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The iPad 2 came out last week, and some of you may still be mulling weather or not it’s worth the $499 and up it’ll cost. To help you with the decision, David Letterman, of Late Show fame, has given us his top 10 reasons to pick one up. I won’t spoil them for you,…
As expected, the Motorola Atrix has found its way into Canada, and can now be found at Bell stores for $169.95 on a three-year contract. Bell is also selling a smattering of accessories, including the very cool laptop dock for $329.95, which provides a variety of computer-esque functions while being mostly powered by the Atrix…
RIM’s free navigation app, BlackBerry Traffic, has had a hefty update to 2.0 in the Beta Zone, which includes some serious user interface changes, a route selection screen, and a new “next maneuver” view which tells you what your next turn should be. You can also check through your search history for previous destinations (handy…
The Nokia C7 has been spotted hanging out in T-Mobile U.S.’s inventory system, bearing the name “Astound” and a “frosty metal” paint job. We had heard the name Tiger last week, but that could have just been a codename. The C7 is a decent little package, including an 8 megapixel camera, 3.5-inch 640 x 360…
Mobile retailer The Phone House had an interesting marketing stunt in Amsterdam to mark the launch of an Android special going on this week. There’s probably some reason that this particular Android needed to crush this car, but it’s feeling just a little lost in translation. As a part of the event, The Phone House…
If you needed any reassurance that the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet would actually launch at the end of the month as RIM has indicated, TrueSupplier is listing the OEM touch screen with bezel for $82.49, and outside touchscreen alone for $59.99. The PlayBook has some other, considerably snazzier parts to it, like a 7-inch 1024 x…
Until recently, Microsoft offered to host BlackBerry Enterprise Servers for $10 per month per user, but that has apparently changed. They now offer the add-on as a free add-on to existing hosted Exchange customers. From their Mobility Solutions sheet: “Hosted BlackBerry for Microsoft Exchange Online is acquired as an add-on to Exchange Online Standard or…
At the CanSecWest security conference in Vancouver, some well-intentioned hackers broke into a BlackBerry handset through the WebKit browser in OS 6.0 (found on the Torch, Style, Bold 9780, and others). Vincenzo Iozzo, Willem Pinckaers, and Ralf Weinmann were able to access the phone’s contact list and files stored on the microSD memory card, as…
The official Facebook app for Android has been updated to include a few new features relating to sharing pictures. In version 1.5.2, you can now upload pictures take on your phone to the walls of friends, as opposed to only your profile. You can also post photos to Groups (seen above next to the “Write…
CoTweet, a popular enterprise-grade social networking client, has launched a salvo of mobile apps at SXSW to keep marketing, support, and PR professionals in touch with their customers via Twitter. They’ve had an iPhone client for a little while now, but Android, BlackBerry and Windows Phone apps are all new. Windows Mobile is a strange…