For those of you waiting to get your hands on the HTC Desire from TELUS, it’s looking like the wait is almost over. Our good buds at MobileSyrup have reported that dummy units are arriving in-store… which can only mean one thing… the launch will be upon us real soon! In a quick recap if…
Palo Alto Online and West Seattle Herald get their mobile apps, powered by YAPPER
Palo Alto Online and West Seattle Herald are joining the “mobile app revolution” with their own apps for the iPhone and Android, powered by YAPPER. Both apps feature latest news (with push notifications), photos and videos, while at the same time working as community engagement and social media tools. The last mentioned part is especially…
REVIEW: Samsung Vibrant, T-Mobile’s Galaxy S phone gets reviewed
Well folks, it’s here. The T-Mobile Samsung Vibrant is the first of the four Samsung Galaxy S devices to hit US shelves, and the manufacturer’s first Android Superphone. The standout feature of the Vibrant is its gorgeous 4-inch Super AMOLED display. Accompanying the display, the Vibrant sports a 5-megapixel camera with 720p HD video recording,…
Amazon raking in over $1 billion in sales via mobile
Amazon has seen more than $1 billion in sales from mobile devices over the last year, the company said during its second-quarter earnings announcement. The company has apps for the iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, Android and other platforms, and these appear to be paying off. “We’re also encouraged by what we see in mobile. In…
Groupon Android app brings hot deals to your phone
All you Android fans will be happy to know that the daily-bargain service Groupon has finally published an Android app. If you don’t know what the company does, then you’re probably not one of the 500 million users on Facebook because Groupon advertises like crazy on the social network. It offers users one deal a…
Verizon : Motorola Droid X pulling down 5x more data than any other device
The Motorola Droid X is the hottest Android phone on the Verizon network right now, but it’s more than just a pretty face and a power-packed feature set. Verizon has confirmed that the new Android phone is actually pulling down something like five times more wireless data than any other device on Big Red’s network.…
Best Buy Pictured with Droid 2 Cases, Handset Available on Launch Day?
The Motorola Droid X has been such a huge hit for both Verizon and Motorola, that we can only expect the Droid 2 will be living up to expectations, too. Looking at the screen capture above, you might be thinking, “Wait, I thought this was about the Droid 2? That’s the Droid X!” You’d be…
Verizon is Exchanging Motorola Droid X Handsets with Faulty Screens
You probably became extremely excited when you were heading home from Verizon or Best Buy with your brand new Motorola Droid X. It has an enormous screen, it’s thin and light and snappy overall performance. Things couldn’t get better, right? Well, they could certainly get worse, and for a small handful of Droid X owners,…
Google Voice gets faster dialing for Android, BlackBerry
Google continues to improve its Google Voice app for Android and BlackBerry and the latest update now makes it quicker to dial your contacts. According to Google: Until today, the Google Voice app had to make a request to the Google Voice server every time you wanted to make a call to send us the…
Verizon Motorola Droid X gets root – Superuser is here, eFuse be damned
So remember how there was all that talk about how the Verizon Motorola Droid X could not be hacked, rooted, jailbroken, etc. because of a system protection technology known as eFuse? Well, while the blogosphere was busy passing around rumors that the Motorola Droid X would brick itself if you tried to gain root access,…







