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Social handset maker INQ had said awhile back that they were switching to Android from Brew eventually and it looks like they’re closing in on a launch. The INQ Cloud Touch just went through Bluetooth certification with the following helpful description: INQ Cloud Touch is an Android smartphone built to make messaging faster and smarter.…
The Poynt location-based search app for Android and BlackBerry have added a new content channel to their already-excellent selection. Now you can look for events happening in your area through a service called Eventful, which houses data for some 4 million-odd events, spanning over 100,000 musicians, comedian, film makers, politicians, and other performers. Once you…
Ray Reddy, who used to handle technology licensing and acquisitions at RIM, doesn’t feel particularly confident about the BlackBerry PlayBook‘s future. Right now Reddy is the head of a software startup called PushLife, which is a music management app for Android and BlackBerry, and though he’s looking to spread out into tablets, and already has…
After years, yes, years of anticipation, Verizon has finally announced the iPhone 4, landing on your doorstep February 10 for $199 (and up) on contract. It has all the usual good stuff you’ve come to expect and love, like an exceptionally impressive 5 megapixel camera capable of HD video recording, an intensely sharp 3.5-inch 960…
There were a lot of proper wireless products making their debut at CES 2011, including an even closer look at the BlackBerry PlayBook. Along with it, RIM took the occasion to show off a tonne of official accessories for their first tablet. Available in a variety of colours were soft shells, hard shells, slip cases,…
RIM has confirmed time and again that App World will launch on the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet to support app discovery, but they haven’t done much in the way of actually showing it to us. Luckily, some sharp eyes at CES grabbed a quick glimpse of RIM’s official software store, App World, running on the tablet…
We’ve seen an awful lot of RIM’s first tablet, the BlackBerry PlayBook this week at CES. Now that they’re finally letting us actually touch the thing, most of the initial impressions have been positive, but one really big problem has come up: you can’t fetch e-mail or access other personal information management data (address book,…
New Canadian carrier Mobilicity launched the BlackBerry Bold 9780 today to replace the 9700 they’ve had since launch. For $499.99 off-contract, you get a better camera (5 megapixels) more app memory (512 MB) and all of the goodies of OS 6 (like universal search, WebKit browser, and improved user interface). Most of the other specs…
At CES 2011, OtterBox has launched a new series of cases for the iPhone 4 and BlackBerry Curve 3G 9300 (or either 8500 model) to join their Commuter, Impact, and Defender lineups. The new Reflex Series includes within it an elastic TPE rubber cushion at every corner which actually lets your phone bounce when it…
Steve Jobs continued to make just about nothing making stuff like the iPhone 4 and iPad for Apple, taking the usual $1 compensation for all his work in 2010 (though he did get $248,000 to cover private jet flights). While that might lead you to think he leads a monastic life, and has a physiology…