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Almost missed this… Sprint and Motorola released the update for the PHOTON 4G. Software version 45.3.6.enUS adds sooo much on the table, including Google Talk video chat, proximity sensor bug fix, enhancements of pictures taken in panorama mode, and the introduction of international roaming 3G UMTS hotspot functionality for a single Wi-Fi enabled device. In…
It looks like Google is beginning to gear up for its upcoming developer conference for 2012 and the Google Code Blog suggests you save the dates of April 24th and 25th.With Ice Cream Sandwich and the Galaxy Nexus just a handful of hours away until the official announcement, we can only wonder what’s in store…
Do you own a tablet and not play video games? According to a recent study by ComScore, you’re officially in the minority amongst tablet owners as their study has found 67% of tablet owners have played a game in September, 23% of which play games on a daily basis. As for other tablet activities, many…
One of the best aspects of the best-selling iPhone 4S is the 8-megapixel camera and the new sensor Apple has put in it. While we definitely love the camera on Apple’s latest smartphone, how does it compare to the cream of the crop and the previous model? I’m glad you asked, as we’ll show you…
Rockstar Games’ Grand Theft Auto III is celebrating its 10 year anniversary and if you remember playing it on your PS2, Xbox, or PC, it has probably blown your mind to think that same game will soon be released across a number of iOS and Android devices in a couple of weeks. During this weekend’s…
Verizon Wireless is set to introduce two Android smartphones next month that are pretty much guaranteed to make geeks from sea to shining sea jizz in their pants. First up, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, which we’ve been hearing rumors about for quite a few months now. It’s going to be the first smartphone to run…
Few days ago we first caught the LG DoublePlay and now it’s official, announced alongside the fifth annual LG U.S. National Texting Championship. The somewhat weird lookin’ device rocks a split QWERTY keyboard and dual capacitive touchscreens, one measuring 3.5 and the other one (between two sides of the keyboard) 2 inches. In addition, this…
Location-based services provider TeleNav is updating its mobile application for Sprint’s Android devices. TeleNav GPS Navigator 7.1 goes beyond turn-by-turn directions to help folks run errands around town, explore and discover what’s around them, or simply commute to work or school. The first thing you’ll notice is the new homescreen called “My Dashboard” from where…
After the iOS launch, mobile social gaming network OpenFeint is bringing its mobile game discovery app, Game Channel, to Android. As a result, select Android titles will be showcased through a number of “creative strategies,” with a focus on free-to-play gaming. Some of the Game Channel features include: Featured Game – OpenFeint will highlight one…
What better way to promote a new mobile wallet service than by sending a swarm of marketing people to stores and then having said marketeers offer to pay for strangers’ purchases? That’s exactly what Google recently did in New York and San Francisco, and guess what? It works. People flipped out, and rightly so, because…