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Yes folks, Verizon’s absorption of US wireless carrier Alltel has just been given the OK from the Department of Justice, and so Verizon execs can heave a sigh of relief for now. They are on their way to becoming the #1 (in terms of subscribers) wireless carrier in the US, and one of the largest in [...]
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The Weather Channel has big plans in the mobile market apparently. For example, outside this writer’s door it’s been raining buckets all night and day, and he’s wondering when its going to stop, if ever. This app would sure come in handy right about now.
The Weather Channel has announced and released a dedicated Android application, one [...]
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Facebook and Google haven’t been getting along lately. The initial animousity arose when the social-networking giant blocked Google’s Friend Connect feature, citing security issues as the reason for the block. Well, hey, protecting users doesn’t constitute a personal attack, right?
Now the battle rages on as Facebook has revealed that they will not be releasing an app for [...]
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HTC head honcho Peter Chou has revealed how many G1s the company expects to ship this year – and the figure is nowhere near the 1.5 million that has been rumoured as the number of pre-orders the phone received. In fact, it may be less than HALF that amount.
Reports from the US in the lead up [...]
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It seems bigger is always better when it comes to tech specs and people shopping online, even if its just about 100% meaningless, either in a technical sense or to the logical mind of the shopper.
Even if we consumers have absolutely no idea what we’re being quoted, what it means or how to actually [...]
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RIM says it plans to launch the new BlackBerry application store in March 2009, and app developers can start to submit their entries right now. RIM says that developers will be able to set their own prices for applications and will also get to keep 80% of the revenue. Yes, it’s (nearly) a carbon copy [...]
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The launch of Firefox Mozilla Alpha is something that we have been anticipating since hearing about it last week. Now, out of the blue, theory becomes reality with the sudden appearance of the first screenshots of Firefox mobile. The images shown of Firefox Mozilla Alpha have appeared unannounced, running on a Windows Mobile Professional touchscreen [...]
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A survey commissioned by network operator O2, has revealed that brand names in the financial, retail and manufacturing industries are looking to invest heavily in their mobile marketing efforts over the next 5 years. Despite the economic slowdown, the survey reveals that big brands are looking to increase their mobile marketing budget almost 150% by [...]
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A woman from Knotts Island, USA has filed a suit against mobile corporate giants Motorola and Nextel after a mobile phone charger allegedly blinded her in the right eye. The suit is apparently for $15 million and comes with the strict instructions that the phone charger should hold a warning that “safety glasses should be [...]
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It has been discovered that there were a few problems with Research In Motion’s Blackberry Bold’s 3G capabilities and therefore Orange UK has temporarily ceased sales.
Blackberry Bold’s sales were suddenly halted last Friday by the operator who is in the process of developing a software fix and therefore there is no indication of when it [...]
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As Apple continues to sell iPhones all over the globe, Google is preparing to launch new options for advertisers to target iPhone owners directly.
In meetings with various agencies, Google has presented a new option to show context-sensitive search ads and purchasing options for iPhones. The change, expected to be finished shortly, means advertisers will be able [...]
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As phone companies ramp up for one of the biggest and most competitive seasons ever, Nokia faces a new fight as counterfeit manufacturers continue to increase the quality and undetectability of their replica devices in time for the release of the manufacturer’s most expensive phone lines.
Distributors and dealers who have seen the latest fakes have [...]
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Let’s hope this isn’t the start of an ugly trend. This story could help to shape the iPhone and your app choices for it in the future.
Shaker, a “Tetris-like” game with a martini glass theme, has suddenly been pulled from the App Store. TUAW provided a first look at the game back in early September. According [...]
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Text crazy fans should steer clear of the numerous paid SMS text messaging services currently floating around on the internet. SMSNTXT.co.uk in particular, charge as much as £4.50 per week for the privilege of being able to send 140 text messages from your computer. Why pay for sending texts when you can do it free [...]
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For whatever odd reason, the iPhone left out the ability do copy-and-paste functions, and it has been moaned and groaned about in many circles. RIM didn’t want to duplicate this strange omission, so the upcoming BlackBerry Storm has no trouble copying and pasting your text between fields. How exactly does it work?
Well, the BlackBerry Storm does not have a [...]
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