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Today, Microsoft has been talking up their next Windows Phone update, and they’re newest best friend, Nokia, has confirmed that their first handsets running the operating system will be built on Mango. There are apparently over 500 new features to be included in the update launching this fall, but the big ones are a unified…
Apple’s been trying to impose a legal stay on Amazon’s use of “app store” when describing their Android software collection, and though Amazon has pointed out that even Steve Jobs has described Amazon’s offering as an app store, Apple has recently maintained that the term is not a generic one. Amazon has been skirting the…
Zagat’s mobile app for BlackBerry has just been updated to version 8.0 with a bunch of new features. The last update to the Android app got friendly with Foursquare and Foodspotting, and though this BlackBerry update isn’t quite the same, it is finally enabling GPS, so you can map restaurants close to your current position.…
Word has it from an anonymous big box retailer that the BlackBerry PlayBook is missing internal sales targets by 90%, and that 7% of those that do sell are being returned – way higher than the Motorola Xoom, appraently. To be fair, this is only one retailer, and analysts have actually been very optimistic about…
We’ve recently wrapped up our time with the Xperia Arc, and are still getting our game on with the Xperia Play, but both are due for an update next week to Android 2.3.2. It’s still Gingerbready goodness, but will apparently include some Facebook sharing in music player and gallery apps, along with some new discovery…
We already had a pretty good feeling that the HTC EVO 3D would be landing on Sprint soon, and now a leaked RadioShack internal memo has revealed that they’re aiming for a June 4 launch day. The EVO 3D, as the name suggests, is one of the first smartphones to offer stereoscopic twin cameras (5…
The Sony Ericsson Xperia Play is launching on Verizon next week, bringing classic portable gaming to smartphones. I just got the Rogers model this afternoon, and it’s been hard to stop my day from evaporating into a haze of video games. The Play, as you may know, has a 4-inch 854 x 480 display, a…
As if it wasn’t bad enough that the BlackBerry PlayBook could only handle e-mail through the browser unless tethered via Bluetooth to a RIM smartphone, at launch AT&T didn’t even approve the app for their branded phones. Barring the particularly industrious that employed a workaround, this made the PlayBook a non-started for AT&T BlackBerry owners.…
This morning, RIM wrapped up their relatively short beta phase for the official Twitter BlackBerry client, and within the next 24 hours, will be available in App World for downloading. The update to 2.0 mostly revolves around an interface reshuffling, so there’s not so much room being taken up at the top of the screen,…
Not only is the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play, Motorola Droid X2, and the LG Revolution , so is the HTC Trophy Windows phone. Pricing sits at $149.99 on a two-year contract after mail-in rebate, and if you need any extra incentive, if you buy before July 15 Verizon will toss a free copy of Halo:…