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RIM is probably hoping this isn’t becoming a trend, but after the UAE and Saudi Arabia said that BlackBerry was a security liability, Lebanon may be following suit. Those countries have decided that BlackBerry services are a risk because of the potential use by militant forces or terrorists, and that the governments have no way…
LG makes some pretty nice phones, but when it comes to higher-end smartphones – like the iPhone 4, Droid X, EVO 4G, Galaxy S – LG has been struggling to keep pace. The lack of truly competitive high-end smartphone offerings from LG leads us to ask ourselves: Does LG have a viable future in the…
Alex Mashinsky really wants to keep New York City connected to the Internet while on the go. After supporting the plan to add Internet and cellular service in subway stations, Mashinsky is now wanting to get WiFi into 1,000 livery cars by early fall. After that, the plan is to expand to even more cars.…
One feature most iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users are hoping for is iTunes on the cloud. The ability to stream your music library wherever you are, especially if your enormous collection is just too much for any of the current capacities of Apple’s iDevices, is what audiophiles are lusting for. Now we’re getting a…
Is it any surprise to anyone that Android is very quickly dominating the U.S. smartphone market? The Apple iPhone is just one phone on one carrier, so it’s not shocking that it’s being toppled by Android. And RIM, well, despite having several handsets on every major carrier (and some smaller ones, too), just isn’t looking…
Facebook for Android has finally been updated, and it now seems easier to navigate and much more pleasant to use. From the user interface changes to some of the new features added, Facebook for Android really needed this. I used to guage the quality of Android apps versus iPhone apps based on ones like this–apps…
Today we were at RIM’s event in New York City to see its latest baby – the BlackBerry Torch 9800 for AT&T. It’s a bit of a departure from what you’d normally see from RIM: every single device it has ever made prior to the Torch was so unmistakable that from a distance, even look-a-likes…
One of the coolest features on the iPhone 4 is undoubtedly FaceTime. Well, at least that’s the case if you have friends that want to chat with you, otherwise you have your buddies at Apple. Cool as this feature is, however, it is most certainly crippled by the fact that it only works over Wi-Fi.…
And in today’s global news, “What’s Happening in Kenya” edition, we’re hearing that pre-paid SIM card registration is getting an extension. The government has agreed to give users an additional month to register their pre-paid SIM cards – up to the end of this month. Otherwise, those SIMs could have been cut off this weekend,…
So you bought an HTC HD2 from T-Mobile and went home happily with that big ol’ honkin screen. Then you spent a few hours with Windows Mobile 6.5 and cried your eyes out. 30 days passed and, for one reason or another, you didn’t return it or exchange it for another device. Fear not: Android…