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British heavy texters and email addicts who like their QWERTY phones in white will be pleased to know that the local branch of Orange is preparing to launch the white version of RIM’s BlackBerry Curve 9360. Price was not unveiled and all we know is that the carrier will give it away for free to…
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…
Millennial Media has released its latest Mobile Mix report for the month of August and as you’d expect, the mobile world is on fire. Android still leads the mobile space but iOS is still going strong as ever, with the likes of BlackBerry and other mobile operating systems struggling to keep up with the two.…
We’ve been very proud of IntoMobile 4.0 and how the layout delivers the most compelling mobile-related news in a visually-pleasing way but we recognize that accessing our site from a smartphone is not always the greatest experience. Depending on what phone you’re using, the zooming can be tricky and images have been a hassle. Well,…
Even though Microsoft’s CEO has admitted that Windows Phone sales have been small, the platform just received a high-profile endorsement from Verizon Communications CEO Lowell McAdam. “The carriers are beginning to coalesce around the need for a third ecosystem,” said McAdam at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia conference, according to InformationWeek. “Over the next 12 months…
It appears RIM’s iPad killer is not so murderous. The situation is quite the opposite, actually. The latest estimate indicates RIM sold around 490,000 BlackBerry PlayBook units during the first full quarter on the market. RIM is expected to confirm this number tomorrow along with earnings. By comparison, Apple shipped 9.25 million iPads in that…
As part of its “It Can Wait” campaign, AT&T launched a new app called AT&T DriveMode, helping curb texting while driving. Available as a free download for BlackBerry users — with other platforms to follow shortly — the application automatically sends a customizable reply to incoming texts, calls and emails, notifying the sender that the…
Good news for those of you looking to grab RIM’s first tablet, BlackBerry PlayBook. Thanks to Best Buy you can get the 7-inch device for up to $150 off. The 16GB and 32GB versions are now available for $50 less – $449.99 and $549.99, respectively. The best deal, however, is when you grab PlayBook with…
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about tablets lately and I’m genuinely curious: What’s your favorite tablet and why? If we’re going by sheer sales numbers, I’d imagine many of you would say the iPad, as it has sold more than 22 million units and pretty much kickstarted this whole category. The original iPad…
Another day, another lawsuit. Today we have the case of Openwave against Apple and RIM. Openwave is effectively filing a lawsuit against these two companies to defend its intellectual property for mobile Internet access. In a statement, Openwave CEO Ken Denman said: “Openwave invented technologies that became foundational to the mobile Internet. We believe that…