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The iPhone and Android operating systems are taking the US by storm, and it seems Google’s mobile OS has just surpassed Apple’s little darling of a smartphone in sales this past quarter – Android comprised 27% of last quarter’s smartphone sales, while the iPhone accounted for 23%. Meanwhile, it seems that most BlackBerry owners aren’t…
So you bought an HTC HD2 from T-Mobile and went home happily with that big ol’ honkin screen. Then you spent a few hours with Windows Mobile 6.5 and cried your eyes out. 30 days passed and, for one reason or another, you didn’t return it or exchange it for another device. Fear not: Android…
Enough with all the teasing Verizon, can we just get the Motorola Droid 2 in our hands already? We have seen pictures of this thing quite a few times now, some impressive benchmarks, and other goodies to keep us on the edges of our seats, but we need more. To make the wait all the…
Motorola Droid owners are probably going bonkers this week as Verizon is beginning to roll out the Android 2.2 or Froyo update. The improvements include faster loading of JavaScript heavy pages, Bluetooth voice dialing, LED flash assisted video recording and, of course, Adobe Flash 10.1. The updates will undoubtedly be a welcome one for all…
Sprint continues to tease us about the upcoming Samsung Epic 4G, as it just launched a new page for the upcoming Android superphone. There’s nothing really new on the page besides the ocean sounds in the background and the emphasis on the Swype virtual keyboard but we already know the Epic is going to be…
You’ve gotta love Twitter, especially when unofficial-yet-official announcements like the one above go out. While it’s not a press release or an official Verizon Wireless page, the carrier has yet to make an official announcement for the device. This is the first time that a Verizon rep or official has publicly announced or acknowledged the…
AT&T is betting big on QR codes as the second-largest U.S. carrier has released a suite of barcode apps and tools for multiple devices including Android and BlackBerry. The main barcode app is called AT&T Code Scanner and it reads 2D codes, including QR, datamatrix and 1D (UPC and EAN). This app can be downloaded…
Viper’s mobile car control system now plays nice with Android, in addition to iPhone and BlackBerry. SmartStart lets you pop the trunk, lock the doors, sound the alarm, and even start the car from your phone, no matter where you are. You can also get security alerts if your alarm goes off. Of course, this…
McAfee, the brand Windows geeks know and mostly loathe, has acquired Singapore based tenCube with the intent to enter the mobile services spaces. Now unlike McAfee’s desktop antivirus software, the company doesn’t intend to scare the bejesus out of you into buying their bloatware. Instead they’d like to clone Apple’s MobileMe or RIM’s BlackBerry Protect…
Coastal Angler Magazine is out with its smartphone app, initially available for Android and BlackBerry with the iPhone version set to hit the Apple AppStore in the near future. Called FishOn, the application allows users to access up-to-the minute local weather, marine conditions, tides, catch photos, fishing reports, information on conservation, towing, and fishing licenses,…