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Clear is an awesome and incredibly simple task/to-do list manager for iOS. Instead of using on-screen buttons, users of the Clear service pinch and swipe their way through a minimalist task list to manage the to-dos of the day. To-Do list managers quickly get a bit dull, however, which leads to reduced usage by all…
Canada’s Rogers Wireless has expectantly launched the HTC One X, offering it for $169.99 on a three-year contract. Alternatively there are 1 and 2-year contract options, which (as you can imagine) ask you to pay more upfront. Rogers’ version of the device rocks Qualcomm’s dual-core Snapdragon S4 processor, rather than NVidia Tegra 3 quad-core. Rest…
Motorola is preparing to unveil a new entry-level Android smartphone – XT560. We don’t have all the details about this little fella’ though we do know it will sport an HVGA touchscreen, 3-megapixel rear-facing camera, 800Mhz processor, HSDPA and Wi-Fi connectivity, while Android 2.3 Gingerbread will run the show. Moreover, we’re hearing it’s destined to…
Microsoft announced their intent to purchase Skype almost a year ago. The deal closed in mid October, which is over six months ago. Why are these dates important? Because it’s only now that Microsoft has released Skype for Windows Phone. Version 1.0 does many of the things you’d except Skype to do out of the…
SA Studios Global and MetroPCS unveiled the Huawei M835 Sanctioned by tokidoki, a special-edition Android handset designed by the Japanese-inspired cult apparel and accessory brand tokidoki. In recent years, tokidoki’s cult status has fueled high-profile collaborations with Karl Lagerfeld, New Era, Hello Kitty, Levi’s, Smashbox cosmetics, Xbox, Skullcandy and others. So it’s no surprise that…
LG announced “the world’s first quad core smartphone” at Mobile World Congress in February of this year. Dubbed the Optimus 4X HD, it still hasn’t hit the market, meanwhile the HTC One X has, and it has the same quad core NVIDIA Tegra 3 inside. Anyway, just like the HTC One X has a dual…
Canada’s Koodo Mobile added a new Android smartphone to its offering – LG Optimus Black, which unlike its name says can be yours in black OR white. Available for $250, it offers quite a bang for the buck, including a 4-inch WVGA screen (Nova display), 1GHz processor, 5-megapixel rear-facing camera with LED flash, 2-megapixel front-facing…
We all need to check some information with Wikipedia from time to time. Instead of visiting the website whenever that’s needed, some of us (I know I do) fire-up the dedicated Wikipedia app to get the information faster without loading any side graphics. Up until this point, such an app wasn’t available for BlackBerry PlayBook…
Sony has expectantly opened its PlayStation Suite developer program to the general public. Still in beta, it allows developers to grab the SDK and create apps and games that can work on PS Vita and a number of PlayStation Certified devices like the new Xperia range, as well as Xperia Play and Sony tablets (S…
With so many different Galaxy smartphones and tablets, Samsung is obviously seriously committed to its Galaxy branding. Recently we’ve seen them securing new names for unannounced products and now they’ve filed for another three: Galaxy Metrix, Galaxy Velvet and Galaxy Legend. Now just because someone secured names doesn’t mean they’ll actually launch such products. More…