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You know your mobile app is a hit when you have Don Draper talking about it on late night television. Jon Hamm went on the Late Late Show to finally explain the Angry Birds phenomenon. As you can see from the video below, even Hamm can’t make the story seem cool: some green pigs have…
Verizon will officially launch its limited R2-D2 edition of the DROID 2 at a handful of parties slated for September 30th. Get your geek and freak on as many stores will open at midnight for some early morning partying with your fave Verizon staff while others will include Star Wars characters for your to poke,…
Last night I was playing around with a Nexus One when I saw that there was an OTA update available for it. The update, FRG83, looks to have an updated set of Google Applications, but there’s not much else that’s noticeable. Those of you with rooted Nexus Ones may want to hold off before updating…
Despite growing competition between Apple and Google in the mobile space, the companies have recently extended its search deal, according to Google CEO Eric Schmidt. In an interview with Charlie Rose, Schmidt said: Apple is a company we both partner and compete with. We do a search deal with them, recently extended, and we’re doing…
It’s not really much of a surprise but Sony Ericsson said it is not working on any more Symbian devices in the near future. The handset maker will likely focus on Android to help it claw its way back into the top rungs of the market. “We have no plans for the time being to…
It looks like Canadian carriers are lining up with their BlackBerry Torch 9800 launches, as Rogers has pushed their availability date from today to the end of the month, much like Bell. We were already prepped for a delay when in-store availability was rumoured to not be until the 27th., but what’s three more days,…
For those of you who haven’t pre-ordered the new T-Mobile G2 because you think it will be too slow to satisfy your speed needs, here’s a video to put those complaints aside. The G2 has been benchmarked, on video this time, using the Quadrant application. If speed was the main concern holding up your purchase,…
On the off-chance we needed any more proof than a flood of leaks that RIM’s clamshell, the BlackBerry Style 9670, was going to be announced next week at the BlackBerry Developer Conference, the thing passed through FCC certification recently. From what we’ve gathered, the BlackBerry 9670 will have 4 GB of internal storage, 512 MB…
Netflix has just announced a deal with NBC that should make all of its mobile apps much, much better. The deal will bring much of NBC’s television content to Netflix streaming, which means you’ll be able to access these on the go with your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad. We’re also expecting a Netflix Android…
Microsoft is launching Windows Phone 7 with much fanfare and even more cash. So much cash that Morgan Stanley analyst Ehud Gelblum predicts the Redmond Company could buy its way into this mobile OS war, using its cash to propel itself into third place behind Android and iOS. According to Gelblum, Microsoft has a war…