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New MeeGo UI Screenshots Emerge
MeeGo, the operating system that resulted from the union between Nokia's Maemo platform and Intel's Moblin operating system, is shaping up as a pretty nice solution, at least in the smartphone area. While MeeGo 1.1 for handsets is expected to be released sometime in October, a series of screenshots with the operating system's user interface have just...
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Samsung Fascinate to Go BOGO at Verizon, Priced at $199.99
Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless is gearing up for the release of Samsung Fascinate, its own version of Galaxy S and some more details on the handset's price tag have just emerged into the wild. It seems that Big Red would plan on making the new handset available for purchase on its airwaves for $199.99 upon the signing ...
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Angry Birds Lite for Android Now Available
A new mobile game has made its way into the Android Market, namely Angry Birds, now available for download only as a Lite Beta version. According to Rovio Mobile, the maker of the game, Angry Birds Lite for Android is now available for download from the Android Market for all those interested in giving the solution a try. Th...
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Twitter's Mobile Usage on the Rise
Accessing social networking sites from a mobile phone is something pretty common these days, and the impressive growth Twitter has seen lately in terms of mobile usage is meant to prove exactly that, it seems. According to a recent report from the social media destination, a number of around 46 percent of its users are enjoying Twitter on their mo...
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Samsung Galaxy Tab on Vodafone UK’s Coming Soon Page
Recently, wireless carrier Vodafone announced plans to add the newly announced Samsung Galaxy Tab to its offering, and it seems that it already placed the new device on its Coming Soon page. As it always happens when a new device emerges on that page, no specific info on the exact release date was unveiled, nor on the price tag a...
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O2 Rolling-Out Dell Streak Android 2.1 Update
Just as promised not too long ago, wireless carrier O2 UK started to roll-out the Android 2.1 software update for the Dell Streak tablet. Currently available for purchase at the operator with the Android 1.6 platform version on board, the 5-inch slate promises enhanced performance as soon as the new OS version is installed on it.
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Introducing Sprint U600 3G/4G USB Modem
Wireless carrier Sprint has just launched a new device meant to offer its users fast access to the Sprint 4G services, namely the Sprint U600 3G/4G USB Modem. The new device is said to replace the U301 solution, while offering better capabilities in a smaller form factor, not to mention that it consumes less power than the older device....
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Android on More Non-Phone Handheld Devices Soon
With Android already a highly popular smartphone operating system, Google is considering expanding its reach to more devices on the market, even to some that do not pack telephony capabilities. Since the release of the first device powered by Android, the mobile OS has been growing at impressive rates, and is expected to become the se...
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BlackBerry Torch on Pre-Order in Canada at Best Buy
Canadian mobile phone users interested in the purchase of the latest smartphone from Research In Motion, namely the BlackBerry Torch 9800, can now pre-order the device via Best Buy. The new BlackBerry mobile phone is expected to make an appearance on the market in Canada on September 24, when it would be put on sale at four carrie...
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Samsung Epic 4G Marks a Best First-Day Sales At Sprint
Wireless carrier Sprint launched on Tuesday its second mobile phone that packs support for 4G networks, namely the Samsung Epic 4G, and announced that the handset marked one of the best first-day sales.According to the wireless carrier, the high-end features that Samsung packed inside this handset helped it become one of the be...
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Ovi Maps 3.04 Tastes Minor Update
Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia started offering to its users free turn-by-turn navigation on their devices earlier this year, and the company has just updated the experience users receive from the service. The latest release of Ovi Maps is build 3.04, and the same version remains in place following the new update, only with a minor change in the build number, from v3.04 10wk17, to v3.04 10wk32. According to the latest news around the Internet, the new update should w...
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TELUS Offers BlackBerry App World Carrier Billing
Recently, wireless carrier TELUS announced that it plans on launching the new BlackBerry Torch 9800 handset on its airwaves come September 24th, and also unveiled that it would offer a few more features for its BlackBerry users.Among these features, we can count carrier billing for the BlackBerry App World, a feature that Research I...
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Samsung Fascinate and Gem Nearing Launch Day at Verizon
Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless is getting ready to launch some new mobile phones on its airwaves, including the Android-based Samsung Gem and Samsung Fascinate, both of which emerged over at Best Buy. We already knew that Big Red was readying the release of Fascinate, it own version of the popular Galaxy S, but no spec...
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Sprint 4G Now Available in 51 Markets
Mobile phone carrier Sprint announced recently that its Sprint 4G service is now available in more markets around the country, including Boston, Daytona Beach, Fla., and Providence, R.I., bringing the number of markets that benefit from 4G to up to 51. According to the company, the availability of its services in these new areas should offer cu...
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Voice Recognition on WP7 Only in English at Launch
We already knew that Microsoft packed voice recognition capabilities within the upcoming Windows Phone 7 operating system, but few details on the availability of this features were known until now, it seems. While the solution would be there, as Microsoft has great plans in the voice recognition area, it seems that not all users wo...
