, Nintendo of America’s previous VP of Sales & Marketing Cammie Dunaway during an interview said Nintendo wasn’t concerned with Apple taking a bit of their mobile…
Motorola reported their quarterly financial results today, amounting to their first profitable quarter since Q4 2006. $4.9 billion in sales (vs. $4.3 last year’s Q3) $109 million in net earnings (vs. $12 last year’s Q3) 3.8 million smartphones shipped, 9.1 million handsets total (vs. 13.6 million last year’s Q3) Motorola projects Q4 2010 will result…
Windows Phone 7 by Microsoft hasn’t even hit the masses yet, but apps like the Amazon Kindle are already finding their way onto the platform. The Windows Phone 7 app store already has hundreds of apps waiting to be downloaded upon release, and Amazon is making certain that its popular Kindle reading app is one…
Gmail users who prefer the web client on the iPhone or iPod touch have some new changes to look forward to. Google updated the UI to be a little more intuitive, and it also made some updates to performance as well. Some of the changes include a fixed toolbar where a floating bar was before,…
The Apple iPad is beginning its holiday onslaught and is now available from both Verizon Wireless and AT&T. The iPad will be available in stores and online with Big Red and in stores with Big Blue. This is a big day for Verizon and its customers as this is the first Apple mobile device to land…
Did you get a little envy for our overseas friends when the HTC Wildfire hit their carriers earlier this year? The Nexus One-esque Android handset had everything you could possibly want in a keyboard-less HTC device, but it was one of the first few to adopt an optical trackpad over the clunky and grime-prone trackball.…
It’s that time of year again, when girls dress down and dudes dress up to celebrate Halloween – so why not spend this year’s costumed festivities dressed like Steve Jobs? The folks at Scoopertino have “unveiled” Apple’s latest, Steve Jobs-inspired, iWear fashion line just in time for Halloween. Armed with the “Think Different, dress alike”…
Earlier this week there was a resurgence in rumours about a Nexus Two handset running Android 2.3. Instead of going with HTC like the original, or being sold online through Google, the Nexus Two was supposedly going to be launched through Carphone Warehouse in the UK, and be made by Samsung (not Motorola). Now there’s…