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T-Mobile is teaming with Location Labs to introduce DriveSmart Plus, an Android app aimed at making it easier to stop testing while driving. The T-Mobile DriveSmart Plus app will enable users to set their Android phones to automatically detect when they’re driving and put the phone into “Driving Mode.” This means that all incoming calls…
If you think that the Motorola Xoom, BlackBerry PlayBook and the glut of tablets coming out in 2011 has Apple worried, you’d be quite wrong. During its conference call Tuesday, Apple called some of its 7-inch competitors “bizarre” and said its first-mover advantage and ecosystem give it a leg-up against all comers. “We’re very confident…
If you think that the Verizon iPhone will be a big deal, you’re not alone, as Apple just said on its quarterly earnings call that it thinks the launch will be “huge.” But will Apple be able to keep up with this “huge” launch? Thanks to the success of this smartphone, iPad and iPod touch,…
Apple had another monster quarter thanks to the strong success of its iPhone and iPad but questions still linger thanks to the unexpected departure of its CEO Steve Jobs earlier this week for medical reasons. Boosted by the holiday season, Apple posted $6 billion in revenue for its first financial quarter. The company shipped 16.24…
We know that Acer will be bringing out Android 3.0 Honeycomb tablets this year but the company has released a few more details about these devices. It looks like we can expect these things to be powered by the Intel Sandy Bridge processor and it will replace the company’s netbook lineup eventually. Over at Computerworld,…
It’s not much of a surprise, but IDC is saying that the Apple iPad dominated tablet sales for 2010 by grabbing nearly 90% of the market. The IDC report said it expected there would be 17 million tablet sales for 2010 (full data is just trickling in) and the Apple iPad accounted for 87.4% of…
While Microsoft is hoping to derail the iPhone and iOS with Windows Phone 7, that doesn’t stop it from developing apps for Apple’s mobile platform. The software giant has just released its OneNote app for the iPhone and iPod touch. The OneNote iPhone app lets you keep track of your notes and lists on the…
If you’ve picked up an LG Ally for Verizon, you should be in line for the Android 2.2 Froyo update very soon, according to leaked documents. The folks over at Android Central have got a hold of some internal documents which says the Android 2.2 Froyo update for the LG Ally (called VS740ZVD) is ready…
Well, that was fast. A few days after giving app makers potential access to users’ addresses and phone number, Facebook has blocked this feature for the moment because of negative user feedback. The world’s largest social network made the changes on Friday and this allowed app makers to get your phone number or address once…
Yes, this is quite a thin rumor, but the folks over at Technabob are suggesting that Apple is working on 3D displays for the next-generation iPod touch in order to stick it to Nintendo and Sony in the portable gaming market. While outlandish, if this rumor came true, it wouldn’t be much of a stretch…