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Microsoft is going all out for the mobile space with its Windows Phone 7 lineup and at least one industry analyst believes that it will have to dive into the lower-end of the market to be a strong success. Carolina Milanesi, a researcher with Gartner, said the upcoming Windows Phone 7 platform is an improvement…
AT&T was late to jump on to the Android boat and, when they did, it wasn’t pretty. The second-largest U.S. carrier is the exclusive carrier of the Apple iPhone, and for a time, AT&T probably felt that they didn’t need to do much more than watch the money pile up because of this exclusivity. That’s…
The fact that the Nokia N8 costs as much as the iPhone 4 in terms of components is a little bit surprising given the disparity between the two devices. According to iSuppli, the N8 costs $187.47 to build, while the iPhone 4 is $187.51. Without a contract, the iPhone 4 goes for $599 for a…
Best Buy is bringing the Android heat with the smartphones and it will soon have a white Samsung Fascinate, Sony Ericsson X10 and the Dell Streak later this month, according to a leaked promotional flier. The Samsung Fascinate is the Verizon version of the Galaxy S lineup and it’s quite a nice Android phone. I’ve…
After some development work from Nokia, location-based social network Foursquare has launched a Symbian application, complete with a home screen widget which displays the latest check-ins by your friends. Now Symbian users can check in to locales and share that spot with friends, as well as write up tips, line up to-dos, and create new…
One of the most anticipated Twitter applications for Android, Tweetdeck, is now available for download in the Market. After a series of beta releases, Tweetdeck is now an official 1.0 version and you can grab it now. There are many Twitter clients on the Android Market today but none of which probably has been as…
Qualcomm has acquired iSkoot and it plans to use the company to optimize mobile devices for power consumption and network bandwidth usage. If you don’t know, iSkoot has a Kalaida platform which enables mobile operators to easily offer a variety of online services like Skype. Sure, you can download the Skype app directly to your…
If you’re jonesing for a T-Mobile G2 (check out our excellent review) but can’t see yourself committing to two, long years, T-Mobile has your back with a slate of new prepaid voice and data offerings. The fourth-largest U.S. carrier is now offering multiple prepaid monthly phone data plans and these are pretty well-priced: $70/month Unlimited…
There are some who think that Apple is only focusing on its iOS platform with the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch but the company has scheduled an event next Wednesday to introduce the latest version of its Mac OS software. That’s right folks, let’s get ready for Lion. We’re not IntoDesktops or IntoLaptops but I…
The T-Mobile G2 is the official successor to the world’s first Android phone, the G1. While there have been countless phones released running the Android OS, the G2 is something of a milestone. We’re not talking about the capabilities of the phone itself, it’s just that the G2 shows where the OS has been in…