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In another sign that the launch of the Motorola Droid 2 isn’t too far away, official accessories have started to show up at Verizon stores. The original Droid was the first major Android handset to hit Verizon and it has been a smash hit. I know when I mill about in San Francisco, the Motorola…
PayPal has updated its Android app to bring it on par with the Apple iPhone version, including the Bump technology. One of the coolest new things about the updated PayPal Android app is the ability to just tap two phones together to send cash. This could be very convenient and much easier than typing in…
Look out Research In Motion because the Apple iPhone and Google Android are gaining traction in the enterprise market, according to data from Good Technology. In a release, the company said ever since it started supporting iOS and Android, businesses have been eager to let employees use these devices. In the first half of the…
To the surprise of no one, the Garminfone Android device hasn’t been a big hit on T-Mobile and other carriers, as Garmin said its mobile division hasn’t performed as well as it had hoped. According to the company’s second quarter earnings statement: Sales of our smartphone product category contributed $27M in revenue during the quarter.…
It looks like there’s a new sheriff in Motorola’s town, as billionaire invest Carl Icahn has purchased the biggest stake in the company. According to the Associated Press: Icahn and his group purchased 10.2 million common shares of Motorola this week at $7.62 per share, boosting his stake to 9.99 percent from 8.75 percent in…
It looks like Indonesia is jumping on the chorus of countries potentially seeking a ban on Research In Motion’s BlackBerry because of its encryption capabilities. In a sense, RIM is being punished for being too secure. The BlackBerry data is encrypted on the device and then on RIM’s servers. The BlackBerry maker is fond of…
It appears that the Federal Trade Commission is investigating is taking a close look at if Apple abused its power when it banned Adobe Flash and other tools for creating iPhone apps. Adobe didn’t like the move, so it complained to the government that excluding Flash on the Apple iPhone and iPad could hurt its…
Nokia’s head of sales and marketing, Niklas Savander, went to Twitter today to answer questions about the future of the world’s largest handset maker. While we love Twitter and all (follow us @intomobile), discussing the company’s high-end handset plans took a little more bandwidth than 140 characters, so I got on the horn with Savander.…
Microsoft is gearing up for its upcoming Windows Phone 7 and it knows that apps will play a large part in determining whether the platform will succeed. The company showed off a few of its free apps and the cool one that stood out was a Bing Translator program. We know that Microsoft Windows Phone…
Dish Network will be bringing its live satellite TV services to Apple iOS devices, BlackBerry and Android soon, so you’ll never have to miss The Suite Life of Zack & Cody again. Dish Network won’t charge a fee for mobile TV access but it will cost you a few extra bones because you’ll need additional…