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Enjoy your unlimited data plans while you can, Verizon users, as it looks like the carrier may be killing them off in favor of tiered data plans when mid-summer 2011 comes rolling through. Soon, users will have the option to choose between different data plans to suit their needs, especially if those needs include 4G…
It looks like we can look forward to the Facebook apps getting some stronger messaging capabilities, as the world’s largest social network has just acquired the group chatting app Beluga. If you’re not familiar with the app, it lets you set up “pods” for creating a BBM-like service for group messaging and chatting. It doesn’t…
Analysts are estimating that Verizon sold 1 million iPhone 4 units on its opening weekend, following up on commetary Verizon’s CEO saying that it had set records (though he didn’t disclose numbers). The iPhone 4’s debut on AT&T scored 1.7 million sales on launch weekend, so excitement for the thing hasn’t tapered off that much.…
We’ve seen some clever hacks for iOS devices to do some things we’re positive Apple would not approve of, such as playing SNES with a Wiimote on your iPad or running Android on an iPhone, and here’s another one that you can add to the ever growing “Apple Would Not Approve” list: Playing your PS3…
For the Canucks out there, it’s time for some quick tablet news… Samsung Galaxy Tab news, in fact. Yes, if you prefer to rock Android on your mobile devices, and prefer to give the cold shoulder to Apple’s iPad, Rogers has new discounted pricing on the Galaxy Tab. Thanks to a ‘Mr. Blurrycam’ tipster over…
We’ve been expecting some sort of pricing for the T-Mobile G-Slate (Optimus Pad outside of the US), but MobileCityOnline has just posted the 3D-toting Honeycomb tablet with a $699 price tag. What’s more promising about the price of the G-Slate is that it looks like there have yet to be any subsidies applied to that $699…
At last count, the Windows Phone Marketplace had about 6,500 apps available, and only a short month later they’re up to 9,000 according to a third-party app list. That number’s likely to explode in the next couple of months as Microsoft has recently allowed devs to submit 100 free apps, up from 5 initially. So…
One of the most impressive mobile games of 2010 had to be Epic Games & ChAIR Entertainment’s Infinity Blade. It was impressive not just because of its addictive and fun gameplay mechanics, but also because it looked absolutely gorgeous running Epic’s Unreal Engine 3. We’ll soon be experiencing more impressively looking games now that Gameloft…
Tomorrow, someone from Apple will introduce the next generation of the iPad and the battle lines for tablets in 2011 will be drawn. What new features will the iPad 2 have? Will this device be able to keep the lead over the slew of Android tablets that will be hitting the market (not to mention…
If you’ve gone ahead and followed our instructions on how to get Android 2.3.3 on your Nexus One, you’re likely happy with the revamped keyboard and overall improved performance but some users are reporting that the update is borking their Google Voice application. On a help forum, multiple users are reporting that manually updating the…