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After the iPad version, Rebtel is launching a new app for Android tablet owners. Available as a free download, the application brings all of the features and benefits Rebtel users learned to appreciate on other platforms, including free calls to other Rebtel users and cheap calls to mobile and land lines throughout the world. Those…
The market of music discovery app is heating app with Songbird claiming their latest Android application is the best on the market. The company goes one step forward saying that music lovers today are being cheated by (other) music apps like Spotify, Pandora and iTunes with limited social and discovery features. The Songbird app makes…
According to a new report from Juniper Research, the strong growth amongst games and infotainment applications, in part fostered by consumer tablet market, will push mobile entertainment revenues to more than $65 billion annually by 2016, up from $36 billion last year. The report titled “Mobile Entertainment Strategies: Business Models & Forecasts 2012-2016” noted that…
If you’re not using an iPhone, and you don’t own an international Samsung device, then chances are you have an Android powered smartphone with a Qualcomm chip inside. Now Qualcomm doesn’t actually make their chips, they merely design them. The blueprints are then handed to a company called TSMC, who in turn is responsible for…
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services released two iPad apps – CreditMatters and CreditMatters eReports. The first app, CreditMatters, builds on the company’s existing iPhone app, providing access to S&P’s top headlines, research summaries, commentaries, analyses, videos and podcasts. In addition, there’s the S&P iCMBS module that takes advantage of the iPad’s larger screen by mapping…
Not sure why it took so long, but the good news is that TomTom is (finally) working on an Android app, which will deliver most (if not all) features iPhone users have been enjoying for quite some time. TomTom co-founder Peter-Frans Fauwels failed to share the exact date, only adding that the Android app will…
Online phone retailer Dialaphone has a great deal for the HTC One X, which as you probably know, is the best smartphone the Taiwanese company has ever made. Those willing to sign a two-year 20.50 GBP/month contract with Orange will get HTC’s baby free of charge. That plan, however, isn’t the best, bundling just 100…
Something seems wrong with Samsung’s supply chain when users have to wait that much to get the Galaxy Tab 2. Previously, Future Shop said it will start selling the 10.1-inch tablet on June 22nd and now the date is postponed to July 6th. Samsung’s tablets are pretty cool but saying they are in high demand…
Cricket Communications announced that its portfolio of devices is now available in more than 1,200 Kmart stores nationwide, giving the carrier an expanded reach it needs to compete with the big guys. Of course, Cricket’s popular music service/plan Muve Music is also included in the deal, providing users with unlimited cellular service (calling, texting &…
It’s not only Rovio which is bragging about its numbers with Halfbrick joining this trend, too. To be fair, they do have impressive figures so why not share them with the world. The popular fruit slicing game has surpassed 300 million downloads with Fruit Ninja boasting more players than the combined populations of such major…