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More than three months have passed since news broke that Google was going to buy Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion, and to tell you the truth our hands still shake every time someone brings up that historic headline. Google says they want Motorola for the patents, that they’re going to let Motorola do their own…
Apple’s war with Amazon over the “Appstore” name has not finished yet. Apple widened its lawsuit a bit recently, claiming that Amazon made some changes to the way it advertises its Appstore after the Kindle Fire came out. Previously, Amazon added the tagline “for Android” to make the platform on which it’s available clear, but…
Panasonic is a brand one typically associated with televisions or expensive batteries, but did you know that they’re the second largest mobile phone maker in Japan? Panasonic Mobile Communications is a business unit that employees roughly 2,600 people, which seems like a lot of folks to address a market that’s only half the size of…
The popular virtual keyboard solution for Android, SwiftKey, has been updated for smartphone and tablet users. The new versions of SwiftKey X and SwiftKey Tablet X are now available to everyone. There are several important elements of this release, including: Improved word predictions Fluency engine that makes typing faster and more efficient. Multi-touch support –…
Aside from Sprint’s LG Marquee, we have another U.S. carrier preparing to launch its own version of the LG Optimus Black. It’s US Cellular, which will offer the popular smartphone under the name of LG Majestic (pictured above) – model US855. Aside from the name change, there won’t be any notable changes under the hood.…
Need a case for your brand new Motorola DROID RAZR? Want something extra durable? Maybe you should check out Otterbox, which announced brand new Defender Series and Commuter Series cases. The first of the two provides rugged defense for the RAZR by combining a built-in screen protector, polycarbonate frame and shock-absorbing silicone skin. Moreover, it…
NAVIGON launched the second generation of its iPhone navigation app, which “completely redefines core elements of iPhone navigation,” including a new map management function and an in app purchase option for quarterly map updates. As a result, users will be able to choose which map regions to download to their device, thus saving some storage…
The enterprise market, where BlackBerry has traditionally reigned supreme, is now ruled by the iPhone according to recent reseach. A survey by iPass questioned 2,300 employees across 1,100 businesses around the world, and showed that 32.2% owned a BlackBerry (compared to 34.5% last year), while 45.0% claimed to use an iPhone for work, compared to…
Well, it looks like the mythical HTC tablet dubbed the Quattro is finally getting its close up. The Quattro is a beastly quad-core, 10.1-inch, Android-powered slate with a 1280 x 768 resolution, which is comparable to the iPad 2’s 1024 x 768 resolution screen. Other noteworthy features include: 1GB of RAM 16GB internal storage plus microSD…
A report from Juniper Global Threat Center has juicy information on those cool, “open” Android devices. It turns out having a smartphone with an open platform such as Android isn’t as beneficial as you may have first thought. From 2009 to 2010, malware on Android increased 400 percent, and that’s not even the worst news.…