As we all know the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play is set to hit be released later this month. Verizon is Sony Ericsson’s launch partner in the U.S., Rogers in Canada and there will be multiple partners for the UK launch. What about the rest of the world? We’re hearing that Virgin Mobile may get to…
Tap Me unveils mobile in-game ad platform [Less intrusive ads are coming]
A company called Tap Me wants to revolutionize in-game advertising and they may be onto something. Instead of making us watch some stupid video or show us a banner in the top corner, they have something better in mind. Their idea is to serve less intrusive ads to gamers, while providing advertisers with better context…
Juniper Research: Mobile augmented reality to generate 1.4 billion downloads by 2015
Augmented reality is getting adopted by a growing number of companies which either integrate AR features into their iPhone and Android apps or make layers/channels for the two popular AR browsers – Layar and junaio. That said, we weren’t surprised to learn that Juniper Research predicts augmented reality elements within mobile applications will lead to…
China to monitor cell phones of Beijing citizens for better city planning [Japan already does this]
When you were a child you probably played with Lego bricks and constructed small scale versions of cities you dreamed of visiting one day as an adult. Some of you also played SimCity and did the same thing. Whatever method you went about creating your fantasy metropolis, that urge to build, plan, and organize an…
Sprint: If we do decide to go with LTE we can cover America by the end of 2013
Sprint is America’s third largest operator and one of the few who still uses CDMA technology for voice and data. Several years ago, when it came time to think up a 4G strategy, instead of waiting for the LTE standard to become finalized they decided to back WiMAX. Hindsight is 20/20 and we know now…
Motorola Xoom WiFi-only version appears online for £499.99
Those of you looking to avoid signing a contract to get a Motorola Xoom may have been waiting for the WiFi-Only version.To that end, PCWorld’s UK site decided to post the pricing of the WiFi version as £449.99 before quickly pulling it offline. Well, it’s made its way back to the site, with a couple of changes.…
Hands-on: Sony Ericsson Xperia Play Android smartphone at GDC 2011
We were hanging out at the GDC 2011 conference yesterday and got some more time with the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play and we got a bigger look at its gaming powers. The Xperia Play is the first PlayStation-certified smartphone and it will pack a slide-out dpad for gaming. The cool thing about it is that…
HootSuite for BlackBerry Adds LinkedIn Support
HootSuite had launched their Twitter and Facebook app for BlackBerry a few months ago, and recently updated it to include access to the LinkedIn professional social network. The social networks HootSuite was already supporting also got some added functions; Facebook got the ability to add pages, do searches, and view events, while Twitter now includes…
How-To: Hack your Motorola Atrix 4G to enable sideloading – Install non-Market apps
AT&T has been blocking the ability to download applications outside of the Android Market since day one. Since then, there have been a few ways to get around the blockade, for those Android users who want to install apps that they downloaded on their own. Today, we’re seeing a new sideloading workaround for the Motorola…
Rogers Confirms iPad 2 Availability
AT&T and Verizon are locked in for a March 11 launch of the iPad 2, but Canada isn’t far behind. Rogers has confirmed that they’ll be selling Apple’s new skinnier, faster tablet. Though they don’t mention pricing or dates, Apple did mention March 25 for international launches, and they’re selling the Wi-Fi-only 16 GB model…