So Megan Fox didn’t sell you on the Devour, eh? Oh, neither did the hands on video? Well, what about the news that Best Buy Mobile will be offering the MotoBlur device for only $99? Do we have your attention yet? The Devour has been available for preorder for a week now, and since the…
iPhone sales help fuel big smartphone market gains in 2009
Everyone is talking about smartphones these days, and that has translated into a huge increase in the iPhone’s smartphone market share, which in turn has helped boost smartphone sales for 2009. Apple saw its iPhone sales hitting almost 25 million units in 2009, giving Apple a 14.4% share of the worldwide smartphone market. Given the…
NFC is dead, long live N-Mark! [Trademarks and Copyright make the world go round]
NFC, the technology, is doing great, but NFC, the name, isn’t. It can’t be trademarked, and no one really owns it, so the NFC-Forum has decided to invent N-Mark. The new N-Mark logo will become standard icon you’ll see at cash points, in shops, and anywhere else NFC technology can be used. Similar to how…
T-Mobile rolls out 1.3.18 update for Motorola CLIQ
If you’re a T-Mobile subscriber with a Motorola CLIQ in your pocket, you’re probably chomping at the bit for some Android 2.1 (Eclair) love from Motorola. The bad news is that you’ll have to keep waiting it out until Moto gets the Android OS 2.1 update out to Droid users first, but there’s some good…
T-Mobile UK announces the Huawei Pulse Mini Android phone
Last year, T-Mobile UK and Huawei announced the world’s first pay as you go Android phone, the Pulse. Now it seems that wasn’t enough, and they have recently announced the Pulse Mini, another pay-as-you-go Android phone. Since this is a ‘mini’ version, instead of beefing up their phone, Huawei is pulling a Sony Ericsson, sizing,…
Popular iPhone game maker ngmoco raises $25 million, acquires Freeverse
ngmoco, the mobile gaming company that was founded by the former EA Games’ executive – Neil Young, announced that it has raised a $25 million series C round and acquired one of the rivals – Freeverse. Institutional Venture Partners led the round, which also saw existing shareholders — Kleiner Perkins, Norwest Venture Partners and Maples…
Houston, we have a NASA Lunar Rover iPhone app
It was really only a matter of time before the National Aeronautics and Space Administration go on board the good ship iPhone. Today, NASA is giving iPhone users a chance to pilot a Lunar Electric Rover across a virtual lunar landscape. You’re probably never going to get a chance to man the controls of a…
BlackBerry Curve 8520 Now Available on WirelessWave, Fido
Over the weekend I heard rumblings that the BlackBerry Curve 8520 was indeed coming to WirelessWave. Sure enough, as soon as I checked the WirelessWave site this morning, there it was. The BlackBerry 8520 available in both Black and Lavender. Pricing? Try $29.99 on a 3-year contract. This is interesting stuff, because we’ve been waiting…
Google Earth now in the hands of Nexus One users
One of the most anticipated applications for Android was demoed at the Nexus One announcement:Google Earth. Although it was promised soon after the launch, we are approaching the end of February, and finally it is in the Android Market. That is, only if you are one of the (what, 100, 000?) Nexus One users. Google Earth…
Rogers to Launch Acer Liquid E
Rogers has just announced an exclusive on the Acer Liquid E, an updated version of the Android-powered Liquid that was announced last fall. We got some playtime with the Liquid E at Mobile World Congress, and thought it would make a fine answer to the top-tier Android smartphones that we’re seeing from the more established…