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T-Mobile is bringing quite a few new Android handsets this holiday season, including the MyTouch 4G, the Huawei Comet and now the LG Optimus T. The Optimus T is said to hit Magenta’s shelves come November 3rd and will cost a mere $29.99. Once the Optimus T hits T-Mobile, we can expect that third-party retailers…
RIM has launched a new version of their Facebook application in the BlackBerry Beta Zone which includes some significant updates, like a separate inbox for all of your Facebook messages, a unified search that also ties in with BlackBerry 6, and a bunch of UI improvements. As usual, Facebook for BlackBerry not only lets you…
When Google Instant launched this past September, we were told that it would launch for mobile phones sometime this fall, and it seems that the Google Instant feature may be hitting select Android phones right now. If you’re holding onto a Droid Incredible, Motorola Droid, or Droid X, you may treated to a little surprise…
Get ready for some more ads, as Google AdMob is bringing interactive video ads to Android apps. Sure, it sounds kind of cruddy but remember that these ads could lead to more free, high-quality apps for all of us. Google AdMob had already been providing interactive video ads to the Apple iPhone for almost a…
If you’re like us, you really dig the Dell Venue Pro but some people may not think that Windows Phone 7 is up to snuff just yet. Well, it looks like Dell is working on a similar device with Android. Sign me up. According to an article in PC World, “In the future the company…
You know what, nevermind playing around in the BlackBerry PlayBook in the Adobe AIR simulator, how about a live device for a change? Aside from a few brief glances at speeches on stage, and a stifling demo display, we had until now seen very little of RIM’s first tablet actually running the native OS. Today…
Do you ever get calls that are heavy with static? Or do you get calls from “withheld numbers?” According to one “paranormal expert,” it may be because your phone is haunted and ghosts are trying to contact you. That’s according to a report out of The Sun and this shows off some “research” from paranormal…
The Apple iPhone and iPod touch are great multimedia players on the go if you live in the iTunes ecosystem but many of us have a ton of videos which have to be converted to play of Apple’s mobile devices. The new VLC Media Player for the iPhone and iPod touch now enables you to…
Almost to the day of the 2nd anniversary of the world’s first Android phone, the G1, the Android Market has passed the 100,000 mark in available applications. The G1 would be so proud, even if it couldn’t run half of those Android apps. Counting Android apps seems to be a little more difficult than one…
Have you ever wondered why Wi-Fi devices can’t just connect straight to each other without the need for a hotspot? Say you want to transfer content from one device with Wi-Fi to another similarly equipped device, but there isn’t a hotspot around to connect the two. That will all soon change as the Wi-Fi alliance…