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It looks like MeeGo has itself a promising future as Nokia is backing the platform, and now it seems Sprint is lending a hand, too. The carrier said that it will support MeeGo and the mobile operating system in its future devices. From what we’ve seen so far, the OS looks very clean, intuitive and…
The upcoming near field communication revolution is so close that we can taste it. What the Japanese have been enjoying for years is finally going to come to the rest of the world once the price of incorporating NFC into mobile devices comes down in price. We’ll most likely see firms like Qualcomm, who sell…
French firm Lëkki is doing something I’ve been begging phone manufacturers to do for several years now. They’ve taken the old Motorla StarTAC, cleaned it up, gave it a fresh coat of paint, and are now selling it to customer for about 110 EUR. There’s just something about these old designs that people just love.…
In a study published by the New America Foundation, they found that the cheapest mobile phone bill for Americans hovers around $60, and Canadians get it even worse at $67. India and Hong Kong on the other hand are on the other side of the spectrum with their bills going as low as $12.90 and…
Broadcom is going to be shelling out about $316 million to acquire Beceem, which specializes in 4G chips. Yes folks, the 4G future in America is right around the corner. Broadcom is a massive mobile phone chip maker and it provides a multitude of cellular chips. Beceem specializes in 4G chips and this includes WiMax…
AT&T and RIM have just released an update for the BlackBerry Torch 9800. OS 6.0.0.246 leaked a few weeks ago, but now it’s all officially official, available at blackberry.com/updates, in your Desktop Software after plugging in via USB, or on-device notification for OTA download over the next couple of weeks. What makes this update especially…
Those of you living on the bleeding edge of leaked BlackBerry operating systems are probably already packing OS 6.0.0.222 for the Curve 3G 9330 and Bold 9650 from two weeks ago. Today we’ve got some fresh treats: a slight update to .280 for both. Just remember that these are unofficial and unsupported, so install at…
An unannounced Android slider from Samsung, the Transform, has shown up in a Sprint user manual online. It’s running stock Android 2.2, has a 3 megapixel camera, a secondary forward-facing camera, Wi-Fi, 3G, GPS, Bluetooth and a microSD memory card slot. The defining feature of the Samsung Transform is a Sprint ID system, which allows…
A leaked document purportedly details the terms of service for Amazon’s rumored Android app store. If this document is legitimate, it confirms the existence of Amazon’s Android offering and reveals some the restrictive policies that Amazon is putting in place. According to the document, Amazon will be charging developers a $99 yearly registration fee and royalty payments of…
Good news for Kindle owners, Amazon confirmed today that it is developing a version of its popular Kindle app for the upcoming BlackBerry PlayBook. Amazon boasts of a catalog of over 700,000 titles that are now accessible on the your BlackBerry tablet device. The eReader application from Amazon will let you browse, download, and read…