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If you’re on a market looking to grab yourself a rugged clamshell phone, Verizon Wireless may have exactly what you need. Samsung Convoy 2 builds on the apparent success of its predecessor, boasting similar rough look and feel that meets Military Specifications 810F standards for shock, low pressure (altitude), low and high temperature, temperature shock,…
Adobe has updated its Flash player for Android to version 10.3.186.3, which is said to fix a number of security issues while also providing several feature enhancements for certain phones and websites. Here’s what’s included in this release: Enabled NEON optimizations for OMAP4 (Cortex A-9) based devices. Corrected an issue on the Samsung Galaxy S…
According to an article on Android Central, Google and Samsung are updating Android Market with the Google Movies service for the Samsung Galaxy Tab. Apparently everything starts with select users firing up Android Market only to see the new terms and conditions displayed on the screen. Once accepted, the Market app closes down and then…
Verizon Wireless launched a neat online tool to make it easy for its subscribers to plan their wireless service spending (aka roaming costs) when traveling outside of the United States. The new Trip Planner provides customers with such information as global calling and data plans, country-specific coverage and pricing, and device functionality in more than…
Huawei Vision, the Chinese company’s mass-market Android smartphone, is at the FCC where the good folks of the Commission are examining its radiation levels as we speak. As soon as they’re done, the device will be ready to hit the U.S. soil, presuming Huawei manages to find a distribution partner in the U.S. of A.…
Mobile messaging solutions provider Synchronica launched a Synchronica Mobile Gateway IM client app for Android, enabling operator-branded IM services on Android smartphones. And they already have the first client – América Móvil, which will launch the new app called Claro Messenger through its subsidiaries across Latin America. Synchronica’s application can sing along popular IM services…
In a hot new leak, an anonymous tipster emailed the names of three upcoming Sprint phones to Engadget. The Now Network will keep its Android “agenda” rolling with the following three models: Samsung Epic 4G Touch – yep that’s Sprint’s (WiMAX) version of the Galaxy S II, which we know as one of the best…
Google has updated its YouTube mobile app for Android with several new features. Version 2.2.14 allows users to edit the title, description and privacy of their uploaded videos. Moreover, there’s a brand new uploading UI, as well as the ability to manage (Create/Edit/Delete) playlists while on the go. In addition, this release also comes with…
Aside from making Android and Windows Phone devices, Samsung has its own mobile OS at well – bada. None of the bada smartphones managed to impress us thus far and it’s fair to argue that will remain the case as long as Samsung keeps rolling such awesome Android smartphones as the Galaxy S II… Now…
The iPhone 5 will be announced within a month or so and I started wondering whether Apple will be able to impress us… again. We think we know pretty much all of the features, leaving little space for a surprise. According to various rumors we’ve been hearing during the last couple of months, the iPhone…