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While we’ve seen plenty of iAd advertisements for the iPhone, we’ve yet to see any for the iPad. However, that will all soon change today as Apple unveils its first iAd for the iPad, and it doesn’t look like it will disappoint. What product or service has the honor of claiming first for iAds on…
It’s the year of Angry Birds, undoubtedly, and Rovio has made a killing with the mobile game as the it has been downloaded tens of millions of times. Additionally, cartoons, parody videos, toys and other types of merchandise have arisen from the birds-versus-swine game. And if you didn’t think the Angry Birds train was getting…
The Android and iPhone war still rages on, but some new stats put an interesting spin on just where the two are headed in terms of overall mobile OS and device share. It’s no surprise that Android is gaining quick ground in the smartphone space. Every single carrier carries one or more Android smartphones and…
It seems Dell wants to do everything but get its new Venue Pro, a Windows Phone 7 smartphone, into the hands of the masses. Even now, most friends and acquaintances are telling me that tracking one down has been difficult. Microsoft stores, of which there aren’t very many, seem to get sporadic shipments of them…
Things aren’t looking terribly bright for Nokia in the coming months as executives are either on their way out, or their absence is already being felt by those missing the long-time Nokia heads. Now there is word that the Finnish mobile manufacturer is planning to cut 800 jobs in Finland, where Nokia has its home.…
Amazon has finally given us as close to some solid numbers as we’re going to get on Kindle sales, and it’s not really that close at all. Amazon has been either vague or reluctant to disclose actual Kindle sales numbers in the past, only asserting us that it was either doing well or had beaten…
The FCC has been busy at work approving wireless handsets, and the Pantech P8000 has made it through just fine. The smartphone is a candybar style handset with a camera on back. Not terribly shocking, I know, but it seems that it may also be an Android handset compatible with AT&T 3G frequencies. Like most…
Perhaps you’re scratching your head wondering what the eLocity A7 is, or maybe you’re jumping for joy since news of the Android 2.2 Froyo tablet has been scarce. Either way, the tablet packing an Nvidia Tegra 2 dual-core processor has started shipping today for those who pre-ordered the device from Amazon. Otherwise, you may want…
The Motorola DEFY is one pretty-but-rugged Android handset, which is rare for phones that can take a good beating, so it’s a little sad to hear news that the earpiece may not be up to par. For a handset that can withstand most of the elements, including being dropped in water or bombarded with sand…
Verizon is rumored to be getting the iPhone some time next month, though many are still skeptical and a formal announcement has yet to be made by Apple. In the meantime, it looks like Verizon might need the iPhone more than ever according to a recent study. According to Asymco: ITG Investment Research analyst Matthew…