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According to some recent DigiTimes research, the global smartphone market is said to grow 57% this year, to 280 million from 178 million last year. The report also goes on to say that Android will see the largest growth over all. Anyone surprised? It’s no surprise that Android will grow more than any other mobile…
It looks like you’ve lost a mobile music option, as the Grooveshark app for the Apple iPhone has been removed due to a potential copyright issue. In a blog post, Grooveshark said: Earlier this afternoon, Apple sent us a letter notifying us that, due to a complaint they received from Universal Music Group UK, Grooveshark…
The BlackBerry Torch costs $183.05 to manufactur, iSuppli said, which makes Research In Motion’s flagship handset less costly than the rival Apple iPhone 4, which costs about $187.51 to manufacture. Of course, these numbers don’t include the research and development costs or the marketing, but rather it is an approximate breakdown of how much the…
If you’re sick of using the Apple iPad default mail client, you’ll be happy to know that Yahoo has revamped its web version to play well with the “magical” tablet. According to Yahoo, the new version for the Apple iPad rocks because: Faster and more reliable: If you’re offline, Yahoo! Mail uses local caching capabilities…
We heard about this Android tablet a while ago, and now it looks like it’s finally nearing its release. The WeTab, formerly the WePad is said to start shipping this September in Germany. Though we haven’t heard too much about an official U.S. release, I wouldn’t be surprised if we didn’t see it shortly after…
Now that we’ve got all of this BlackBerry Torch 9800 business out of the way, we’re looking to RIM’s next big device: the 9670 clamshell. Today, we’re hearing the 9670 has landed in Sprint testing labs, leading us to presume a carrier launch is around the corner. We had an inkling that at least Sprint…
It’s been a long time comingbut Facebook may finally announce its location service tomorrow. Should Foursquare and Gowalla be worried? According to All Things D, those third-party “check-in” companies can rest easy. The new feature–the development of which has been the biggest open secret in the digital space–has been a long time coming, as Facebook…
Amidst all the rumors about the CDMA iPhone, one of the most controversial is the insinuation that the CDMA version of Apple’s popular smartphone would offer improved hardware, including an internal antenna and a faster 1.2 GHz processor. While we can’t comment on the validity of the processor rumor, we can relay the information from an…
GetGlue’s check-in app for just about everything has made the jump from iPhone to Android, letting folks share on Twitter and Facebook what books they’re reading, what games they’re playing, what movies and TV shows their watching, what music they’re listening to, what wine they’re drinking, or even which celebrity or general topic is on…
You’ll soon be able to keep track of Ari, Turtle, E and the rest of the gang on the go because HBO said it will be bringing its content to mobile devices and the Apple iPad soon. According to sources close to The Wrap, HBO plans to take that “home” out of “Home Box Office”…