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You’ve got your computer password protected, or at least I hope you do, so why don’t you do the same to your mobile phone? It never ceases to amaze me how few people I know actually use the security features on their mobile devices. You arguably spend more time poking and prodding at that piece…
Chinese firm ZTE has announced that it has signed agreements with five major American technology companies (Qualcomm, Texas Instruments, Freescale, ALTERA, and Broadcom) that total roughly $3 billion over the next three years. This commitment to American companies is one way the Chinese are trying to penetrate the market and ease concerns that some government…
A leaked internal email from T-Mobile enthusiastically points to a November 3rd launch for the highly anticipated myTouch 4g. This Android-powered handset packs a punch with benchmarks that leave even the froyo-powered Nexus One in the dust. While not yet official, the myTouch 4G is expected to include a 1GHz second generation Snapdragon processor, 3.8-inch capacitive touchscreen…
We watched the replay of the live stream from earlier this morning where RIM’s co-CEO Mike Lazaridis showed off the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, and snagged the full demo for those of you who missed it. For those unfamiliar, the PlayBook has a 5 megapixel camera on the back, a video conferencing camera on the front,…
We’re well aware that Best Buy intends to have a rather decent selection of Android tablets available for the holiday season, and we knew that the Samsung Galaxy Tab would be one of them. What we didn’t know is that starting today you can pre-order the Galaxy Tab as well as the Huawei S7 tablet.…
SK Telekom, the largest mobile phone operator in South Korea (and formerly part of that sweet joint venture with Earthlink, Helio), is going to be building its own mobile platform. The idea is to create music, messaging and social networking apps that will give companies like Facebook and Apple a run for their money. The…
The lawsuits are just piling up for Android, and this time it’s a relatively unheard-of chipmaker named Gemalto that has Google in its sights. However, HTC, Motorola and Samsung are also the target of this particular lawsuit as Gemalto contends that all the aforementioned parties are guilty of patent infringement. The complaint in particular follows…
If you’re on a Mac and have been hesitant about buying a Windows Phone 7 because you’re worried it won’t play nice with your computer, you can rest assured that the Connector software will let you synch your multimedia content to your new Microsoft smartphone. As you may know, Microsoft’s latest smartphone platform uses the…
There are a handful of home replacement applications available for the Android OS now days, but unfortunately, the ones we really want to have on our phones aren’t actually available on the Android Market. There’s another UI in town, which may not be available at the moment, but once launched, it may be the go-to…
There’s an interesting article over at the New York Times which says the Android app ecosystem is rounding into shape. With news that the Android Market has just surpassed the 100,000 app mark, I’m inclined to agree that Google’s mobile operating system will soon generate some big business for app makers. The article is actually…