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Well, it looks like Microsoft Windows Phone 7 devices won’t be able to tether after all. This leaves the upcoming platform another step behind Android and iPhone, which can turn handsets into mobile modems. “Windows Phone 7 does not support tethering,” Microsoft said in a statement. This is a quick turnaround from yesterday, when a…
Take this one with a grain of salt, but a new rumor is circulating which says Nokia may consider making Windows Phone 7 devices. The folks over at VentureBeat are quoting an unnamed source who says that new CEO Stephen Elop has been given the green light by the company’s board to consider all options,…
We talked about the JD Power survey earlier today about smartphone satisfaction but there was some more interesting data that I wanted to point out. The report said that the growing economic woes are causing users to hold on to their devices for longer and I wanted to know what you thought of this. According…
The Amazon Kindle app for Android has just received an update and it’s full of cool new features like voice search and Wikipedia integration. The Amazon Kindle app for Android now includes: – Search within the book: Customers can either type or speak a word or phrase to search within a book. – Add, Edit…
The rumors of a Facebook phone spread like wildfire this week and the CEO of the world’s largest social network sat down to talk with TechCrunch about some of its mobile ambitions. Obviously, Facebook wouldn’t tip its hand if it were actually building a device (or contracting the building out and selling the phone under…
In another sign that smartphones are becoming an increasingly important convergence device, OnStar is testing out apps for smartphones. If you don’t know what OnStar is, it’s an in-vehicle service which generally comes pre-installed in cars and it offers services like turn-by-turn navigation, hands-free calling and automatic reporting of crashes. It comes with a subscription…
As the official launch date of Microsoft Windows Phone 7 inches closer, we’re seeing more and more leaks about the devices. The folks at WMPowerUser have hit the motherload though, as it has scored some good pictures of an HTC device. As you can see from the photo below, the device is labeled HD3. This…
If you haven’t lost all your free time to Angry Birds for Android, then get ready to lose all productivity because Zynga is eying making games for Android. That’s right friends, Farmville will soon be coming to your Android phone. According to a Zynga job listing, the social gaming company is looking for an Android…
If you’re still jazzed up about the NVIDIA Tegra 2 chip, you need to stop living in the past because the company just said that Tegra 3 is almost complete, Tegra 4 development is underway and that it plans to pump out a new one every year. That’s not super incredible news really, as you…
Verizon has introduced a plethora of new application programming interfaces for developers which should make it easier for content creators to create apps for Big Red. Is this a precursor to the Verizon app store for Android? At its developer conference today, the nation’s largest carrier introduced a messaging API which enables app creators to…