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Let’s face it, Windows Phone 7.5 users; Bing maps kind of sucks. I’ve been rocking the Lumia 900 for a few weeks now, and one of the biggest disappointments after using Android for several years was the subpar maps service. Sure, Nokia Drive is markedly better, but it’s not available to everyone, leaving several Windows…
RIM’s stockpile of unsold BlackBerry phones and PlayBook tablets is growing as sales continue to struggle ahead of the fall 2012 release of BlackBerry 10. The total value of these devices sitting in RIM’s warehouses is over $1 billion, putting RIM in a tough spot when it comes to next quarter’s financials. The company has…
Orange has started sending out invites for its press event, when it will launch its first Intel-powered Android smartphone – Orange Santa Clara. The event takes place on Thursday, May 31st and the mentioned device already got a page at the carrier’s “coming soon” section. Thus far Orange-branded phones were low-to-mid end devices, offering decent…
Nokia Lumia 610 is now available in UK, with two online retailers selling the unlocked device starting from 164.98 GBP, which translates into some $258. Unlocked Mobiles has that price, though it’s offering the Windows Phone device only in black. Clove, on the other hand, asks 180 GBP (about $282) but it has both black…
Kobo is finally upgrading its Android app to make it on par with the iOS application. Version 4.0 introduces noticeable performance improvements (it just feels snappier), while fixing some of the known bugs. However, the most important change is in the tablet support, making ebook reading on Honeycomb and Ice Cream Sandwich tablets awesome —…
And we thought that Vodafone deal for Samsung Galaxy S III is steaming hot. Guess again, with online store Mobiles.co.uk offering Sammy’s sexy new smartphone for free on a two-year 26 GBP/month contract with T-Mobile! Moreover, first month you’ll pay half the price (13 GBP), making the already sweet offer that much sweeter. Now you…
It seems that those of you who wanted to grab the Nokia 808 PureView will have to wait a little longer to get the world’s best camera phone. According to the device’s page at Clove’s website, the PureView is now slated to arrive in “mid-to-late July.” Moreover, that’s also what the same phone retailer told…
Like most companies engaged in cutting-edge hardware design, Apple carefully disposes of its prototypes. Every once in a while, though, one slips through the cracks and lands on eBay. The most recent prototype to leak out Apple’s research labs is an unusual iPad with two dock connectors. As reported by MacRumors, the iPad includes a…
According to a Globe and Mail report, RIM’s top lawyer, Ms. Karima Bawa, has resigned from the struggling handset maker. Bawa joined RIM in 2000 and became Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel in 2010. Her resignation follows the departure of Patrick Spence, RIM’s head of global sales, last week. To make matters even worse,…
According to a tweet from the Chronic Dev team, the Absinthe 2.0 jailbreak tool has been used to jailbreak over 1 million iOS devices. The group has logged over 211,401 jailbroken iPad 3 tablets and 973,086 jailbroken devices. The lasest version of Absinthe was released on Friday May 25 and these figures were announced two days…