After the iPhone and Nokia smartphones, Syntonetic is bringing its Moodagent music app to devices running Android 1.5 or higher. The application creates mood-based playlists using sliders labeled Sensual, Tender, Happy, Angry and Tempo. You can lock a track to ensure a particular song appears in each new playlist or exclude it from all list…
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Borders offers free top-selling ebooks
To all of you who downloaded Borders ebook client or grabbed Borders’ ebook reading device, the book retailer has a surprise for you – five free top-selling books valued at more than $40. The offer is valid through Wednesday, July 14th, and includes such popular titles as Dean Koontz’s “Frankenstein: Prodigal Son,” Lee Child’s “One…
Verizon Wireless joins the Inception movie campaign; Offers free Android app
Verizon Wireless is joining Christopher Nolan’s Inception movie campaign, big time. Here’s what they got: A special mobile game called “Inception: Mind Crime,” which is available for Motorola DROID and HTC DROID Incredible users by texting “WAKEUP” to 5500. The free app provides access to exclusive film information, video content and images, artwork, and music,…
Callpod unveils Onyx and Vetro Bluetooth headsets with 50+ meters range
Callpod — the company we know for their cool accessories like Chargepod, Drone, Phoenix and Dragon — is out with not one but two new Bluetooth headsets – Onyx and Vetro, both offering a 164 ft (50m) range which is up to 5 times more than traditional headsets! In other words, with one of these…
Qualcomm to trial MediaFLO mobile TV in Taiwan
Qualcomm has signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding with Taiwan’s Far Eastone to explore the creation of a MediaFLO-based mobile media operator. The discussions between the two parties come in advance of Taiwan’s anticipated UHF spectrum auction in early 2011, when the country’s regulatory agency, the National Communications Commission, is expected to issue two mobile…
BlackBerry Tablet to Host 1 GHz Processor, Twin Cameras – Analyst
Rodman & Renshaw analyst Ashok Kumar is claiming that the upcoming BlackBerry tablet will include two cameras, one rear-facing and one forward-facing for video calling. To power such graphically intensive activity, Kumar says the tablet will use a 1 GHz processor, which would be the first time RIM used something that fast. He also claimed…
BlackBerry Webkit Browser gets Hands-On Video Review
We’ve seen a few stills and a staged demo of RIM’s Webkit browser to be launched with BlackBerry OS 6, but now we’ve got a slightly more in-depth tour of the new BlackBerry browser The start screen looks a little rearranged, but all of the parts of the original browser are still there (search, history,…
HTC says Android 2.2 Froyo updates coming by Christmas, Gingerbread next year
Recently HTC came out with a couple harsh words that will certainly make a couple of HTC Android phone owners weep a little – the company’s Android phones with Sense UI will have to wait until Christmas to see the Android 2.2 Froyo update. According to Eric Lin, HTC’s global PR and online community manager,…
CDMA-based LG Cookie Zip hits India
LG Cookie Zip has been launched in India. Basically we’re talking about a slightly redesigned, CDMA-based version of the Cookie Plus GS500, which T-Mobile sell under the name LG Sentio in the U.S. Since it’s CDMA-based device, the Cookie ZIP will work with such India’s networks as Reliance, BSNL, Tata and MTS India. Specs wise,…
Deal: 4 Gameloft iPhone games available for 99 cents!
Just when we talked about Gameloft’s move to slash prices on some of its iPad titles, the gaming company made 4 additional iPhone games available for 99 cents. Here’s what they got: Blokus – addictive puzzler Blades of Fury – fantasy fighting game Terminator Salvation – third-person shooter based on a popular movie Fishing Kings…