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Released at the beginning of the month from the folks at Language Analytics, the Yamli Arabic Keyboard and Search app brings a powerful Arabic translation tool to iPhone and iPad. Building upon the success of their website at Yamli.com (more than 10 million have used the online service, and more than 300 million words have…
Sprint was slated to push the Samsung Epic 4G bug fix that would have solved most of the phone’s woes last week, but was held up. The update promises to fix 3G upload speeds, which has been seemingly capped at a measly 150kbps, as well as Wi-Fi battery drain issues and e-mail lag. It’s also…
As expected, BlackBerry Internet Service 3.2 started rolling out recently, giving BIS customers the option to sync up the Google Calendar items with their BlackBerry native calendars. Unfortunately, that rollout started in the EMEA regions, and may not hit North American shores until October 16, according to rumours. There are a couple of other features…
Verizon has launched what’s probably the world’s first dual mode portable hotspot. They’re calling it the Fivespot because it gives up to 5 devices a WiFi connection. If you’re not familiar with portable hotspots, they’re a remarkably simple concept. Instead of device manufacturers having to shove SIM card slots in anything and everything they want…
A screen grab from the internal inventory system of UK-based retailer Phones 4U reveals the details for the Windows Phone-powered HTC Mozart. While we have seen these specs bounced around before, this is first time they have been spotted in printed form. As expected, the Mozart will land in late October with a standard set…
We all know what it’s like to work your tail off. One needs a relaxing breather from time to time in a comfy chair, feet up, beer in-hand. The same goes for your mobile device of choice. It works hard for you… so why not treat it to some comfort? New from ThinkGeek, the Beanbag…
Sharp has just announced the IS03, an Android smartphone for the Japanese market that we’re desperately hoping to see on European and American shores. It’s got the same 3.5 inch 640 x 960 pixel resolution display that’s found in the iPhone 4, and also features a 9.6 megapixel camera. Sure, it’s only running Android 2.1,…
Microsoft confirmed that it will officially kick off Windows Phone 7 on October 11th. Events are planned worldwide, including one in New York City. The New York City event will feature a short but sweet keynote presentation with Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer and AT&T’s Ralph de laVega Lest you forget, AT&T is the preferred launch partner…
Everything Everywhere, the name of the merged entity that’s one part T-Mobile UK and another part Orange UK, has announced that they’re going to let go around 1,200 people or roughly 7.5% of the company. Many of the people getting the boot had consumer facing roles, so you can imagine it’s all the redundant dead…
Japan’s UQ Communications is showing off a demo of Samsung’s WiMAX 2 technology at a local trade show and is achieving download speeds of roughly 330 Mbps. That’s bananas, but it also seems like a waste, much like Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB), the standard that Qualcomm was developing as a competitor to LTE until they…