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You buy a new fancy smartphone from the shops, take it home, and then after you get all your data on there you start looking for applications to make your shiny toy unique to your individual needs. If said smartphone was an iPhone, then all you need to purchase apps is your iTunes username and…
Straight Talk, one of America’s many prepaid operators, is going to step up their game next month when they introduce their very first Android smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy Precedent. Priced at $150, with obviously no contract, you’re also looking at a phone bill that weighs in at just $45 for unlimited everything, including data. The…
According to Sony Ericsson, Xperia Play users are more likely to pay for games than other Android smartphone owners. As a matter of fact, the Swedish-Japanese handset maker said that more than 75% of people with the first PlayStation-certified device are “paying to play.” The company’s head of market development Dominic Neil-Dwyer said that their…
Citi and Best Buy have teamed-up to launch a mobile rewards app for two of the hottest mobile platforms of today – iOS and Android. The result is the “Citi ThankYou Rewards” application, which ties together Best Buy’s inventory systems with Citi’s “ThankYou” Rewards program, allowing customers to earn points by shopping with their Citi…
blippar is a brand new smartphone app for iOS and Android smartphones made in partnership with Cadbury UK and Ireland. Available as a free download, the application will “turn” select Cadbury products like a Dairy Milk and Twirl into an augmented reality experiences. Once a user starts blippar and “sees” a Cadbury product through a…
You’ve probably heard about Corning, the glass specialists behind the Gorilla Glass product. Heck, you may’ve seen their fancy promo video, demonstrating the future with a ton of glass around. However, you may not know that they operate a Museum of Glass which got its Android app. As you can guess, the application will guide…
After seeing the LG Optimus Sol up close earlier this month, we wondered when South Korea’s other mobile phone maker would make this Samsung Galaxy S clone official. Well … it just happened. The Optimus Sol is set to come out in mid September in Europe, will be available in 3 different colors (black, titan,…
What do you know, Yahoo also wants a piece of the ever-growing Android market despite the fact that the mobile platform is owned by its archrival – Google. However, the Internet giant isn’t going for the users in the Western hemisphere — rather, they decided to launch an Android-powered Yahoo! Phone in Japan, where they…
Verizon Wireless’ Droid Incredible 2 is by no means a bad device. However, it’s also not the best thing you can buy these days, especially when we know that the Motorola Droid Bionic will be launched in the near future. Still, it’s a decent smartphone with pretty good specs that include a 4-inch WVGA touchscreen,…
During the next couple of weeks, Vodafone UK will start selling the Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray. While we don’t have the exact date, we do see that the smartphone got its page on the carrier’s “Coming Soon” pages where those interested can leave their email and be instantly notified when the Big Red is ready…