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Google to Apple: Android Activations Higher Than Reported
It seems that Google's Android operating system might have already taken down Apple iPhone in terms of activation numbers, though the Cupertino-based company tends to disagree.According to Google's latest reports, made official last month, it activates more than 200,000 devices a day, and that number is on the rise.
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Bing Maps on Windows Phone 7 Demoed on Video
With Windows Phone 7 announced as released to manufacturing, all that remains to be seen is when the first handsets to run under it would make it to shelves but, until that would happen, a quick look at some of the platform's features is always welcomed. We already had the chance to learn various details on Microsoft's new Windows Phone ...
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DROID and BlackBerry Handsets Now on Pre-Pay at Verizon
Just as previously rumored, mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless has put in place new offerings for its users, including the availability of various high-end devices on a pre-pay basis. According to the company, its prepaid offering has been also expanded with a new 3G Prepaid data package that includes unlimited data for $30...
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Samsung Galaxy Tab Gets Price Tag, Shipping Date
Samsung's Galaxy Tab Android 2.2-based tablet was announced officially to the world on Thursday, with no info on its exact availability and pricing being unveiled for the time being. It seems that South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung would plan on having the Galaxy Tab available for purchase via wireless services providers, this be...
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Android 3.5 Honeycomb Lands in 2011, Tablet Optimized
The next flavor of Google's Android operating system was previously rumored to arrive on the market as Android Honeycomb, and further confirmation on this emerged today during the press event aimed at the launch of Samsung's Galaxy Tab. Of course, this would be the Android flavor that should arrive on shelves after the Android 3.0...
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HTC F8181 to Bring BrewMP to AT&T
Taiwan-based mobile phone maker HTC Corporation seems set to launch a new device in the United States on the airwaves of wireless carrier AT&T, a device that just emerged into the wild with the model number F8181 attached to it. While the handset vendor already has a wide range of other devices available for purchase with the operator, the new phon...
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Motorola i1 Goes to Canada on TELUS’ Mike and Airtel
A new mobile phone is on its way to the Canadian market, set to offer users in the country the possibility to try out Google's Android operating system in a rugged design, namely the Motorola i1. The handset was announced officially several months ago, and it already arrived on the market in the United States and in Latin America,...
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LG E900 and E720 Receive FCC Approval
South Korean mobile phone maker LG Electronics was already known to plan the release of a series of handsets running under Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 operating system, and one of these devices has just received FCC approval, the LG E900. Interestingly enough, it seems that the phone passed through the Federal Communications Commission with GSM...
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Rollercoaster Extreme for the iPhone Available on AppStore
Developed by Dare and the Hamburg-based game developer FISHLABS, Rollercoaster Extreme for iPhone is now available for download on the AppStore. The game is inspired by the successful Barclaycard Roller Coaster TV ad.Following the last year success of another adaptation of a Barclaycard TV ad, Waterslide Extreme, Fishlabs is...
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webOS Tips and Tricks (III)
Palm's latest operating system called webOS had great potential since its launch. Unfortunately, a series of bugs and flaws prevented it to become a successful OS. Even though the smartphones running the webOS already received a series of updates, it seems that it remained “an OS with potential,” that still hasn't reached maturity. For those of ...
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Twitter Application for iPad Launched
Twitter, the social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read other users' messages called tweets, has just announced the release of its official Twitter application for Apple's iPad. Twitter for iPad takes advantage of the device's fluid touch interface, and lets users move around the information displaying on...
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Dropbox for Windows Phone 7 via CloudFiles, Now in Alpha
Windows Phone 7, the next flavor of Microsoft's mobile operating system, is expected to offer its users access to Dropbox via an already popular solution, namely CloudFiles. The application is already available for download on handsets running under Microsoft's Windows Mobile operating system, and it seems that it should also ...
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Sharp's 3D Smartphone Showcased at IFA 2010
One month ago, a Sharp spokesman stated that the Japanese company is working on a glasses free auto-stereoscopic 3D screen which will be included in a smartphone that should be released sometime before the end of 2011.It seems that things are going nicely for Sharp, as the Japanese phone distributor is already showcasing the prototype...
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Samsung Galaxy Tab Available at Vodafone in October
Following the official announcement regarding the release of Samsung Galaxy Tab on the market, more info on the tablet's arrival in various countries emerged, including its availability at Vodafone in Europe starting with October.According to the wireless carrier, it should have the new tablet PC available for it users in various ...
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AT&T Confirms LG Encore, Rolling Out on September 5th
LG fans will be happy to find that AT&T plans to launch a new feature-phone on September 5th, the LG Encore. An official document announcing the handset has leaked recently and confirms its imminent release on the market.I'm not sure in which category to place LG Encore, but it seems closer to the mid-budget range than the entry-l...
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