Samsung UK tweeted about the availability of its brand new Wave II (S8530) smartphone, saying that the Bada-powered device will be available in December, which is a month after some other parts of the world will get it — when it was announced, it is said the Wave II will start selling in November. As…
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Instant Menu S60 adds new always-accessible menu to Symbian S60 smartphones
CellPhoneSoft is out with yet another utility app for Symbian smartphones. Their latest work is called Instant Menu S60 and it adds a new always-accessible menu to any S60 touch-enabled smartphone — latest Nokia smartphones like N8, E7, C6-01 and C7 included. The good thing is that you can customize this menu the way you…
Cricket launches nationwide 3G data roaming for its smartphone customers
Good news for Cricket‘s smartphone users. No longer will you be limited to Cricket’s coverage, but will be able to take your mobile Internet with you, no matter where you go across the U.S. The carrier launched nationwide 3G data roaming capabilities for its smartphone customers, with the initial roll-out to include newly activated lines…
Pocket Devil – Hell Yeah! gets a Halloween update, too
After Flight Doodle, Eyedip is bringing the Halloween update to its other popular title – Pocket Devil – Hell Yeah! The game’s brand new chapter 13 sees the gleeful little demons Mugat2 in costume as they roam around the Haunted Cemetery. In addition, there are few new mini-games included in the updated title, including “Deviled…
WiMAX News: New Jersey Transit Authority and North Iraq getting networks
WiMAX, the red headed stepchild of the wireless industry, scored some “major” wins today in two of the most unexpected place. First win: New Jersey, where the traffic authority has decided to roll out 100 WiMAX towers using the 4.9 GHz spectrum over 360 miles of highway that will be used for things like sending…
Strategy Analytics: Smartphone sales up 78% year on year, hit 77 million units in Q3 2010
Strategy Analytics, an analyst firm that keeps a running tally of how everyone is doing in the mobile industry in terms of unit shipments, took out their abacus, punched some numbers, and found that 77 million smartphones shipped during the third quarter of this year. That’s up 78% compared to last year. The biggest “winner”…
Google Voice Search now recognizes Russian, Polish, Czech and Turkish
Google Voice Search, one of the best features built into every Android phone running version 2.0 or higher, has solely been the domain of English, French and Chinese speaking users for quite a while. There may be one or two more languages it can handle, but I’m not too sure. Anyway, today Google is happy…
Scientists discover that 50% of people text the same person 90% of the time
Scientists have recently been looking at human communication patterns to see if they can identify trends that speak to how society is adopting technology. Often people think that a new social network or other such service is going to change human behavior, but soon reality sets in that people simply use new methods of contacting…
Best Buy Mobile Free Phone Friday for October 22
We mentioned Best Buy Mobile’s Free Phone Friday selection and promotion just before the month kicked off, and the mega retailer is naturally still at it. In case you totally missed the memo and you’re wondering what this deal is, Best Buy breaks it down on its Facebook page. This Friday, October 22nd, visit Best…
AT&T Prepping LTE SIM Cards for Upcoming 4G Network Roll-Out
AT&T is really looking to beef up its network and is getting ready for LTE. Of course, before that happens, it still has a bit of work to do in terms of deploying HSPA+ and getting its promised 250 million pops covered before the year’s end. There are plenty of areas that still don’t see…