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[17 Mar 2010 | No Comment | ]
Google Nexus One coming to Sprint As well

Less than 24 hours after Google’s website published that an unlocked, unsubsidized Nexus One will be available with with AT&T 3G support, Google today made another announcement that Nexus One will soon be available on Sprint as well. Sprint has said that it will be announcing a release date and price "soon." And with that, the Nexus One will be available for all four major US carriers namely AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, and T-Mobile.
Here is the  press release:
Nexus One from Google Coming to Sprint; Availability Date Announced Soon …

Headline, Motorola CLIQ, Smartphone News »

[17 Mar 2010 | No Comment | ]
T-Mobile sets prices and release dates for HTC HD2 and Motorola CLIQ XT

T-Mobile has finally announced that the Android-powered Motorola CLIQ XT will be available in the stores from today. It has set a price tag of $129.99 with a two-year contract and after rebates. The Motorola CLIQ XT with MOTOBLUR is the upgraded model from the original CLIQ.  Changes to the XT include the removal of the slide-out full QWERTY keyboard, the addition of an optical trackpad, multitouch, and now supports Flash Lite.  Other features that remained the same include capacitive touchscreen, 5MP camera with video …

Featured, Smartphone News, Windows Phone 7 »

[17 Mar 2010 | No Comment | ]
Twikini Twitter App for Windows Phone 7

After just 2 days since Windows Phone 7 development tools were made available, Mist Labs has realeased the 2nd known Twitter App after Seesmic. Mist Labs is a company formed by Mel Sampat who was a member of the Windows Phone 7 development team.
Twikini is already one of the most popular Twitter apps in the world for Windows Mobile 6.x devices. The Windows Phone 7 version is being developed through a strategic partnership between Mist Labs and Trinket Software. Check out the preview at Mistlabs.com

Featured, Smartphone News »

[23 Feb 2010 | No Comment | ]
AT&T tops in PCWorld’s Second 3G Wireless Performance Test

In their latest tests across 13 cities, PCWorld has found that, AT&T’s download speeds were 67 percent faster on average than those of the other three largest U.S. wireless providers–Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon.
As per the test results, AT&T has significantly improved in all areas as compared to the tests that were conducted last spring. 
AT&T’s average download speed increased to 1410 kbps as compared to 818 kbps previously. In terms of network’s reliability PCWorld testers obtained a usable broadband connection with AT&T, 94 percent of their attempts. This number was only …

Motorola Devour, Smartphone News »

[5 Feb 2010 | No Comment | ]
Motorola Devour Gallery and Technical Specifications

Motorola and Verizon Wireless have announced their new Android OS based smartphone called the Motorola Devour. This is the 2nd Android based phone from Motorola following the very popular Motorola Droid. The Motorola Devour to be available in March, will be the first Verizon Wireless phone to feature MOTOBLUR which is Motorola’s unique Android-powered content delivery service created to make wireless phones more personal and customizable. Like the Motorola Droid, which debuted to much fanfare in November, the Devour has a touch screen that slides away to reveal a keyboard.

Devour’s …

Featured, Google HTC Nexus One, Smartphone News »

[14 Dec 2009 | No Comment | ]
First pictures of Google NexusOne Phone

The rumored Google Phone is finally here with leaked pictures making headlines all over the Gadget world. The Google Phone (NexusOne) is believed to be a HTC phone running on what else Google Android OS. It is rumored to be a unlocked GSM phone without being locked in to any carrier and is expected to be available sometime in January.
As for the hardware the Google Phone looks thinner than the iPhone, has no keyboard, and two mics. The mic on the back of the phone helps eliminate background noise, …

Smartphone News, iPhone 3G »

[10 Dec 2009 | No Comment | ]
Google Mobile iPhone App updated and available on AppStore

A new version of the Google Mobile App for the iPhone has been updated and more importantly approved by Apple for the AppStore. In this new version Google has modified the design such that moew results are shown at once. And also when you click the search results link the web page will open within the application unlike the older version where the web page was launched on safari.
Google has also improved the voice based serach by providing a feature where you can choose or set your …

BlackBerry Storm, Google Android OS, Motorola Droid, Smartphone News, T-Mobile G1 »

[10 Dec 2009 | One Comment | ]
Twitter Apps For BlackBerry and Android from yfrog

yfrog makers of video and image sharing site for Twitter have released 2 new apps: yfrog for Blackberry and yfrog for Android. With these apps you will able to easily share photos and videos on Twitter directly from your Android or BlackBerry phone and the best thing about these apps is that they are available for free.
yfrog App for Android Features

Tweet images and video to twitter
View tweets
View followers and people you’re following
View messages and mentions
Search Twitter
Queue multiple uploads
Included GPS location with …

Samsung Omnia, Smartphone News »

[2 Dec 2009 | No Comment | ]
Verizon starts selling Samsung Omnia II

After Samsung announced its new Samsung Omnia II touch screen smartphone back in July, Verizon has now begun selling it just in time for the Christmas holiday season. Samsung Omnia II is the 2nd Windows Mobile 6.5 OS device for Verizon after the HTC Imagio. The Omnia II features a large 3.7-inch AMOLED display with WVGA resolution, TouchWiz 2.0 UI and 3D effects.
It also features a 5 megapixel camera, 8GB of internal memory expandable via microSD plus standard features like Wi-Fi 3G on Verizon’s EV-DO network, stereo …

Google Android OS, HTC Hero, Motorola Droid, Smartphone News »

[30 Nov 2009 | No Comment | ]
Dolphin Browser brings Multi-touch support to Motorola Droid and HTC Hero

Dolphin Browser has been updated to support multi-touch for the Motorola Droid. Previous versions of the web browser supported only the HTC Hero and customized Cyanogen Android firmware. Along with enhancing your web browsing experience with multi-touch, Dolphin Browser also has some very good features for Social networking and others.