Wednesday, February 19, 2014

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BBM now works with Android 2.3 Gingerbread

Posted: 19 Feb 2014 04:56 AM PST

BlackBerry has made good on its promise to bring its messaging service to older model Android devices. BBM originally worked only on Android 4.x devices, but it has since been updated to work on the millions of phones still running the outdated Android 2.3 Gingerbread. Adding support to older devices offers BBM access to significantly more people because Gingerbread accounts for 1 in 5 active Android devices. Gingerbread is especially active in many of the emerging markets that BlackBerry is still a strong player, so getting more people under its service umbrella should be a positive for the company. Download BBM for Android
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T-Mobile has really ticked off BlackBerry fans and CEO

Posted: 18 Feb 2014 02:21 PM PST

T-Mobile's marketing department upset everyone firmly in BlackBerry's corner, including its very vocal fans and the man tasked with letting people other than those fans care about the struggling smartphone vendor once again. What did T-Mobile do to upset so many people? The company told them all to buy an iPhone.
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Google updates Translate to fit iOS 7 and new handwriting tools for more languages

Posted: 18 Feb 2014 01:21 PM PST

Google in recent years has made great strides to improve the use of its services on an iPhone or iPad, but the company has been less active when it comes to fitting those apps into iOS 7. Today, Google got closer to completing that goal by updating Translate.
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Rocki makes your existing speakers Wi-Fi friendly and controllable with a smartphone

Posted: 18 Feb 2014 09:17 AM PST

Managing home audio solutions through a smartphone can be great if you have a single station or money to create a large, interconnected speaker setup. Rocki, a successfully-funded Kickstarter campaign from a startup in the Netherlands has introduced a new solution that tries to merge the two.
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HTC promises to replace cracked screens for first 6 months of ownership

Posted: 18 Feb 2014 08:08 AM PST

HTC America today announced a new program called HTC Advantage that will offer a one-time cracked screen replacement at no charge to the customer, if it happens in the first six months of someone owning the device.
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LG Knock Code is a new hidden way to unlock a device

Posted: 18 Feb 2014 07:17 AM PST

LG smartphones like the G2 and G Flex feature Knock Knock wake commands to open the phone from the lock screen. LG has expanded that feature to include Knock Code, a new wake command that only works when a specific pattern is entered on the screen.
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Samsung confirms which U.S. phones will get Android 4.4 KitKat

Posted: 18 Feb 2014 06:46 AM PST

Samsung Mobile has confirmed which phones will receive the Android 4.4 KitKat update in the coming weeks. Though we've all expected the Galaxy Note 3 and Galaxy S4 to be updated, the long list of other devices on the fence finally have some more clarity.
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HTC confirms March 25 as date for next HTC One

Posted: 18 Feb 2014 06:13 AM PST

The 2014 version of the HTC One is officially being unveiled on March 25. HTC has begun sending invites for press events taking place in New York City and London next month when we'll finally see the the phone that has been leaked several times as the M8.
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HTC One, One Max, and One Mini updated to Android 4.4 in India

Posted: 18 Feb 2014 05:34 AM PST

HTC today began releasing the Android 4.4 KitKat update to the HTC One (dual-SIM), One Max, and One Mini smartphones in India, ahead of the expected updates for the phones in the US.
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