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The T-Mobile G2 is undoubtedly one of the best upcoming Android smartphones for the nation’s fourth largest mobile carrier. The G2 is a solid upgrade to its predecessor, the G1, offering a snappier processor, larger screen, seemingly better keyboard, upgraded camera, and more. But can the T-Mobile G2 compete with the likes of the HTC…
It’s so easy, so convenient and so magical. No, I’m not referring to the latest device by Apple, but one of the underlying processes that changed the fundamental dynamics of making a purchase on mobile devices: Apple’s one-click payment system, or iCurrency. Yes, I know, there is no such thing called iCurrency. Call it whatever…
Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google, gave us some pretty key details about Android and the smartphone space during his keynote speech at IFA, where we also saw the Android powered Samsung Galaxy Tab. During his speech, Schmidt pointed out new features in Android and that over 200,000 devices were being activated daily. The Google CEO…
I guess you can no longer say that Twitter is worthless, as the micro-blogging service was ingeniously used by a kidnapped Japanese journalist to signal for help. The best part of the story is that the kidnapped person tricked his captors into using Twitter in order to send out cries for help. According to an…
The Poynt location-based search app for BlackBerry has been updated with a variety of changes, mainly optimizations for OS 6 on the Torch 9800 (i.e. universal search and new contextual menu icons), but there are some solid new features, like routing through Google Maps rather than BlackBerry Maps, and Rotten Tomatoes ratings when looking up…
HTC confirmed its rumored September 15th event in London via Facebook today. Not an exclusive press event at the Hyatt Hotel, this gathering is a casual party at Redhook that is open to the public. Though the handset manufacturer hints that it will have phones on display and a few to give away, it does not…
The drum beat for Palm webOS 2.0 continues to get louder as some new screen shots of the operating system have popped up online and these show multiple new services and integration with online favorites like Dropbox. The Palm webOS 2.0 beta had been seeded out to developers and we already knew about things like…
Earlier rumblings about Wind Mobile picking up the Motorola Milestone XT720 have been confirmed by way of this shot of their online training site for the Android phone. This is considerably higher-end than their first Android handset, Huawei U8100; the XT720 has a 3.7″ 480 x 854 display, Wi-Fi, GPS, 3G, Android 2.1 and a…
Apple fans and Mac-heads now have a big reason to travel to Spain every February: MacWorld Mobile will be a part of Mobile World Congress, the world’s largest mobile show. It’s the closest Apple is going to get as far as being part of a huge trade show since it has almost no presence at…
If you still think these smartphones are just a fad, you should check out the latest numbers from IDC because the firm’s research said smartphone shipments for the first half of the year grew 55.5% compared to last year. IDC said vendors shipped 119.4 million smartphones for the first six months of 2010, compared to…