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Sprint is sweetening the pot with a new online promotion that’ll deduct $100 off the price of the already discounted iPhones 4S, says a report in 9to5 Toys. The carrier recently dropped the price of the iPhone 4S from $199 to $149, and now it has reduced the price to $49 by adding in a…
BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins talked to AllThingsD and other reporters about the company’s progress with its BlackBerry 10 software. In an earlier statement, the CEO talked about licensing BlackBerry, but today he told the group that the company’s BlackBerry 10 software is essentially complete. Heins hinted that the company wanted to roll out the update…
Earlier today, reports confirmed that Steve Jobs’ house in California was burglarized and over $60,000 worth of goods was stolen from the residence. The list of stolen items includes some very expensive jewelry, two iMacs, three iPads, one Apple TV, a Sodastream soda and a wallet belonging to Jobs himself, says a report in The…
A 7-inch tablet like the Nexus 7 may be a bit unwieldy to hold to your ear, but that doesn’t stop people from trying to use it to make a phone call. XDA Senior Member bongostl encourages Nexus 7 owners to take the plunge and make a call using Google Voice. In a thread at…
9to5 Mac is keeping the iPad mini rumor mill churning with a new report that says the rumored tablet will be a large iPod touch. The blog claims that the iPad mini will have a 7-inch display with a very small bezel. The device may also sport a front-facing camera and possibly a back-facing camera.…
Well, this didn’t take long. Dark Sky, a uniquely built predictive weather app, just received a pretty significant update. Firstly, if you didn’t read my review on Dark Sky last week, then shame on you. In this upgrade (version 2.0), the developers of this incredible weather application addressed some pressing issues I had in my…
Microsoft released the SkyDrive cloud storage app for iOS and Windows Phone back in December without any signs of an Android version coming in the near future. Sure enough it never did. Here we are eight months later, though, and Microsoft is finally releasing SkyDrive in Google Play as well as updating the current apps…
When Microsoft unveiled the Surface tablet line back in June, many expected the lower-end ARM-based Windows RT model to retail around the price of an iPad. After all, the Windows 8-based tablet is expected to be a fully fledged mobile computer that could easily rival the capabilities offered by Apple’s market-leading iPad, and a tablet…
T-mobile is stepping up to become the first major carrier to give Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus owners some Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0). This is normally a ridiculously drawn out process because folks who happen to own carrier-connected tablets have to wait longer for their updates. Well, as of today, the fourth largest wireless provider…
Though iOS 6 may be adding offline turn-by-turn navigation when it launches next month, the service will likely be limited to the iPhone 4S/iPad 2 or newer models, leaving iPhone 4 and original iPad owners with the choice to upgrade or lose features. Fortunately for those not wanting to upgrade, Telenav has just released an…