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After chewing through some of the numbers in RIM’s quarterly conference call yesterday, one report has figured out that 92% of BlackBerry sales growth comes from outside the U.S. The U.S., U.K. and Canada combined made up 56% of RIM’s revenue, while the U.S. alone was 34%. In terms of how much of an improvement…
Rumour has it that Research In Motion is going to continue their shopping spree (see The Astonishing Tribe, QNX, Viigo, Torch Mobile, Chalk Media, and Dash Navigation) by snatching up a contact management app developer called Gist. Supposedly the deal is all but sealed, but even if it happens, it might be too small of…
The Kindle e-book app for Android just got a beefy update, including the ability to save books locally to your microSD memory card, access to newspapers and magazines, as well as sharing through social networks like Facebook and Twitter, zooming for images, and the handy ability to use the volume rocker for skipping pages. There’s…
An official client for the LinkedIn professional social network has been a long time coming, but it looks like the third-party stopgaps will soon be relieved of duty. LinkedIn for Android is now available in an open beta if you sign up for the group. All of the core functions are there, like viewing updates…
RIM just posted their third quarter results (PDF here) for 2011, which hit yet another record. 14.2 million phones shipped (up 40% from last year) $5.5 billion in revenue (up 40% from last year) $911.1 net income, $1.74 earnings per share (up 58% from last year) Total number of BlackBerry subscribers at the end of…
The codenamed LG B handset saw the light of the blogosphere today, boasting a profile even slimmer than the iPhone 4’s 9.3mm, and a notably brighter LCD screen. In a rather cryptic chart comparing “categories” of phones, it looks like the display on this B Android phone will be more than twice as bright as…
Sprint was supposed to get a keyboarded version of the HTC HD7 Windows phone, but we really haven’t heard much about it since October. The device is indeed still in the pipe, as proven by this shot of the live device. A European launch of the 7 Pro is expected early next year, presumably with…
The dudes over at Sony have announced that they’re going to have an official PlayStation app for Android and iPhone launching hopefully before the holidays. With it, you’ll be able to see your PlayStation Network friends that are online, gloat over your trophies, and read up on new games which you can then share through…
A few weeks ago there were murmurs that there would be an official WordPress app for Windows phone, and on Tuesday that app went live. With it, you can handle all of your usual blogging tasks, like moderate comments, write up posts or pages, and review stats. It’ll work with either a personally-hosted blog, or…
The Vlingo voice control app for Android has been updated to include integration with some new services, and a new text search bar widget for those times you can’t talk to your phone. Now using Vlingo you can search for and book hotels through Kayak, find and reserve spots at local restaurants through OpenTable, and…