Why does one thumb its nose at a $6 billion offer from Google? ‘Cause you can make a mighty fine sum from hawking Android-equipped KIRF iPads , apparently. Groupon offers KIRF iPad for $248, proves it’s the best deals site in the universe originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 15 Jul 2011 16:18:00 EDT
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Groupon offers KIRF iPad for $248, proves it’s the best deals site in the universe
Did you know that your second-gen Apple TV has a Bluetooth radio hidden inside it? Well it does but, until now, the only way to access it was with a little jailbreaking and some command line chops. That could all be changing though, with the release of iOS 5 this fall.
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Apple TV to score Bluetooth support with iOS 5, make search slightly less painful?
Remember when Google acquired Slide way back in 2010? A year after coasting smoothly down the chute into Mountain View , the social gaming company has finally begun to make a splash, launching Prizes (beta) last week, and now teasing Photovine, a social networking app that lets you connect with people through photo-driven themes.
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Google teases Photovine, slides back into image sharing
Who needs sleep, right?
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iOS 5 beta 3 already jailbroken, new features come to light
Nothing like a little legalese to take the edge off on a Monday, eh? Just months after Apple smacked HTC with an ITC complaint , it looks as if the company’s doing the same thing again. As if one ongoing ITC complaint against Samsung wasn’t enough, the US International Trade Commission is reporting that HTC is being accused again
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Apple files second ITC patent infringement complaint against HTC
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata made no bones about his disdain for casual mobile gaming during his keynote at GDC earlier this year. According to the executive, Nintendo will sustain itself with the sort of value absent from the current app explosion. Rovio naturally took issue with the statement and fired back, like so many disgruntled feathered animals.
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Pokemon headed to iOS, Android, Nintendo still doesn’t give a Jigglypuff about casual gaming
Nike this week rolled out updates to its Nike+ GPS app, including bug fixes and an auto-calibration feature, which should help improve the accuracy of your run.
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Nike+ GPS social update may make people run from your Twitter, Facebook accounts
And with that, the tradition continues. Every year or so, it seems that an iPhone prototype of some description manages to find its way onto eBay, and just over a year after the first iPhone 4 prototype made its way into public view , the precious item you see above is now available on a public auction site. To our knowledge, this is the first iPhone 4 prototype to be offered for sale on eBay — at least from someone who actually appears to be legitimate and in possession of the device he / she claims to own — boasting an etched ‘DF1692′ label in the lower right, omitted volume button markers and a mysterious ‘XXGB’ label around back.
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iPhone 4 prototype surfaces on eBay: A+++ condition, would buy again
You know the old story, right? You come into possession of plans for the Empire’s moon-sized space station, and now they’ve come to capture you
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Kinect / iPad hack should help you get Obi-Wan’s attention (video)
What’s this? Looks like the Internet Archive, everyone’s favorite repository for online antiquities, has gotten its hands on a fancy new apple “petabyte” server.
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Apple ‘petabyte’ server is open-source, keeps doctors away
A year and change after its launch , Apple’s iPad has established itself as both the progenitor and dominant entity in a new category of device: tablets . A large part of its success has undeniably been down to the enthusiasm shown by developers, who have recently crossed the notable marker of producing 100,000 applications compatible with the device. As is true of the vast app selection on the iPhone, quantity doesn’t guarantee quality, but the abundance of software available for the iPad at least offers a better chance of finding some wheat in amongst the chaff
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iPad passes the 100,000 apps milestone, rest of the tablet world looks on in disbelief
Singapore , the country infamous for fining residents caught chewing gum in public, will begin issuing iPads to its army, air force, and navy recruits in November.
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Singapore military to issue guns and uniforms, iPads to incoming servicemen
It’s only been a few days since Apple released iOS 5 beta 2, but we’ve already received a bevy of tips from developers who’ve spent some quality time with the update and uncovered a few of its more salient features.
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iOS 5 beta 2 blocks Gevey SIM Unlock, brings photo album curation to iDevices
You sank my battleship! Oh those sweet, sweet words. We’ve been longing to hear them since we set up camp behind our iPad , and Electronic Arts has just answered our cries.
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Battleship HD app lets you sink ships on your iPad
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (aka Bluetooth SIG ) has some fairly grand plans for the future of its wireless technology, and it’s now recruited some big players to help get it there.
