In the Android realm, Swype has been life-changing for many; of course, reverting back to the messaging ways of old has been a must when jumping ship to WP7 .
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Sliding Keyboard: it’s like Swype, but for Windows Phone 7
Windows Phone’s latest iteration (codename Mango ) is all about keeping it in the hood. We had a chance to sit down with a Windows Phone rep before today’s big reveal , and they let us in on a couple of new features that will most definitely set the OS apart — at least when it comes to navigating the tangled web that is the internet. We did get a quick glimpse at IE9 , but the new browser isn’t much of a game changer — it supports HTML5, but still won’t deliver Flash or Silverlight compatibility
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Windows Phone ‘Mango’ search offers location-specific results, app integration (video)
It’s only been 109 days since Meizu’s remarkable launch of the M9 Android, but as we all know, there’s nothing stopping our man Jack Wong from teasing his next flagship phone on his forum. Previously known as the M9II , Wong has now renamed this 4-inch handset to MX — apparently short for “meng xiang” or “dream” in Mandarin Chinese, though X can also cunningly double up as the Roman numeral for 10 here.
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Meizu MX to be Jack Wong’s next dream phone, coming with HDMI-out by year’s end
For a mobile operating system that touts its “openness,” it’s a bit perplexing that you’d have to root an Adroid phone to get any sort of screenshot capabilities. What about developers or technophiles like us who need an easy screenshot utility?
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How To Take A Screenshot on Your Android Device Without Rooting it
Happy April Fools Day! While we didn’t actually plan out a prank of our own, we did find some nifty apps to help you prank your friends and ring in the first of April. ThinkGeek This has nothing to do with apps or your Mac
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Free App Friday: Happy April Fools
Apple may be considering adding a 3D photo capabilities to a future iPhone, according to this recently uncovered patent application .
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Weekly Poll: Is a 3D Phone in Your Future?
Everyone’s curious about jailbreaking their iDevices, but so many myths swirl around that it’s easy to get confused about exactly what jailbreaking is and why you might try it. That’s why we’re separating jailbreaking fact from fiction, one rumor at a time.
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Jailbreaking: The Rumors and The Realities
Is it really, truly possible to market a Froyo-based smartphone — let alone one from 2010 — to a demographic obsessed with Cauliflower ear? MetroPCS seems to think so, and its version of the Huawei Ascend just so happens to be “sanctioned” by TapouT. Hailed as the first brand to represent MMA, TapouT’s roots are plastered all about the innards of the phone, with this Special Edition handset shipping with ten virtual training center videos, a dozen static wallpapers, six live wallpapers and a host of presumably violent Android applications
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MetroPCS lays the TapouT smackdown on Huawei’s Ascend… gently
It’s a good thing that I decided to sign up for AT&T’s implementation of the iOS 4.3 Personal Hotspot feature while I was standing in line for my iPad 2 a couple of weeks ago.
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iPhone 4 Personal Hotspot put to the test
You dial the conference call number. Or you can copy and paste it into Skype, or just click the link in your phone’s e-mail app
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Steal This Enterprise Startup Idea: One-Click Conference Calls
Yowza. It’s been a while since Samsung has done anything on the software side that was particularly original — but this… this is friggin’ awesome.
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Video: Would You Use Samsung’s Crazy (And Arguably Brilliant) New Webpage Zooming System?
We’re just receiving word that HTC HD7 owners can expect a nice surprise starting tomorrow in the form of the much anticipated NoDo update for Windows Phone 7 . The NoDo update will bring a bevy of changes to the WP7 platform in the form of copy and paste, faster apps and games, better marketplace searches and other marketplace improvements along with Wi-Fi improvements, camera improvements and various performance enhancements. This is definitely a significant update and the real first test for the Windows Phone 7 platform
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T-Mobile HTC HD7 Owners To Start Receiving NoDo Update Tomorrow
Each year we set our calendars to expect new hardware announcements around WWDC, if not actually during Apple’s annual developers’ conference. Last year we got a glimpse of the iPhone 4 in action .
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WWDC 2011 unlikely to launch hardware, iPhone 5 may be later this year
CHARGE Anywhere , a mobile payments company and gateway provider, has introduced a system that enables the Google Nexus S phone to function as an NFC-enabled mobile payments terminal. Using a mobile application downloaded to the device, merchants can accept NFC payments using just their Nexus S smartphone.
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CHARGE Anywhere Makes Nexus S an NFC Terminal
Ever wonder how all those data bits, naughty sexting messages, and angry voice calls get from point A to point B?
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A Trip Into The Network: A Look Inside A Verizon Superswitch
We chatted with a fascinating French startup by the name of Wysips here at CTIA today that’s showing off transparent photovoltaic film — in other words, it generates power from light… and you can see right through it . It’s the only such film in the world, apparently — and though you can probably imagine a host of possible applications for something like that, turning the entire surface of a touchscreen smartphone into a self-sufficient, solar-powered beast is clearly high on the list.
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Wysips wants to turn your phone’s display into a solar cell (hands-on with video)
Fabio Sisinni of PayPal’s Mobile team was at this week’s CTIA Wireless 2011 conference in Orlando, Florida to talk about the company’s vision for mobile commerce. Paypal’s usage on mobile phones has soared over the past few years, and the company is now processing around $6 million in mobile transactions per day. It’s on track to produce a total payment volume of $2 billion in 2011 on mobile, Sisinni says, a figure that’s up from just $24 million in 2008.
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CTIA: PayPal Talks Future of Mobile Commerce
” Early 2011 ” is rapidly passing us by — as, for that matter, is March — but we still wouldn’t rule out a Verizon Wireless launch of the HTC Trophy smartphone. You see, the carrier’s seemingly still advertising the Windows Phone 7 device inside Microsoft itself, in a likely attempt to gather preorders before the device hits shelves.
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Verizon renews HTC Trophy offer for Microsoft employees
There’s new application launching here at the CTIA Wireless 2011 conference in Orlando, Florida: Gogobeans . The app is a digital locker of sorts for all your phone’s content – photos, videos, contacts, bookmarks, files, apps and more
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Gogobeans: Digital Locker and Sharing Solution for iPhone & Android
Unsurprisingly, El Goog gifted the Android versions of Latitude and Places with these updates a few weeks back, but now the iOS loyalists are being brought into a similar circle. The search giant has just added check-ins to the iOS version of Google Latitude, with any iDevice using iOS 4 or higher being deemed compatible.
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Google brings check-ins to Google Latitude on iPhone, 30 languages to Places
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Continued here: Exec, The YC-Backed Mobile App For Instantly Doing Your Errands, Raises $3.3M
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.
Excerpt from: Autodesk Launches The Pen-And-Ink SketchBook Ink App for iPad
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
Read more: Sonar Rolls Out “Here-Now” Mobile Social Network, Adds Status, Messaging, Notifications
Read more from the original source: The Verdict Is In: Google Did NOT Infringe On Oracle’s Patents
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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More: Target Rolls Out Shopkick Integration Nationwide
Read the original here: McAfee: Mobile Malware Explodes, Increases 1,200% In Q1 2012
See original here: 9M Users Strong, MapMyFitness Brings Check-Ins, Advanced Google Maps Integration To Fitness Tracking
Read more here: Betaworks Acquires And Relaunches Hownow, The Semi-Anonymous Hyperlocal Social Network iPhone App
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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
Read more: Appcelerator Partners With Geoloqi To Bring Location Services To Its 1.6 Million Developers
Read the rest here: Forget Those Scraps Of Paper, SnipSnap Lets You Save And Share Coupons From Your iPhone
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