March 2009 Archives
Verizon to Sell Mini Netbook HP Mini 100
Brenda Rainey, Verizon spokeswoman said Saturday that Verizon will be selling 3G-enabled netbooks by the end of the second quarter, or by June. She did did not disclose the make or model. Boy Genius Reports revealed that it is the HP Mini 100 which usually sells for around $329 will be sold by Veriz…
BlackBerry Storm Decorative Protector of the Day: Unique Skins
Okay, you have the new BlackBerry Storm and well it looks like almost every other smartphone, black and you may think blah. Now you can outfit your BlackBerry Storm with an amazing technicolor dream coat, that is also scratch resistant. You can design your own custom skins with Unique Skins. Uniq…
Free BlackBerry Storm Download of the Day: Flight Path
You may never get to fly a real plane, but you can pretend with "Flight Path" for the BlackBerry Storm. In the game you try to fly through rings. It uses the accelerometer, so as you move your BlackBerry Storm, you steer the plane. The game evaluates your skill for points. We named Flight Path th…
WeFollow Follows Twitter A Lot Like Digg, You Digg?
Digg founder Kevin Rose founded a website that offers a people-powered directory for Twitter. It organizes the Twitterverse by popularity. WeFollow sorts Twitter users by category, as defined by the people themselves. Users choose online affiliations with three tags (sy, tech, music and polit…
SlideShare Goes Mobile
SlideShare is offering a Beta version of their website for sharing slides on the go. It uses Opera Mini as the browser of choice. With the new SlideShare mobile site you can: View presentations- latest, featured & popular. Download presentation files on to your mobile. Login into your SlideSh…
Google Tops Opera Mini State of the Mobile Web in U.S.
Opera Mini's "State of the the Mobile Web" gives insight into mobile Internet use. The latest report focused on Russia.Opera Mini increased its total consumer user-base to more than 20.5 million. This represents more than 160% growth since February 2008. Opera Mini users viewed 7.3 billion pag…
NAVTEQ LBS Challenge Finalists for CTIA Las Vegas, 2009
NAVTEQ, announcdes the semifinalists of the Americas edition of the NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge. Fourteen contestants have been selected to move on to Final Judging in Americas and the winners will be announced during an awards ceremony on April 2, 2009 during CTIA Wireless 2009 in Las Vegas…
Maria Sharapova Lights Up Her Life with Sony T707 Light/Gesture Phone
Tennis star and style icon Maria Sharapova, is promoting the Sony T707. Just like a tennis player is very interactive so is the T707. If uses gesture technology to snooze and ignore calls. The T707 truly interacts with the user - it lights up when you receive a call and you can personalize the lig…
T-Mobile HTC Magic G2 Passes FCC
The HTC Magic aka G2 has passed the FCC. It clearly shows the T-Mobile logo and is touchscreen only. It supports the T-Mobiles 1700 MHZ AWS band. The HTC Magic, T-Mobile G2 also has a trackball. Specs of T-Mobile G2/ HTC Magic:Android operating system.T-Mobile 3G HSDPA/HSUPA.Wi-Fi with UMA (Hotspot@…
Apple Also Selling Unsubsidized iPhones for $599 & $699
Customers in Apple stores are now permitted to buy unlimited quantities of iPhones without an AT&T contract, confirmed Fortune.Customers can buy iPhones without a contract at the full non-subsidized price of $599 for a 8G iPhone and $699 for a 16G model. We called our local Apple store and the i…
Deal of the Day: Free BlackBerry Bold Refurb Package from AT&T
We heard that there was a great BlackBerry Bold Deal from AT&T but it was kind of hard to find. This truly is the best cheapest deal of the day for a super smartphone (BlackBerry Bold) with great reviews, and data speeds higher than the iPhone. The BlackBerry Bold has a QWERTY keyboard, Wi-Fi, 2…
Palm Pre Compete Numbers Show It Competes with iPhone
According to Compete the Palm Pre is drawing buzz numbers that make it stiff competition for the iPhone. The numbers look similar to the buzz surrounding previous iPhone launches.With a weak economy no solid release date, little advertising, and a crowded smartphone marketplace, the Palm Pre h…
Shortcuts.com Goes Mobile
Shortcuts.com, a free, paperless electronic coupon service that links coupons directly to grocery store savings cards and it is now offering Shortcuts.com Mobile. Shortcuts.com users can now go to www.shortcuts.com on their cell phones or smartphones to select coupons and …
RIM to Launch App Store First Day of CTIA Wireless April 1?
Business Week predicts that Mike Lazaridis, co-CEO of Research in Motion will show off the new BlackBerry app store, BlackBerry App World on the first day of CTIA Wireless. Prior predictions suggested the store would open in March. Lazaridis is schedulde to speak at a keynote session at …
BlackBerry Media Sync Updated
RIM has updated the BlackBerry Media Sync so that it syncs with Windows Media Player. BlackBerry Media Sync 2 will sync play lists and album art. They have also added improved media detection and new languages. Media Sync also supports shuffling of songs. To make sure there's enough free memor…
ABI Says Handset Sales to Flatten Not Fall
ABI Research's current forecasts for 2010 are cautiously optimistic and suggest we may see shipment numbers stabilize and maintain an essentially flat growth rate rather than falling further. "ABI Research estimates that worldwide handset shipments will fall by at least 8% in 2009," says practic…
61% Still Anchored to Stationary Media, Says Pew Internet
Some 39% of Americans have positive and improving attitudes about their mobile communication devices, which in turn draws them further into engagement with digital resources - on both wireless and wireline platform, reports a new report by Pew Internet. Mobile connectivity is now a powerful differen…
Alltel Adds 5 More Numbers to My Circle
Alltel Wireless launched "My Circle," in 2006 that allowed customers to make and receive calls to and from any number on any network. Starting tomorrow, Alltel customers on "My Circle 10" and "My Circle 20" calling plans will automatically receive an additional five numbers for unlimited…
Free BlackBerry (No Storm) Download of the Day: Google Mobile Voice Search
Google Mobile will now deliver voice search form most BlackBerry smartphones. You can a try it by visiting http://m.google.com on your Blackberry. To search by voice, hold down the Talk button on your BlackBerry and then speak your search term into the phone. The app also suggests letters when you…
RIM May Show Mobile TV for BlackBerry at CTIA
New TeeVee reports that RIM is expected to announce full-episode mobile TV for BlackBerry smartphones, next week at CTIA. They claim Rim will offer a monthly subscriptions service with unlimited content form broadcast and cable networks. The service will use Wi-Fi for downloading, therefore it wou…
Like 