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NAVIGON is celebrating its first anniversary in the Apple App Store with a 50% sale that starts today, August 12th, and ends on the 15th. NAVIGON has been in the business of navigation for 19 years and is the developer of MobileNavigator, one of the top third-party mobile navigation solutions for the iPhone and iOS…
An unknown device with webOS 2.0 and a codename of Roadrunner was spotted in the usage stats for a popular Foursquare app available for the Palm Pre and Pixi. The app developer Zhephree stumbled on a single entry for the unknown Roadrunner device and new column for webOS 2.0 while examining the adoption rate of…
Sprint made it official: the Samsung Epic 4G is slated to drop August 31 and will become the nation’s second Android-powered WiMAX handset. The Samsung Epic 4G is the Pro variant of the Galaxy S and includes a QWERTY keyboard and 4G connectivity, two features which set the Sprint Epic 4G apart from the other…
Daring Fireball’s John Gruber spoke out regarding the Verizon CDMA iPhone and added some interesting insight into the status of this long-rumored handset. According to Gruber’s sources, the non-GSM version of Apple’s smartphone is more than just a rumor and is currently under active development. The handset is reportedly codenamed N92 and is in engineering…
Verizon Wireless took a step back from its smartphone fiesta and added the Samsung Gusto to its lineup of feature phones. The Samsung Gusto is your standard flip phone with a two-inch inner display, mobile web browser, and Bluetooth support. Other features on this entry level handset include: 2-inch QVGA inner display and a 1-inch…
Microsoft is assembling a new Mobile Gaming Studio and is hiring software engineers to fill these newly created positions. This information comes from a recent job listing posted on Microsoft’s website that is looking for developers who are excited about games, connected entertainment, and Windows Phone 7. According to the listing, the new Mobile Studio…
Hey US Cellular customers, the Android-powered HTC Desire is hitting your wireless carrier on August 27th! Lest you forget, the Desire ranks alongside the Incredible and the Nexus One in the Android world and is an impressive score for the nation’s #6 wireless carrier. The Desire was originally announced in February for the UK and…
Good news Verizon DROID owners! The highly anticipated Android 2.2 update is now hitting handsets en masse. After a brief rollout that stalled and was delayed for a week by Verizon, the update is reportedly back on again and handsets are receiving some official Froyo love. The update is delivered OTA and a notification should…
Good news for DROID Incredible owners as HTC has released the 2.6.32 source code for the latest Android 2.2. update. The source code is available form download from HTC’s developer website. For the non-developer, this large list of files may appear to be gibberish but in the hands of a developer or savvy hacker, the…
Popular cloud-based document sharing and storage provider, Box.net, has updated its iPhone and iPad apps with support for offline access. This new offline feature allows Box.net customers to view the content of files on their mobile device without an active Internet connection. Files or folders marked for offline access are downloaded to the local storage…