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We may not have to wait too long for smartphones which can take advantage of the Verizon 4G LTE network, as the nation’s largest wireless operator said its plans are ahead of schedule and we should see 4G smartphones as early as February 2011. According to the Wall Street Journal: Mr. Seidenberg [Verizon CEO] is…
The Angry Birds franchise has been pretty successful on the Android side but not every handset is fully compatible with the full version of the game. Rovio has your back though, as the company is working on more versions of the game for more Android handsets. Rovio will be developing a lightweight Angry Birds which…
Google recently sent out a notification about the Android Market getting some changes, and they have arrived in a big way. The Android Market publishing interface has been hit with several big changes, and the assumption is that the market itself is going to be updated very soon, too. Anyone who owns an Android device…
Steve Wozniak, Apple co-founder and a nerd’s nerd, recently gave an interview to De Telegraaf, a Dutch newspaper in The Netherlands and talked a bit about the iPhone, Android and even gave Nokia some straight advice. On Apple building a phone, Steve Wozniak said that the company worked with a popular Japanese company in 2004…
Cobra Electronics Corporation, the company that makes sure you know where the speed radars are located, wants to make its Cobra iRadar product line closer to the Android smartphone users. In that sense, Cobra will debut Cobra iRadar for Android during the upcoming CES in Las Vegas. If you’re not familiar with the iRadar system,…
Rhapsody is bringing the long-time awaited offline playback feature to the Android community, allowing users to keep listening to the music even in spots where there is no network signal around. The updated Android app comes on the heels of the iPhone application, which got the same treatment earlier in the year. As you may…
After the iPhone version, Priceline.com is bringing its popular Hotel Negotiator hotel room booking app to Android devices. Available as a free download, the Priceline Negotiator (William Shatner) lets travelers use their smartphones to quickly find and book last-minute hotel rooms using Priceline.com’s “Name Your Own Price” hotel service to save up to 50% over…
HTC has updated its Sync software for select Android smartphones, including myTouch 3G Slide, HTC EVO 4G, AT&T Aria, HTC Desire and Droid Incredible. There are few new things included in the version 3.0.5481 like: Support for “Group” syncs in Contacts Extend Calendar Sync period to 1 year Add “My favorite” item support for Contacts…
Verizon confirmed that it will offer a discount on the price of a multi-line Family SharePlan if you buy a new smartphone. Starting tomorrow November 19th, customers that buy a smartphone from Verizon will have the $9.99 monthly additional line fee waived for the entire length of the two-year contract. This monthly savings tallies up to $240…
We’ve known about the HTC Merge for a quite a while now, but we never really knew when the handset would actually launch. As it turns out, it may launch as soon as tomorrow as apart of the Droid Incredible‘s re-launch party. The evidence is piling up for the impending Merge launch, and it could…