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Nokia Maps (aka Ovi Maps), has been a staple on Nokia’s Symbian handsets for several years and arguably a credible rival to Google Maps on other platforms. Thanks to the dying Symbian platform, Nokia has decided to release its new HTML5 map app to all mobile operating systems including Android and iOS. Currently, Nokia Maps is in beta,…
Well, looks like Foursquare has gotten a lot better for both Android and iOS users. Bizzy, the mobile app that lets users recommend places to their friends announced today that it would be joining forces with Foursquare. Bizzy will also bring a ‘Check-Out’ feature, which lets you quickly and easily share your thoughts about the places…
Sprint announced this morning the official release for the Kyocera Milano, a device which was rumored to launch on Sept. 9 over a week ago. The Milano looks like a mid- to low-end Android smartphone, with the typical specs you’ll see in any Android phone in that range, like a 3-inch display, Android 2.3, a…
I don’t know about you, but when it comes to spinning the plastic ones and twos in DJ Hero, I do very well, although I wouldn’t dare enter any competitions. Not after the great DJ Hero disaster of ’09. Anyways – ever since I’ve had the iPad, I have always hoped someone would make a…
If you’ve somehow missed the hype, then you may not know exactly what today is. Today is the day you can walk into a Verizon Wireless store and grab the first ever dual-core/LTE handset available for the carrier, in the form of the Motorola Droid Bionic. While we’re not too thrilled on the pricing of…
The Verizon Motorola Droid Bionic is finally available after a long, strange trip. The dual-core, 4G LTE smartphone debuted all the way back in January at CES, faced delays and a brain transplant, and is now available to the masses for about $300 on a two-year contract. Is it worth the wait? We’ll have a…
After being announced earlier this summer for Telus, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android tablet has been launched in stores today, and is also being offered in competing Rogers stores across Canada. Telus is offering it for $649.99 with no strings attached, while Rogers is asking $679.99, but has an alternative to buy it for…
Google has just announced that it has just acquired Zagat and it will be using this trove of restaurant and venue information as the cornerstone of its local offerings. If you remember, Google tried to buy Yelp a while back but the deal fell through for some reason (some say Yelp wanted too much cash)…
Docked in Copenhagen, Denmark is a boat called the Illutron. A collective of artists share a workshop there, doing all sorts of crazy crap, not limited to dangerous-looking interactive sound exhibits, teaching a factory robot how to draw, and now they’ve synced up a flame thrower to an Xperia Play so that instead of using…
Today Samsung and Cricket announced the Samsung Vitality an Android smartphone which runs the latest OS, Gingerebread 2.3.4. The Vitality features an 800MHz CPU, 3.5-inch 320 × 480 display, and 3.2 MP camera. The Vitality’s most appealing feature is being the first Android phone on Cricket’s network to launch with Muve Music. Muve is a…