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Verizon and Motorola are finally pushing Gingerbread updates for the Droid 2 Global and Droid Pro. Aside from bringing a number of improvements that come with Android 2.3, both firmwares also pack bug fixes and feature enhancements, as well as some new apps. For instance, the Droid 2 Global adds Google Books, Accuweather, Amazon MP3…
ViewSonic wants a piece of the growing tablet market. For that end, they’ve launched another product – ViewPad 7e, which is a low-cost Android tablet that will sell for $199. Specs wise, the soon-to-be-launched device comes with a 7-inch 800×600 pixels touchscreen, Wi-Fi connectivity, 3-megapixel camera on the back, front-facing VGA camera, 1GHz processor, 512MB…
This isn’t what we would call “pure” mobile news but since we’re talking about an Android-powered device, we decided to give it some space on IntoMobile, nonetheless. The device is Casio VX-100, which is an EPOS terminal that can be used with such applications as customer relationship management, reservation management and sales management to provide…
Lookout Security identified a new Android Trojan, LeNa, which is said to be an evolution of the Legacy variant discovered earlier this year (also known as DroidKungFu). While previous Legacy variants were spotted only in alternative app markets and forums in China, this one (called LeNa) has also been caught on the Android Market (though…
As part of the efforts to make its Tablet S more appealing to the users, Sony is launching PlayStation store in Europe, North America and Australia. At the moment, Tablet S owners (not that there are many of them) can choose between 10 titles, including Everybody’s Golf 2, Twisted Metal, Jet Rider, Jumping Flash!, Destruction…
Our first glimpse of Android apps running on the PlayBook was a little choppy, but now that RIM has opened up the App Player to developers, we’ve got a chance to see performance closer to what was demoed at BlackBerry World. RIM’s Chris Smith walked us through some of the apps that they’ve got working…
Seriously, Sony Ericsson, it’s a miracle you have any fan sites these days and you just want to shut them down? Don’t get me wrong, it’s not that you don’t make halfway decent phones – the Xperia Arc is OK, but how’s that stacking up against the Galaxy S II, Galaxy Nexus, DROID RAZR or…
If you’re looking to pick up a Square credit card reader for your smartphone, you shouldn’t have trouble finding one these days. That’s because you can buy them from just about anywhere except your local bodega. Next time you’re at Apple, Best Buy, RadioShack, Target or Wal-Mart, you can grab a Square card reader and…
Sprint has just announced it will carry the Samsung Transform Ultra, a phone which The Now Network had unveiled a month ago on its prepaid brand Boost Mobile. The phone packs Android 2.3 Gingerbread with Sprint ID, and includes a 1GHz processor, 3.5-inch HVGA display, and slide-out QWERTY keyboard. It’s pretty much identical to the…
Last month we were sad to report that Nokia had decided to cut 3,500 jobs and close their factory in Romania because the company felt it was simply more economical to invest in Asian plants. According to a report from the Romanian publication Business Review, ZTE is extremely interested in taking possession of Nokia’s factory…