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Borders is doubling down on its mobile strategy, as it is bringing its e-reader application to Android and BlackBerry. This latest e-reader app will join its existing programs for the Mac, PC, Apple iPhone and iPad. The Borders eBooks app does exactly what you expect from this type of program: it enables mobile users to…
Remember when we thought AT&T was trying to pull a fast one on us by throttling upload speeds in certain regions? It turns out that it was a software bug that is now being worked on by the carrier and Alcatel-Lucent who provides some of the equipment and software that AT&T uses for its infrastructure.…
HSPA+ is a technology meant to maximize the lifespan of 3G. Don’t get me wrong, LTE and WiMAX is all well and good, and we’ve seen what LTE can deliver in countries like Sweden and Norway, surpassing 20 megabits per second, but do you know what the upper limit of HSPA+ is? How does 42…
The Sprint 3G/4G Overdrive by Sierra Wireless has definitely been versatile as we’ve seen it offered with different names and labels. Clear has taken the device for its own mobile hotspot plans, and it now looks like Time Warner Cable is doing the same. The cable and Internet provider is offering the same device from…
Motorola’s blocky, Android-based Charm which we’ve seen repeatedly over the last week or so has been officially announced and is heading towards T-Mobile. Although it looks like little more than a BlackBerry cross-bred with a slab of concrete, the Charm has a few tricks up its squarish sleeve, like Flash support for web browsing, an…
The iPhone 4 drama continues as some frustrated users are looking for relief from the antenna problems with a new update. AppleCare says otherwise. Since launch, in case you’ve been living under a rock, many iPhone users have been seeing some huge drops in reception and highly attenuated data speeds when the antenna is touched…
CFL Fans, get ready for more hard-hitting Canadian Football action on your Bell device. A new partnership has been struck between Bell, TSN and RDS. The deal is effective for the entire 2010 CFL season, and will bring CFL on TSN (or RDS) direct to Bell Mobility clients on their smartphones. All regular season and…
We all love us some Skype for mobile, but more specifically, Skype for Symbian. After all, the aging platform is still the largest mobile operating system in terms of market share worldwide. What better way to chat with your international friends for free with services like Skype? Although it has been available for a short…
I’ve known for awhile now that my bud Hedone Hawker was busy working away on a killer iPhone theme for BlackBerry. I knew it was coming, but when? How about TODAY!? After popping open my email this morning I was warmly greeted with an email from Hedone. He told me briefly about his new BlackBerry…
This morning we’ve got a trio of videos showing the breadth of RIM’s immediately upcoming BlackBerry lineup, featuring the 9800 slider code-named Talladega (launching as either the Bold or the Torch), the 9670 clamshell code-named Oxford, and the BlackBerry Curve 9300, also known as the Kepler. First up, the BlackBerry 9670 that’s being reviewed is…