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MasterCard has followed up on their iPhone and BlackBerry apps with ATM Hunter for Android, allowing users to find the nearest bank machine based on their phone’s GPS coordinates. Results can be filtered based on needs for particular financial institutions, accessibility, surcharges, deposit sharing, drive-through, or 24-hour access, to boot. If you’re trying to help…
As expected, the HTC 7 Pro has launched on O2 Germany. For 29 Euros and a two-year contract, you can get a 3.6-inch display, slide-out 5-row QWERTY keypad, 1 GHz processor, a 5 megapixel camera with 720p video recording and LED flash, and the usual stuff like Wi-Fi, GPS, and 3G. While there are still…
The Samsung Vibrant 4G may be landing on February 23, according to some leaked internal documents. From what we’ve already seen, the new variant will add HSPA+ 21 Mbps connectivity, Android 2.2, and a front-facing camera to the original Vibrant. The rest of the specs will probably stay the same, like the 4-inch WVGA Super…
Kongregate, a network of browser-based Flash games that was bought up by GameStop over the summer, just released their first mobile app, which will bring some 300-odd games to Android phones for free. Headlined is Vector Runner, a really great racing game that has been on iPhone for awhile, and has also become available as…
The Wi-Fi BlackBerry PlayBook tablet will be hitting store shelves in March, and Sprint will be launching a WiMAX version later on this year, but what about the 3G variant promised at the launch announcement? Yeah, you’ll be able to tether a BlackBerry smartphone for 3G access on the Wi-Fi tablet, but that won’t do…
The Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc caught some attention at CES, and today we’re getting a closer look at how the 8 megapixel camera fares. It features an Exmore R sensor, f/2.4 aperture, white balance metering, image stabilization, and can rapid fire pictures like nobody’s business. The UI of the camera app is significantly improved, with…
The unicorn of the smartphone world might be coming in the spring after all; Vodafone Germany’s inventory is listing the white iPhone 4 in both 16 GB and 32 GB flavours. While that doesn’t guarantee availability, it does indicate a carrier expectation. If it does come out, I bet it won’t be too long before…
Following up on some of the iPad 2 details from this morning, parts retailer GlobalDirectParts has listed what they were calling the rumoured tablet’s LCD screen, though it’s currently out of stock. The $218.19 pricetag is more than double what they’re asking for the original’s screen, granting some legitimacy to the rumoured 2048 x 1536…
In one of RIM’s recent videos demoing their upcoming BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, product manager Ryan Bidan asserted that even without a smartphone to Bridge it to (thus enabling standard PIM stuff like e-mail, contacts, memopad, and calendar), the PlayBook is still a great tablet for multimedia, apps, and web browsing. That’s part true – the…
RIM is apparently considering extending their BlackBerry Enterprise Server to be able to manage corporate devices aside from BlackBerry, according to Communications Platform VP Pete Devenyi in an interview. Although they aren’t announcing any new products, it’s a direction RIM is willing to move in if there is enough demand from their customers. “BlackBerry is…