May 2010 Archives

Super Strong – Rugged P-to-P Samsung Rugby at AT&T June 6

Super Strong – Rugged P-to-P Samsung Rugby at AT&T June 6

AT&T will start selling on June 6, the Samsung Rugby II, the next generation Push to Talk device with a durable, military-grade design that can stand up to the harshest of elements.  The Samsung Rugby II will be compatible with AT&T's High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) 7.2 Mbps technolo…

Leaked Gym Shadow of Droid Shadow Shows Details of Next Droid by Motorola

Leaked Gym Shadow of Droid Shadow Shows Details of Next Droid by Motorola

People have been leaving prototypes in bars and now in in a gym in Washington D.C. with information bought or brought to us by Gizmodo about the Droid Shadow.The prototype Motorola Shadow also known as the Droid Shadow was supposed to have been found left in a Verizon corporate gym.Speculated specs…

Android: 5″ Dell Mini Tablet Dell Streak Offically Streaks US @ AT&T This Summer

Android: 5″ Dell Mini Tablet Dell Streak Offically Streaks US @ AT&T This Summer

Set between a smartphone and netbook is the tablet device, Dell is filling this market with the Android Dell Streak, formerly the Dell Mini. Although the Dell Streak, is primarily touted as data device/tablet it also works as phone with a GSM radio and SIM slot. The Dell Streak, can used with a Blue…

Twitter Ousts Outside Third Party Advertisers and Monetizers

Twitter Ousts Outside Third Party Advertisers and Monetizers

Citing the long-term health and value of the Twitter network, Twitter announced it will continue to forgo near-term revenue opportunities in the service of carefully metering the impact of Promoted Tweets. Noting the success for avertisers, users and the Twitter ecosystem. aside from Promoted Twee…

WinMo LG Fathom Office Biz Phone @ Verizon May 27 & June3

WinMo LG Fathom Office Biz Phone @ Verizon May 27 & June3

Verizon Wireless and LG  announced that the LG Fathom will be available in Verizon Wireless business sales channels beginning May 27 and online and in Communications Stores beginning June 3. This o on-the-go office phone has ae 3.2" touchscreen, 1 GHz processor, 3.2 megapixel camera and …

AT&T Raises ET Fees for Smartphones, BlackBerrry, iPhone, and Android

AT&T Raises ET Fees for Smartphones, BlackBerrry, iPhone, and Android

AT&T lowered the ETF (Early-Termination-Fee) for low-end and messaging phones with new term commitments, and will increasde it for others. Beginning June 1, 2010, AT&T will reduce the ETF in new and upgrade two-year service agreements for all customers who are buyin…

J2ME and BlackBerry Updates: BOLT 2.1 Browser

J2ME and BlackBerry Updates: BOLT 2.1 Browser

The second generation of the BOLT mobile browser is now available. This browser we have named as our top best coolest apps for BlackBerry and J2ME phones. BOLT 2.1 marks the completion of beta testing on the most fully featured browser available for mobile phones of all types. Among BOLT 2.1's new…

Steve Jobs to Keynote WWDC for Apple and iPhone, June 7

Steve Jobs to Keynote WWDC for Apple and iPhone, June 7

The a keynote at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) will be delivered by by CEO Steve Jobs on Monday, June 7 at 10:00 a.m. This year's WWDC sold out in eight days to over 5,000 developers. At the conference new products, dev tools, and advances will be announced. This when they usua…

Review LG Ally (Verizon) Review of Reviews

Review LG Ally (Verizon) Review of Reviews

LG Ally Rated 3.7 out of 5 by Wireless and Mobile News' Review of ReviewsThe LG Ally is part of the many Android 2.1 smartphones from Verizon, which leads reviewers to compare it to the Droid by Motorola, Motorola Devour and Droid Incredible. Some reviews noticed that the LG Ally is solid, fast and …

Review:  HTC EVO 4G (Sprint) Review of Reviews

Review: HTC EVO 4G (Sprint) Review of Reviews

HTC EVO 4G Rated 4 out 5 by Wireless and Mobile News' Review of ReviewsHTC EVO 4G reviewers call the Android super phone, "everything a geek could dream of," "a beautiful and powerful window to the world," and the touchscreen "mesmerizing." The major new features of the HTC EVO 4G include a huge 4.3…

