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Since October 2009, BlackBerry has slowly but steadily been losing sales on America’s top carrier, Verizon Wireless, to Android handsets (mostly Motorola, but also LG and Samsung). This probably isn’t a huge surprise to anyone who has seen Verizon’s aggressive (and awesome) Android marketing; in fact, Verizon would go so far as to say as…
A handful of Motorola Droid users were seeded with Android 2.2.1 the other day, and despite some difficulties pushing it out on the Droid X due to the night-time battery manager turning off the radio, Motorola has sorted out the deployment and will be unleashing the update tonight. Froyo officially hit Droid X handsets in…
A report out of Digitimes suggests HTC is planning to ship 60 million handsets in 2011, a three-fold increase over 2010. In a summit held in Taipei, the Taiwanese manufacturer reportedly informed the executives of over 100 parts suppliers of this manufacturing goal. The suppliers were warned in advance that they should be prepared to deliver the…
Google confirmed that Hotpot will kick off in Portland, Oregon over the next few months. The social recommendation engine for local restaurants, bars, and other businesses will include NFC-enabled window decals as part of the Hotpot business kit. These decals will be distributed to participating businesses, who can install them in a visible location within…
Nexus One owners who bought their device via Vodafone may be getting the Android 2.2 update as we speak. It’s not a full Gingerbread upgrade, but something worth looking forward to, nevertheless. The process is conducted over-the-air, requiring no software installed on your PC or Mac. Here’s what Vodafone had to say about it: Google…
Good news for those of you in the coverage are of Sprint/Clearwire’s WiMAX network. Sprint will be launching a WiMAX (they would call it 4G) enabled tablet at some point next year. The news comes from the carrier’s president of business markets, Paget Alves, who missed to mention which company will make the device. Samsung…
Presuming your child has an Android-powered smartphone and that you want to watch his SMS… there’s an app for that. It’s called SMS KidTracker and it comes from the same company (DPL Mobile) that made the controversial Secret SMS Replicator app. This application is basically the same, only this time the pitch is slightly differently.…
GeoGroups is a new platform/service that allows creation of location-based groups for families, friends, like-minded individuals and professionals. These groups can be either public or private, and can be created by anyone. For instance, a private group could be created to track family members and map shared locations. Public utility groups use the service to…
Glu Mobile is bringing the second Family Guy to the AppStore – Family Guy: Time Warped. The game has two versions – one for the iPhone and iPod Touch, and the other one for the iPad. Inside the game, you control Stewie and Brian Griffin as they are battling such characters as Roman Emperor Quagligula’s…
As announced earlier, Appular is launching Exclusion Zone: Anti-Air Warfare to the AppStore, offering a “combative spin on strategic line-drawing games.” The storyline sees you defending the military land and naval bases from the invasion led by fighter jets, stealth bombers and Apache helicopters. Your goal is to avert the attack and prepare silos for…