Samsung Champ has finally found its place in India’s retail stores. We’ve first talked about the entry-level all-touchscreen device back in May of this year. I’m not sure why it took so long for Samsung to introduce it, but whatever the reason is – the good news is that it’s here now. As you may…
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Wholesale Applications Community formally incorporated, joins forces with the Joint Innovation Lab
The Wholesale Applications Community (WAC), an alliance of companies committed to building an open applications platform which was announced during this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain has been officially formed as a corporate entity. Moreover, it [WAC] has joined forces with the Joint Innovation Lab (JIL) to “accelerate the commercial launch of WAC-enabled…
Dragon Dictation 2.0 sings along iOS4
Nuance Communications has recently updated its Dragon Dictation app for the iPhone and iPod Touch. The newly released application, Dragon Dictation 2.0, is made to sing along iOS 4, making it easier to dictate messages and status updates on social networks. Using a new pop-up toolbar, you can speak a status update and then send…
Route 66 offers lifetime navigation for the Samsung Wave starting from 30 EUR
Route 66 is offering lifetime navigation for the Samsung Wave users starting from 30 EUR. It’s not exactly free, as in Google Maps Navigation or Nokia’s Ovi Maps, but it’s definitely something, especially for such a new platform as Bada. The offer is available with the original Wave device only — Wave 2 and Wave…
MTS Uzbekistan launches commercial LTE in the centre of Tashkent
Uzbekistan of all places (pardon my ignorance) is one of the first markets in the world to be blessed with an LTE network thanks to Russia’s Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) which launched 4G services in the centre of Tashkent, the country’s capital. This move in turn makes MTS only the second operator in the world and…
Samsung wants developers to spruce up Android apps for their Galaxy Tab
Samsung is really taking the world by storm with their Galaxy S line. An international version, plus four US variants, an upcoming Android media player, and their much wanted Android tablet, dubbed the Samsung Galaxy Tab. Recently Samsung has gone to developers and asked them to fix up their apps to run perfectly on their…
International Samsung Galaxy S to receive Android 2.2 (Froyo) in September
With the recent leak of a Android 2.2 (Froyo) test release for the Samsung Galaxy S, one has to wonder when the official build will be available for everyone. Well, according to SamsungUKMobile’s Twitter account, you can expect it to hit in September. This is for the original, international Galaxy S, and not for any…
Motorola Droid Gets Some Android 2.2 (Froyo) Lovin’ Next Week
The beauty of having a device like the Motorola Droid is that it doesn’t have a custom user interface, which means that it should get Android updates much sooner than devices that are skinned with custom overlays like HTC’s Sense UI – like Android 2.2 Froyo updates. At least, in theory, that should be the…
Android 2.2 Froyo for Sprint EVO 4G Now Available from HTC [updated]
Sprint already announced that the HTC EVO 4G is slated to get Android 2.2, or Froyo, starting August 3. Even if the update doesn’t hit your device over the air on that date, you’ll be able to manually grab it through the phone’s settings under “HTC software update.” Oh, but no. You are just far…
NYC subways getting cell phone and WiFi service in tunnels
In what could be extremely useful but also quite annoying, the New York subways will soon be getting full cellular and WiFi service. That’s right folks, you soon won’t be able to find any respite from other people’s conversations. The transportation agency responsible for the subways has just signed a deal with Transit Wireless, and…