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A few weeks ago, Adobe gave a glimpse of full Photoshop running on the iPad, but Apple’s not the only one getting some love; Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 Extend will include an SDK for developers to interact with desktop Photoshop through their tablet apps for the BlackBerry PlayBook, iOS, and Android products. In order to…
Untappd, an excellent web app that helps you share what beer you’re drinking with friends, has expanded its location-awareness with a new option to check in to the Gowalla social network when you’re out on the town. This builds on the Foursquare integration they added a few months ago, and the Facebook and Twitter sharing…
We’ve seen the broad strokes for the BlackBerry Touch 9860 (Monaco/Monza), the Torch 2 9810 (Jennings), the Bold Touch 9900 (Montana/Dakota), but the hardcore technical specifications for all three have just leaked. All of the major specs are confirmed, but there’s extra-gritty information here like FCC IDs, dimensions, regulatory compliance, codec support, and lots more.…
We had seen the BlackBerry Torch 2 in a series of product rendering shots and leaked roadmaps, but today we get to see the real thing up and running. It’s running OS 6.1, and the few shots show options for Bridge (to share e-mail, contacts, and other PIM apps to the PlayBook tablet), as well…
Yet another unreleased BlackBerry has broken cover today: the BlackBerry “Orlando”. It looks an awful lot like the BlackBerry “Sedona” from awhile back, with the primary difference being the display will be touch-sensitive, much like the upcoming Bold Touch (“Montana”). The Sedona was rumoured to run a “lite” version of OS 6.1, so if the…
Alltel has launched a salvo of handsets today: the LG Axis, the Samsung Gem, the HTC Merge, and the Motorola Milestone X. We’ve seen the Samsung Gem land on US. Cellular not long ago, and the Milestone X on Bluegrass Cellular a few Months ago, but Alltel’s old parent company, Verizon, still hasn’t picked up…
Gartner has just released their forecast for the global mobile market reaching out to 2015, and as you might expect, things are looking good for Android. Much like ABI’s report, Gartner says Android is poised to take about half of the mobile smartphone market share by the end of 2012. A big part of the…
RIM has been cagey about showing everything the BlackBerry PlayBook has to offer as they continue putting the final touches on the OS and its apps, but one lucky guy got some time with the tablet to check out App World briefly. The layout is largely the same as App World on BlackBerry smartphones, with…
RIM has launched a small but potent addition to the native calendar app which lets you launch easily and quickly into conference calls on a BlackBerry. Once the installed, BlackBerry Mobile Conferencing puts a new option appears in the native Calendar menu and within appointments themselves to add or edit conference call data. If you…
LinkedIn, the self-proclaimed online social network for professionals, has finally made its way to Android with an official app after running an open beta for the last four months or so. They’ve added Reconnect (to discover new contacts) and Messages and functions on top of features that have been available from the get-go, like viewing…