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Just a few days (or hours, really) before it becomes a public company, Zynga has released another game for the iOS with ForestVille. This is the seventh game for smartphones Zynga has released this quarter and you can bet that mobile will continue to play a large role in its strategy moving forward. ForestVille follows…
Well, it looks like our speculation was right on as T-Mobile will be bringing the first Nokia Windows Phone to the United States when the Lumia 710 lands Jan. 11 for a cool $50. Nokia and T-Mobile are squarely aiming for the first-time smartphone buyer with this move, as the $49.99 price point (after a…
Apple generally doesn’t release flops but it’s clear that its iAd in-app advertising program hasn’t been as successful as it would like and it is reportedly changing its stance to gain traction. Apple’s iAd was introduced alongside iOS 4.0 and it was supposed to be the next generation of mobile advertising. The hook for iAd…
Google has purchased Clever Sense, the maker of the personal recommendation iPhone app Alfred, and this could be one of those small moves which creates a major impact on Android down the line. The Alfred app was a location-based personal recommendation engine which helped to determine which bars and restaurants you would like. I found…
Sprint has been adamantly opposed to AT&T buying T-Mobile and it has even sued to block it but now Sprint and Cellular South have put these suits on hold based on the latest stumbling blocks to the acquisition. According to Bloomberg, a judge delayed the lawsuits by request until Jan. 12 (which happens to be…
Huawei took the relatively unprecedented step of providing a “demo ROM” of Android Ice Cream Sandwich for its Honor smartphone and you just know we had to give it a go. Check out the video below to see the first version of Ice Cream Sandwich running a phone that’s not the Galaxy Nexus. I want…
It’s looking like the AT&T, T-Mobile deal may fall through but that doesn’t mean T-Mobile will be dead in the water as Dish Network indicated that it may team up with the carrier for its upcoming wireless service. In an interview with Bloomberg, Dish said that it could use T-Mobile’s help for its planned mobile…
I generally don’t think of Target as the place to score major mobile deals but the company is running a promotion which could get you some nice phones on the cheap. From now until Dec. 17, you can get an iPhone 4S with 16 GB for $174.99. That instant $25 is a solid deal if…
While we liked the Amazon Kindle Fire as a simple media tablet, some have been complaining that the device isn’t as responsive as it should be. Well, Amazon is promising a software update soon which should bring many improvements. According to a report in the New York Times, Amazon said the Kindle Fire update will…
Samsung is capping off a wildly-successful year by announcing that it has surpassed 300 million phone sales in 2011. That’s at least 20 million more phones than it sold last year and it giving credit to its flagship Galaxy S II for the increased sales. You have to remember that Samsung still makes a lot…