| Palm CEO: We Could Have Been Bigger Than Droid |
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Mar 20, 2010 - 8:45 PM, by MStrawder |
 If you haven't had the chance to use a Palm Pre or Pixi, you've missed out on a chance to use a quality device with a lot of potential locked away in that OS. The device didn't quite meet with the sales or enthusiasm that Palm would have liked, but I don't think that all of the blame needs to go straight to Palm. Part of it has to go to the carrier they chose an exclusivity deal with, Sprint. They simply didn't build up to its release in the same way other devices had been, such as the Droid and Storm. David Coursey at PCWorld seems to agree somewhat.
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| BIS 3.0 Release March 28th (Rumor) |
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Mar 20, 2010 - 7:48 PM, by srl7741 |
(Rumor) Sunday, March 28 is a day Blackberry users may want to perk up and pay attention. BIS 3.0 may be rolled out.
3.0 will offer Gmail label creation and deletion when using the plug-in along with support for OpenDocument file types and WMA audio, shortly thereafter as two-way synchronization of read status and sent messages will be added throughout the Spring 2010.
While this is great news I want to remind readers this is still Rumor and to keep the news as such. If true I hope to hear about it here.
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| CTIA 2010: Opera to showcase latest mobile products for iPhone & Android |
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Mar 19, 2010 - 8:59 PM, by hayden |
 At next week’s CTIA Wireless Show, Opera Software will unveil Opera Mini for iPhone. Opera will also be showcasing its latest Opera Mini 5 product running on the Android platform thus bringing fast browsing and a full feature set to two of the world’s fastest-growing mobile platforms.
The pre-submission iPhone version was first debuted at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona last month and will be on display at the Opera booth for all to see.
Final versions of Opera Mini 5 and Opera Mobile 10 will also be... [Read More]
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| Smartphones and the OS race CTIA and beyond. |
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Mar 19, 2010 - 8:33 PM, by hayden |
Smartphones are a major trend in the mobile industry and will be a focus at CTIA 2010 in Las Vegas.
- Informa forecasts smartphones will account for 55% of the value of the global handset market in 2010, and 64% of total mobile handsets profits, despite accounting for only 27% of handset sales
- Smartphone operating systems, key to the success of new entrants in the space, will dominate the CTIA debate over data-centric devices, user interface and user experience
- Questions surrounding open versus closed OS will be key to smartphone strategy: can a rigidly controlled OS like Apple’s be replicated? Are
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| Google's Nexus branding under threat |
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Mar 19, 2010 - 5:51 PM, by DjSmooth |
Well, that's a bit embarassing: Google has had its trademark application for 'Nexus' rejected, as a small Oregon firm already owns it.
The threat to the name of the company's flagship smartphone is rather more serious than the last. In January, the estate of the author Philip K Dick challenged the Nexus name on the grounds that it was used for the androids in Dick's most famous book, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, later filmed as Bladerunner. [Read More]
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| Introducing Google Buzz widget for Android |
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Mar 19, 2010 - 11:47 AM, by hayden |
 Since Google launched Google Buzz for mobile, they've been working on ways to make it quicker and easier to share your thoughts and experiences while you're out and about.
Today, Google released a Google Buzz widget for Android phones that lets you post text and photos with a single tap. Like other mobile access points for Google Buzz, the widget lets you choose to tag your post with the location or place from... [Read More]
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| AT&T happy to play it cool with LTE |
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Mar 18, 2010 - 8:20 PM, by srl7741 |
As many already know 3G service has brought with it many perks (faster speeds, multi-tasking, happy faces) and for awhile now 4G or LTE has been discussed. 2011 will more than likely be the period most of us get to experience it's speeds. Below is an interesting statement from AT&T. I can't help to wonder is all the 3G complaints AT&T received along with some (ok tons of ) pretty harsh bashing from customers has made them look at releasing LTE when and only when it can handle all the customer traffic. The iPhone users will now be complimented by numerous Android users on the AT&T... [Read More]
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| Shazam Update on BlackBerry |
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Mar 18, 2010 - 6:16 PM, by ShazamPR |
 Hello BlackBerry users from Shazam. Some of you may have already noticed that we recently launched a new version of our music discovery service on BlackBerry. For those who have not yet downloaded the latest version, we wanted to let you know that the new and improved version of the app is live right now and available with some cool new features. The new version allows you to purchase tracks from the 7Digital Music Store, tweet about your favorite music and watch YouTube videos of your favorite tagged tracks.
