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T-Mobile had a solid third quarter with 137,000 new net subscribers thanks to a strong performance with its smartphones like the Android-powered G2. The fourth-largest carrier now has 33.8 million customers, which is nearly 60 million customers behind AT&T and Verizon. Sprint is the closest competitor with about 49 million subscribers. Diving into the T-Mobile…
We knew this day was coming but the Skyfire browser is now available for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. That means you’ll be able to get Flash content on your iOS device. If you don’t know, Skyfire is a mobile browser which aims to deliver content to the handset with minimal bandwidth. Like Opera,…
It looks like the claims of T-Mobile that it has the largest 4G network aren’t going over well with the competitors, as Sprint is now talking all sorts of trash. “Halloween is over – it’s time for T-Mobile to stop dressing up like their favorite super hero – Sprint 4G,” Sprint 4G President Matt Carter…
We all know that going apartment hunting can be a huge pain in the rear but now Rent.com is trying to help you out on the go with a slate of new apps for the iPhone, Android and BlackBerry. The Rent.com apps will sync with your account to the online service and you’ll be able…
Twitter is updating its Android app and the micro-blogging client is getting a host of new speed and performance improvements. The new Android app is available now and the company said you can look forward to: Tweet details page. We changed the layout of the timeline and introduced a Tweet details page, which you can…
Samsung is preparing 7-inch Super AMOLED screens for tablets and this could lead to the next generation of Apple iPad competitors in 2011. The Super AMOLED displays can be found exclusively on the Galaxy S smartphones and these things are beautiful. It produces some deep blacks, vibrant colors and it even works pretty well in…
Facebook said that it will finally be trying to bring its Android app up to par with the iPhone version and the latest version will bring things like Places and Groups to your little, green robot. During an event Wednesday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg admitted that the Android version wasn’t quite as robust as the…
A new report from comscore said Research In Motion and Samsung are tops in the United States in terms of smartphones and phones. RIM BlackBerry is still the leading smartphone platform in the United States with 37.3% of the market. The BlackBerry Torch probably helped RIM keep customers but the trends do not portend well…
Archos is finally shipping some of the Android 2.2 tablets it announced earlier this year and the devices look pretty good but may not be able to go toe-to-toe with the Apple iPad or the Samsung Galaxy Tab. The Archos 43 will have a 4.3-inch resistive touchscreen display, 1 GHz ARM Cortex A8 processor, HDMI…
Hey, remember Google Buzz? This service was Google’s largest foray into the social-networking space and it fell flat on its face due to its overall lameness and that it had multiple privacy concerns. In fact, the company was sued over Google Buzz and its privacy woes and it has offered a settlement to the class-action…