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If Amazon can do it, why can’t Samsung? Android will eventually have a handful of different application markets available from various different vendors, which may or may not be a bad thing. Samsung, for example, has their own application market for Android. The catch is that it’s only for those in Turkey. The screenshots of…
While many think the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad are putting a hurting on portable gaming devices like the Nintendo DS and the PlayStation Portable, Apple has just been dealt a major strategic blow to its gaming ambitions as its iOS gaming guru has left the company. According to Kotaku, Graeme Devine left the company’s…
If you access your Facebook account over the mobile web instead of a mobile application, well, download an app already! But seriously, the social network just added additional controls to its mobile site to give you better access to your privacy settings and more. I know how frustrating it can be when you need to…
In another sign that Apple is quickly seeping into the enterprise space with its mobile devices, multiple medical sales companies are now arming their employees with the tablet. Abbott Laboratories, Medtronic Inc. and Boston Scientific Corp. have given many of their sales people the Apple tablet and other companies are in the middle of piloting…
XEquals recently launched an accessory and iPhone app called blueSLR, which plugs into your SLR camera, pairs with your iPhone via Bluetooth, and is controlled through an on-device app. Sounds like an easier way to take good photos on the go than trying to mount a lens on your phone. Using the blueSLR app, you…
We all know by now that Angry Birds is a huge success in mobile gaming as it has completely hypnotized players with its overall simplicity. Thanks to those wily and creative pigs, and masonry-destroying birds (honestly, who knew pigs were capable of building all of those levels?!), Angry Birds has sold millions as well as…
Samsung can neither confirm nor deny updating Galaxy S handsets to Android 2.3 in the future. Perhaps it might be a little frustrating to Galaxy S variant users – Fascinate, Vibrant, Captivate and Epic 4G – who are still stuck on Android 2.1. The manufacturer built the Nexus S for Google, which will be the…
Whatever good you may have to say about the Xperia X10, hold onto it, as it’s probably been one of the most disappointing (though decently spec’d) Android smartphones around. But right now, it’s actually somewhat worth having due to one simple ROM. It’s an Android 2.3 Gingerbread preview ROM, and while other handsets are already…
The Samsung Nexus S wouldn’t be a true Google phone if the search giant wasn’t giving it away at every opportune moment. Through their new Nexus Twitter account, Google is giving away Nexus S Android handsets to those who are clever enough to figure out the answers to their challenges. It looks like challenge #2…
Yahoo is beta testing local mobile content and this is aimed at delivering hyper-local results directly to your phone. You can check it out on your Android and iOS device right now by going to http://beta.local.yahoo.com. According to Yahoo, the local mobile provides: – Local News and Information – delivering relevant hyper-local neighborhood and city…