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Say you’re not a mobile phone geek like us, and you don’t have your Android smartphone at arm’s length from you (at most) at all times. Wouldn’t it be cool if you could get notified right from your desktop when your handset receives a call or text message without having to be within earshot of…
The Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 is one incredibly sexy Android device but it’s been under fire for quite a few spec-sheet omissions. From missing multitouch capabilities to Android OS upgrades, the handset feels somewhat dated in its functionality, but some of those issues may be coming to an end sometime soon. A video of the…
I guess Rogers, Bell, Telus, Fido, Koodo, Virgin Mobile, Wind Mobile, Mobilicity, and Public Mobile just weren’t enough to cover Canada, because Quebecor’s Videotron has just launched their wireless network in our French-speaking province, running on the same AWS bands as Wind Mobile and T-Mobile south of the border. The home networks currently cover Quebec…
When assigning stories, Will Park asked us “Who likes the iPad and malls?” My hand immediately shot up and I’ve been toying around with the Micello Maps HD app for the Apple iPad and this brings in-door mapping to your “magical” tablet. We’ve covered the Micello app before when it launched on the Apple iPhone…
Now that the whole Antennagate fiasco for the iPhone 4 has simmered down, it’s time to revisit the case program. As a result of all the bickering and banter about the iPhone 4’s fickle antenna, Apple decided to give free cases to users who purchased, and will purchase, its latest smartphone before September 30. For…
It wasn’t much of a surprise but Nokia finally axed Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo in favor of a former Microsoft executive, Stephen Elop. Interestingly enough, Elop is the first non-Finnish person to head Nokia in its 145 year history but the company will need more than a fresh perspective to stay relevant in an increasingly competitive smartphone…
Yesterday we became a little ecstatic when we heard Google Voice might be making its way back to the iPhone. Sean Kovacs, developer of GV Mobile, said yesterday that he was encouraged by Apple to re-submit his application to the app store. According to Kovacs, the new rules and terms for the app approval process…
Fresh from Mac4ever is a rumor that suggests FaceTime is coming soon to both Mac OS X and Windows. This is one of those unusual rumors that both makes sense and is questionable at the same time. The possibility of this mobile video chat client coming soon to Mac OS X is strong. Apple introduced…
By now you’re either desperately wanting a Nokia N8, which is the first Symbian^3 handset ever, or you’ve given it a pass. And if the cool interactive unboxing videos haven’t swayed you, or perhaps the sweet videos shot by the 12MP Carl Zeiss shooter on the back, then maybe the new commercial might be the…
TweetDeck for Android may have been one of the most anticipated Twitter apps to hit the Android OS, but some users were slightly disappointed to see that TweetDeck beta launched with no widgets. Well, thanks to an update, TweetDeck now offers users the choice of three widgets that can be used to access tweets from…