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Remember the Old Spice Guy, Isaiah Mustafa? Of course you do. And you probably remember that we mentioned he was commissioned by Microsoft to advertise Windows Phone 7 down in Australia. Wasting no time at all, Mustafa was on an Australian radio program talking Windows Phone 7 and seducing the ladies of the room —…
While Nokia is suffering a mass exodus of execs and its latest flagship – the N8 – received horrid reviews, it’s still managing to outsell Apple’s iPhone 2 to 1 in terms of smartphones. Of course, this isn’t a surprise since the Finnish company has a tremendous global presence and is the world’s largest mobile…
From the ashes of Windows Mobile, Microsoft and Samsung have given rise to the Windows Phone 7 operating system with the AT&T Samsung Focus as one of the first smartphones to feature the new eye-candy mobile OS. About as thin as an iPhone 4 and packed with powerful hardware, the Samsung Focus does Windows Phone…
Mercedes-Benz and Pandora have teamed up to launch an accessory called the Media Interface Plus that lets you stream Pandora music from your smartphone out to the car’s stereo system. All you have to do is plug the MIP into the extension into an outlet in the car, and pair up your phone via Bluetooth.…
Listen up rebels and anti-establishment fiends, PwnageTool 4.1 is now up and running thanks to the iPhone Dev-Team. The biggest news in addition to the usual iPhone/iPod hacks is the addition of the Apple 2G jailbreak. Of course, like all jailbreaks of late (including both limera1n and greenpois0n), this is also untethered. Here’s what the…
Remember Apple’s conference call the other day where CEO Steve Jobs took a few swings at 7″ tablets, which included RIM’s upcoming PlayBook? Specific to BlackBerry, Steve Jobs said: “We’ve now passed RIM. And I don’t see them catching up with us in the foreseeable future. They must move beyond their area of strength and…
Bad news Symbian fans, as Symbian Foundation CEO Lee Williams will be leaving for nebulous “personal reasons” and he will be replaced by the foundation’s CFO, Tim Holbrow. We don’t know why Lee Williams is leaving but this cannot bode well for Symbian. Lee Williams came from Nokia and was tasked with making Symbian and…
UPDATE: Addressing my concerns about the adhesive used with this product, Mike Burns (the inventor) contacted me directly. He wanted to make sure I passed on the word that once the dual lock ring is removed from your iPad (or other tablet) that any simple alcohol wipe will remove any dirt, grime or ‘goo’ off.…
The Verizon iPhone rumor just won’t stop and now we’re hearing reports that Apple is in the late-stage testing for its smartphone on the largest mobile operator in the United States. The Boy Genius is reporting that Apple has a CDMA smartphone which in in “AP” testing mode, which is the last stage before a…
The much-anticipated Android 2.2 follow-up, Gingerbread, is supposed to bring the OS to a whole new level of aesthetic appeal, amongst other things, according to rumors. Today we’re treated to some real details on the next Android OS update from Google. Phandroid got their hands on the first picture of Gingerbread, and the verdict? We…