It looks like Qualcomm wants to get out of the mobile TV business, as its CEO said the company is looking for “a number of alternatives” regarding Flo TV. “It will get done in the next year but I don’t think I can be much more specific than that,” Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs said in…
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FacePlant app for iPhone makes FaceTime video calling easy, does video-mail
So, you’ve got a shiny new iPhone 4 in your pocket and you can’t wait to try out the new FaceTime video calling feature that Apple so brilliantly integrated into iOS 4. The first thing you have to do is to find out which of your friends already have an iPhone 4. Then, you have…
Google Voice gets faster dialing for Android, BlackBerry
Google continues to improve its Google Voice app for Android and BlackBerry and the latest update now makes it quicker to dial your contacts. According to Google: Until today, the Google Voice app had to make a request to the Google Voice server every time you wanted to make a call to send us the…
Konami Releases Castlevania Puzzle: Encore of the Night on iPhone; Get Your Garlic & Crosses Ready
Castlevania Puzzle: Encore of the Night was announced 2 months ago, with the first debut trailer releasing a month after that. Now it looks like the wait is finally over as Konami has just released Castlevania Puzzle: Encore of the Night on the iPhone. Hardcore Castlevania fans might be disappointed to hear Castlevania Puzzle: Encore…
Verizon Motorola Droid X gets root – Superuser is here, eFuse be damned
So remember how there was all that talk about how the Verizon Motorola Droid X could not be hacked, rooted, jailbroken, etc. because of a system protection technology known as eFuse? Well, while the blogosphere was busy passing around rumors that the Motorola Droid X would brick itself if you tried to gain root access,…
Apple iPhone Has Totally Dominated the Smartphone Industry Despite Small Market Share
Is there any doubt in anyone’s mind that Apple has completely uprooted and shifted the entire smartphone industry? Since the arrival of the Apple iPhone in the wireless space in 2007, it seems like the veteran players have been doing nothing but playing catch up. Suddenly there was a huge surge in touchscreen smartphones and…
Verizon stays quiet on tiered data plans
We heard rumblings that Verizon Wireless will be killing its unlimited data plans by the end of the month and the folks over at Droid Life have received the alleged script that Big Red is sending out to squash concerns. Thanks to “blog activity,” Verizon is coaching its customer service representatives to deflect customers who…
AOL rolls out Android apps, mobile optimized site
AOL is looking to right the ship and it is going after the mobile market in a strong way by releasing a pair of Android apps and it has also rolled out mobile-optimized sites which utilize HTML5. Like Google’s mobile app, the AOL app rolls many of the company’s services into a single program. This…
Gameloft Releases Let’s Golf 2 on iPhone
As fun as EA Mobile’s Tiger Woods golf titles are, I personally am a fan of arcade style golf games over realistic ones. That’s why I’ve always enjoyed games like Hot Shots Golf and Mario Golf on the consoles, but Gameloft’s Let’s Golf has been giving the same great experience on the iPhone & Android…
Barnes & Noble Brings its Nook App to Android
If you’ve settled for Kindle on Android because there haven’t been too many other decent options for you, you’re in luck. Barnes & Noble is bringing its Nook app to Android, and while I’m not the biggest fan of reading eBooks on smartphones, screens like the ones on the HTC EVO 4G or Motorola Droid…







