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The Angry Birds phenomenon rages on with a new version of the game available for Android exclusively through the Amazon App Store. It’s a bit unusual for the game to be sold exclusively through a distributor not known for its popularity for mobile apps, so one has to wonder about the deal that Amazon and…
WiMax provider Clearwire has had it rough the past few months. It is still trying to come up with a solution for its monetary woes – Sprint, who owns just over half stake in the company, declined to purchase Clearwire’s debts – and build a bigger WiMax subscriber base. However, the uphill battle for Clearwire…
Instagram has just been updated and it introduced a pretty nifty new feature – tilt shift. For those of you familiar with photography, or tilt shift lenses, you’ll notice that there are a number of uses for the feature and hardware. When taking pictures of buildings from ground level, for example, you can prevent them…
When word of the Motorola Xoom shipping without Flash was released, most of the tech world were baffled at the move. After all, Android’s one big advantage over iOS was its Flash support. So why would a flagship Android tablet ship without Flash support? Adobe responded that it would be arriving some time in the…
Adobe just announced that its updated version of Flash, version 10.2, will become available for download from the Android Market on March 18. It will be available for devices running Android 2.2 or higher, but there are some conditions on those particular versions: Flash Player 10.2 is a production GA (General Availability) release for Android…
T-Mobile is continuing the expansion of its 4G HSPA+ network in the U.S., and today five new cities have been added to the list. The following cities should have some pretty solid HSPA+ coverage now, which means lighting fast data download speeds: Des Moines, Iowa; Gainesville and Panama City, Florida; Monterey, California; and Savannah, Georgia.…
When the iPad 2 was unveiled by Apple last week, one of its biggest new features was the ability to create and edit media content within GarageBand and iMovie. Today, iMovie received an update that makes it more consistent across the different iOS devices. If you’re unfamiliar with the app, it’s basically a simple movie…
We’re getting closer to SXSWi, and the IntoMobile team will be bringing all the goodies to you as it happens from Austin, TX. During large events such as SXSW, it’s pretty important for us to be able to keep in touch with each other. On a typical workday, we correspond with each other and shoot…
Angry Birds has been one curious phenomenon. The game has been downloaded over 30 million times for Android alone, and it has even penetrated the mainstream media. Famous actors and school kids alike have found themselves addicted to the popular game, and the company behind it, Rovio, is looking to expand. As if making a…
When the iPad 2 was announced and Steve Jobs told the world that it would be priced just like the first model, it made the Motorola Xoom seem that much more expensive. After all, at the low end, the iPad only costs $499 without a contract or commitment to anyone. For the Xoom, the non-commitment…