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We all know that going apartment hunting can be a huge pain in the rear but now Rent.com is trying to help you out on the go with a slate of new apps for the iPhone, Android and BlackBerry. The Rent.com apps will sync with your account to the online service and you’ll be able…
A new report from comscore said Research In Motion and Samsung are tops in the United States in terms of smartphones and phones. RIM BlackBerry is still the leading smartphone platform in the United States with 37.3% of the market. The BlackBerry Torch probably helped RIM keep customers but the trends do not portend well…
If you caught Mike Lazaridis on-stage back at the Adobe MAX conference in late October, you’ll no doubt remember how pumped he was about the BlackBerry PlayBook. Among other things, he noted to developers at that time that if their PlayBook apps were approved for App World inclusion BEFORE the actual PlayBook launch… they’d be…
Yesterday, OS 6 made a big leak for the BlackBerry Bold 9700, and today its GSM cousins, the Pearl 3G 9100 (and its 9105 variant) and Curve 3G 9300 also have OS 6.0.0.344 available to them. RIM promised that the Pearl 9100 would get OS 6 when the Torch launched, while the Curve 9300 was…
If you were wondering why Google was willing to spend close to a billion dollars acquiring the mobile ad firm AdMob, some new data from ad optimizer Smaato should help you understand just how large this business could become. The company said that the mobile advertising market for the Untied States alone could be up…
There are some interesting numbers coming out of Nielsen today, as the firm is saying that 28% of U.S. mobile subscribers are now rocking a smartphone. That means that the vast majority of U.S. cell phone users aren’t on an iPhone or Droid X but are instead using a feature phone or an entry-level device.…
Today OS 6 for the second-generation BlackBerry Bold, the 9700, was leaked, offering a host of user interface improvements, universal search from the home screen, and a new WebKit browser. The BlackBerry Bold 9700 is solid mid-rand smartphone, and packs most of the same specs you’ll see in newer BlackBerrys, like an HVGA display, Wi-Fi,…
Not a huge deal here, but if you use the Twitter app for BlackBerry… you best take note. The application has just been updated, and it brings us up to version 1.0.1.7. It’s usually best to load up the latest version of any app, so I highly suggest you do so. Hit up the App…
Tata Indicom launched the BlackBerry Bold 9650, which is the first combined CDMA-GSM 3G smartphone in the BlackBerry Bold series. The carrier asks Rs. 25,190 (about $567) for the device and it’s bundling it with a special offer — for the first two months, customers who grab the Bold will receive a free data pack…
NPD just recently released their newest report about the big guns of the smartphone market, and if you’ve yet to see the trend forming, this report will easily show you what’s going on – spoiler, Android is the big winner. The 3rd quarter of 2010 saw Android skyrocket, BlackBerry sliding, and Apple surfing on flat…