Best Buy offers free flip case for Samsung Galaxy Note pre-orders
News - February 04, 2012 - Category: Android
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Best Buy is offering customers who pre-order the Samsung Galaxy Note a flip case cover. Pre-orders starte on February 5, and you can get a case that normally costs $29.99 for free, just by pre-ordering at Best Buy.
The Galaxy Note has a massive 5.3" display and will retail for $299.99 when it is released on February 19, 2012.
The company's full statement is below:
Best Buy announced the Samsung Galaxy Note will be available for pre-order starting Sunday, Feb. 5. Customers who pre-order the device at Best Buy, Best Buy Mobile, or online at...read more
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Windows Phone Marketplace now open in 5 additional countries
News - February 04, 2012 - Category: Pocket PC
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The Windows Phone Marketplace for apps and games is now open in five new countries. As of yesterday, the Windows Phone Marketplace works in Argentina, Indonesia, Malaysia, Peru and the Philippines. Windows Phone users in those countries can now tap the marketplace tile to start downloading apps. Previously, anyone in those countries would have had to set the country on their phone to something else. ...read more
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iPhone 5 to have Liquipel waterproofing treatment
News - February 04, 2012 - Category: iPhone
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There is a rumor floating around that the next version of the iPhone and the Galaxy S III will have Liquipel waterproofing treatment applied. Today's iPhone quotes a well placed source that has made some correct calls in the past, especially in regards to the launch of the white iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S.
The source is well-placed in one of the UK’s top independent phone retailers. He states that both the next iPhone and the Samsung Galaxy S III will have Liquipel treatment. The Liquipel coating covers both inside and outside the phones to mak...read more
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Track your BlackBerry's radiation level with Tawkon
Software Reviews - February 04, 2012 - Category: RIM
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tawkon provides a smart, practical solution to mobile phone radiation, with minimal disruption to normal phone usage.
tawkon monitors and analyzes your mobile phone radiation so you can “talk on” as usual and receive smart prompts to avoid radiation just when you need to.
Mobile radiation constantly changes; tawkon is the only application that recognizes when radiation exposure has increased, alerts you when radiation levels cross a predefined threshold, and provides simple, non-intrusive suggestions to reduce exposure to radiation. Suggestio...read more
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Whitman thinks webOS better than iOS and Android
News - February 03, 2012 - Category: Palm
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The new CEO of HP has given a sit down interview with CRN that covers quite a bit of ground. The subject of webOS came up and Whitman says HP will be behind the OS in a "big way." Even though HP decided to open source webOS, it looks like the company will be making hardware that uses webOS in the future.
We're going to build a new business together. We're going to build another operating system that has huge advantages, in my view, over iOS, which is a closed system, [and] Android, which is incredibly fragmented and may ultimately be more cl...read more
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BlackBerry use continues to grow in government
News - February 03, 2012 - Category: RIM
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Although RIM has seen a sharp decline in market share among US consumers, the government sector is another story. BlackBerry has seen consistent growth among government users. The growth isn't huge, and RIM hasn't given specific numbers, but growth is said to be steady.
"[The federal government sector] continues to grow in terms of new subscriber acquisition as well as in the reinvestment/refresh business, or customers that are at the end of their contract upgrading to new BlackBerrys," said Scott Totzke, senior VP of BlackBerry security at ...read more
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Dropbox for Android beta lets users earn 5GB of free space
News - February 03, 2012 - Category: Android
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Dropbox is running a promotion to encourage people to try the beta version of Dropbox for Android. The new version's biggest feature is automatic uploading of pictures and video. If you don't care about privacy, you can have all of the pictures and video you take on your Android device automatically uploaded to your Dropbox account. With the new Dropbox, your Android phone would effectively work like Apple's iCloud.
