Now that we’re hearing RIM may be announcing a tablet at the BlackBerry Developer Conference next week, folks are probably wondering what it will actually do. Sure, we’ve heard that it’ll be between 7″ and 8.9″, piggyback on a BlackBerry for connectivity, and use a new OS from QNX, an embedded software company RIM had…
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NVIDIA: Motorola, Samsung will be big customers
NVIDIA is not messing around when it comes to mobile devices and the company is talking all types of trash about its competitors. The company also indicated that manufacturers like Motorola and Samsung will be key partners down the line, which could give us hints at future products. “Motorola, Samsung and LG are very important…
Droid Incredible fast boot is rather incredible – Only 2 seconds to boot!
So you thought that the Desire HD and Z booted up pretty fast, did you? Well, take a look at the video below to see the Droid Incredible boot just a little faster than the recently unveiled DHD and DZ. The Desire HD ROM that’s been floating around and already ported to phones like the…
Schmidt: Google won’t require stock Android
If you hang out at mobile tech sites like ours, you’ll often hear that companies like Motorola or Samsung are “ruining” the Android experience with a custom user interface layer. It’s often said that Google should do more to ensure that handset makers don’t monkey with the Android experience. Well, that’s not going to happen…
Dell Looking Glass 7 inch Android tablet shown off on video
Those who thought that Dell, with their Streak and Aero, were done in the mobile space are sorely mistaken. If you’ve kept up with Dell, you know that there are quite a few upcoming handsets and tablets coming our way. We finally got our first glimpse of one such device, the Looking Glass, a 7…
Multiple iPhone Ringtone Apps Hit iTunes Store
If you bemoaned the day that making custom iPhone ringtones in iTunes disappeared, this news will be gold to you. Ever since Apple became more transparent with its App Store approval process, a number of applications hit that market that otherwise probably never would have made it. The first that comes to mind are the…
Microsoft Windows Phone 7 won’t support tethering after all
Well, it looks like Microsoft Windows Phone 7 devices won’t be able to tether after all. This leaves the upcoming platform another step behind Android and iPhone, which can turn handsets into mobile modems. “Windows Phone 7 does not support tethering,” Microsoft said in a statement. This is a quick turnaround from yesterday, when a…
HTC Won’t Add ‘Complete’ Sense UI to Windows Phone 7 at Launch
As Windows Phone 7 is ready to launch, HTC, a hardware partner for Microsoft for the new OS, says it won’t be adding its famous Sense UI to its devices at launch. Or at least, it won’t be a complete version. We’ve already seen some of the HTC devices that will be packing Windows Phone…
Twitter for Android gets updated
The official Twitter application for Android has been updated, very minimally. Some things have been removed and added, but other than that, it’s the same Twitter app you’ve seen before. The only noticeable change within the Twitter app is that the bird and clouds graphics at the bottom of the screen have been removed and…
HTC 7 Trophy / Sparks Windows Phone Specifications Leaked
A rather plain, but informative list of specifications has leaked for the HTC Trophy, a Windows Phone we’ve seen live as well as in the Global Certification Forum. It’s not quite the Windows Mobile 6.5 Trophy we saw back in December with a 3″ VGA display, and QWERTY keyboard, but rather something much higher-end, perhaps…