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Bluetooth SIG takes aim at sensor market, adds Apple and Nordic to board of directors
A US district judge this week handed Apple a victory in its ongoing legal battle with Samsung, denying the former its reciprocal discovery request for a peek at prototypes of the upcoming versions of the iPhone and iPad. The request followed a similar one filed by Apple, in order to view Samsung products, including the Galaxy S II, Galaxy Tab 8.9, Galaxy Tab 10.1, Infuse 4G, and Droid Charge. Samsung, for its part, argued that taking an early look at the Apple’s upcoming phone and tablet would be relevant to the legal ruling, seeing as how any changes made in those upcoming products would affect the trade dress (“total product image”) of the line, and thereby potentially alter the possibility of consumer confusion, an important factor in determining infringement with certain unregistered trademarks with the product
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Samsung denied preview of iPad 3, iPhone 5 in ongoing Apple infringement suit
Well, Linux users, say goodbye to Air . Adobe has announced that version 2.7 will be your last official release and, going forward, you’ll have to rely on kind-hearted souls willing to fire up the Linux porting kit the company will be providing. Development teams will instead be focusing on the growing realm of mobile and improving Air support on iOS and Android, and likely bringing the browser-plus-flash app environment to webOS
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Adobe Air bids adieu to Linux, shifts focus to mobile
Making friends is hard. Apple knows this
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Apple patent application highlights location-based social networking, encourages intimate pinging
Like a vinyl record left out in the sun too long, Microsoft’s Comfort Curve Keyboard has returned, albeit slightly more warped than before.
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Microsoft’s ergonomically alliterative Comfort Curve Keyboard makes a contoured comeback
Fancy accessing your Windows Home Server directly from your Windows Phone? Then you might want to experiment with the Phone Connector add-in for WHS 2011 beta (aka Vail ). This lets you connect you to core network functions and settings via an app on your handset, including alerts, user accounts and connected devices.
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Windows Phone beta app plays nice with WHS 2011, streams media from your network
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While the upcoming Huawei myTouch may not be the phone at their top of everyone’s want list, it did just pass through the FCC on its way to T-Mobile store shelves in the near future. The FCC filing actually provides some details surrounding/confirming the phones specs as well including a 4″ WVGA display, 1.4GHz Qualcomm MSM8255T processor, 1GB RAM, 4GB internal storage, and a microSD card slot. Pretty much all the [read full article]
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Keep your eye on Wirefly.com tomorrow as they drop a nice little deal on the HTC One S for Memorial Day weekend. Beginning tomorrow, May 25th through May 28th, Wirefly is offering an extra $25 off their HTC One S pricing for T-Mobile. So what kind of pricing are you looking at — how about $125 for new activations and qualifying upgrade customers
Developers are uniting this weekend and putting a number of awesome Android titles on sale this weekend and if you’re a mobile gamer, you should be excited. They have a number of my own personal favorites including World of Goo, Canabalt HD, Anomaly Warzone Earth HD, Great Little War Game, Fieldrunners and more.
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We’re checking out IDC’s newest report for the first quarter of 2012 showing Google’s Android platform continuing it’s march toward global domination as its market-share climbs to 59%, with Apple a distant second at 23%.
Deutsche Telekom CEO Rene Obermann spoke this morning during his company’s investors call and said that a T-Mobile merger is still an option, though an outright sale is more than likely off the table.
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The rest is here: Big Apple Leads Millennial Q1 Device Ranks By Wide Margin: 28% For Brand, 15% For iPhone
On the heels of a Wall Street Journal report indicating Google is prepared to announce a variety of partnerships for their exclusive Nexus lineup of smartphones — comes news that these five devices will all arrive on November 5th. Remember, remember the fifth of November
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Some low-key news today as the T-Mobile Prism has already been available through the likes of Best Buy and Walmart since the beginning of May. Today does the mark the day however, that the Prism is available through T-Mobile owned retail stores as well T-Mobile.com. Interestingly enough, T-Mobile’s official press release back on May 2nd indicated the Prism would retail for $149.99 sans contract
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I wish I could say that you’re preparing to watch a twelve minute walk-through of a T-Mobile branded Galaxy S III, sadly that isn’t the case. Unfortunately, we’ve yet to see any of the US branded handsets appear in the wild but, this video courtesy of Tech65.com is a great 12 minute walk-through showing off plenty of Samsung’s flagship smartphone features. At the very least, you’ll have something to do for 12 minutes ..
Original post: Clueful Scans The Apps On Your iPhone, Tells You Which Ones Are Doing Naughty Things With Your Data
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