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The latest Android 2.2.1 update for the original Motorola DROID is rolling out now, according to reports from users that have received the update. This update is presumably the last Android 2.2 Froyo version that will hit the original DROID. The next update should bring Gingerbread, Android 2.3, to the handset sometime in the future.…
Skype for Symbian has been out for quite some time now, but was still lacking support for the Nokia N8 – Nokia’s flagship device – the C7 and E5. However, just in time for the holidays, Skype has updated its app for Symbian so that even more users can get in touch with friends, family…
The Google Nexus S is only a few days old but we’re already hearing word that there might be some problems trying to fulfill demand with the originally-promised specs. In particular, it looks like the Russian version of the Samsung Android superphone will have Super Clear LCD screens instead of Super AMOLED displays. This likely…
The vast majority of video we’ve seen of the BlackBerry PlayBook has been under fairly controlled circumstances, but we have seen a few less-than-official clips. Another one came out today at a joint RIM/Adobe developer event in New York, and we’ll probably have at least one more video coming from the shindig later today. The…
It looks like the trend is toward tiered data plans, as AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless have implemented multiple ways to purchase data beyond just the unlimited data plan. Sprint CEO Dan Hesse said the company doesn’t have plans for tiered services but he left the door open for it in the future. Speaking at…
European operators are swamped by data-hungry customers and want Internet companies to help pay for network upgrades to handle this demand. The operators are targeting Google, Apple, and Facebook with their threats for additional compensation. The idea has been bounced around by France Telecom, Telecom Italia, and Vodafone. All three carriers are considering usage-based fees…
RIM’s co-CEO Mike Lazaridis showed off the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet yet again for a WSJ conference last night, where he ferociously (and sometimes confusingly) defended the present and future of RIM. From the edited video below and some of the liveblogs, it seems that he was trying to contort canned lines into responses that nobody…
Smartphone usage in the U.S. is on the rise and it looks like half of all mobile users in the States will be using smartphones by the end of 2011. As a matter of fact, about a third of mobile users in the U.S. currently own a smartphone whether it’s an iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Symbian…
Popular twitter application, Touiteur, has been updated to version 2.0. The application supports widgets and is one of the top twitter applications available for Android. Touiteur offers a free version so you can try it out; with this latest update, the free version is now ad-supported. A Premium, add-free version is also available for €1.99…
TI (Texas Instruments) has just announced their latest creation, the OMAP4440. Expected to start sampling during the first quarter of 2011, and begin mass production during the second half of the same year, the OMAP4440 has enough differences compared to the older OMAP4430, due to be in products shipping during the first half of 2011,…