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Motorola will be using the 700 MHz spectrum to bring a 4G network based on Long-Term Evolution (LTE) technology to San Francisco. The city of SF has tapped the wireless infrastructure arm of Motorola to build out the nation’s first LTE mobile broadband data network for use in public safety services. Before you San Franciscans…
It should be no surprise that I love Plants Vs. Zombies. To the point that if someone said to me, “If you love it so much, why don’t you marry it?”, I would happily show the engagement ring that I’ve already purchased for the game. All I need is for the most opportune moment to…
Consumer Reports aren’t the only respected testing service who have called out the iPhone 4 for faulty antennae design; Europe’s oldest non-profit consumer protection association, l’Union Fédérale des Consommateurs and their publication, Que Choisir, are unable to recommend the iPhone 4 due to Death Grip issues. This judgement is in spite the fact that it…
A quick note here for those of you that love your weather apps. Received a note the other day from the good folks at The Weather Channel, letting me know that The Weather Channel app for iPad has been updated. The update has addressed a number of bugs, and overall, the app should run faster,…
The BlackBerry 9780 is getting even more screen time today, this go-around it’s on video with the new Webkit browser in OS 6. The browser, complete with support for tabs, runs just fine. It’s cool to see that everything navigates just fine on a non-touch interface, seeing as how most of the OS 6 videos…
Listen up, BlackBerry fans. If you use Music WithMe, the app that lets you sync your BlackBerry device with iTunes, there are some updates on the way. For those of you unfamiliar with the app, it lets you download tracks over your network or Wi-Fi and your songs are stored right on your memory card.…
Well Canada, iPhone 4 launch day is almost here. It’s going live tomorrow, and Apple has let it be known when their store doors will open. 7AM on July 30th is the time. Bring your fold out chairs and blankets to camp out at your local Apple Store location tonight, because I can guarantee you’re…
iOS 4 on the iPhone 3G sucks. I can say this from experience, as I have a bogged-down, slow as dirt iPhone 3G sitting beside me right now. I loaded up iOS 4 on the thing a week or two ago, and after tweaking and fiddling with the darn thing since then, I’ve been unable…
Poynt’s mobile search app for movies, restaurants, gas stations, person, and business is now on Android. It joins BlackBerry and iPhone apps, and includes some of the same features, like perpetual location awareness, weather updates, and integration with native maps, address books, and phone. Each of the search options include a lot of tailored functions;…
Motorla’s Q2 2010 financial results are out today and with $162 million in profit made, versus $26 million in Q2 2009, on $5.4 billion in sales, the company has some celebrating to do tonight. Motorola shipped 8.3 million phones and of those 2.7 million were smartphones. Kind of weak. That’s 30,000 smartphones a day during…