Dropbox will give you 500MB of free space for the first picture you take with the new beta version. After that, for every 500...read more
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RIM offers free PlayBook for Android developers who repackage their apps
News - February 02, 2012 - Category: Android
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RIM is trying to build their collection of Android apps that will run on the BlackBerry PlayBook. To help get developers rolling, the company is offering a free PlayBook to any Android Developer who repackages their Android app, and submits it to the BlackBerry App World by February 13.
The promotion was announced on Twitter by Alec Saunders, VP of developer relations.
Shh.... Android Devs - submit your Android app to BB AppWorld by Feb 13 and get a free Playbook --> tools here: http://bit.ly/w758Ci
RIM makes the process pret...read more
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Enhance your email with Email++ for BlackBerry
Software Reviews - February 02, 2012 - Category: RIM
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Enhance your BlackBerry® email experience today with Email++ - A fully integrated graphical toolbar for the native BlackBerry Email app with features such as Convert To, Forward/Reply with Edit, Unsend, Priority, Block/Filter, My Availability and My Location. Email++ also features Microsoft Outlook like Message Preview no matter on which screen (including the Homescreen) you are on. Tired of fragmented plugins that show up as mere menu items in the email app and are hard to find and use? Try Email++ today and love email like never before.
FEAT...read more
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Microsoft makes "Gmail Man" video public in response to Google's Privacy Policy change
News - February 02, 2012 - Category: Pocket PC
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This video isn't new, but it's new to the public. Microsoft made this video last year but it was used internally for its internal Global Exchange sales conference last July. In light of the recent change to Google's privacy policy, Microsoft has not only taken ads out in local newspapers criticizing Google, they have made the "Gmail Man" video public.
The video shows a mail man looking through letters to find keywords for ads. The spoof is obviously targeted at Gmail's practice of showing keyword ads that related to your email. In Micros...read more
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Apple now no. 3 in global smartphone sales
News - February 02, 2012 - Category: iPhone
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IDC has released new global smartphone market share numbers and Apple is now number 3 worldwide. According to IDC, Nokia is still number one, and Samsung is number two. The iPhone 4S obviously helped Apple take the number 3 slot.
Apple jumped into the third spot globally from the fifth spot last quarter thanks to a record-breaking quarter of shipments. That represents the Cupertino-based company's highest-ever ranking on IDC's Top 5 global mobile phone leaderboard. The launch of Apple's iPhone 4S smartphone, which is now available in over 90...read more
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Windows Phone 8 details revealed
News - February 02, 2012 - Category: Pocket PC
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Details of Windows Phone 8 have been revealed in a video by senior vice president and Windows Phone manager Joe Belfiore. The video, seen by PocketNow, was intended for Nokia and its partners. In the video, Belfiore discusses several changes coming to Windows Phone 8, and there are several.
Multicore processor support
Four new screen resolutions
NFC support
Removable microSD storage
Developers can reuse of "most of their code" from Windows 8 Desktop apps to port to mobile
ActiveSync will come back
128-bit native BitLocker data encryption for...read more
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New RIM board chair promises more changes to revive BlackBerry
News - February 02, 2012 - Category: RIM
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Newly appointed board chair Barbara Stymiest has promised more changes to RIM's board will come. In an effort to shake things up RIM's co-founders stepped down as co-ceos, but still remain on the board. That drew criticism from some investors and Stymiest is obviously trying to ease their concerns.
Stymiest is still reviewing the composition of the board, and said in an interview that adding India-born investor Prem Watsa has already brought a "key understanding of Asian markets to RIM’s leadership."
“Driving change in an organization mea...read more
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Samsung mystery ICS phone press photo leaked on Twitter
News - February 02, 2012 - Category: Android
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This press photo was leaked on Twitter by industry insider Eldar Murtazin. It is a Samsung phone running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, that will be announced at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona later this month. The phone is believed to be a new device, but NOT the Samsung Galaxy S III because Samsung says the S III will appear after MWC.
Could it be the Galaxy S II Plus? This looks a lot like the S II, except for the buttons at the bottom of the phone. We'll have to wait and see, but my money is on the S II Plus....read more
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