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There’s no doubt that the Amazon Kindle is one popular and terrific reading device. And in many ways, the Apple iPad isn’t so bad either. After all, the latter does support the Kindle app, as well as iBooks and the Barnes & Noble Nook app. However, the reading experience on it hasn’t been all that…
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the FTC will continue to carefully scrutinize Apple’s actions despite its loosened policy towards third-party iOS compilers. The brouhaha started back in April when Apple announced its new terms of service for iOS 4 and included the now fateful statement: only code written in C, C++, and Objective-C…
It was a big week of upgrades, as Nokia arguably upgraded itself with a new CEO, Apple iPhone users received the 4.1 software and the sequel to the world’s first Android phone made its official debut. We missed last week, but let’s dive into a recap of this week in mobile news. Nokia gets a…
Foxconn has been in the news lately for all the wrong reasons, as the company which actually manufactures the Apple iPhone has been vilified because of multiple worker suicides. To combat this bad press, Foxconn allowed Business Week to have an all-access tour of the facilitates and the results are a fascinating in-depth look at…
When assigning stories, Will Park asked us “Who likes the iPad and malls?” My hand immediately shot up and I’ve been toying around with the Micello Maps HD app for the Apple iPad and this brings in-door mapping to your “magical” tablet. We’ve covered the Micello app before when it launched on the Apple iPhone…
Now that the whole Antennagate fiasco for the iPhone 4 has simmered down, it’s time to revisit the case program. As a result of all the bickering and banter about the iPhone 4’s fickle antenna, Apple decided to give free cases to users who purchased, and will purchase, its latest smartphone before September 30. For…
Yesterday we became a little ecstatic when we heard Google Voice might be making its way back to the iPhone. Sean Kovacs, developer of GV Mobile, said yesterday that he was encouraged by Apple to re-submit his application to the app store. According to Kovacs, the new rules and terms for the app approval process…
D3Publisher’s Puzzle Quest was one of those games that seemed to have popped out of nowhere and yet it created such an impact with anyone that’s played it to this day. TransGaming took charge of bringing that experience to the iPhone platform, but, ultimately, the game didn’t capture the same ambiance as other versions of…
Videotron, a regional operator from Quebec, Canada, launched its mobile service today with a bang. An executive VP hinted that the newly formed wireless carrier may carry the iPhone, freshly manufactured with support for the 1700MHz AWS band. The VP also suggested the same handset would land at Wind and T-Mobile. The crowning moment came…
iOS 4.1 for the iPhone is now available for download and with the upgrade comes iTunes Ping, Apple’s new music-based social network. So far it has suffered plenty of criticism, but people are ignoring Ping’s exciting potential. Let’s take a look at how Ping works and how it might fit into you life. Think for…