Smartphone (iPhone, BlackBerry, LG Ally, Android an’ Droid) Launch Dates for May and June  Shown on Wireless and Mobile News New Calendars

Smartphone (iPhone, BlackBerry, LG Ally, Android an’ Droid) Launch Dates for May and June Shown on Wireless and Mobile News New Calendars

There a lot of smartphones (iPhone, BlackBerry, LG Ally, Android an' Droid) coming up the pipe this summer and it's hard to keep track of the what and when of them.There are pre-sale dates and then official launch dates, these can all figure into your smartphone decision- making, say for example if …

Android an’ Droid Update News: Android 2.2  FroYo Coming to Nexus One, Droid Incredible, HTC Desire, EVO 4G and myTouch 3G Slide

Android an’ Droid Update News: Android 2.2 FroYo Coming to Nexus One, Droid Incredible, HTC Desire, EVO 4G and myTouch 3G Slide

Android FroYo 2.2 has lots of great features that speed things up, possible music streaming  and camera improvements.  If you already own an Android smartphone will the update to Android 2.2 FroYo work on your smartphone?Google announced on its Twitter feed that the Nexus One will get the …

iPhone, BlackBerry and Android Top Mobile Mix Ads, Says Millenial Media

iPhone, BlackBerry and Android Top Mobile Mix Ads, Says Millenial Media

Millennial Media launched the second monthly Mobile Mix: the Device Index for April, which showed iPhone in the top sport, followed by BlackBerry with a many new Android smartphones including the Nexus one, G2 Touch and Motorola Cliq. the top 20 mix. RIM remained the second largest OS on the networ…

Android 2.2 FroYo More Details: Android Streaming Music Service Coming to Android Market

Android 2.2 FroYo More Details: Android Streaming Music Service Coming to Android Market

One of the holes in the Android platform, is that it doesn’t automatically sync music or photos. Palm found a way for a short while to sync with iTunes  until Apple changed its iTunes platform and no longer allowed iTunes to recognize the Palm Pre as iTunes player.Motorola offers it’…

FTC Closes Investigation of Google AdMob Buy, There’s Still Competition

FTC Closes Investigation of Google AdMob Buy, There’s Still Competition

The FTC has closed its investigation of Apple’s acquisition of the AdMob, today. After thoroughly reviewing the deal and  it concluded that it is unlikely to harm competition in the emerging market for mobile advertising networks.  They cited Apple’s new ad network as a clear…

Memopal Mac Launch Deal 200GB for $1 for 1 Year, Get Files on iPad, Mobile Phone or Web

Memopal Mac Launch Deal 200GB for $1 for 1 Year, Get Files on iPad, Mobile Phone or Web

Starting today, the final version of Memopal for Macintosh users is available. To celebrate the event, Memopal is offering five hundred Personal 200 GB licenses for a period of one year at the token price of $1. Plus, starting today, you can download Memopal for your iPad directly from the Appl…

Apple iPad Demand Strong, Users Very Satisfied, eReader Market Shake-up

Apple iPad Demand Strong, Users Very Satisfied, eReader Market Shake-up

iPad has been on the market for several weeks and ChangeWave has just completed two d new surveys; a May survey of 3,174 consumers to measure future demand for the iPad, and a second survey of 153 new iPad owners to discover their actual impressions of the new tablet device. Consumer…

Android Iron Man2 Ally Arrives at Verizon Not 2Day 5/20,  Now 5/27

Android Iron Man2 Ally Arrives at Verizon Not 2Day 5/20, Now 5/27

We were checking our release date calendar for May and June already and realized that the Iron Man2 Android 2.1 smartphone the LG Ally was supposed to go on sale today. We checked on the Verizon website and with our local store and the LG Ally is still showing pre-order.  It looks like the de…

T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide to Touch T-Mobile on June 2, Slides in @ $179.99

T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide to Touch T-Mobile on June 2, Slides in @ $179.99

The T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide will be available from T-Mobile on June 2.  It offers a new Faves Gallery social networking unified app, multi-modal screens and a "genius" to take your commands. The T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide will cost $179.99 after rebates with a contact and will be launc…