Smartphone News
 | Native Firefox for Android reaches beta status Firefox for Android has reached beta status. The latest versions is different from previous versions because its built with the native Android UI. Previously Firefox was available via nightly builds, but now that its reached beta status you can pick it up from Google Play....
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 | Feeding America charity leaves BlackBerry for Windows Phone Feeding America, the nation’s leading domestic hunger-relief charity, has dumped the BlackBerry in favor of Windows Phone. We've heard of companies leaving BlackBerry for the iPhone, but this move is one of the first publicized migrations to Windows Phone. Obviously, Micro...
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 | Porsche designed BlackBerry wins Smartphone of the Year Award The Porsche designed BlackBerry P9981 has won the Plus X Award for Smartphone of the Year. We haven't heard much about the P9981 beyond a few press releases about how interesting it was that Porsche designed a BlackBerry. I have no idea how popular this phone is, but my im...
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 | RIM continues executive shake up with new marketing chief Research in Motion said Tuesday it has hired two new senior executives, including a marketing chief. Frank Boulben will be the new chief marketing officer and will be responsible for bringing RIM out of the massive marketing hole they are in. Boulben served as executive vi...
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 | Viber for BlackBerry and Windows Phone released Viber today announced the availability of Viber for BlackBerry Beta and Windows Phone 7 Beta. With more than 69 million registered iPhone and Android users already, Viber looks to expand its reach and be the premier mobile VoIP and messaging company.
"We believe if you're ...
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 | Nokia snags exclusive app deals for Lumia Windows Phones Nokia has announced a few exclusive partnerships to kick off their CTIA 2012 conference. Nokia has partnered with PGA Tour to bring the game to the Lumia line of Windows Phones. The deal is an exclusive for Nokia for 12 months, starting in June 2012. Nokia also negotiate...
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 | Apple releases iOS 5.1.1 for bug fixes Apple has released a small update to iOS taking it to version 5.1.1. The update should be applied to the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. The new update fixes several minor bugs as listed below.
Improves reliability of using HDR option for photos taken using the Lock Screen ...
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 | RIM tries "Wake Up, Be Bold" campaign RIM has launched a new website that takes aim at Apple iPhone users. The Wake Up and Be Bold site is apparently trying to convince us that BlackBerry users are more serious for some reason. Taking a swipe at Apple's well known slogan the site says, BlackBerry users don’t j...
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 | RIM shares hit 8-year low RIM's stock has been slowly losing its value and yesterday it hit an eight year low. In afternoon trading on Thursday RIM's stock hit $11.92 per share. It hasn't been that low since 2004. And, the stock has dropped 15% in just the last 3 days, and RIM just showed off its ...
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 | iPad keyboard prototype makes typing faster Apple says the iPad will lead the post-pc world, but the iPad still cannot compare to a PC in terms of speed of data entry. Daniel Hopper has built a keyboard prototype that he wants Apple to incorporate into the iPad. As you can see in the video, he has some serious sugge...
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 | New BlackBerry 10 keyboard shown off at BlackBerry World 2012 RIM CEO Thorsten Heins took to the stage at BlackBerry World 2012 to show off some of the new features of the upcoming BlackBerry 10. Most of the features did not seem all that impressive, but one of the things that caught my eye is the soft keyboard.
Most BlackBerry use...
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