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Looks like my friends at SHAPE Services have been hard at work on their IM+ for BlackBerry application. Last I heard from them, they had updated the app with some new user interface and group chat features. The app is a powerful one, and connects you to all of your favorite instant messaging, chat and…
In the press release for the T-Mobile G2, Andy Rubin, vice president of engineering at Google, confirmed that the Android market has grown from “50 applications two years ago to more than 80,000 applications today.” This latest 80K figure is up 10,000 from the 70,000 figure announced back in July at Google’s Q2 2010 earnings…
AT&T is surely delighting New York City users as coverage has gradually improved over the last few months with an 850 overlay. The 850MHz band employed by AT&T is now being used for 3G data transmission, and this is important because that particular frequency travels farther and penetrates buildings a whole lot better than what…
Rogers has announced that Android 2.1 (Eclair) updates are now available for both the Samsung Galaxy Spica and the HTC Magic+. This is an update we’ve been expecting for awhile, and brings features like multiple Exchange accounts, unified inbox, camera enhancements, and HTML5 browser support. It seems a little weird that Rogers would update the…
Apple issued a statement this morning about their well-established stance on using third-party development tools for iPhone apps. Adobe’s Creative Suite 5 was hurt most from the decision to ban developers from using such software, as it had tools for converting Flash creations into iPhone applications, but it looks like Apple will be reversing their…
According to Pocket-Lint, Microsoft will launch Windows Phone 7 at an event in NYC on October 11th and will make handsets available soon afterwards. This information comes direct from “multiple sources familiar with the matter” and from those who are “trusted figures within the industry”. Further confirming this rumor, derStandard.at is also reporting that Microsoft is…
The PR team at Qualcomm is in overdrive today after CEO Paul Jacobs inadvertently announced that its dual-core 1.5GHZ Snapdragon processor would debut in products starting in Q1 2011. The announcement came as Jacobs was delivering a presentation at IQ 2010, an event hosted by Qualcomm. In response to this exciting revelation, Qualcomm’s stock went…
Asymco, an app production studio and industry analysis advisory firm, has culled data from iTunes and created a graph that compares music downloads versus app downloads. Music downloads have climbed steadily since iTunes made its debut over five years ago and has reached a staggering 12 billion downloads per month. On average, iOS users are currently…
So you got yourself a brand spanking new iPad and soon you quickly realized that none of the files you grabbed off those semi-illegal sites on the internet work. What is a movie aficionado such as yourself going to do? Luckily the folks at Applidium are trying to help out by porting the open source…
Three Dutch mobile operators (T-Mobile, Vodafone, KPN) are going to work together with three Dutch banks Rabobank, ABN Amro, ING) by forming a joint venture dedicated to launching NFC enabled services across the Netherlands in 2012 according to NFC World. This is the first time that a country in the European Union has seen such…