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A lot of the location-based innovation we’re seeing is locked into the Foursquare model of having to “check-in” to locations. This is supposed to to eventually be a boon for retailers because they will be able to target these frequent customers for discounts and services. The mobile app shopkick is tweaking that model a bit…
Android 2.1 (Eclair) is gaining more and more ground as the weeks go by. This time around, it has managed to grab a total of 59.7% of all active devices, up from 55.5%, in just a few weeks. It looks like Google is slowing seeing their mobile OS ecosystem becoming more and more consistent as…
The U.S. and Canada aren’t the only ones getting RIM’s latest little bundle of techno-joy. The BlackBerry Torch 9800 is coming to Vodafone UK sometime soon, and boasts a feature we hadn’t heard much about elsewhere: a “zero shutter” camera. That apparently means there’s no lag between hitting the key and taking a picture, which…
Get ready, T-Mobile MyTouch 3G Slide owners, you’ve got an OTA Android update coming you’re way. Starting tomorrow, T-Mobile will be pushing out the update, but don’t get your hopes up for Android 2.2 Froyo coming along for the ride. The update should consist of some nice optimizations and bug fixes for the Slide. While…
All three major Canadian carriers have confirmed with me that they will be offering the BlackBerry Torch 9800 which was announced today on AT&T. No details on pricing or specific dates, but Rogers says it’ll be here in “the coming weeks”, while Telus will only say it’ll be here sometime this year, and Bell was…
The QWERTY-packing Motorola DROID 2 is the next Android handset slated to land at Verizon, and it’s one of the most anticipated smartphones of the year. The side slider has been detailed, benchmarked, spotted as a dummy, videoed, and spotted in the wild. Almost everything that we need to know about this handset, except the…
AT&T is all official with the BlackBerry Torch 9800, and now RIM is stepping in from the software side. The main features (like universal search, updated browser, feeds, and new user interface) are demoed on their new BlackBerry 6 minisite with the help of some short video clips. An especially juicy morsel in the press…
Rdio is trying to one-up Rhapsody, MOG and mobile music services by slamming some social networking features with its unlimited streaming and downloading of music to smartphones. Like the other music services, Rdio enables users to stream tracks on the desktop or the phone from a catalog of over seven million tracks including the top…
AT&T just went live with their BlackBerry Torch 9800 landing page, complete with video, specs, and pictures of the latest BlackBerry from RIM. You’ll be able to nab the first BlackBerry with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard for $199 on a two-year contract as of August 12. As RIM’s biggest leap in software and hardware in…
Some theme files have been ripped from BlackBerry OS 6, revealing what looks like indicators for fingerprint scanning. I’ve been curious about RIM implementing fingerprint scanning ever since they made the switch to optical trackpads. RIM had included APIs for biometrics back in OS 5, but I was told that was primarily for accessory manufacturers.…