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Just a quickie here for any BlackBerry Torch 9800 users. If you use your Torch to listen to your favourite tunes while on-the-go, you’ll be more than pleased to know that Shazam has been updated with 9800 support. The app lets you quickly (and easily) identify almost any song, simply by triggering the app and…
Sagem Wireless launched Binder, a white-label eReader product. Right from the start, they have two major customers on board – French retailer FNAC, which will start selling the device as FnacBook for 199 EUR; and Telecom Italia, which is planning to launch it at some point in November. Specs wise, the Binder comes with a…
British firm ARM, who designs the chips that go into just about every single mobile phone on the planet, has published their Q3 2010 financial results and of all the facts and figures they present, that one that stands out to this writer is that 9% of the processors their licensees shipped were of the…
In addition to the Pantech Crux, Verizon Wireless unveiled another solid feature phone – LG Octane. Touted as a device for the “text messaging enthusiasts,” it comes with two screens (internal is 2.6-inch) and a full QWERTY keyboard. Then there’s a New Mobile E-Mail client 4.0 as well as the Social Beat app, providing “seamless…
If you’re considering an iPad purchase for yourself, or perhaps for that special someone, Apple has launched a new engraving service just in time for the holidays that you may want to take advantage of. Well, let’s be honest, it’s not a NEW service (Apple has long offered engraving on many iPod models), but for…
Broadcom, an American company that doesn’t make wireless chips, but instead designs them and sells their blueprints to practically all the handset manufacturers, including Apple, has agreed to buy femtocell designer Percello for a cool $86 million. Femtocells, which I covered in great detail in an earlier article detailing how there are now more femtocells…
Telmap wants its share of the Windows Phone 7 market, too. The leader in mobile location solutions is gearing toward launching its navigation solution for Microsoft’s brand-new mobile platform and has already booked a first customer – Singapore’s SingTel. As that’s the case with Telmap for other platforms, Windows Phone 7 version will also allow…
Great Scott! Could it be? The classic 80’s ‘Back to the Future‘ Trilogy is headed to the iPad!? It is, it is, at 88 miles per hour! 🙂 The developers over at Telltale Games just released a statement about their upcoming Back to the Future: The Game for iPad. At this point not much is…
Namco Networks is bringing another classic title to mobile phones – Ridge Racer Drift. The game has been released for a number of platforms, including Java, BREW, RIM and Windows Mobile, with (I guess) others to follow. The mobile version of the once popular racer features six new tracks, nine racing machines, and you can…