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Nokia and Microsoft announced a massive partnership today that would put the Windows Phone operating system into the hands of the world’s biggest handset manufacturer. This is big news with ramifications for both tech giants, as well as the cellular ecosystem as a whole, and leaves a lot of questions. Is Windows Phone mature enough…
We had heard a rumour the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet would be able to run Android apps by using the same version of the Dalvik virtual machine as Google’s operating system. Now three more supposedly trusted sources are confirming that it’s real, and should be made available to PlayBook owners in the second half of the…
Nevermind Brickbreaker, the BlackBerry PlayBook is going to launch with some real games. EA Mobile has announced that racing game Need for Speed Undercover and classic puzzle title Tetris will both be included on the PlayBook at launch. This wouldn’t be the first time we’ve seen Need for Speed on a BlackBerry, either; it was…
Yahoo! today announced an upcoming app for the iPad and Android tablets called Livestand which will aim to deliver unified, personalized content in a sharp magazine-style layout. Yahoo! has tons of properties to draw upon to deliver this content, like Sports, News, Finance, and Flickr, and they’re reaching out to advertisers and publishers to fill…
Some lucky bloggers got their hands on a pre-release version of Twitter for Android 2.0. As you can see, the UI has had a bit of an overhaul since the last update, and you can change the notification light for trackball under options; there might be a few other minute changes you can spot in…
In a recent video demo of the BlackBerry PlayBook by RIM VP David Heit gave us the tour of various ways in which the tablet will be able to connect. We’ll have the Bridge mode we all know and love, which requires a PlayBook be paired with a BlackBerry handset to access any PIM data…
A few months ago, RIM pulled a growingly popular app, Kik Messenger, from BlackBerry App World, revoked their access to the software development kit, and sued them for patent infringement. Kik Messenger basically aimed to deliver BBM-style functions, namely notifications for received and read, across multiple smartphone platforms. Today, a document outlining their defense against…
The BlackBerry PlayBook tablet is starting to wriggle its way into retail channels for a late March launch. One such store, Office Depot, has it listed internally for $499 for the 16 GB model, which confirms earlier rumours of that price point. Other denominations of memory will cost $399 and $599, according to separate rumours.…
This morning Palm HP announced three devices, spanning from the teeny-tiny to the reasonably huge. At the lower end, there’s the Veer, which sports a 2.6-inch display and a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, complete with HSPA+ connectivity. Then there’s the Pre 3, which boasts a bigger display than its predecessor, and a much sharper resolution. The…
At HP’s event this morning (liveblog ongoing), it was confirmed that the long-awaited Palm Pre 2 would be available for pre-order on Verizon starting tomorrow. Of course, now that they’ve announced the Pre 3, it’s hard to imagine anyone with an iota of patience wanting to pick up the Pre 2. As for the actual…