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One of the bigger pieces of news hitting the wires today has processor design firm ARM Holdings announcing that Microsoft is the latest company to license ARM architecture. Like Apple and Samsung before it, Microsoft is licensing ARM architecture so that the company can take ARM processing cores and customize them for their own use.…
Hooray for free work! Microsoft is really hoping that its employees will lend a hand and develop Windows Phone 7 applications during their spare time. Everyone knows that mobile applications is where it’s at, and that the success of a platform and its handsets depend largely on the quality and number of apps available for…
It looks like all the drama for Apple and its iPhone 4 is finally drawing near to an end for now. Last week, during Apple’s press conference addressing the smartphone’s antenna problems, Steve Jobs offered up a fix or solution to the issue that has caused the PR nightmare for the company. Instead of performing…
So the iPhone 4, EVO 4G and Droid X haven’t really enticed you enough to commit to an overpriced smartphone plan and a contract. Good for you! Because MetroPCS is offering up a great deal on the BlackBerry Curve 8530. Sure, it’s not the fanciest smartphone on the market and you won’t be playing Predators…
So you’ve got your hammer and piggy bank sitting right next to you thinking that any day now, the white Apple iPhone 4 will be yours. After all, Apple did say that it was running into manufacturing problems with the white iPhone 4 and said that it wouldn’t be available until late July. As a…
For those of you waiting to get your hands on the HTC Desire from TELUS, it’s looking like the wait is almost over. Our good buds at MobileSyrup have reported that dummy units are arriving in-store… which can only mean one thing… the launch will be upon us real soon! In a quick recap if…
Just a quick note here, but it’s a good one if you’re a Google Voice for BlackBerry user. Turns out that Google Voice for BlackBerry has been updated to version 0.2.0.2. While just a small incremental update, it does include some handy new features. Perhaps the most notable of which is the ability to check…
Ever since Steve Jobs addressed the iPhone 4 Antennagate issue, many a BlackBerry user has cried foul. They didn’t believe the testing results that Apple carried out on their own terms. They didn’t believe the results… the loss of reception that Steve so aptly displayed couldn’t be true… could it? Now, with a little help…
After pulling out of the Vivo deal with Portugal Telecom (PT), Telefonica has reportedly hired lawyers to investigate how to break up their Brazilian joint venture, Brasilcel. As you may know from our earlier posts on the “Vivo saga,” Brasilcel is a 50-50 joint venture between PT and Telefonica which controls 60% of the Brazilian…
Finnish company Steam Republic has launched a service/app called Mobile Backstage, which enables record labels and musicians to build communities around their fans’ smartphones. The main idea is to provide fans with a dedicated mobile application from where they [fans] can access the latest news, as well as communicate directly with the artist and other…