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Sprint Palm Pre and Pixi owners waiting for webOS 1.4.5 may have cause to rejoice as this latest update is supposedly rolling out to handsets starting today. The news came way of Sprint which updated its Pre and Pixi webOS changelog with version 1.4.5 details and confirmed the August 10th release date. For those keeping track, the…
It looks like the European Union is joining the Federal Trade Commission in investigating if Apple’s exclusion of Adobe Flash technology on its iOS products unlawfully harms competition. The governmental agencies are looking into the issue because Adobe complained that the lack of Flash on the devices’ web browsers and Apple banning it as a…
There are plenty of exercise and fitness apps on Android, but perhaps none as hilariously awesome as Issho ni Training, or “Training Together.” What other apps can help you get fit while giving you some of that good lovin’, body rockin’, knockin’ pillows all night long? Of course, you’ll need the to pay for the…
Another day, another Samsung Epic 4G rumor for Sprint. Initial rumors said that the Galaxy S variant would be launching on August 11, and seeing how it’s a day away and it’s all quiet on Big Yellow’s front, it’s safe to say that ain’t happening. The new rumor says that the Epic 4G will be…
Sprint will be spending $105 million to purchase spectrum from Wirefree, the third-largest carrier said in its quarterly filing. Sprint will be acquiring 10 MHz of spectrum across 16 markets and it’s in the 1900 MHz band, which is also the band the carrier’s CDMA technology runs in. Sprint said it expects the deal to…
T-Mobile is being accused of deception, lying and betrayal. OK, maybe that’s a little much, but in California there are many who aren’t too thrilled about its “unlimited data” advertisements that come along with the myTouch Slide 3G and the Nexus One. However, T-Mobile is capping data usage at 5GB or 10GB before it cuts…
Microsoft’s Mediaroom application may be coming to its Windows Phone 7 handsets, according to a Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) that appeared on Microsoft’s accessibility website. The document reveals the existence of the aptly named “Microsoft Mediaroom Client for Windows Phone 7 v1.0”. Though the application is not detailed within the document, we need only look at the…
Our smartphones are little computers that fit in our pockets, but we’re still so used to thinking of them as just phones that we sometimes forget that these little things are susceptible to viruses, too. Today, a Trojan virus for Android has been discovered by Kaspersky Lab. The virus is named Trojan-SMS.ANdroidOS.FakePlayer.a and has apparently…
Yesterday, we had heard that each wireless service provider in Saudi Arabia was having a dedicated server tested to handle BlackBerry traffic and meet regulatory requirements. Today, the Communications and Information Technology Commission has announced that “in light of the positive developments toward addressing some of the organizational requirements … the commission decided to allow…
Following Rogers’ announcement, Bell has announced that they’ll be offering the BlackBerry Curve 3G 9300 on Thursday. That falls nicely in line with what we had heard a few weeks ago. The BlackBerry 9300 differs slightly from the the existing 8530 on Bell by offering 3G with better world-roaming, and including OS 6 compatibility. All…