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Even in the midst of a recession, handset sales are on the rise and smartphone sales are skyrocketing. A recent report out of Gartner reveals that mobile phone sales in Q3 2010 grew a respectable 35% year over year. Smartphone sales increased a staggering 96% year over year and now account for 19.3% of worldwide…
Let’s face it, the Garminfone didn’t do much to really attract customers in buying one of the navigation-focused smartphones. Thankfully, that hasn’t stopped the Android OS updates from trickling out, and the four people who actually bought the Garminfone will be happy to know that the handset has been updated to Android 2.1 Eclair. T-Mobile…
Google CEO Eric Schmidt may not have officially announced Android 2.3 today, but we did get another glimpse of the Nexus S today. Not much more is known about the handset, but we do know that it will be sporting an NFC chip inside, and Android will support it going forward. I wasn’t really expecting…
Google CEO Eric Schmidt showed off what is likely the Nexus S and said the next version of Android, Gingerbread, will focus on mobile payments with support for Near-Field Communication. “I don’t think people understood how much more powerful mobiles are going to be than the desktops,” Schmidt said during the Web 2.0 Summit. If…
A popular visual news reading app, Pulse, just went free for Android and iPhone. It used to be priced between $1 and $4, but apparently they’re hoping to make their money through paid publisher partnerships. All of the standard features of a news reader are there – syncing feeds from Google Reader, searching for keywords,…
Orbitz has jumped into the mobile space with an iPhone and Android app. While there are plenty of other travel apps out there that allow you to check flights, or even book hotels and cars, Orbitz says it’s one of the few that allow you to shop and book flights along with hotels and cars.…
Tim Ferriss, the dude who wrote The 4-Hour Work Week in 2007, is releasing another book called The 4-Hour Body, where he’s offering a bunch suggestions for improving your body in simple, timely, and unusual ways. Ferriss tried each and every solution himself and provides his anecdotal experience. Mobile check-in app GetGlue has partnered up…
The Samsung Galaxy Tab has just recently hit Verizon’s shelves, and is coming soon to U.S. Cellular and AT&T, but we’re getting it up here in Canada too, eh? Rogers has just announced that the Android tablet is going on sale for a whooping $539.99 on a three-year contract starting tomorrow. The Samsung Galaxy Tab’s…
The Best Buy exclusivity of the white HTC EVO 4G has finally come to an end, folks. Yesterday Sprint announced that the white version of their best Android phone will be available at Sprint stores, along with many other retail channels. You still may want to check out your local Best Buy if you’re looking…
Verizon added two new LG handsets, the affordable Cosmos Touch and the Android-powered Vortex, to its lineup today. Both handsets are entry-level offerings that sport sub-$100 price tags; while the Cosmos Touch is a feature phone, the Vortex rocks Android 2.2. The Cosmos Touch is the successor to the LG Cosmos and offers a 2.8-inch…