By James on May 4, 2011 0 Comments

   

iOS 4.3.3 Firmware, VZ iPhone 4.2.8 and more Hit Apple’s Server

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The iOS Firmware site just got updated and now showing some new iOS firmwares hitting Apple’s server. These include iOS 4.3.3 and the Verizon iPhone 4.2.8. According to the iOS 4.3.3 Software Update info, this update contains changes to the iOS crowd-sourced location database cache including reduces the size of the cache, no longer backs [...]

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Nokia Phone/Tablet Strategy Alleges Windows 8 Tablets in 2012

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The famed Russian blogger Eldar Murtazin recently shared a tidbit saying that Nokia has finalized their Nokia Phones/Tablet Strategy for 2012-2013. There are couple of new devices on the list including 5-7 mid-to-high end Symbian^3 devices in 2012, Maemo 6, Windows Phone devices and Win8 tablet in 2012. Moreover, Nokia also has set a target [...]

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HP Veer 4G Will Be Available from AT&T on May 15 at $99.99

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Back in February when HP introduced the smallest full-featured HP webOS smartphone HP Veer 4G, it’s only said that the phone will be available in early spring without any info about the exact date yet the pricing. But today it’s all clear as AT&T announced that the phone will be available from AT&T stores and [...]

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Microsoft Launched New iPhone/iOS to Windows Phone 7 API mapping Tools & Guides

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Mobile apps store no doubt is a multi-million business and the growth still doesn’t seem to stop yet. Apple with it’s App Store and Google with it’s Android Market are two of the leaders on this market. While others including Microsoft are still continuing to grow as more apps coming to their store. And many [...]

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Must See BlackBerry Bold 9900/9930 Hands-on Videos

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The newly announced BlackBerry Bold 9900/9930 aka BlackBerry Bold Touch smartphones is probably one of hottest handsets to wait for this year. With so many improvements both hardware and software compare to the previous series including the new BlackBerry 7 OS, the BlackBerry Bold 9900/9930 will be a tremendous upgrade for BlackBerry users. The phone [...]

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By James on May 3, 2011 1 Comment

   

Roundup: List of Carriers to Offer BlackBerry Bold 9900/9930 [Updated]

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The newly announced BlackBerry 9900/9930 is absolutely a recommended smartphone for this year. And i have no doubt that this will be a perfect upgrade for BlackBerry users. The question is, who’s going to get this great smartphone and who’ll not. In this post we’ll list the summary of carriers who have confirmed to add [...]

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Demo: Android Apps Running on BlackBerry PlayBook

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YouTube video link for mobile viewing One of the most interesting steps that RIM has made recently is to let Android Apps running on BlackBerry PlayBook. And today at the BlackBerry World 2011 event, this process was demoed and from what we’ve seen on the demo, it looks great. This is an absolutely great opportunity [...]

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Microsoft Bing will Power BlackBerry Mobile Search and Maps

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Looks like Microsoft is now working their best efforts to compete with Android. After joined forces with Nokia few months ago, now Microsoft together with RIM announced a strategic mobile partnership. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer today at BlackBerry World 2011 announced that future BlackBerry devices will use Bing and Bing Maps as default mobile search [...]

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Roundup: New Smartphones Released in April 2011

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Starting from this month, we will post a special monthly article covering the roundup of new smartphones released or announced from the previous month. Unfortunately, in this first edition which means for April 2011, there were not so many new smartphones we can reported. We noted only 6 smartphones from 4 manufacturers including the HTC [...]

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LG Optimus 2X Awarded Guinness Record as ‘First Dual-Core Smartphone’

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LG surely meant it when they claimed the LG Optimus 2X as the world’s first dual-core smartphone. And now not only theme selves, but the world seemingly has to know that fact as the phone received a Guinness Records for that. As written on the statement on official Guinness website, The first mobile phone to [...]

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