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Parrot released a firmware update for its Android-powered car receiver ASTEROID. Software version 1.5 brings a number of new features, including: Ability to connect to steering wheel commands via the Parrot UNIKA interface, which sings along the majority of vehicles available on the market. The system allows drivers to access many of the ASTEROID features…
AOL-owned about.me website launched an iPhone app, helping you take your online identity with you, no matter where you happen to go. Aside from bundling many of the web service’s functionalities, the mobile app also allows you to “Check Out” nearby users’ pages presuming they’ve enabled the option. This in turn is said to bridge…
Cross-device computing experts at Splashtop updated their FileHound iPhone app, enabling file transfer and breadcrumb navigation. Those who haven’t heard of FileHound before should know it’s touted as the “easiest way to list, search and navigate documents, photos, music and videos on a computer.” When connected to a computer (requires the Splashtop Streamer software on…
Cinemark, which is one of the world’s largest motion picture exhibitors, launched an Android app, allowing movie fans to purchase Cinemark’s movie tickets while on the go. Moreover, the free to download application also comes with other features, enabling you to instantly locate nearest Cinemark theatre using GPS, search for preferred theatre locations and even…
HTC’s quad core beast, the One X, gets all the attention, but it’s the One S that we think deserves more praise. It’s thinner, it uses Qualcomm’s Snapdragon S4, it’s smaller, it has a body that’s made out of something that’s been through a plasma bath, but … and this is a huge but, the…
Two Windows Phones launched on AT&T yesterday, Nokia’s Lumia 900 and HTC’s Titan II. The former is being offered for $99 with a two year contract, the latter was supposed to cost $199 with a two year contract, but now it’s just $149. Why did this happen? We can only speculate, but we’re going to…
The next major version of Windows Phone, codenamed Apollo, is due to land in the fourth quarter of this year. We have a rough idea of what new features it’ll bring to the table, but until Microsoft issues a press release detailing everything we should know about … we’re pretty much clueless to what’s true…
One of the best things about Android 4.0 is the fact that it doesn’t need any front facing buttons to run. Just look at the Galaxy Nexus, it’s a beautiful solid sheet of glass. HTC’s 2012 flagship, the One X, has three hideous buttons, and that seriously makes us sad. So what about Samsung’s hero…
T-Mobile didn’t waste any time trying to grab new customers from AT&T. One day after AT&T began unlocking off-contract iPhones, T-Mobile is letting it be known that it has some of the best calling and data plans in the nation. The carrier also points out that it already has one million iPhones running on its…
Lenovo took the wraps off of its first Android Ice Cream Sandwich tablet a few days ago, the IdeaTab S2109. A few important specs are missing at this point — including the always essential pricing and release date — but a video Lenovo uploaded to YouTube seems to do the tablet justice. It has a…