What will Wireless and Mobile News readers be doing during the Super Bowl? Looking at and using their cell phone.
Super Bowl Mobile Stats According to Harris Interactive:
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Super Bowl Shazamed
Shazam has been integrated into the Super Bowl experience – including the ads, the game itself and the halftime show. If you stay logged into Shazam while watching the big game you could win a car, $50 Best Buy mobile gift card or more.
People who use Shazam for the Super Bowl “second-screen” will get valuable discount offers, free downloads, enter sweepstakes, vote on their favorite ads, participate in game polls, buy music, share their experiences on Facebook and Twitter, and support leading charities.
NFL Mobile Verizon: Free Android & iPhone App to Watch Super Bowl
Verizon, the official wireless service provider of the NFL, is making sure Verizon Wireless customers are part of the excitement during Super Bowl XLVI with NFL Mobile. It is the first time the Super Bowl will be streamed live to smartphones with Android and iPhone apps.
With NFL Mobile you can watch live NFL video, access exclusive content, set your fantasy roster and much more, all for free and only from Verizon. If you are not a Verizon customer you can't get the whole game but you can get some game enhancements and offers in the Shazam app. Continue reading “NFL Mobile Verizon: Free Android & iPhone App to Watch Super Bowl” »
Motorola Xoom Refurb Woot! Whoops! Recall
Motorola has done a big "Whoops," reminding us how important it is to wipe data with factory reset before returning merchandise. Motorola reported that 100 out of a batch of 6,200 Refurbished Motorola XOOM Wi-Fi tablets may not have been completely cleared of the original owner’s data prior to resale.
The affected Xoom tablets were resold by Woot.com between October and December 2011. To protect the former owners, Motorola suggest they monitor their credit and are given a free two-year membership o Experian’s ProtectMyID Alert. Original owners who performed a factory data reset prior to returning the device are not impacted. Affected owners can return the tablets to Motorola. Continue reading “Motorola Xoom Refurb Woot! Whoops! Recall” »
Cheap BlackBerry PlayBook Fire Sale Back & Freebies
There are all kinds of foibles when it comes to the tablet business. We called the HP TouchPad the ImmortaPad because it keeps coming back over and over again. RIM has not given up on the BlackBerry PlayBook either. Now there's another sale and a freebie deal for developers.
The last time RIM reduced the price of BlackBerry PlayBooks, they sold-out. The new prices are $199 for the 16GB model, $249 for the 32GB model, and $299 for the 64GB model. Walmart.com hase reduced the prices a tad bit more for the 64GB BlackBerry PlayBook($198) and 16GB BlackBerry PlayBook ($298) which were in stock as of this writing with free shipping to store or 97c ent shipping. Continue reading “Cheap BlackBerry PlayBook Fire Sale Back & Freebies” »
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Full news stories today include Samsung Galaxy S III news, U.S. Cellular Galaxy Tab & Aviator, ZTE Optik and Droid 4 Valentine.
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ZTE Optik 7″ $99.99 Tablet from Sprint with Contract
Sprint will be selling its first $99.99 tablet ZTE Optik, a Sprint 3G tablet featuring a 7-inch touchscreen (WXGA 1280x800) Android 3.2, Honeycomb, and dual cameras.
The ZTE Optik has 1.2GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, 1GB of RAM, 16GB of storage, 5MP camera and front-facing 2-megapixel camera that enables video chat. Continue reading “ZTE Optik 7″ $99.99 Tablet from Sprint with Contract” »
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