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A company called Exideas released an update to its MessagEase application, which is yet another virtual keyboard app for Android. However, unlike other solutions on the market, MessagEase doesn’t sport a QWERTY layout — rather their keyboard consists of only 9 big keys that, when coupled with text prediction magic, promises to deliver speeds of…
As part of the effort to improve post-sale customer experience, HTC is teaming-up with LogMeIn to use its remote support and customer care solution LogMeIn Rescue to better serve its customers. Set to be incorporate across HTC’s worldwide call centers, it will allow HTC customer care and support staff the ability to remotely configure, diagnose…
Mr. Number once again updated its Android app, this time with a bold goal – to replace the default dialer and SMS apps. Available as a free download, the application makes managing of your “real social network” (people who you call and text often) easier to “manage” by organizing all conversations and contacts, and keeping…
In its latest report Juniper examines games on tablets, suggesting that the total end-user game revenues will reach $3.1 billion by 2014, up from $491 million in 2011. The research company argues that the large screen size and excellent graphics capabilities of tablets will encourage users to purchase games and in-game items. Moreover, tablet games…
Microsoft’s Dev center website is encouraging iOS developers to rethink their apps and port them to Windows 8 as a Metro style app. The article details the design elements that distinguish a Windows 8 metro app from its iPad counterpart. The example focuses on a connected photo journal that lets its users view and manage…
In a post on RIM’s Inside BlackBerry for Business Blog, Adrian Stone, the Director of the BlackBerry Security Incident Response Team (BBSIRT), explained RIM’s stance on Playbook jailbreaking. In a nutshell, he discouraged the practice and asked BlackBerry device owners not to install any jailbreak tools. Stone explains that when a jailbreak is reported, RIM…
Apple is the leader in the tablet market and soon it may become the top manufacturer of mobile processors. According to a study by In-Stat, Apple was close to Intel in 2011 and its continued success in 2012 could help it overtake the chip company later this year. In 2011, Intel was the number one…
Microsoft certainly has high hopes for the Windows Phone OS. Less than a day after the first Windows Phone device started selling in China, the HTC Eternity, Microsoft predicts it will pass the iPhone and Android in market share in China over the next few years. Simon Leung, CEO of Microsoft for the Greater China…
It’s no secret that LG hasn’t been relevant since the days of the LG Chocolate, but the Korean-based manufacturer is hell-bent on changing that perception this year. The company has a lofty goal; a vision that sees the sell of 80 million phones in total, 35 million of that total is smartphones, according to a…
Hipstamatic and Instagram unveiled a partnership today to make mobile photo-sharing easier under the two forces, according to an exclusive report from Fast Company. Instagram will grant Hipstamatic access to a write API — something Instagram has been reluctant to do in the past for third parties — which will allow Hipstamatic users to quickly…