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Good news for those of you with Cellcom’s Motorola Milestone X smartphone – your carrier has finally started rolling out Android 2.3 Gingerbread updates. It should be available as we speak, though if you still haven’t been prompted to update, hit “Settings,” then “About phone” and finally “Software update.” Heck, even if you don’t see…
BBC Worldwide launched a new Android app that comes from the creators of the Little Britain show. Available as a free download, Come Fly With Me Holiday Snaps allows you to have your picture taken with your favorite characters from the popular BBC series. You can resize, flip and place the characters wherever you like…
Evernote has updated its Windows Phone client making it even more useful. Version 2.1 brings several new features, including: Ability to pin anything to the home screen. For instance, you can pin specific notes, tags and even searches to make them accessible with a single tap. If you’re pinning more than one note, the tile…
Lately I’ve been asked which Android software I’m using so I directed a friend to “my 30 essential Android apps,” the post I wrote about two months ago. However, not everyone likes my list – they want something more structured. Then I prepared the “must-have Android apps” list which goes through different kinds of Android…
Well, we finally got our hands on the LG Nitro HD and we’re pretty impressed with this 4G LTE device on AT&T. The first thing you’ll notice is the 4.5-inch True HD IPS display which can deliver 720p resolution. At the LG event in New York, the company was showing it against a competing Samsung…
We’ve seen all sorts of videos for the Samsung Galaxy Nexus but one thing we have seen in celluloid form since the demos after the official announcement was Android Beam. This new feature allows you to share YouTube videos, Google Maps directions, contact information and more just by putting two NFC-enabled devices back to back…
Speculation arose last night that in addition to Android using Carrier IQ to track users’ actions, iOS also had it implemented. Today, Apple has released an official statement for clarification: “We stopped supporting Carrier IQ with iOS 5 in most of our products and will remove it completely in a future software update. With any…
AT&T has just posted a scathing response to the FCC’s report on its proposed T-Mobile acquisition and said the government agency’s analysis was “one-sided” and sounded more like an “advocacy piece” than a fair-minded analysis. Yowza, this kitty has claws. AT&T has been trying to purchase T-Mobile for about $36 billion and it says the…
Sprint has extended a lifeline to struggling WiMax provider Clearwire (which it it a majority owner in) and has struck a deal which will give the carrier more 4G options moving forward. Under the deal, cash-strapped WiMax will receive at least $926 milion from Sprint for WiMax services in 2012 and 2013 and it will…
There’s no such thing as a perfect smartphone operating system. They all have their pros and cons, and it’s really hard to recommend a device to someone without knowing what they actually want to do with said device. Android lets users tweak the living bejesus out of their operating system, doing things like installing new…