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Microsoft wants you to experience Windows Phone 7.5, because they know you will like it, once you try it. The company can’t afford to give everyone a Windows Phone, so it’s doing the next best thing – creating an online demo that’ll bring the Windows Phone experience to anyone with an iPhone or an Android…
Two US malls have abandoned their plans to track customers via their mobile phones. This change of heart followed a call from US Senator Charles Schumer who publicly criticized the practice. The two malls, Promenade Temecula in California and Short Pump Town Center in Virginia, were tracking customer’s mobile phones and using that data to determine…
The AT&T and T-Mobile merger is on the verge of collapse, but AT&T has a plan to save it, says New York Times Journalist Andrew Ross Sorkin. Sorkin claims AT&T has been in talks with Leap Wireless to sell a chunk of T-Mobile to the regional wireless carrier. AT&T hopes this divestiture will make it…
Apple released iOS 5.1 beta to developers this afternoon. The changelog suggests this is a minor update that fixes a few small issues affecting Newsstand, Music Player and Game Center. There’s also a handful of changes in the APIs and iCloud storage for developers to note. A report earlier this month from Macerkopf claimed an upcoming version of iOS 5, possibly…
It was a little over a year ago that Microsoft introduced Windows Phone and WP7 handsets hit retail shelves. The platform has been slow to gain ground against Android and iOS, but the latest stats from Facebook suggest things may be turning around. Wmpoweruser closely watched the number of Windows Phone users on Facebook and noticed…
We didn’t think it would happen this soon, but yet another leaked document suggests the Droid 4 is creeping closer to launch. This latest leak is an information sheet containing the full specs of the handset. As expected, the Droid 4 is shaping up to be a Droid Razr with a QWERTY keyboard. According to the…
Verizon customers waiting for the Galaxy Nexus will be intrigued by the latest advertisement making the rounds. A Netshelter ad appearing at various blogs suggests the Galaxy Nexus will debut for a reasonable $199. This is $50 less than the launch prices of comparable 4G Android handsets on Verizon and a $100 less than the Nexus’ $299…
Verizon Wireless is kicking off the holiday shopping season with a Black Friday sale on the Droid Incredible 2, the Motorola Xoom and the LG Revolution. The carrier is also offering an extra special, limited-time offer to customers who check-in to a Verizon retail store using Facebook or Foursquare. Verizon doesn’t say what it will…
You have to hand it to Samsung. The Korean company is waging a legal battle with Apple over its Galaxy devices and has seen its fair share of setbacks. Despite these losses, the handset manufacturer has kept its sense of humor. Rather than attack Apple, Samsung uses a recent advertisement to lightheartedly joke about Apple fans…
Searching for mobile applications just got a whole lot easier with Google’s search category for applications. I’m not sure when this category debuted on the Google search results page, but it was just noticed by the folks at the Google Operating System blog. All you have to do is search for a keyword and look…