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Apple and Research In Motion reportedly tried to buy Palm before Hewlett-Packard (HP) won the rights to the smartphone pioneer, according to a report. We had previously known that there were other bidders for Palm but sources definitively told Business Insider that Apple and RIM were major suitors. The report said that Apple offered up…
Apple has turned the smartphone world on its head when it first introduced the iPhone. Since then, other major players have been making tremendous advances and seeing a resurgence in prominence. Others are dangerousy falling behind. According to a survey conducted by ChangeWave Research, now is the time that most folks are planning to buy…
Applications like Opera Mini, Layar and Lookout topped GetJar’s first annual Gettie Awards. Team IntoMobile was there last night and it was quite an interesting experience. I’ll get to the winners first, as GetJar was seeking the best Java, Symbian, Windows Mobile, BlackBerry, iPhone and Android apps. The winners received some monetary reward (I don’t…
If you’ve already locked your jowls on the recently released video of BlackBerry OS 6… chances are you want it on your BlackBerry, and you want it now. Sadly, you CAN’T have it now, but thanks to the theme developers at WJD Designs… you can have the next best thing… a BlackBerry Theme based on…
While the overall smartphone market in the US is growing in terms of numbers of consumers sporting phones with brains, it seems Google’s mobile operating system, Android OS, is taking consumer and developer market share away from incumbents platforms like BlackBerry and iPhone. A new study from market research firm comScore shows that every one…
Above is a leaked roadmap for the devices T-Mobile plans to release for the rest of the year, and things are looking pretty exciting on the Android front. Please excuse the picture above, it’s very blurry, but tells a good story. The picture may be a little out of focus, but for the most part,…
Borders is doubling down on its mobile strategy, as it is bringing its e-reader application to Android and BlackBerry. This latest e-reader app will join its existing programs for the Mac, PC, Apple iPhone and iPad. The Borders eBooks app does exactly what you expect from this type of program: it enables mobile users to…
BlackBerry Twitter fanatics can start getting excited now as the official Twitter for BlackBerry application has finally grown out of beta. We’re proud to see that the app has graduated into full, official status and with it comes a whole slew of new features and improvements. It’s about time after so many beta updates. Letting…
The U.S. government has launched a website that aggregates all the official mobile applications that come from governmental entities. While the site is primarily filled with iPhone apps, it also has programs for Android and BlackBerry. What kind of apps can you expect from your federal government? Well, there are a variety of programs, including…
It’s been a somewhat slow week on the BlackBerry OS scene. Not many updates or leaks to tell you about, so I’m going to keep this brief. Listed below are the updates I’ve noticed over the past week or so. Click the links to download the operating systems listed, however, be sure to backup your…