Nothing beats the free and Glu Mobile knows that. The gaming company is sharing some love for no apparent reason, except maybe to get some free publicity (which they managed to do). Sure, we’re not talking about their latest best-selling titles here, but there are still quite a few good games on the list. Here’s…
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INQ to make Spotify and Facebook smartphones, coming to AT&T summer 2011
INQ, a company that’s a small division of the huge global operator Hutchison, builds feature phones with smartphone features deeply integrated. Last year they launched several devices in the UK that had Facebook, Twitter, MSN and even Skype built in. They were cheap, but the user interface was playful and indeed easy to use. Now…
GSMA launches mWomen Programme; Announces mWomen Apps Challenge
The GSMA mWomen Programme has been recently launched as a public-private partnership between the global mobile industry and the international development community in an effort to bring the socio-economic benefits of mobile to women in developing markets around the world. The goal is to halve the gender gap from 300 million and bring the power…
Opera to participate in Open Screen Project; Flash coming to their mobile browsers?
Opera Software announced its participation in the Adobe-led Open Screen Project, which consists of more than 70 industry leaders who are working together to make Flash run on an array of platforms and devices. The maker of the wildly popular Opera Mini browser said that partnership with Adobe “ensures compatibility and easy deployment for OEM…
IM+ 4.4 brings VoiceOver, UI improvements, web-based history saving and more
Shape Services released a new version of its popular multi-network instant messaging app – IM+. Version 4.4 brings several handy features including VoiceOver on incoming messages with instant playback without tapping and history saving in IM+ web at plus.im. In addition, the application now works better with large contact lists, there are few improvements in…
Sprint pre-owned device program gives handsets a second life
Sprint is trying something that car manufacturers have figured out a long time ago. Let people trade in their old model and upgrade to something new. Then take those old models, fix them up, and sell them with a stamp of approval saying that they’re good to go for another round of use. With their…
Vertu Constellation Quest: Nokia’s finest QWERTY smartphone, built with the best materials
Nokia’s got a premium lineup of devices, and I’m not talking Nseries here, but instead Vertu. With devices that range in price from 2,500 EUR all the way up to 100,000+ EUR, they’ve historically been nothing more than feature phones, but instead of being built by an Indian or Chinese employee earning minimum wage, they…
iPhone Cell Stickies Will Boost Your Ego
Tired of receiving depressing or frustrating text messages from friends or colleagues? There’s an app for that! Wait… no, actually it’s not an app… but it IS a sheet of stickers from interaction designer Fiona Carswell. These are quite funny. As you can see in the image above, the stickers are easy to slap on…
Tip: How to Turn Your Windshield into an iPad Projection Screen
Using your windshield as an projection screen for your iPad… Dangerous for the driver and other cars on the road? Yeah, absolutely. Awesome for the passengers in your car? Grudgingly, yes, I suppose that would be a little bit of awesome for others in the car. Tipster Markus Geisler let the good folks at Cult…
Rumor: Next generation iPhone to bypass LTE, include dual-mode GSM/CDMA
Among all the rumors pointing to an early 2011 launch for the CDMA iPhone, a new report adds a bit of a twist to this oft mentioned handset. This latest report suggests that both the rumored Verizon iPhone and Apple’s next generation handset will not incorporate LTE technology. Rather than LTE, Apple’s fifth generation handset…