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Research In Motion, makers of the BlackBerry, once believed that mobile applications were nothing more than a passing fad. However, even when that statement was made, it was very evident that apps weren’t just a fad, but sales and downloads were surpassing what we could have ever imagined. In fact, Apple recently awarded $10,000 in…
Forget about those buy-one-get-one free, or BOGO, deals, U.S. Cellular is one-upping carriers who offer that deal with five free Android smartphones. That’s right: five free phones with the purchase of one. If you’re in an area with U.S. Cellular coverage, your only excuses are either having a small family or being Forever Alone. However,…
The Verizon iPhone was expected to be a huge and dramatic hit by many analysts, journalists and even AT&T, but so far it doesn’t seem to have the gravity we’d all been anticipating. According to Instapaper founder, Marco Arment, the lack of a huge spike in Verizon iPhone sales might be because of those who’d…
The Motorola Xoom is the tablet Android fans have been waiting for. It’s got a spec sheet that’ll knock you back off your feet and a pretty sexy design. In all, we’ve come away pretty impressed with the Android 3.0 Honeycomb tablet if you don’t count the sticker shock. For some reason, however, it seems…
We caught our first real glimpse of the Lenovo LePad, which couldn’t sound more oddly French coming from a Chinese manufacturer, at CES this year and we’re now hearing that it’s launching worldwide this June. The 10.1-inch tablet will sport Android 2.2 at launch, which is highly disappointing given the slew of Android 3.0 Honeycomb…
Ever since Nokia announced that it would be adopting the Windows Phone 7 platform, questions, speculation and comments on the news have flooded the web. Rumors that employees were upset enough to walk out the day of the announcement was shocking – though some say Nokia employees were given the rest of the day off…
Clearwire, the high-speed 4G WiMax provider, has been in a bit of financial trouble lately, and it’s looking to climb out of its hole by patching things up with Sprint. Earlier this year, Sprint announced that it would not purchase Clearwire’s debt, and suddenly rumors of being sold altogether started cropping up. Shortly before the…
If you’ve been looking at iPhone users with envy because you’re a Bizzy user but own an Android device, today is your lucky day. The recommendation is now available for the Google’s mobile OS, and it’s just as feature rich as its Apple counterpart. For those of you unfamiliar with Bizzy, it’s a recommendation engine…
We’ve heard of exploding or fiery iPods and iPhone handsets before, usually resulting in little or no injury, but none have perplexed us as much as this particular case. Why on earth would you put together a video montage of the destroyed iPhone with cheesy flames and explosions around them set to Bruce Springsteen’s music?…
Pay no attention to what anyone says about the convenience of mobile phone holsters – they’re about as cool as neon-colored fanny packs. At Mobile World Congress this week, the fashion police – courtesy of Good Technology – was quick to cite offenders by handing out tickets. If being accosted by lovely ladies dressed as…