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| BCCThis Introduces Mobile App Designed to cut Through Email Clutter |
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Mar 18, 2010 - 12:33 PM, by hayden |
Bccthis App Extends BlackBerry Mail Capabilities by Allowing Users to Securely Send Private Notes to Selected Recipients of Their Emails -- Bccthis, today announced the availability of the Bccthis for BlackBerry application. The application integrates seamlessly into the device’s email client and provides the same innovative features of the Bccthis desktop plug-in for Outlook.
Savvy organizations increasingly track the costs and efficiencies lost as a result of time spent dealing with spam and poorly written communication. Using Bccthis, sales professionals can keep team members in sync... [Read More]
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| WHERE Announces Real-Time Integration w/ iPhone, Android, Blackberry, Palm |
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Mar 18, 2010 - 12:22 PM, by hayden |
 WHERE, Inc. today announced that the WHERE experience is available on the web at Where.com. People can now use WHERE to discover the restaurants, businesses, events, and special offers in their local area while sitting at their computers, save the information to their Placebook, and have it automatically synch with their phones. Placebook also allows users to keep track of their favorite places and reviews, and easily share these places with friends in their existing social networks.
The WHERE mobile application is known... [Read More]
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| GetJar Reveals That Mobile Apps Will Outsell CDs by 2012 |
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Mar 18, 2010 - 12:10 PM, by hayden |
 The global mobile apps economy is set to be worth $17.5billion by 2012, according to an independent report commissioned by GetJar, the world’s second largest app store. Mobile app downloads across all types of handset are also expected to increase from over 7 billion downloads in 2009 to almost 50 billion in 2012 – a year on year growth rate of 92%. This would mean that the value of apps sold would be greater than the value of CDs sold in 2012 ($13.83bn).
To understand the potential of the “global mobile apps economy,” ... [Read More]
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| CTIA 2010: CTIA Announces E-Tech Awards Finalists |
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Mar 18, 2010 - 11:54 AM, by hayden |
 Awards Ceremony Set for March 24 at International CTIA WIRELESS 2010
International CTIA WIRELESS 2010 announced the E-Tech Awards finalists in 15 categories in the areas of mobile CE, applications, enterprise, green solutions, luxury mobile and network infrastructure. International CTIA WIRELESS will take place March 23-25 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Partner events will begin Monday, March 22.
“We received a record number of submissions for the E-Tech Awards this year, a true testament to industry... [Read More]
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| Google Maps for Android: Search ‘n Swipe, Latitude Widget, and More |
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Mar 18, 2010 - 11:42 AM, by hayden |
 With the new Google Maps for mobile 4.1, Google is introducing a few features that make sorting through search results or quickly seeing Maps info a bit easier.
Updated search results page
With the newly reimagined Google Maps for mobile search results page, Google has done away with the tabs to give you all the info you want on one page. Tap the new buttons to see the place on the map, get directions, call it, or see it with Street View. The extra space let us bring details and reviews right up front.
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| SmrtGuard Service Giveaway - Reply to Enter |
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Mar 18, 2010 - 11:04 AM, by MStrawder |
 Every once in a while, I come across an application for my BlackBerry that really fills a need or is just generally awesome. In this case, SmrtGuard fits in both of those categories. I was originally introduced to it over a year ago when it was in beta and they were looking for a few good testers. It's been out of beta for quite a while, offering both a free and paid subscription service.
If you're not familiar with the service, it in essence assists you in locating and recovering your device if it's lost, along with protecting your... [Read More]
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| Sprint announces HTC Supersonic next week? |
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Mar 17, 2010 - 10:15 PM, by pdxmatts |
After rumors about the HTC Supersonic have been swirling around the Internet for a few months, it is now time for the Wall Street Journal to chime in and contribute to the hype surrounding Sprint’s first WiMAX handset. According to people “familiar with the matter,” Sprint is expected to announce the HTC Supersonic next week during a presentation by Dan Hesse at CTIA. The timing for such an announcement fits in nicely with Clearwire’s promised 1H 2010 delivery date for the first WiMAX smartphone and we certainly have seen enough spy shots and hands-on videos to whet our appetite for this Android-powered 4G smartphone.
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