Oh, NTP, you and your silly lawsuits. When you aren’t suing RIM and settling for $612 million, it seems like you’re going after everyone else. That’s right, folks, the same laughable patent trolls are at it again for the same thing it sued RIM for — wireless e-mail technology. Now that RIM has been sued…
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TeleNav brings navigation services to U.S. Cellular
If you’re on U.S. Cellular and have been constantly getting lost, you’ll be happy to know that the nation’s sixth-largest mobile operator has teamed with TeleNav to offer multiple turn-by-turn navigation services. The navigation services will be available on U.S. Cellular smartphones, like the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S, and these include multiple ways to help…
Larry Page says Steve Jobs is rewriting history
Apple CEO Steve Jobs has often ripped Google by saying that it targeted Apple by jumping into the smartphone space with Android. Google’s Larry Page said Jobs is merely rewriting history to neatly fit into his narrative. Speaking to reporters, Page said: “We had been working on Android a very long time, with the notion…
BerryReader Offers Two-Way Google Reader Sync for BlackBerry
I just made a new best friend: it’s called BerryReader, which is an app for BlackBerry that just came out today and plugs right into Google Reader with full two-way sync. Read items match up, you can star stuff for later retrieval, change flags and tags, and even drop Likes on the good stories. The…
Samsung Galaxy S Captivate for AT&T Shines in Promo Video
We’re just nine days away from the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S Captivate for AT&T, one of the Galaxy S series of phones from Samsung, and the promo videos are already up. This particular one shows off the display, which is really one of the phone’s strengths over its competitors. Of course, I’m talking…
iAds make iPhone Developer $1,372 in First Day
Apple announced their new ad platform with iOS 4, which went live on July 1st. One lucky app developer showed off his returns after one day, which are, needless to say, awesome. Of course, there’s a lot of contention about making this much regularly through iAds, and this particular instance is just as likely likely…
Is This Apple’s Smallest Touchscreen Yet?
Apple is known for coming up with some pretty innovative hardware and software, and it looks like the maker of the iPhone might have something else up its sleeve. What you see above is a very small touchscreen that bears Apple markings, so one would assume it’s actually from Apple. It’s tough to say what…
Acer Liquid A1 Gets Android 2.1 Eclair
Although Acer has been blasting through Android handsets at a good clip lately, they haven’t forgotten their first handset using Google’s mobile operating system. The Acer Liquid A1 has a 768 MHz processor, 800 x 480 display, 5 megapixel camera with ISO setting and auto-focus, and custom home screen multimedia apps. The biggest thing its…
Nokia N8: This isn’t just another camera phone … it’s the best cameraphone to date
Damian Dinning has been working at Nokia for a little over 6 years. Before he joined the Finnish firm he played around with high end camera equipment, but doesn’t exactly mention his previous experience, nor his current title and role with the world’s largest mobile phone marker. Regardless, in a 2 part blog post [part…
8 GB iPhone 3GS Now Available at Bell
Deals on previous-gen iPhone devices are popping up like mad these days. First, we heard that TELUS was going live with the 8 GB iPhone 3GS. From there, the same device hit Fido, and just yesterday Rogers packed the 8 GB iPhone 3GS as well. Consider July the official month for Canadian carriers to clear…