File this under “still unconfirmed” but it seems EA is readying version of its upcoming hit racer, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, for the iPhone (and other iOS devices). The “news” comes from FIFA 11 AppStore description page where we’ve found this line: “COMING SOON: Need For Speed Hot Pursuit.” We know that the console…
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Verizon issuing over $90 million in refunds to roughly 15 million customers [Overcharged]
Verizon Wireless, America’s largest operator with the best network, but also an operator known for nickel and dime-ing their customers and tweaking the software on their smartphones to make them worse than how they left the factory, is going to be issuing 15 million customers a refund over the next two months. Each subscriber will…
iPhone 4 Covers from bioserie are ‘Made from Plants’
If being kind to the earth is near or at the top of your priority list (it should be!), I just learned about a new iPhone case from bioserie that you may be quite interested in. The new iPhone 4 ‘covers’ from the folks at bioserie are made from cutting edge bioplastics… in fact, they’re…
T-Mobile greenlights SF, more cities with blazing HSPA+
T-Mobile is rapidly expanding its new 4G revealing high speed HSPA+ data network to more and more US cities as the weeks go by, and has just announced many more metro areas to add to the pack. Users with compatible devices, the G2 and upcoming myTouch can take full advantage of the carrier’s very speedy…
T-Mobile announces new myTouch Android phone with new-gen Snapdragon
For those of you who thought that T-Mobile was done launching new Androids with the G2, you were mistaken. Meet the myTouch (MyTouch HD as we used to call it), a re-visioning of the carrier’s Android brand that offers just about anything you could want on a smartphone today. The myTouch is every bit as…
Sony Ericsson Windows 7 Phone is on the roadmap
Sony Ericsson is trying really hard to get a decent slice of the smartphone market. We know they’ve dropped Symbian support and that their commitment to Android is as strong as ever. What about Windows? The Swedish-Japanese handset maker already offers several devices running Microsoft’s mobile OS, including the Xperia X1 and X2. The company’s…
PlayOn TV’s iPhone app finally gets approval
PlayOn TV has everything but a great experience with Apple’s AppStore approval policy. The company’s iPhone app has been rejected by Cupertino folks for several months, prompting for a development of web-based HTML5 app for the iOS device users. Something changed and voila – PlayOn Mobile is now in the AppStore, allowing iPhone, iPod Touch…
Tango brings video calling to iPhone and Android
Tango is a new application for the iOS and Android device owners, allowing the “two groups” to video call each other or share what they see with the person on the other side of the line. From the screenshots above, we think of Tango as an app that wants to bring the FaceTime-like experience to…
StartTalking is possibly the best handsfree texting app for Android
A company called AdelaVoice launched StartTalking, touting it as the world’s first smartphone application that lets motorists keep their eyes on the road and hands upon the wheel. As you can imagine, StartTalking relies on voice-based technologies, making the entire process of composing, sending and receiving text messages seamless by eliminating any touching or looking…
Orange makes its Open Source Mobile Widget Platform available to everyone
During the recently ended Mobilize 2010 conference in San Francisco, Orange announced that its “Open Source Mobile Widget Platform” is now available to the mobile industry, allowing developers to make HTML-based widgets that could run on an array of mobile devices, both the basic feature phones and high-end smartphones. The platform includes: A “widget reader”…