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If you have a slight addiction to alcohol AND your iPhone, have I got the ultimate case for you! The iBottleOpener case (pictured above) combines the goodness of a sturdy case with a bottle opener in the back. Genius! Handy for those times on the weekend when you’re tired of using your armpit or the…
Noah from Phonedog just posted an interesting article concerning the next two upcoming Android versions. As it turns out, Gingerbread may not be the official Android 3.0, but 2.3 or 2.5, and that Honeycomb may hold the 3.0 crown. Honeycomb is also said to be the first Android release that would truly be optimized for…
We had already heard Google Music for Android could see a delay until next year and a new report today shows that the service could be limping along. Reuters reports that Google Music hasn’t signed a single music label, which doesn’t portend well for something that will need a large catalog to compete against Apple…
It’s been a while since we’ve seen a leak for the Nexus One, but it seems as if Google is not yet done with their optimizations to the current Android 2.2 Froyo build. Another build for the software version has leaked, bearing the name FRG33. It looks like this ROM in particular comes with a…
We jut saw the Optimus Pad a couple of days ago, and now we’re hearing that the tablet may make its debut sometime this month! The guys over at Pocket-Lint received an invite from LG regarding the tablet, slated for September 14th. The picture above is much better than the one we’d seen prior, and…
An overlooked footnote in Telus’ announcement of the BlackBerry Torch 9800 yesterday is that they’re the first service provider in Canada to support carrier billing in BlackBerry App World (AT&T got it first in the U.S.). That means if you’ve got a BlackBerry, and you buy apps through the official portal, the charges go right…
Deutsche Telekom has been home to the iPhone in Germany, but that may all soon come to an end just before the holidays hit. It also looks like Vodafone and O2 will be set to sell the popular Apple smartphone once that exclusivity deal is over, bringing the total number of providers in Germany selling…
iOS users will now have another option for multiplayer gaming, only this time it will be coming from OpenFeint. Not only will this just be any multiplayer gaming platform, but it will also be available for Android, making it a great upcoming cross-platform solution, called OpenFeint PlayTime. PlayTime will bring multiplayer gaming to both platforms,…
Samsung is apparently moving towards making Android its go-to platform in light of the success of its Galaxy S series smartphones in both the U.S. and in South Korea. While the manufacturer will still continue to work on its Bada software, the main focus will be on Android where customers are raging with hundreds of…
After some pretty heft hints earlier this week, Verizon prepaid plans have gone live on a wide variety of handsets. It’ll cost you $30 for unlimited data for the month, or those with feature phones can 25 MB for $10 month. Verizon recently changed their prepaid mobile broadband plans, so offering something on the smartphone…