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The web-based service Cafe4tune is expanding to Android, allowing cyber-schmoozers not only to connect with other people, but also to find their next date, all while on the go. Developed using the WebGL technology, while also supporting Flash, Cafe4tune detects the preferred rendering method for each user depending on browser and platform. However, the best…
After the iPhone, m-commerce app builder MobiCart is extending its service to more devices – Android and the new iPad, all with the support for the gorgeous Retina Display and a magazine-like flick-style navigation. MobiCart, in case you don’t know, provides affordable solution for mobile shopping by offering retailers a way of creating customized m-commerce…
Back in October of last year, Samsung did something that the world didn’t expect. They started shipping a smartphone with a 5.3 inch screen called the Galaxy Note. I’ll be the first to admit, I laughed at that thing till my sides hurt; I even declared it dead on arrival. Boy was I wrong. Just…
Hey Bean Towners, you may be the first people in the nation to order and display commuter rail tickets using your smartphone. The Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority recently announced that it’s hiring Masabi to administer a new smartphone ticketing system for the MBTA commuter rail that services Boston and its suburbs. Using the ticketing system, customers…
The folks at Chinese website PConline have an HTC One X and spent some time tearing the phone down to its screws and rails. Unlike most phones, which require you to remove the back first, the One X is taken apart by removing the front panel and display first. Despite its unibody design, the One…
Once upon a time, the T-Mobile G2X had promise that no other Android phone had. The US variant of the world’s first dual-core phone was met with a lot of praise, which turned into a mess. The stupid powerful handset suffered from handfuls of bugs, which resulted in it being pulled from shelves, only to return with…
A few days ago we wrote how Verizon’s proposed sale of its 700 MHz A and B spectrum licenses weren’t valuable. The largest wireless provider in the United States has being trying to woo the FCC into an approval of its acquisition of AWS spectrum it had attained from a consortium of cable operators, which…
YouTube user foxfire235 posted a unique video online pitting the iPhone 4S, HTC One X, and Nokia Lumia 900 against each other to determine which phone has the best display. You might expect the iPhone’s retina display or even the One X’s large high-res display to take the cake, but you’d be wrong. The Nokia…
China is apparently the place to be when it comes to smuggling iPhones. From housewives smuggling large amounts of iPhones and iPads to one dude taping about 30 iPhones onto his person, it seems more and more would-be smugglers are trying to make a quick buck in the world’s largest nation. So, why China? China has…
Today LG announced that the Optimus 3D Max will launch in Europe. Bad news is, the glasses-less 3D handset will not be headed to folks over in the UK. We’ve known about the Optimus 3D Max for some time now, as we went hands on with the device at this year’s Mobile World Congress but this…