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Not too far behind Telus, Bell has launched RIM’s second flip BlackBerry, the Style 9670. It’s going for $49.99 on a three-year contract, which is not only cheaper than the comparable BlackBerry Torch and Bold 9780, but also beats the Telus Style by thirty bucks. They’re also selling their GPS navigation service for $50 for…
Wyse Technology, the company behind the PocketCloud mobile app/service we talked about in the past, updated its flagship app which is now in version 1.1. There are several important changes PocketCloud 1.1 brings, including: Tablet support – such as the Samsung Galaxy Tab and the upcoming Cisco Cius Support for advanced Microsoft NLA (Network Level…
With the holiday season in full effect, I think I’ve come across the perfect gift for the father, brother, sister, cousin or colleague in your life that pays more attention to his or her phone than to you. Called the Phonekerchief, this nifty little handkerchief not only conceals a device with class, but it lets…
Marko Ahtisaari, Senior Vice President of Design and User Experience at Nokia, recently gave a talk at LeWeb where he revealed that the Finnish firm is going to build an entirely new user experience on top of MeeGo and that it will ship at some point in 2011. Decoding Nokia language, that’s probably going to…
Philips has a new dual-SIM capable phone in its offering – Xenium X116. We’re talking about a low-end candybar, which (as it’s usually the case with Philips phones) won’t be available outside of Eastern Europe and parts of Asia. In addition to sporting two SIM card slots, the X116 also comes with a 2-inch 176×220…
We know not many of you care that bada 1.2 SDK is now in its final version, but we see it as important news, nevertheless. The reason is obvious – Samsung is one of the major handset makers and their bada-powered devices are selling in millions (though their Android devices are selling even more). That…
Digia, which (presuming it’s the same company) we know for their Symbian–related efforts, is going for the iOS and Android device users. Their new application/service is called Flowd and it’s made to connect music acts with fans. Users download the free application from where they can access latest news, views, tours and appearances of their…
The ISDB-Tmm standard, which is a member of the ISDB-T family of digital terrestrial broadcasting technologies, is going to be put into commercial use in Japan in spring 2012. Multimedia Broadcasting, the newly commissioned carriage operator, and other members of the ISDB-T Multimedia Forum will be working together to provide nationwide multimedia broadcasting services for…
Accenture has conducted a global survey among 1,000 respondents in ten markets — including the U.S., France, Spain, Italy, U.K., Germany, Brazil, Japan, China and India — to examine how mobile phones are affecting the retailer relationship. Here’s what they’ve found: Smartphone users would find it useful to download money-off coupons to their phones (79%),…