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Songbird, an open-source desktop media manager, is now on Android. The code for Songbird on desktop is based on Mozilla, and a lot of the dev team worked on Firefox, so as you might expect, it had a lot of plug-ins and customization options, but unfortunately the code doesn’t translate to mobile, so you won’t…
The BlackBerry Curve 8980 was spotted briefly over the summer on its way to China Mobile, and today it’s gone official. It follows up on the 8910 by offering Wi-Fi, but keeping the HVGA display, 3.2 megapixel camera, and general looks. There’s no 3G either, but that’ll change with another device coming out soon: the…
Last week we got a taste of how well Sony Ericsson’s upcoming Xperia Arc would handle taking pictures, but recently some lucky Italians got to dive a little bit deeper. In an 11-minute hands-on video, we get get the full hardware tour, and a deep dive into the software, including a new gallery homescreen widget,…
GadgetTrak has recently launched a new security suite for Android and BlackBerry, which including remotely wiping contacts from the device, AES-encrypted contact and photo backup, remote GPS tracking (as the name suggests), and remote alarm. The app will also send you a notification if the SIM card has been changed, which is a likely scenario…
Following-up on saying that they had an open mind about Windows Phone, rumour has it Sony Ericsson has one in the works for 2011. Google seems to have wooed pretty much every smartphone manufacturer (including Sony Ericsson) with the Android OS, but Microsoft has been equally successful at garnering initial interest for Windows Phone 7,…
More iPad 2 goodies have been dug up from the developer’s iOS 4.3 beta. We’ve more or less confirmed that the next iPad will have twin cameras, but what kind of quality? Not as great as you might think. As you can see, a little slice of code for K94, what tipsters say refer to…
My favouritest voice app in the whole wide world, Vlingo, has added language support for French, German, Italian and Spanish, as well as text-to-voice calendar notifications when you have the SafeReader feature turned on. SafeReader still reads all incoming messages out loud to you, so you can stay connected while driving. Vlingo provides all-purpose voice…
The Bing app for BlackBerry has been updated with a few significant new features, including a mobile-optimized image search, instant flight status results, integration with OS 6 (which I presume means universal search, but can’t verify on Rogers for some reason), a filter to cut out naughty results, and a “What’s Nearby” option to browse…
We had seen some crisp renders of RIM next BlackBerry Curve last week, but in case you thought that was just some misleading marketing voodoo, here’s the real device, up and running. No final model number yet, but it’s apparently going by R010 for now, and packing the code name Sedona. A little odd, since…
The Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc will be getting a little brother, which may show its face at Mobile World Congress next month: the Vivaz 2. We had caught a glimpse of this phone before, named the Hallon, but combined with the Experia branding, it’s hard to tell what exactly this new phone will be called…