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You’ve heard about the Samsung Galaxy S right? You know, Samsung’s first superphone coming to all four major US carriers? Good, because now we have them all together before they battle it out in the US smartphone market. While it’s nothing we haven’t seen before, the video below is by far the most detailed of…
Apple iPhone app developers can now try and generate some revenue with media-rich ads, as Apple is opening up its iAd advertising platform to more app creators. The move should allow iPhone devs to promote their own iPhone apps through Apple’s new mobile ad service. On its developer page, the company details its iAd for…
As if to herald the new Dawn of Man, or maybe just the upcoming BlackBerry Bold 9800, pillars have popped up in a few AT&T stores in an elaborate teaser campaign. One side of the pillar reads “innovation comes to life” and the other “Rethink Possible”. If such inspiring slogans do not move the ape-clerks…
In a bid to make the Amazon Kindle a mass-market device, the company will be introducing new versions of the e-reader next month that will feature a cheaper price tag and a slimmer, sleeker design. Speaking with the Wall Street Journal, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said a smaller Amazon Kindle will hit the company’s digital…
The upcoming Windows Phone 7 won’t be lacking strong partners, as AT&T said it would fully support the new smartphone operating system. Today, AT&T has proclaimed itself as the champion of wireless carriers to get cozy with the Microsoft WP7 mobile operating system. “We’ll be the premier carrier for Windows Phone 7,” an AT&T spokesperson…
Do you want a Palm Pre Plus for AT&T? Thinking that $149.99 just might be a little too steep for a piece of hardware that might soon take a back seat to some new HP toys and a new version of webOS? Fear not, your dreams have come true – as long as those dreams…
The Dell Streak is one huge device, and it apparently comes with an equally large sticker price on AT&T. While we’re used to seeing smartphones for just $199, even the bigger Android devices like the HTC EVO 4G and Motorola Droid X, both with 4.3-inch capacitive touchscreens, the Streak may be the exception. After all,…
We just got an invite to a joint BlackBerry/AT&T event in New York for next Tuesday, which both of our local boys, Marc and Daniel, will be attending. We’re expecting this to be the announcement of the much-spied BlackBerry 9800 slider, given AT&T’s definitely getting it, and that icon looks supiciously like something we’ve seen…
Everyone and their mom is jumping into the check-in game, but CardStar integrating location-based services makes a ton of sense. With the CardStar 3.0 Apple iPhone app, the company is working with Foursquare to enable users to check in to nearby stores. It eventually plans to work with other location-based game providers like Gowalla and…
Can you hear me now? If you were in parts of Manhattan yesterday, the answer may have been no as a Verizon equipment failure disrupted Big Red’s hardline services, as well as some of AT&T’s wireless services. According to the Wall Street Journal: A “digital cross-connect,” or a box that directs network traffic, was knocked…