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Microsoft is reaching out to iPhone and iPad developers with a new API mapping tool, which should help bridge the language gap between iOS and Windows Phone programming environments. On top of that, they’ve released a white paper over 90 pages long detailing the transition, as well as a series of developer stories in video…
Following up on the unaudited results published earlier this month, HTC published their final financial results for the first quarter of 2011, which beat their projected expectations. Last quarter, they launched the Inspire 4G, Thunderbolt, EVO Shift 4G, Desire S and Incredible S, while the Wildfire S, ChaCha, Salsa, Flyer, EVO 3D, and Sensation were…
A pair of unannounced HTC smartphones have shown their faces recently . The HTC Kingdom and Rider are pictured above, looking an awful lot like the Incredible S and the EVO 3D. Neither one came with much in the way of specs; there’s a 540 x 960 qHD display for the Kingdom on the left,…
The last we had heard, the new BlackBerry smartphones coming out (at least one of which will likely be announced next week) would be running OS 6.1, including support for mobile hotspot, augmented reality apps, near-field communications, and a few other goodies. Following that, we’ve been expecting OS 7 (code-named Highlander) to launch sometime early…
Following up on their Facebook connection, Shazam has just struck up a hell of a deal with eBay to offer free, unlimited music tagging in their Android app. Unlimited tagging in Shazam for Android will go on until January 1, 2012. If you’ve never had a chance to try it out, Shazam lets you hold…
One of Canada’s young up-and-coming wireless service providers, Mobilicity, has recently expanded their network to include Calgary, Alberta. To kick things off, Mobilicity is offering the Nokia E73 and a the Samsung G-Touch (a TouchWiz messenger phone) for $149.99 and $139.99 off-contract. The Nokia E73 is a respectable handset for business types, especially for those…
Grooveshark, a free music streaming service for web and mobile (if you’re willing to pay up), has updated their Android app to now include the My Music section. Previously, there was only a shortcut to access tunes that you’ve marked as favourites, but My Music also encompasses songs you’ve given positive feedback to as well.…
BBM 6.0 has recently landed in the BlackBerry Beta Zone with a few subtle improvements. We had seen a glimpse of BlackBerry Messenger 6.0 sporting some new chat bubble colours, but it doesn’t look like it’s included in this particular build. They have updated the UI with new branding, and improved responsiveness, along with new…
Distimo has launched their regular report on app store figures, running down the highest-ranked free and premium apps across iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, Ovi, GetJar, webOS, and Windows Phone app stores. In March, the Android Market offered more free apps than than the prestigious iPhone App Store, leading by about 12,500 apps in that category. Last…
The HTC Incredible 2 is coming to Verizon shortly, but us lucky bastards north of the border have been enjoying the GSM version for a couple of weeks now thanks to Bell. Will’s review of the original Incredible was mostly high praise, but that was upwards of a year ago, and since then competing smartphone…