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China state TV joined the growing list of sources claiming a September launch of the iPhone 4. According to the state TV report, China Unicom has inked a deal with Apple that will bring the smartphone to the mainland market by September. The state TV report cites a company brief issued as part of the…
Ever since Canabalt hit the iPhone scene almost a year ago, there have been a number of similar titles hitting the App Store. Probably the most notable one was EA Mobile’s “Mirror’s Edge” which played very similar to Canabalt, but it added much more in terms of its gameplay, story, and fighting mechanics. Halfbrick’s latest…
Google uses the names of desserts to reference different versions of their mobile operating system, and their next release after Android 3.0, code named Gingerbread, has been discovered to be Honeycomb. Technically that’s not a dessert, but we’ll let that one slide since the only other sweet that starts with the letter H that we…
Yesterday I shared some images with you of the yet to be announced Nokia C7. Rather than updating that post, since many of you are not going to read it, and rather than writing a new post, because there is only so much I can write about a device I know nothing about, I’m just…
Nokia Siemens Networks is being sued by Isa Saharkhiz and his son Mehdi Saharkhiz in a U.S. federal court for alleged human rights violations perpetrated by the Iranian government thanks to hardware sold by the German-Finnish infrastructure firm that allowed spying to take place. Now this is a controversial topic, so let’s get the facts…
The Nokia N9, a device that we’ve been hearing about for a while, but haven’t seen up close and personal until today, is supposed to be the cock of the walk; the device that brings the company back some well deserved respect for making 4 out of every 10 mobile phones sold. We can’t tell…
Three devices from LG and Samsung have been spotted at their respective websites. LG has two new models, while Samsung has a single new device to present to the world. Here’s what they got (from left to right): LG KS365 – an entry-level messaging device with side-sliding QWERTY keyboard, 2.4-inch QVGA touchscreen, 2-megapixel camera, EDGE…
A year after launching the original GrooveMaker for iPhone, IK Multimedia is launching 7 new GrooveMaker style packs for the iPad. GrooveMaker for iPad was originally launched in April of this year, and now there is a total of 12 style-based versions including Free, Hip Hop, House, Progressive-Tech House, D’n’B, Club, Techno, Trance, Electro, Rock,…
It seems Android phone tablet plans were not scrapped after all. Or at least the presence of the Archos 32 at the FCC’s website says something like that. We’re talking about a touchscreen device with a 3.2-inch 400×240 pixels display that made us think why it’s called “tablet” at all. Go figure… In addition to…
Don’t know about you, but I simply hate FarmVille. I do understand it’s addictive and that some folks like the idea of having their own virtual farm, but let’s face it – it’s a super time-wasting activity. That said, I love FarmVillain. It’s an iPhone app that allows you to post FarmVille parody messages on…