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Following up on Miso’s DirecTV partnership, entertainment check-in app GetGlue is getting on board with direct linking to set-top boxes too. Now the GetGlue iPhone app can detect DirecTV on the same Wi-Fi network, pair up with it, and offer quick access to check-ins with whatever you’re watching at any given moment. On the iPad,…
Some marketing materials from T-Mobile Germany have given us a few details on what to expect from Nokia’s first Windows Phone. It’ll be running the recently-released Mango update, have a 3.7-inch convex AMOLED touchscreen, and include a navigation app with 3D rendering and voice control. Most of that we’ve already heard in previous Sea Ray…
Some anonymous sources are suggesting that Amazon is in the lead for purchasing webOS from HP. Seeing as HP’s financials are in the crapper, it’s expected that they’re looking to offload the remnants of Palm as quickly as possible, and Amazon isn’t that surprising of a candidate – even Jon Rubinstein, Palm’s old CEO, named Amazon as…
After burying us with 8.9-inch, 10.1-inch, 5.3-inch, and 7.7-inch tablets, Samsung is going back to their 7-inch roots today. The Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 has been announced for a launch later next month, offering Android 3.2 Honeycomb, a dual-core 1.2 GHz processor, 1 GB of RAM, 7-inch 1024 x 600 touchscreen, with a 3 megapixel…
Microsoft’s unlimited music service, Zune, is now gracing PCs, Xboxes, and Windows Phones across Canada. It’s just too bad that we haven’t seen any new Windows Phone hardware in Canada pretty much since launch around this time last year. On top of spreading internationally, Zune’s subscription fee has been knocked down from $15 to $10/month,…
After a slight delay, the Sprint BlackBerry Curve 9360 launch has been nailed down to October 2. The pricetag sits at $79.99 on a two-year contract, matching the price T-Mobile launched with earlier this week. Business customers, however, will be able to snag one for $49.99 with a fresh business account activation. The BlackBerry Curve…
After flirting with unlimited music ID on Android for awhile, Shazam has decided to make the switch permanent, and are now including iPhone in the fun. As a part of the switch, they’re kicking off a contest. For every song you tag using their app until November 15, you have a chance at winning a…
Update: Here’s a statement from RIM! “RIM doesn’t typically comment on rumors, but any suggestion that the BlackBerry PlayBook is being discontinued is pure fiction. RIM remains highly committed to the tablet market.” John Vinh, an analyst at Collins Stewart, claims that Quanta isn’t just ramping down BlackBerry PlayBook production – they’re halting it altogether,…
Ahhh, finally. One of Canada’s awesome discount carriers, Mobilicity, has finally got around to launching one of the new OS 7 BlackBerry devices. The Bold 9900 is available today for $549.99 without contract. To sweeten the deal, Mobilicity is offering three months of free BlackBerry data if you sign up for a $35 plan. Not…
At Macworld Asia 2011, China Unicom let slip that the iPhone 5 which we’re expecting to be announced next week will support 21 Mbps HSPA+ networks. That might suggest that LTE is a no-go for the next iPhone, but I’ll hold off on an official U.S. announcement before jumping to conclusions. Even if it’s just HSPA+,…