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  1. 18 May 2012 >

  2. How Badly Does Apple Not Want You Thinking About Jailbreaks?

    Around here, we might all be fans of unlocks, jailbreaks, and pretty much anything else you can do to a phone to remove unnecessary limitations put in place by the manufacturer, carrier, or…

  3. CEO of AT&T Mobility pleased with Windows Phone…

    As well as the success in China, in the states Ralph de la Vega, CEO of ATit instead of talking iPhone 5, but it's pleasing to know that he's also looking to the future of the platform, as…

  4. Windows Phone marketshare reportedly overtakes the…

    All eyes were on Microsoft's rather important launch of Windows Phone in China earlier this year. Nokia followed up with the Lumia 800c, released on China Telecom. According to Michel van der…

  5. The BlackBerry Avengers, take 2 - Now starring Dan…

    Last week when we posted version 1.0 of the BlackBerry Avengers, we had Hawkeye taking the photo and out of frame. This week he's in with the rest of the BBAvengers... played by QNX Founder…

  6. Motorola XOOM WiFi Android 4.0.3 OTA now available in Canada

    Although Motorola Xoom WiFi owners in the US have had Android 4.0.4 for quite some time now, Android 4.0.3 is only just now pushing out to folks in Canada. As noted in the Android Central…

  7. Samsung opening first Samsung Store in Canada

    Samsung is moving into Burnaby, B.C. Samsung Electronics Canada has announced construction of the first Samsung Store set to open Summer 2012. As noted in the press release, Samsung is…

  8. HTC and Apple ordered to lawsuit settlement talks by…

    It looks like the legal system might be starting to get sick of all these lawsuits for IP and trademarks as of late because another round of settlement talks has just been ordered. The United…

  9. 17 May 2012 >

  10. Get it while it’s free: Feed Me Oil

    Chillingo, the makers of Where’s My Water, are offering Feed Me Oil for the price of free today. It recently received the Best iPhone App of the Week award and reviews show it to have a solid…

  11. Windows Phone Game Review: Finger Slayer

    Finger Slayer is a Windows Phone game that takes a unique way to test your reaction time. You tap and hold your finger on the guillotine circle, the game counts down 3,2,1 and on GO! you…

  12. How do you access Gmail on your iPhone or iPad?

    How do you use Gmail on iOS? So how do you access your Gmail on your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad? Do you use the built-in iOS Mail app? Using Apple's Mail app has several advantages. It's the…

  13. Steve Jobs wanted to design the iCar

    According to a member of the Apple board, Steve Jobs dream was to build the iCar. J.Crew CEO Micky Drexler had some sharp criticism for the US auto industry, calling it a “tragedy in America”,…

  14. Samsung Announces First Retail Store For Canada

    Early last month, we heard about Samsung’s plans for expanding its retail presence in North America by opening a number of stores in Canada. The plan would have Samsung creating both dedicated…

  15. Verizon clarifies new data plan policies

    After yesterday's news of Verizon killing off unlimited data plans for grandfathered users, we were left with a lot of questions. That will happen when you don't get official word about…

  16. Drexler: Jobs wanted to build 'iCar'…

    Before his death on October 5th, one of the things Apple co-founder Steve Jobs wanted to build was a so-called "iCar," according to company board member and J. Crew CEO Mickey Drexler. "Look…

  17. International Note Downgrade to Gingerbread from LPY ICS

    In most cases, getting an upgrade to a new version of Android is exciting. It usually ushers in numerous bug fixes, performance enhancements, new UI elements, and a whole new experience with…

  18. Empty Nest: What I Miss (And Don’t) About The…

    I’ve recently learned that there are two things about being a mobile-phone reviewer. The first thing: you get to handle awesome pieces of gadgetry days or weeks ahead of their official release…

  19. What Samsung's rise and Nokia's fall means…

    Industry research firm Gartner just released its latest data on mobile phone sales for the first quarter of 2012. There are some interesting points to be pulled out of this report that I…

  20. Apple seeds Mountain Lion Server Developer Preview 4

    Apple has released a fourth preview of Mountain Lion Server to developers. The code is also listed as build 12S219n, and follows just a day after a third update of the main Mountain Lion…

  21. HTC EVO 4G LTE coming May 23rd according to Best Buy

    It looks like those who pre-ordered the new HTC EVO 4G LTE might have some good news coming there way today after all. Yesterday the carrier and HTC confirmed that the impressive new…

  22. Week one of the TegraZone Player's Choice…

    The first week of NVIDIA's TegraZone Player's Choice awards has run its course, and that means two things -- the first is that you only have two weeks left to hit the TegraZone contest page…

  23. Apple censors the word jailbreak in iTunes Store

    In what can only be described as bizarre, it was noticed today by iOS dev @planetbeing (and even earlier by @alexheath, et all), that Apple had begun censoring the term ‘Jailbreak’ in the…

  24. HTC EVO 4G LTE Finally Arriving Next Week, Says Best Buy

    Up until a couple days ago, things had been looking good for the retail launch of HTC’s EVO 4G LTE on Sprint this coming Friday. All of a sudden, though, word arrived that HTC’s shipments were…

  25. Temple Run updated to address compatibility issues…

    If you've been having any sort of issues playing Temple Run on your Android device now would be a good time to check for updates. The team at Imangi Studios has now released the latest update…

  26. T-Mobile intros new no contract mobile broadband plans

    Today T-Mobile has officially announced their new no contract mobile broadband offerings. Just in time for summer it looks like T-Mobile will be offering some decent 4G mobile broadband…

  27. App Review: Picross

      What do you get when you combine Minesweeper, logic puzzles and pictures together? The answer is Picross, a fun and addictive game by PenduinBits that challenges you to solve picture…

  28. Venetasoft wins Microsoft's Appload contest,…

    Microsoft recently held a Windows Phone developers contest in Italy, "Appload and Win", where developers were challenged to create an app and upload it to the Marketplace for a chance at…

  29. Apple's NC datacenter to use 100 percent…

    Apple's large-scale datacenter in Maiden, North Carolina will run entirely on renewable energy by the end of the year, the company has announced. Currently Apple is in the middle of buying…

  30. Unlocked iPhone 5 With LTE Catches The Eye Of MetroPCS

    With the major US carriers already on-board with LTE or transitioning to it, you might think that we’d be seeing a new era of inter-carrier roaming and growing interest in unlocked handsets.…

  31. Be the police in your story of cops and robbers with…

    “Union is at it again with another hit title as Smash Cops crashes onto the BlackBerry PlayBook” Another day and another game available for the BlackBerry PlayBook, and this one is…

  32. Verizon releases official statement on Unlimited Data plans

    Yesterday the Verizon customers world was shattered when their CFO mentioned that all grandfathered unlimited data plans would be losing their precious data in favor of tiered shared data…

  33. Why Are We Still Using SMS?

    Earlier this month, Verizon Wireless announced that it was targeting a date sometime in 2013 for delivery of a new service to its customers. The new feature isn’t a high-speed data option or…

  34. Nokia Lumia 610 and Lumia 900 heading to Australia in June

    Last week, we told you about an upcoming media event that would be held in Australia today. At today's gathering, it was confirmed that the Nokia Lumia 610 and Lumia 900 will be coming to…

  35. “Appreciate” is your personalized app…

    Today we stumbled across a neat app called Appreciate-Personal App Market. We’ve seen similar apps before for Android but what this does is exactly as it’s titled. Shows you apps and games…

  36. Weekly Accessory Roundup - Win a stylus of your…

    Contest: Win a stylus of your choice for your BlackBerry! Keep reading for details. At certain times your finger may just get flat out tired from all that tapping around on your…