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A new study suggests that your Apple iPhone apps may be a gigantic privacy hole, as your Unique Device IDs may be transmitted to a variety of third parties. The report comes out of Bucknell University and it said that 68% of the apps it studied sent out UDID information to servers from advertisers or…
All this time we thought that the T-Mobile Motorola Cliq XT had been long forgotten, and now the Motoblur toting handset is getting an OTA (over-the-air) update. Apparently, it’s a pretty decent one at that, but don’t expect it to be Android 2.1 just yet. The update for the XT come with the following features…
Steve Ballmer is hilarious. At a UK Tech Days event, the Microsoft chief hyped up Windows Phone 7, a platform that has yet to prove itself in the market, by basically back-handing Android for its fragmentation issues. While it’s great that Ballmer is looking to the future, he’s quickly forgetting that Windows Mobile was plagued…
Verizon Wireless announced today that it will unveil its LTE launch plans during a press event at CTIA tomorrow. While this is an official announcement, many of the details surrounding Verizon’s LTE Launch have been leaked by unofficial sources and hinted at by loose-lipped executives speaking at public events. From this myriad of sources, we…
We already know that the refreshed BlackBerry Bold, the 9780, is coming to Vodafone UK in white, and now there are some rumoured price points required to get the device for free, whenever it becomes available. 900 minutes (anytime/network) Unlimited texts 500 MB of data BIS included £35/pm (24 months) £40/pm (18 months) The BlackBerry…
Do you remember Steve Ballmer showing off Microsoft goodies during this year’s CES where we saw some slate tablet computers? Whatever happened to those? According to Steve Ballmer, we’ll see the first glimpses of a Windows slate — presumably ones that will actually hit the market — by Christmas. However, Ballmer didn’t specify whether we’d…
While we’ve been focused on the enormity of the iTunes App Store, and the rising Android Market, we can sometimes forget that GetJar is the world’s second largest app store. It’s loaded with tons of utilities, entertainment apps and games and media. Today, GetJar is announcing that it will be giving away premium Glu Mobile…
CTIA is starting today, and to kick it off, AT&T has announced three Android phones from Motorola: the Bravo, Flipout, and Flipside. They all have the Motoblur custom user interface built on top of Android 2.1, and as far as hardware goes, they all sit comfortably in the mid-to-low range. The Motorola Bravo is the…
A 3G-enabled BlackBerry just hit Boost Mobile in the form of the Curve 8530. Yay for prepaid customers! It couldn’t come soon enough after MetroPCS picked up this smartphone. With Boost, you have all the freedom that you don’t get with contracts, and you’re basically in charge of how much you want to use and…
Symantec is going all in with its mobile security lineup, as the company is bringing out a full suite for the Android, iPhone and iPad. Mobile security is something that most people don’t really like to think about but many security experts think it’s just a matter of time before malicious hackers target these smartphones.…