Looks like my bud Hedone Hawker has been busy whipping up some new Premium BlackBerry themes as of late. One in particular, the ‘Football’ theme, couldn’t be more timely. With World Cup South Africa 2010 well and truly on, soccer, er, football fans worldwide are cheering their teams on towards the ultimate goal. If you’re…
Archives for 2010
Samsung Galaxy S Stripped Apart, Bares All
You hardcore gadget geeks who are into tearing things apart will be thrilled to see the Samsung Galaxy S stripped down to the screws. But if you started to worry a little about putting Humpty Dumpty back together again, fret not: there is video showing the tear down and the rebuild of the Galaxy S.…
HTC Aria and Pantech Ease Announced by AT&T, Due June 20
On Friday AT&T showed off the HTC Aria, and today they’ve gone official with an announcement, alongside a cheap texter from Pantech called the Ease.The HTC Aria runs Android 2.1, comes with a 5 megapixel camera, 3.2″ HVGA display, Wi-Fi, GPS, and HSPA 3G, but the most impressive thing about this phone has got to…
Best Buy Canada Reveals HTC Legend Days Before Bell Launch
Over the weekend I brought you up-to-speed with the latest developments on the HTC Legend in Canada. The Legend is now up and very available from Virgin Mobile Canada from $79.99, and Bell is said to be launching the device this Wednesday (June 16th, mark your calendars). We probably could have put money on this……
Samsung Galaxy Apollo i5801 heading to Orange UK
The Android-powered Samsung i5800/i5801 that we’ve seen few days ago is now confirmed to be heading to Orange UK. It’s the latter version (i5801) that will be carried by the France Telecom-owned operator and sold under the Galaxy i5801 name. The device appeared on Orange’s website and from the page we learn the plan is…
Zumobi, Art Meets Commerce launch iBroadway app for the iPhone and iPod Touch
Zumobi has a new application in the Apple’s AppStore – iBroadway, which was launched in partnership with Art Meets Commerce (AMC), a leading producer of Broadway and Off-Broadway shows. As you may guess for yourself, iBroadway provides users with information about new and favorite Broadway shows such as details on performance venues, schedules and ticketing…
Zendesk goes Android, makes customer support mobile
Popular customer support solution provider Zendesk is “going Android,” allowing customer service representatives to answer questions even while on the go. Initially their mobile application was released for the iPhone (we haven’t talked about it, though), and new a slew of Android smartphone users are joining the wave, as well. According to the company’s press…
Fortumo launches instant-activation in-app payments for Android
Mobile payments provider Fortumo has launched an easy to integrate in-app payments solution for Android developers that [solution] works in roughly 40 countries around the world. As a result, developers are able to monetize their app or premium features inside the application via carrier billing. On the other hand, end users do not have to…
Pain Free Back helps iPhone users diagnose and treat back pain
A company called Smart Health Software has released a really useful application for the iPhone – Pain Free Back. As you can guess from its title, we’re talking about an app that’s made to “provide individuals with a diagnosis and treatment for lower back pain.” It leads users through a personalized, guided discovery of potential…
Fujitsu, Toshiba to merger their mobile units?
More consolidation may be happening among the Japanese handset makers. Last year, NEC, Hitachi and Casio agreed to combine their mobile phone businesses, and now the same could happen with Fujitsu and Toshiba. If that happens, the new company would be Japan’s second largest phone maker after Sharp. It is said that Fujitsu and Toshiba…