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I Am Rich, Pocket God, and Fruit Ninja, three popular iOS games, are all landing on Windows Phone. The trio of games are an exciting addition to the Windows Phone marketplace which has now climbed to over 3,000 applications. While each game is notable on its own, the fact that all three have landed on…
Google was handed down a big win this week when a trademark lawsuit concerning its mobile OS was thrown out of court. The case was filed in 2009 and stems from a dispute over the use of the word Android. Eric Sprecht, the owner and founder of the Android Data company, claimed the search giant…
The Dell Streak continues to drop in price with the 5-inch tablet now available for $399 unlocked from Dell. This new low price applies only to the 16 GB model in Carbon black. Before you snub your nose at this Android 1.6-powered tablet, remember the Streak may ship with Android but 1.6, but it will…
Tenor Nick P. and Pianist Sam Brash took some wonderful lyrics written by Ljova and created the anthem, called “An iPhone on Verizon,” that will make everyone cry, whether in joy over the impending Verizon iPhone or in pain over the grating, repetitive melody. Of course, this anthem may not be a sincere plea for…
A few weeks ago, we saw a spy shot of the Sprint HTC EVO Shift 4G enclosed in a rugged case. Today, we have a series of images that show the front, the back, and the lovely keyboard of this side slider. Taking a closer look, we see the standard physical landscape keyboard with optical trackpad.…
HTC announced today that it is opening a new R&D office in Durham, North Carolina. The office will employ 45 people and will focus on wireless technology research. The North Carolina facility will be first East Coast location for HTC and the third in the United States. HTC currently operates an office out of Seattle…
SIM card manufacturer Gemalto confirmed that wireless carriers can lock LTE SIMs, forcing them to be used with specific plans or preventing them from being used on other Long Term Evolution networks. This report comes from Jean-Louis Carrara, VP of business development at Gemalto, who was speaking with PC Magazine. When speaking about carrier locking,…
Achim Berg, the Vice President of business and marketing for Windows Phone, confirmed in an interview-style press release that manufacturers have sold over 1.5 million Windows Phone handsets in the first six weeks since launch. Unfortunately, this figure is not the number sold to customers, but the number sold to the carriers. This number represents…
Popular Android keyboard alternative, Swype, has opened its beta program for everyone again. Starting December 20th, folks looking to try Swype on their Android handset can visit the product’s beta page and register to be a participant in the trial program. Once you are in, you are eligible to receive all upcoming revisions to the…
Microsoft’s Bing team inadvertently caused a stir by releasing two new iPhone games and one streaming music application for Android in time for the holiday season. The holiday-themed applications include Snowboard Hero and Powerboat Challenge for the iPhone, iPod touch, and the iPad. As their name suggest, Snowboard Hero lets you test out your virtual…