Tuesday, June 14, 2011

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T-Mobile celebrates dads with a year of free data

Posted: 14 Jun 2011 04:45 AM PDT

T-Mobile has announced an interesting new promotion that can be taken advantage of only on June 18. In the name of Father's Day, the carrier will offer a free year of data services to anyone who signs a new two-year agreement on that day.
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Swype 3.0 beta virtual keyboard for Android coming today

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 04:36 PM PDT

Swype has announced that the 3.0 beta version of its Swype virtual keyboard for Android smartphones will be available within a few hours. The new update features support for Android 3.x Honeycomb tablets as well as a new, more conventional horizontally laid out list of possible word matches. Swype also now includes prediction and correction for words manually tapped in with individual keys as well as those "swyped" in using a fingertip gesture. The Swype beta software site can be found here.
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RIM investor wants to split up the dynamic duo of CEOs

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 02:01 PM PDT

An investor in RIM has petitioned the company for a shareholder voite on whether the company should force Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie to split up their currently shared roles as co-CEOs and charimen of the board. The investment firm says that current situation "contradicts the company's own statement, widely acknowledged best practice, and regulatory expectations." RIM asked shareholders to vote against the petition, citing that an independent board member, John Richardson, is already acting as the leader of the board.
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Android 2.3 Gingerbread update for Motorola DROID 2 imminent

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 01:09 PM PDT

The promised update to Android 2.3 Gingerbread for the Motorola DROID 2 on Verizon Wireless must be right around the corner, as Verizon has posted an information page on its website detailing instructions on how to update the phone's software. It is likely that Verizon will roll out the update in phases, as it has done with previous updates. No word on when the update will begin to hit users, but it likely won't be too long now.
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U.S. Cellular gets HTC 7 Pro Windows Phone 7 smartphone tomorrow

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 12:22 PM PDT

U.S. Cellular has announced that it will carry the HTC 7 Pro starting tomorrow. The 7 Pro is the first Windows Phone 7 smartphone to be offered by U.S. Cellular.
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SouthernLINC adds two new Motorola phones to PTT line-up

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 11:46 AM PDT

SouthernLINC, a regional carrier based out of Atlanta, has announced the addition of two new Motorola phones with push-to-talk capabilities to its line-up.
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Developer survey says many iOS developers also support Android

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 11:15 AM PDT

A survey of iOS developers at Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference by analyst firm Piper Jaffray has revealed that a significant number of the developers support the Android platform in addition to iOS.
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Evernote updates iOS app with Twitter, Facebook sharing

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 11:00 AM PDT

Popular note-taking service, Evernote, has released an update to its iOS app that adds social sharing features and better sorting options. Version 4.0.4 now lets users easily push notes to Twitter or Facebook so they can be shared with friends, and allows notebook and tag lists to be sorted alphabetically, or by note count. There is also a new landscape view of notes that displays more information at one time, and performance improvements throughout the app. Evernote for iOS is free, and available in the iTunes App Store now.
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Ericsson launches mobile money system for European users

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 10:35 AM PDT

Ericsson has launched a new service in Europe called Ericsson Money that allows users to send and receive funds via their mobile phones. There is an eWallet function that allows users to load money onto a pre-paid MasterCard to make purchases with the Ericsson Money account. Ericsson looks to add features like bill payments and online shopping in the future. Ericsson Money is available to users in the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Poland, and Sweden. Ericsson has plans to branch out the service to more European countries in the future.
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BBC News for Android gets worldwide availability

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 10:10 AM PDT

The BBC released a version of its BBC News app for Android a few weeks ago, but access to it was restricted to users in the UK only. Now there is a worldwide version of the app available in the Android Market, so the rest of the world can get in on official news from the BBC.
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Nokia Siemens Networks doubles GSM capacity with software

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 09:38 AM PDT

While many in the west are focusing their concerns on 4G technologies, there are millions of people in the rest of the world who only have access to increasingly crowded 2G cellular networks. Nokia Siemens has developed a new software program that allows carriers to expand their capacity with the spectrum that they already own.
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Apple worth as much as Microsoft, HP, Dell combined

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 08:48 AM PDT

TechCrunch has reported an interesting fact about the growth and net worth of Apple: the Cupertino company is now worth as much as its three closest competitors (Microsoft, HP, and Dell) combined.
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Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 takes the place of in-flight entertainment

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 08:33 AM PDT

Samsung has announced a new partnership with American Airlines to provide Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablets for in-flight entertainment on select domestic and international flights. Samsung will supply American Airlines with 6,000 of the Android 3.1 Honeycomb tablets to install in its planes.
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Samsung, Apple will overtake Nokia in smartphone shipments says analyst

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 08:17 AM PDT

Analysts for Nomura are claiming that both Samsung and Apple will overtake Nokia in smartphone shipments this year. Nokia has held the top slot for worldwide smartphone shipments since 1996.
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Dragon Remote Mic lets iPhone users dictate to their PCs

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 07:30 AM PDT

A new app from Nuance called Dragon Remote Mic allows users to turn their iPhones into a remote mic for their PCs. With Dragon Remote Mic, users can dictate to or control applications on their PC, just by talking into their iPhones.
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More malware pulled from Android Market; beware of Angry Birds cheat apps

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 06:54 AM PDT

Malware has been found in the Android Market yet again, as reports that 10 more apps have been pulled by Google. All of the apps in question were claiming to be cheat or helper apps for the popular Angry Birds games.
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HP to jump into NFC arena

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 06:40 AM PDT

According to Bloomberg, HP is planning two new mobile devices that will allow users to make purchases with their phones. The new devices will utilize near field communications (NFC) for the mobile payment functionality.
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iOS, iPhone speech recognition possibly coming this fall

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 06:01 AM PDT

Screenshots of the latest version of the Apple iOS 5 operating system beta have leaked out that show built-in speech recognition support powered by Nuance.
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HTC Flyer tablet passes FCC certification with T-Mobile 3G support

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 05:43 AM PDT

The HTC Flyer tablet could be headed to T-Mobile, as an FCC filing has been revealed that shows a version with T-Mobile-compatible 3G bands. Everything else about the tablet is the same as other versions, save for the 1700MHz frequency support required for 3G data on T-Mobile. An official release date is unknown, though rumors have pegged the Flyer to hit T-Mobile on July 6.
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Samsung T528 touch phone headed to TracFone

Posted: 13 Jun 2011 05:22 AM PDT

A new touchscreen phone that is destined for pre-paid carrier TracFone has been outted on Samsung's website. The T528 offers a 3-inch touchscreen display and Samsung's TouchWiz 2.0 interface.
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