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Do you find yourself wanting to browse your iPhone or Android device while you’re in the bath? Or perhaps you’re on the toilet and you don’t want your disgusting digits swiping your touchscreen. The Finger-nose Stylus is just what you need. Or is it? At the expense of looking like a malformed rat or a…
This morning at the BlackBerry World keynote in Orlando, Florida, attendees were a little surprised to see Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer take the stage. What could he possibly be doing down in Orlando during a BlackBerry event? Well, it turns out he was promoting Microsoft’s search engine, Bing, and Bing Maps. In partnership with BlackBerry, future…
According to a survey commissioned by the Consumers Union, the guys who publish the widely read Consumer Reports, 73% of 981 people interviewed are in favor of the United States government passing a law that would require every new mobile phone sold to be compatible with every wireless network in America. Now you and I…
As if we needed anymore confirmation about the name of the next version of Android, here you go. Ice Cream Sandwich was name dropped in the Android Open Source Project’s Issues section, practically confirming all previous “confirmations”. While nothing is confirmed until it’s officially announced, there’s little debate as to what Google’s next flavor of…
There is no denying Apple’s lead and command of the tablet market with the iPad and iPad 2. One could even argue that Apple itself created the market — prior to the iPad’s announcement, many industry analysts were skeptical that such a device would even be made. And when it seemed all but certain that…
After a few short weeks of heavy criticism, Apple is rumored to be releasing iOS 4.3.3 soon to address a location tracking issue. For quite some time now, iPhone and iPad 3G devices had been logging and time-stamping its users’ location information and storing it in a file within its system. That information would then…
BlackBerry World gets started in earnest tomorrow, and ahead of the show, RIM has announced the BlackBerry Bold 9900/9930 that we’ve been hearing about for so very long. You might recognize the form factor as a lot like the old 9000, but the big difference here is that the screen is now touch-sensitive, along with…
Apple’s policy towards iPad App pricing, in particular the bit that mentions you need to purchase your subscription through Apple instead of a publisher, has shaken up a lot of newspaper and magazine organizations. Up until now if you owned a periodical you sold subscriptions to your customers and then delivered a physical object to…
Qualcomm has just announced that Peter Chou, CEO of HTC , Jon Rubinstein, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Palm at HP, and Stephen Elop, CEO of Nokia, will be giving keynotes during the two day Uplinq event scheduled to take place next month in California. What’s going to be talked…
We were expecting to see HBO Go launch in early May, but it’s been greenlit a bit early and you can grab the app today and catch up on Game of Thrones from you iPhone, iPad, or Android phone. So how does the new app perform? Read on to find out. Upon first launch, you’ll…