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Opera Debuts Mini 5 Beta for Android |
Today Opera Software made a beta version of Opera Mini 5 available for the Android platform. Opera says that the Android version of Opera Mini 5 offers all the same features that other versions do, including tabbed browsing, the ...
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Verizon's First LTE Handset Coming Mid-2011 |
In a recent interview, Verizon Wireless' chief technology officer, Tony Malone, indicated that the company will have a Long Term Evolution handset ready for the market by the middle of 2011. That's about six months sooner than Verizon had ...
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Gowalla Scores an App Hat Trick |
In the last couple of days leading up to the South By Southwest interactive (SXSWi) festival in Austin, TX, the location-based social networking service Gowalla has released new apps for the Google Android and Palm WebOS platform, as well ...
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Twisted Pair's Wave Shoves Push-to-Talk Over IP |
Blackberry owners and other smartphone users will soon be able to connect to Twisted Pair's Wave radio platform. Twisted Pair today announced Mobile Communicator for Blackberry, which lets Blackberry owners talk using Radio-over-IP (RoIP). The thin client software on ...
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YouTube Offers WinMo and S60 Mobile App Take 2.4 |
Today YouTube released a new version of its mobile software for the Windows Mobile and S60 platforms. YouTube mobile 2.4 improves speed performance and also introduces several new features. The new features include search query suggestions, end-user account support, ...
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Apple, RIM, Moto, Others Hit with Smartphone Patent Suit |
SmartPhone Technologies LLC has filed a lawsuit against Apple, AT&T, Samsung, Sanyo, LG, and Motorola alleging that all the companies are infringing upon SmartPhone Technologies' patents. Apple is bearing the brunt of the lawsuit, and it alone faces six ...
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Windows Phone 7 Series Won't Ignore Adobe Flash |
Mike Chambers, principal Product Manager for developer relations for the Flash Platform at Adobe, made a statement on his personal blog concerning Flash on the upcoming Windows Phone 7 Series OS. Chambers says that "Adobe and Microsoft are working ...
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Amazon Wireless Store Expands T-Mobile Offerings |
Amazon Wireless today that it has expanded the number of T-Mobile devices it offers from its web site, as well as the number of plans from which customers can choose. Amazon Wireless said that customers can now initiate a ...
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Biking Directions Coming to Mobile Google Maps. Eventually |
Today Google announced a new feature for Google Maps that allows users to route directions for a bicycle. Biking directions offers a lot of ways to get from point A to point B by taking advantage of trails, known ...
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Target Launches Phone-Based Coupon Program |
Target announced a scannable mobile coupon program launching nationwide today at its retail stores. Consumers will have several different ways to opt into the program (PC browser, mobile browser, short code), which will then distribute coupons to mobile phones ...
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Facebook to Become Location-Aware in April |
According to unnamed sources cited by The New York Times, Facebook plans to introduce a new location-sharing feature to is social networking service. The feature will let users share their own location as well as see the location of ...
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Leap Shutters Some Stores, Reduces Headcount |
Leap Wireless recently indicated that it has permanently closed 27 -- about 10% -- of its 269 Cricket Wireless stores. It has also laid off 180 people, trimming its staff level down to 4,200 employees around the country. The ...
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Apple Revises iPhone OS 3.2 SDK Yet Again |
Today Apple made a fourth beta of the iPhone OS 3.2 software development kit available to developers. The SDK provides developers with the tools they need to write for iPhone OS, which also applies to the iPod Touch and ...
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Review: Motorola Backflip |
AT&T lands the Motorola Backflip as its first Android handset. Based on our experiences, it's tough to recommend to anyone other than the most diehard Motorola and AT&T fans.
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Palm Helps Developers Port Games to WebOS |
Palm today announced the Plug-In Development Kit (PDK) for Palm WebOS. The PDK allows developers to use C and C++ in addition to the Web-based framework of the Palm OS. With the new PDK, developers get access to OpenGL ...
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FCC Suggests Free Wireless Broadband |
At the Digital Inclusion Summit, the FCC released a statement supporting free wireless broadband for some Americans in a bid to increase affordable broadband service nationwide. The commission did not specify which Americans would qualify for such a service ...
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Samsung's Stunt Lands at Cricket |
Today Samsung announced that it is offering the SCH-r100 Stunt to Cricket customers. The Stunt is a tri-band CDMA bar-style phone that has entry level features. It includes Bluetooth, speakerphone, and simple messaging services. It costs $100.
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NFL Mobile Touches Down on Verizon Wireless |
The NFL and Verizon Wireless today announced a four year deal that will bring NFL Mobile programming and the NFL RedZone channel to Verizon Wireless phones. Specific phone and pricing information for the new service will be available in ...
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Android Develops Enhanced OpenGL Support |
Google today released the Android Native Development Kit revision 3 (NDK r3), offering expanded capabilities to Android developers. Most interesting to end users is probably enhanced support for OpenGL ES 2.0, now offering improved graphics rendering through vertex and ...
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