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The BlackBerry form factor, better known as portrait QWERTY, doesn’t get a lot of love these days from handset vendors. Nearly every major device that’s been announced during the past half decade has just a giant slab of glass. What are people who want to use their thumbs going to do? Enter the Huawei M660.…
I know … I know sites always talk about how much mobile technology is growing, but if you consider the reach it has with kids you’ll understand. According to eMarketer, 15 percent of kids under the age of 11 have their own mobile phone, while 16 percent of kids 12 to 17 who are online used Twitter,…
Blackline TV is doing something pretty unique for a podcast: it’s launching its own iPad magazine. Even more bold, it’s not trapped in the App Store or Newsstand under Apple’s developer terms and conditions. No, instead it’s living freely on the open web as an HTML5 magazine. Blackline is a podcast that specializes in delivering…
Another smartphone is being added to T-Mobile’s lineup soon. The self-branded T-Mobile Prism is an Android smartphone with plenty of features for the average mobile user, yet almost anyone will be able to afford it. The Prism ships with Android 2.3 Gingerbread, which has become the de facto operating system for low to mid-range smartphones…
Whispers of Target’s decision to stop selling the Amazon Kindle line of devices made their way around the internet last night. The rumors started when a source close to the matter told The Verge that the Minneapolis-based retailer would stop selling the line due to a “conflict of interest,” presumably due to the fact that Target…
We’re still at the BlackBerry World 2012 conference and CEO Thorsten Heins addressed the media about the company’s need for a “laser focus.” While we covered the main beats of his nearly 45-minute long talk with the media, we were also live-tweeting the event. If you missed it, we’ve pulled in some of the more…
Stitcher Radio is one of my favorite apps and I truly do use it every day, so I’m happy to see it launching new features which will make it easier to keep up to date with the upcoming U.S. Presidential Election. The Election Center special section will be visible once you open the app and…
We’re mere hours away from the official introduction of the Samsung Galaxy S III and needless to say, we’re very excited. Samsung has rode the Galaxy lineup to become the largest phone maker in the world and it is one of the few Android handset makers that is actually making some inroads against Apple. Let’s…
Fresh off the first showing of BlackBerry 10, Research In Motion CEO Thorsten Heins outlined his vision for the company moving forward. After holding the top spot for about three months, Heins said the company needed “laser focus” in order to be successful. During RIM’s last earnings call, there were some rumors that it would…
Okay, I’m convinced. The future is now! Either that or the world is really ending in 2012. Time will tell. DDB Mexico has recently put on a campaign for Mexican internet company Terra, which gives dog owners the opportunity to trade in bags of dog poop to an electric receptacle that will grant the dog…