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The Palm Pre 3 is slated to arrive this summer on a variety of wireless networks globally. The webOS handset also includes a CDMA radio, but no mention of a CDMA carrier has been mentioned by HP in an early pre-launch hype. A tip sent into PreCentral suggests the Palm Pre 3 may land on…
Japan’s NTT DoCoMo recently launched this great commercial for the Touch Wood SH-08C that involved a giant xylophone in the woods, and a ball with some momentum. Every time the ball strikes a lower step, it adds a note to “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring,” by Bach. It’s a unique, peaceful piece of marketing, ripe…
Amazon may be trying to challenge the Android market with its recently launched Android Appstore but the application marketplace faces a major security hurdle, especially for novice owners. Android is designed from its core to support the Android Market and is set to prevent the installation of applications obtained outside the official market. This restriction…
Russian carrier MTS will be launching a new marketing campaign soon revolving around some high-tech displays which put the BlackBerry Storm2 at front and center. Using what’s called a Dreamoc 3D Display, made by RealFiction, the Storm2 will be circled by holographic 3D images, viewable from 3 sides. The concept video illustrates a variety of…
The Nexus S, made by Samsung, drew some initial praise for its slick Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS and its unique NFC (Near Field Communications) capabilities, but it’s so far been limited to the T-Mobile USA network. Sprint is changing all that with their own Nexus S 4G, and, as you might have guessed by the…
Opinionaided, recently reviewed on IntoMobile, decided to use its far-reaching user base to learn which social apps were considered popular outside of the SXSW conference. According to these types of preliminary, vague, and inconclusive “reports,” Foursquare won the location battle (I say “battle” because the war is pretty much over) with Gowalla trailing in second,…
AT&T announced it will be bringing the Thrill 4G to the market and this will be the Optimus 3D with its glasses-free 3D goodness. We’ve taken a good look at the Optimus 3D at Mobile World Congress and you can check out our video of it below but you should know that the glasses-free 4.3-inch…
If you work for a large company then chances are you use iPass. It’s like Boingo, but for professionals. Recently iPass surveyed over 3,500 of their users, working in 1,100 companies world wide, and found that 27% of them are already using a tablet device, the most common of which being an iPad. For a…
Verizon announced this week that it was rolling out LTE to rural communities in select areas of the south and mid-western United State. The carrier is expanding its 4G service to less populous areas through its Rural America program As part of this program, local carriers partner with Verizon Wireless to expand 4G service. Verizon…
If you thought the Google Translate app made you think you were living in the future, you should check out what we stumbled upon at the NTT Docomo booth at Mobile World Congress 2011. The Japanese carrier was showing off a prototype service that dive live translating on phone calls. The live translating service was…