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Hey mobile app developers, you want a free BlackBerry PlayBook? Yeah, of course you do. Well, if you’ve been taking the last couple of weeks to play around with the AIR SDK for RIM’s first tablet, you can now submit your final work to the BlackBerry App World and get a free PlayBook if it’s…
If you’re a child of the 80’s like me, chances are the ‘Back to the Future’ Trilogy brings back fond memories. Doc Brown, Marty McFly, Biff, and all of the other characters in this wacky and wildly successful sci-fi time travel trilogy are timeless… and if you recall, these characters are all about to go…
After a day’s worth of Android and enough Gingerbread news to keep us full until Christmas, it’s time to take a look at the lighter side of the news. Today we have an entertaining video from the BBC’s Comedy division that will delight Beatles and Apple fans alike. The short parody retells the story behind…
Samsung has a huge presence in mobile devices in the U.S., but perhaps it might grow even bigger worldwide. A rumor going around about Samsung’s goals in 2011 include shipping 330 million phones globally, which would be right up there with Nokia who shipped 110 million smartphones this past summer. By shipping that many mobile…
The Android 2.3 SDK was made available to the public yesterday and the source code has yielded its first surprise. Spotted in the code for the “android.view.KeyEvent” are several new inputs key including A, B, C, L1, L2, Mode, R1, R2, Select, Start, ThumbL, ThumbR, X, Y, and Z. It does not take a rocket…
Asian sources hint that Foxconn is ramping up production of the iPad 2 for shipment in February 2011. Initial shipments of 400,000-600,000 units are expected to leave Foxconn warehouses within the next 100 days. Inside sources claim Foxconn is preparing component suppliers for this new production run, which is expected to take place in Foxconn’s…
Shazam, the company behind the popular music discovery-recognition application/service, announced that it has passed the major milestone of 100 million users! Significantly, a quarter of all users downloaded Shazam over the past six months. In addition to music-recognition service, Shazam also has an offering for businesses called Shazam Audio Recognition Advertising (SARA) program which has…
LG keeps expanding its Cookie family of devices. Their latest product is called Cookie T310i, though it has different names in different markets. For instance, it is sold as the LG Cookie Wi-Fi in Russia, while in the Philippines it’s simply called LG T310i. In addition to WiFi (which you probably figured is supported), the…
Ovi Maps keeps getting better. The latest version of Nokia’s free navigation application/service adds few handy features, including: Ability to download street maps directly to your device! A new feature called “Update” on the main menu will allow you download Street Maps without a PC. Of course, it is suggested to use this feature only…
Bryan from BrainWare.net and Nick from FitnessWorkx.com have teamed-up to launch an iPhone app called iPersonalTrainer. As you can imagine, the application is made to make sure you get and stay in shape. In that sense, it’s touted as “having a personal trainer” that’s available at your fingertips, whenever and wherever you need him (or…