Gameloft has launched N.O.V.A. Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance for iPhone 4, touting it to be the first game that takes advantage of all the innovations in technology on the iPhone 4. For instance: The graphics is optimized for that gorgeous Retina display. iPhone 4’s faster CPU can handle the improved 3D graphics. There are gyroscope…
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Gushers is an oil exploration-themed iPhone game; Buying it you help the Gulf Coast Oil Spill Fund
Here’s a PR move that also includes “doing the right thing.” College-student developers behind the Gushers iPhone game will donate all proceeds from the game sales to the Gulf Coast Oil Spill Fund. If you’re not familiar, you should know that Gushers is an oil exploration-themed game that was released at the end of last…
KPMG Survey: U.S. consumers steadily accepting mobile banking
And we have another mobile banking survey results to share. This time, it was KPMG that conducted the survey among more than 5,600 people in 22 countries worldwide. Here are the key findings from the U.S. respondents: 19% of respondents have conducted banking transactions on a mobile device, up from only 9% from 18 months…
Washington State makes $100,000/month thanks to cell phone ban while driving law
Don’t text and drive. Don’t email and drive. Don’t call and drive. Just don’t do anything while driving, except maybe listen to music. How important is that call that you’re willing to risk hitting another car, or worse yet hitting a pedestrian? I’m guilty of using my phone while driving, but only as a GPS…
Orange offers cheap Android 2.1 touchscreen smartphone in France
Orange has launched its own-branded Android smartphone in France. The all-touchscreen device is called the Tactile Internet and it’s pretty much the same phone, specs wise, as the HTC Tattoo. We’re not sure which company actually makes it, but we do have the specs – there’s a 2.8-inch QVGA display (not sure whether it’s capacitive…
HP: We know we said we’d support Windows Phone 7, but that was before we bought Palm
HP, who in February said they’d support Microsoft and their Windows Phone 7 mobile operating system, but then went ahead and purchased Palm in April for $1.2 billion, has recently said that they’re going to stick to webOS, and only webOS, for their smartphones going forward. Not that HP ever made any good smartphones to…
Wireless charging is now a standard, expect to see “Qi” devices soon
Wireless charging has been the holy grail of consumer electronic devices for as long as I can remember. No more ugly wires in otherwise beautiful rooms or carrying a charger with you to make sure that your smartphone can keep on pushing you those emails from your wife asking you to bring home tartar sauce.…
iPhone 4 available in Canada unlocked; $659 for 16 GB, $779 for for 32 GB
An American, living in Finland, writing Canadian news. I apologize in advance to our boys living in America’s hat, but this story is too big to pass up. That and they’re asleep dreaming about whatever Canadians dream about … maple syrup? Anyway, Apple’s iPhone is going on sale this Friday in Canada, and it’s going…
CTIA Warns Users About Exemptions on DMCA and Jailbreaking or Rooting devices
So, the Library of Congress made a decision today about the Digital Millenium Copyrights Act, or DMCA, and you hackers and pirates started jumping for joy. All you heard was that jailbreaking and rooting your handset is now legal, so any feelings of guilt you might have had are probably all gone now. But if…
Google sees Android sales increase 350% in UK compared to previous quarter
You’ve likely been sleeping under a rock if you hadn’t notice Android OS has been growing at a rapid pace. The Q2 numbers from the UK illustrate just this, showing the Google mobile OS growing around 350% from Q1. That’s impressive, no matter what the absolute numbers are. In just three months, Android has gone…