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It wasn’t much of a surprise but Nokia finally axed Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo in favor of a former Microsoft executive, Stephen Elop. Interestingly enough, Elop is the first non-Finnish person to head Nokia in its 145 year history but the company will need more than a fresh perspective to stay relevant in an increasingly competitive smartphone…
We know that the T-Mobile G2 was officially announced last night but the pricing and release details were only spoken about in vagaries. Best Buy has come to the rescue though, as the retail giant said the Android superphone will hit its shelves Oct. 6 for about $200 with a new, two-year contract. That’s about…
The mobile security firm Lookout said it now has over 2 million registered users and shared some interesting data about how its services are being used. If you’re not familiar with the company, it makes apps for Android, BlackBerry and Windows Mobile which scans for malware, provides find-my-phone features and allows for online backup of…
One of the reasons the Apple iPod touch is popular with teens is because there are free apps which enables users to send free text messages to friends. Arguably one of the best SMS apps is textPlus and a new version has hit the App Store and it adds cool new features like picture sharing…
We knew that Acer was going to back Android in a big way and some spy shots have recently leaked out about its latest device and it looks pretty good. The new handset will reportedly be called Liquid Metal because of its aluminum casing. The picture is from a Russian website but there’s no word…
Well, it’s not that surprising, but T-Mobile officially announced the G2 Android phone and this baby rocks HSPA+ speeds. The device, of course, is the followup to the world’s first Android phone, the T-Mobile G1. It will launch with Android 2.2 and from the looks of the press release, it appears that it will be…
When we talk about app stores, the conversation is normally dominated by Apple and Google but Research In Motion wants to be a part of this discussion and its BlackBerry App World has now surpassed 10,000 mobile programs. “BlackBerry #AppWorld is 10,000 apps strong and growing – what apps do you love?” the company said…
I guess you can no longer say that Twitter is worthless, as the micro-blogging service was ingeniously used by a kidnapped Japanese journalist to signal for help. The best part of the story is that the kidnapped person tricked his captors into using Twitter in order to send out cries for help. According to an…
The drum beat for Palm webOS 2.0 continues to get louder as some new screen shots of the operating system have popped up online and these show multiple new services and integration with online favorites like Dropbox. The Palm webOS 2.0 beta had been seeded out to developers and we already knew about things like…
If you still think these smartphones are just a fad, you should check out the latest numbers from IDC because the firm’s research said smartphone shipments for the first half of the year grew 55.5% compared to last year. IDC said vendors shipped 119.4 million smartphones for the first six months of 2010, compared to…