April 2009 Archives
8.6 Billion Opera Mini Webpages, Says Opera
Opera shows a major jump in usage, page views and data transfers for Opera Mini this month. In March 2009, more than 23 million people used Opera Mini, a 12.1% increase from February 2009 and more than 157% increase from March 2008. Those users viewed more than 8.6 billion pages in March 2009. Since…
Samsung Android Google Phone I7500 Unveiled
Samsung has unveiled its first Android smartphone the, Samsung I7500. The specs are perfect for T-Mobile because it uses HSDPA 1700, the band for T-Mobile. It is a touchscreen only phone with a standard headset jack, GPS , Bluetootth, Wi-Fi, and AMOLED display. The display is the very clear …
Verizon to Get iPhone?
USA Today reports it has heard from people familiar with the situation that Verizon is talking with Apple to sell an iPhone. The article claims that it will be for the CDMA network."They declined to be named because they aren't authorized to speak publicly. "The backlash to this leaked information f…
Palm Pre Pricing @ $150? YouTube App and Super Hero
The Palm Pre, Sprint's holy grail competitor to the iPhone, really should be on TMZ because of the rumors about Palm's new super-synergy smartphone with keyboard, multi-tasking and a whole new syncing way of social networking. There has been another celebrity sigting of the Palm Pre was on Twi…
Deal of the Day: AT&T Free HTC Fuze Refurb Package
AT&T really knows how to attract and keep its customers satisfied, hidden under the shop cell phone deals and packages ad on their website. We think this is the best, cheapest, discount, deal today. Not only do they still have the free BlackBerry Bold refurb package we told you about last …
T-Mobile Offers Better Plans and Will Update G1 OS Android in a Few Weeks
Last week the one-millionth T-Mobile G1 Google phone was sold. The T-Mobile G1 was first only sold in 21 HSPA / 3G markets. Since then T-Mobile has expanded 3G coverage 107 million people and started selling the G1 in its GPRS/EDGE-only markets. It is a device hit for the…
BlackBerry (Storm) App: LiveStrong Calorie Tracker Weight/Workout Counter
The GPS on your BlackBerry can track your location, now you can track your calories with Calorie Tracker from the Lance Armstrong Foundation. Available from BlackBerry Application World for $2.99 (about the price of a burger or smoothie) this app helps monitor nutritional intake by tracking what i…
Connor Mulcahey 13, Bumps into Grand Prize of 1 Billion App Contest
Apple has disclosed the winner of their one billion countdown contest.The one billionth app, Bump, was downloaded by Connor Mulcahey, age 13, of Weston, CT. As the grand prize winner of Apple's one billion app countdown contest, Connor will receive a $10,000 iTunes gift card, an iPod touch, a Time C…
LG Wants You to Design Their Next Phone
LG Mobile Phones is partnering with crowdSPRING for a new competition to define the future of personal mobile communication. This year's competition is even bigger and better than last year's: first place will be awarded $20,000, second place awarded $10,000 and third place awarded $5,000. To …
Nokia Premiers SIM-Based NFC Nokia 6216
Nokia announced its third fully integrated Near Field Communication (NFC) phone, the Nokia 6216 classic. It is their first SIM-based NFC device which enables operators to build NFC services on to the SIM card. They claim NFC consumers will benefit from greater ease of use, more convenient sharing of…
Cricket Drops Price of Samsung MyShot to $79
As people look for alternatives to postpaid wireless, Cricket is aggressively marketing their service. Usually you have pay more for a featured phone, however with a new price drop, Cricket just got more affordable. Cricket has used some interesting promotions in the past. When they came to …
Facebook for BlackBerry Updates Solves Calendar and # Glitches
Some folks who tried the new BlackBerry Facebook app, we mentioned, earlier this week, have had a few problems with the calendar and friends were blasted with requests.For some using the 1.5. first version Facebook for BlackBerry, the default calendar could have been replaced by a Facebook cal…
Google Product Search for Mobile
Google Product Search gives information like prices, ratings, reviews, and product details from all over the web. The same tools are available from Google Product Search for mobile.If you are in a store and having a hard time deciding between two products. Instead of waiting to go home to chec…
AT&T Wi-Fi Usage Surges
AT&T broadband customers tripled Wi-Fi access over the rate from a year ago. AT&T reported Wi-Fi usage reached 10.5 million connections along with increases of the number of hotspots and an increase in subscribers with Wi-Fi access. AT&T has over 20,000 domestic hotpots and offers fre…
BlackBerry (Storm) App of the Day: PhoneFace $9.95 20% Off @ Handango
Let's face it, finding phone numbers on your BlackBerry can be difficult, and wouldn't it be nice if you could just click or touch a photo to dial? PhoneFace is photo speed dialer, that also makes it easy to send text and email. It even syncs with Facebook and Twitter.People also feel honor…
President Obama’s BarackBerry Will Be Secure BlackBerry 8830
President Obama should be getting his super secure BlackBerry soon, reports the Washington Times according to presidential officials.Obama's super secured BlackBerrry 8830 is being supervised by the National Security Agency, that will make sure its encryption software meets federal standards. Obama'…
iPhone App Sales Reach 1 Billion, Baby Shaker Thrown Out with Bath Water
Combined iPhone and iPod Touch sales totaled about 37 million units. The Apple iPhone App Store has reached more than 35,000 applications. Apple app number 1 billion was sold on the App Store, sometime today.In the meantime, Apple apologized for selling the "Baby Shaker" app and pulled the app from…
Samsung Trance with Bang & Olufsen Audio Available from Verizon
Verizon is now offering the Samsung Trance, a music-centric phone with touchpad navigation and enhanced audio quality backed by Bang & Olufsen's ICEpower amp. The slider Samsung Trance has 1GB of internal memory(expandable to 32 GB with microSD), answers to voice commands, has access to the mobi…
Handmark Launches Mobile Store Platform
Handmark announced its new Mobile Store Platform. This platform offers a fast, turnkey solution for handset manufactures and carriers to launch their own native, on-device mobile store full of the best mobile games, apps, ringtones, themes and more. The platform is ready to employ across a wide-rang…
Users Want More App Stores, Airwide Provides a Platform
Mobile messaging provider, Airwide Solutions commission a survey into the rise of mobile applications and services which shows that despite the consumer enthusiasm for mobile applications, operators could risk failure if they try to replicate the model pioneered by Apple. The study, which was conduc…
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