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The rate at which smartphone use has been growing steadily rises each year, and as a result, we see a lot more trends moving towards mobile. Payments, social networking and shopping are just a number of things that many consumers are beginning to do on their mobile devices and smartphones, but it looks like they…
Life is rough for Sprint Epic 4G users who are patiently waiting to get onto Android 2.2 Froyo after seeing their Android counterparts – HTC EVO owners – enjoying the latest from Google since late summer. And like the HTC EVO 4G owners before them, it’s very tempting to update to the latest version of…
Just a quick BlackBerry OS update here for the Bold 9780 users out there. The best part of this is, it’s an OFFICIAL release, woohoo! OS 6.0.0.359 has dropped for the BlackBerry Bold 9780 from AVEA. The update should pack a somewhat reasonable punch, bumping you up quite a bit from the standard OS build…
Hey mobile app developers, you want a free BlackBerry PlayBook? Yeah, of course you do. Well, if you’ve been taking the last couple of weeks to play around with the AIR SDK for RIM’s first tablet, you can now submit your final work to the BlackBerry App World and get a free PlayBook if it’s…
If you’re a child of the 80’s like me, chances are the ‘Back to the Future’ Trilogy brings back fond memories. Doc Brown, Marty McFly, Biff, and all of the other characters in this wacky and wildly successful sci-fi time travel trilogy are timeless… and if you recall, these characters are all about to go…
After a day’s worth of Android and enough Gingerbread news to keep us full until Christmas, it’s time to take a look at the lighter side of the news. Today we have an entertaining video from the BBC’s Comedy division that will delight Beatles and Apple fans alike. The short parody retells the story behind…
Samsung has a huge presence in mobile devices in the U.S., but perhaps it might grow even bigger worldwide. A rumor going around about Samsung’s goals in 2011 include shipping 330 million phones globally, which would be right up there with Nokia who shipped 110 million smartphones this past summer. By shipping that many mobile…
The Android 2.3 SDK was made available to the public yesterday and the source code has yielded its first surprise. Spotted in the code for the “android.view.KeyEvent” are several new inputs key including A, B, C, L1, L2, Mode, R1, R2, Select, Start, ThumbL, ThumbR, X, Y, and Z. It does not take a rocket…
Asian sources hint that Foxconn is ramping up production of the iPad 2 for shipment in February 2011. Initial shipments of 400,000-600,000 units are expected to leave Foxconn warehouses within the next 100 days. Inside sources claim Foxconn is preparing component suppliers for this new production run, which is expected to take place in Foxconn’s…
Shazam, the company behind the popular music discovery-recognition application/service, announced that it has passed the major milestone of 100 million users! Significantly, a quarter of all users downloaded Shazam over the past six months. In addition to music-recognition service, Shazam also has an offering for businesses called Shazam Audio Recognition Advertising (SARA) program which has…