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AT&T apparently asked Research In Motion in 2010 to kindly build a competitor to the iPhone, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. The dirty deed took place while Apple’s iPhone was still exclusively available on AT&T in the United States. “We work with all device makers to bring the best products to market…
TechnoBuffalo pitted Siri on an iPhone 4S running iOS 6 against Google’s new Android 4.1 voice assistant running on a Galaxy Nexus. Jon Rettinger asked the two voice assistants common questions like what’s the weather and who won yesterday’s baseball game. The two platforms take different approaches to the feature, with Siri asking more questions to…
Ah, yes. It’s been five years since the first iPhone set the world on fire, and to put things in better perspective we have an awesome infographic to show you (below). Apple changed the game with the iPhone by making it cool to have an all touchscreen handset — doing away with the traditional physical…
Today Gamestop announced that it will be selling Google’s Nexus 7 tablet in its stores. The world’s biggest video game retailer is offering the search giant’s flagship slate with a decent deal attached. Whoever rolls into the store can use the Gamestop trade-in program to grab themselves this Jelly Bean delight, as customers can use…
Oh, how the mighty have fallen. The analysts have spoken, and most believe it would take nothing short of a Jobs-ian miracle to save ailing Research in Motion. As a refresher, the company announced a $518 million loss yesterday, and delayed its savior BlackBerry 10 platform to early 2013. Its stock fell nearly 15% at…
One of the biggest omissions from the Twitter for Windows Phone application has been the lack of push notifications alerting you when you had a new mention, direct message, retweet, favorite, or new follower. An update to Twitter for Windows Phone is currently available in the Windows Phone Marketplace that brings customizable push notifications, which…
Adobe has officially announced that Jelly Bean won’t get the Flash support, though the software may continue to work. Starting from August 15th, the company will use the configuration settings in Google Play to limit continued access to Flash Player updates to only those devices that have Flash Player already installed. Devices that do not…
Samsung’s Galaxy Note may soon get a competitor in the U.S. phablet market with a device that looks pretty similar (same) to the LG Optimus Vu clearing the FCC hurdle on its way to Verizon Wireless. Of course we could be wrong, but judging from the diagram above, it seems we’re right on target. To…
Yup, we know Samsung is working on a successor to its phablet device, Galaxy Note. The new rumor is that the Korean company will launch the new device in September to make it available for purchase before Apple starts selling the new iPhone. Moreover, it is said that the Note II will rock a quad-core…
Remember Skifta, that media sharing app we first spotted at the end of 2010. It’s now in version 1.5, bringing several handy features to the table, some of which have been demanded by its user base. The first thing you’ll notice is just how faster the application is. It’s like they’ve revamped the app from…