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US Cellular is offering customers another Android phone in time for the holidays, the LG Optimus U. This Android 2.2 Froyo-toting phone will be free after a $80 rebate. Sounds good to us. The Optimus U is basically an LG Optimus S (which is a Sprint phone – hence the “S” in the model name),…
Shazam, the company behind the popular music discovery-recognition application/service, announced that it has passed the major milestone of 100 million users! Significantly, a quarter of all users downloaded Shazam over the past six months. In addition to music-recognition service, Shazam also has an offering for businesses called Shazam Audio Recognition Advertising (SARA) program which has…
LG announced plans to replace all conventional magnesium inside its mobile phones with Eco-Magnesium, a new type of clean magnesium alloy, by 2012. As a result, the company will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by a factor of approximately 24,000 during the die casting process without affecting the quality of the final product. Here’s what Eco-Magnesium…
Google Maps for Mobile is, without a doubt, the leading geo-location and mapping service on smartphones today (sorry Windows Phone 7 and your Bing Maps). Today at the D: Dive Into Mobile conference, Mr. Android himself, Andy Rubin, showed the world that the next version of Google Maps for Mobile would come packing some long-awaited…
IntoMobile is giving away 50 high-end smartphones to help you keep up with the holiday shopping madness that kicked off on Black Friday. From now until December 21st, you’ll have 50 chances to win a smartphone of your choice from IntoMobile. That’s right, you can win one of 50 AT&T Apple iPhone 4, Sprint HTC…
Boingo Wireless, the global WiFi networks, announced a renewed and extended bilateral roaming agreement with T-Mobile USA for subscriber access to WiFi hotspots, covering both laptops and WiFi enabled mobile devices. Under the new agreement, T-Mobile Hotspot and postpaid mobile broadband subscribers will be able to access at no additional charge 53 Boingo airport locations…
Received a note from my friends at SHAPE Services the other day, to let me (and you) know about a new BlackBerry application they’ve launched… Well, truth be told it’s still in beta, but you can easily get in on the beta if you like. Called ‘Photo Translator’, the new app looks to be a…
I can remember the days when Rogers offered unlimited evenings and weekends, with evenings starting at 6PM. Seems like many, many, MANY years ago, but I’ve always felt that 6PM was a reasonable hour to consider as ‘evening’. Since my early days as a mobile adopter, Rogers has kept pushing the hour back, and the…
My absolute favorite sporting news and scores app, ‘ScoreMobile‘, is coming soon for Windows Phone 7 Devices according to a recent release from Score Media. Due out in the first quarter of 2011, the app will be a welcome addition to any new Windows Phone 7 user looking to get the latest sporting news. Score…
We heard about the Sharp Galapagos tablets a while back, but now they have been officially unveiled in all their Android OS-powered glory. Coming in 5.5 and 10.8 inch versions, Sharp is surely skipping the middle ground with no 7 incher in sight. The 5.5 inch version comes with a 1024×600 resolution, which is rather…