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Parkmobile has recently updated its mobile apps for iPhone and Android to allow users to pay for parking with PayPal. The service isn’t widely available yet, and at the moment it’s limited to some 20 cities around the US, with more places coming soon. To use your PayPal funds to make transaction, you’ll first have…
With Chinese people getting richer, they want better phones. Entry-level smartphones still sell in volumes in the world’s most populous country but there is a growing number of folks looking for better devices. HTC knows that and as it’s looking to find the way back to profitability, it prepares to launch its high-end DLX smartphone…
If Nokia can have its own in-car app so can Samsung. The Korean giant launched the Samsung Drive Link application in its own backyard, initially targeting Galaxy S III users with support for other handsets most likely coming at a later date. As you would imagine, the app features large buttons and a simple menu,…
Google may have begun sending the Android 4.2 OTA update to Galaxy Nexus and Nexus 7 devices, but if you’re holding onto a Nexus S or Motorola Xoom, you best get comfortable with Android 4.1.2. Why is that? Well, it looks like the first Android 3.0 tablet or the 2nd generation Nexus S won’t be…
Looks like Google is having quite a day. With the release and subsequent sold-out status of the Nexus 4, Google has decided to give Galaxy Nexus and Nexus 7 users a little surprise on the same day: a OTA update to Android 4.2 Jelly Bean. With the 4.2 update, Google is promising an experience that “takes…
In an event in San Francisco today, Nokia unveiled a cloud based maps service to rival the likes of Google. Nokia’s new effort, dubbed Here, will use tools such as data-capturing cars and crowd-sourced databases to keep it’s data fresh. Nokia’s CEO, Elop, stated that one of the goals of Here is to provide a…
Google launched its Nexus 4 earlier this morning in the US and the UK, and both the 16GB and 8GB models are now sold out. The two handsets flew off the shelves selling out in the UK and the US in less than an hour. Android World is also reporting that sales of the Nexus…
The much-anticipated Google Nexus 4 and Nexus 10 are officially available to purchase through the search giant’s own Play Store. If you’ve been looking to grab one of these devices, we suggest you do so now, as we’re not sure just how many of the devices Google decided to stock up on. The Nexus 4…
Verizon and HTC held an event in NYC and used their time in the spotlight to announce Android’s new flagship phone, the Droid DNA. With specs that meet or beat almost every other Android phone on the market, the Droid DNA is a showstopper for HTC. The Jelly Bean-powered Droid DNA includes a 5-inch, Full HD…
The successor to the original Samsung Stratosphere, Galaxy Stratosphere II has been officially unveiled by Verizon Wireless and it’s like the Galaxy S II with full side-sliding QWERTY keyboard (and a slightly smaller display). If this was happening last year, I would be super excited – now I want the Galaxy S III with physical…