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Earlier this week we reported that Apple had reached a special agreement with Time Inc. that enabled subscribers to the print editions of Sports Illustrated, Time, and Fortune to access the iPad versions of those respective magazines for free. Today we’re happy to report that Apple has also agreed to enter into an agreement with…
Handsets makers strongly believe in something called segmentation, meaning that they come up with a list of imaginary people who possess certain types of character traits that would make them want one handset in a vendor’s portfolio versus another. In other words, they stereotype, but instead of basing their conclusions on bigotry, they do it…
Rumors have been circulating regarding the release date – or at least a release time frame – for the iPhone 5, and they all seem to agree that the next iteration of the iPhone won’t be coming this summer. Initial rumors put the release some time around fall this year, and a few others speculated…
It’s going to be a busy month for Samsung as it plans to hold two events in New York City this month – once tomorrow, for which we’re hoping is the unveiling of the Galaxy S II for the U.S. market, and another at the end of the month. What could the May 24 event…
Last November we reported that AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile got together and formed a joint venture called Isis that aimed to make every new mobile phone sold near field enabled, thus turning it into a mobile wallet. Along with the 3 operators, Discover and Barclays signed up to help handle the actual financial part of…
Just when we talked about a growing number of mobile phone users in North Korea, the government reacted… badly. Their plan is to confiscate mobile phones smuggled from China in an attempt to suppress news from the outside world, specifically news involving revolts against despots in the Arab world. According to North Korea Intellectuals Solidarity,…
In a new Nokia patent discovered by Unwired View, it appears that the Finnish handset maker is planning to release not only a dual screen mobile phone at some point in the future, but that one of those two screens will be 3D enabled. The question you may be thinking to yourself is why? The…
This can’t be terribly surprising to hear, but AT&T and Verizon look to be blocking users from downloading free tethering applications for Android devices. These applications will no longer appear in the Android Market from a handset on either network, and you won’t be able to install them from the Android Market Webstore. The idea…
It’s never a good idea to commit any sort of fraud, but if you absolutely have to, don’t. It’s that simple! Otherwise, you could end up like Kylie Maree Monks, a 33-year-old who just pled guilty to committing fraud and receiving stolen property in Tasmania. Using a stolen SIM card from a smart meter, Monks…
During this morning’s general keynote at the BlackBerry World conference, RIM showed off the Android app wrapper which was announced a few months ago for the PlayBook tablet. As you can see from the video below, a variety of apps all run extremely smoothly. Things started simply enough with a piano app and drum machine,…