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Regional carrier Cricket Wireless will be offering the Samsung Galaxy Admire 2 and the Galaxy Discover starting on July 21st, available off-contract at affordable prices. Both of the devices will be available with Cricket’s 3G all-inclusive smartphone plans, which start at $50 a month, and top out at $70 a month. Both untis will offer…
An infographic comparing the Google Play Store and Apple’s App Store takes a fresh look at how we compare the two services. Most comparisons focus on metrics such as number of apps, rate of growth and sales. The infographic takes a look at other metrics, such as market share, ease of app discovery, price point…
Icelandic musician Björk’s Biophilia app has made its way to Android, after being available on iOS for some time. The app does much more than provide access to Björk tunes; it’s a huge, multimedia event packed into a smartphone. The app includes original music by Björk as well as interactive artwork and musical artifacts. The…
The BlackBerry Q5 debuted in India this week, and Sunil Lalvani,the managing director of BlackBerry India was on hand for the launch. While speaking during the Q5 kick-off, Lalvani filled in some details about the upcoming BlackBerry Messenger launch on Android, according to IBNLive. Lalvani confirmed that the highly anticipated Messaging app would arrive this summer. He…
We’re all more than aware that Google is readying its Nexus 7 successor to launch in the near future. After all, the original tablet turned a year old last week, so we’d say we’re about due for the next generation of the popular tablet. Well, we could see the announcement of the Nexus 7 refresh…
When Nokia introduced the Lumia 1020, the manufacturer confirmed the handset would be available in white, yellow and black color options. Noticeably absent from this list was the ever popular color choice of red. Those that prefer the crimson color will be happy to see this leaked rendering from @evleaks. Included above, the leaked PR…
Google is getting ready for an announcement a week from now, and is sending out invitations for the event that simply says that it’s “breakfast with Sundar Pichai.” This means we have either an Android or Chrome announcement on our hands, but exactly what it could be remains to be seen. There are quite a…
BitTorrent has been working tirelessly to create a new file sync service that utilizes the peer-to-peer BitTorrent protocol, dubbed BitTorrent Sync. An Alpha version of the service debuted back in April, and now BitTorrent Sync has entered the Beta stage. An Android app is now available, bringing the cloud syncing platform to the mobile realm.…
An update for the iOS version of Google Maps was released late last night, which features live traffic and accident reports, indoor maps and a new way to rate favorite places. The update also utilizes the iPad’s native resolution, which is welcome news for iPad users. The update brings the iOS app up to speed with its…
With the fall season approaching, Apple fans are patiently awaiting the announcement of new iDevices, namely the iPhone 5S. We’ve heard a number of rumors and seen a few supposed pictures of iPhone 5S components, and new reports are streaming in claiming production delays of the device. A fresh rumor comes to us today from BGR,…