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Motorola Pro+, the Android smartphone that looks tailored to convert BlackBerry users to the Android platform, is finally available in the UK. Clove is selling it for 322.80 GBP, which is about $501. Kinda steep, but then again you don’t have a ton of options to choose from if you’re looking for a powerful Android…
Navfree, the free GPS navigation app for the iPhone that was downloaded by more than 3.7 million users, is now available for the Android community as well. The application gets its data from OpenStreetMap, while also allowing users to update information while on the go. As a matter of fact, according to Navmii (the app…
OtterBox launched new cases for two HTC smartphones – Rezound and Rhyme. The tougher Defender Series case is available only for the Rezound, while Commuter Series cases are available for both phones. Not sure why there’s no Defender case for the Rhyme, though. Anyway, the Defender Series cases completely cover the phone with three layers…
Tencent is to China today what Yahoo! was to North America in 1999. They’re huge when it comes to instant messaging, microblogging, and they even have a few portals up their sleeve. In other words, they’re massive. So what’s their mobile strategy then? Simple, really. Make Andoid apps available to those who already have Android…
Internet security service provider, Zscaler, recently published some interesting usage data for the last quarter, including some insight into mobile browser usage. Although iOS may be winning device adoption over BlackBerry in businesses, it looks like the majority of Zscaler’s enterprise subscribers that browse the web on smartphones (40.3%) are doing so through an Android…
An old dog can learn a new trick as proven by the following video, featuring the original HTC G1 running Android Ice Cream Sandwich. Of course, you shouldn’t expect everything to run smoothly; quite the contrary not only the device is slow, but some of the phone features are not working like WiFi, Bluetooth and…
Cricket Wireless keeps expanding its Muve Music portfolio. After Samsung Vitality and ZTE Score, they’re out with the ZTE Chorus, a low-end Android smartphone that comes with the carrier’s popular music plan. Specs wise, ZTE’s baby sports a 3.2-inch WQVGA touchscreen, 3G data, 2-megapixel camera, 600MHz processor, Bluetooth, SRS WOW HD sound technology, 3.5mm headset…
File this under “heavy rumors” as we honestly think Verizon won’t launch the Motorola DROID 4 this year. It’s kinda too late to generate some buzz around it and my bet is they’ll use the upcoming CES in Las Vegas to unveil their first QWERTY keyboard-equipped LTE smartphone. But you never know… Droid-Life got that…
If you recall, the Samsung Galaxy Xcover S5690 is the Korean company’s rugged version of the Galaxy S, though not as powerful as the original (non-rugged) smartphone. To be fair, it’s not like we wondered when it will be released, but it’s kinda nice to know when you can buy one. Well, it’s almost here,…
We don’t usually get much smartphone-related news from Cellcom, the Wisconsin-based regional carrier. Today we’re glad to say they’ve spiced up their offering just in time for the Christmas shopping season. However, you shouldn’t expect the very best phones from them — after all they don’t actually compete with the big boys like Verizon, AT&T,…