Archive for October, 2008

I.TV Introduces TV and Movie Guide for iPhone/iPod touch

i.TV has developed an interactive TV and movie guide application for Apple iPhone/iPod touch devices.

Featuring up-to-date TV and movie listings based on their current location and other customizable profile settings, i.TV adds background information

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Third-party BlackBerry Software Development a Learning Process for RIM

Third-party BlackBerry Software Development a Learning Process for RIM

WRITTEN BY: Michael Morisy, News Writer

As Research in Motion Ltd. (RIM)

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Nokia Releases Beta 3 of its New Email Application

Nokia has released the third beta for its Nokia Email service and application.

This email application is still in development, and is separate from the Messaging application which usually handles email on Symbian S60 devices. This

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Widen Your Choices with Unlocked Smartphones

Widen Your Choices with Unlocked Smartphones

Most people, when they are deciding which phone to get, do all their shopping on their wireless provider’s website or store. But

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Details Already Leaking Out on the Next-Generation BlackBerry

The BlackBerry Bold, Storm, and Pearl Flip are still in the process of being rolled out and the first report of the smartphone that’s going to follow them has already surfaced.

BGR says it was

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LG Announces Second Generation Prada Phone

LG Announces Second Generation Prada Phone

The original LG Prada won  praise for being a fashion-friendly and simple to use full touchscreen phone. By adding features usually seen

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Sprint Releasing Palm Centro in New Colors, More Storage

Sprint Releasing Palm Centro in New Colors, More Storage

Palm, Inc. has just announced that Sprint’s version of the Centro will soon be available in two new colors:

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Reading Shouldn’t Require an Interface

Go to your bookshelf, pick out any book, find your favorite chair, and begin reading.

Now, go to your smartphone or PDA, power it on, unlock the screen, scroll and open the ebook reader, click

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Verizon Getting the Samsung Omnia

Verizon Getting the Samsung Omnia

After the Samsung Omnia debuted in Europe over the summer, many were wondering if any of the U.S. wireless carriers are going to

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T-Mobile Has Already Sold 1.5 Million Android-Powered Smartphones

T-Mobile Has Already Sold 1.5 Million Android-Powered Smartphones

When Google, T-Mobile, and HTC unveiled the first smartphone running Android last month, Google’s many fans were excited by the idea

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BlackBerry Pearl Flip Launching Today

BlackBerry Pearl Flip Launching Today

The first BlackBerry flip phone is now available in the United States, exclusively from T-Mobile.

The BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 is a consumer-oriented smartphone that

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First ALP-Powered Smartphone Debuting this Month

First ALP-Powered Smartphone Debuting this Month

The first smartphone running Access’s ALP could be out next month. This device will — the Emblaze Mobile Edelweiss — will have

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Developer Creates Dual-Boot Smartphone: iPhone and Windows Mobile

Developer Creates Dual-Boot Smartphone: iPhone and Windows Mobile

There’s good news for those who want to double the usefulness of their iPhone: a developer will soon release an application that will allow Apple’s smartphone to run…

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I.TV Introduces TV and Movie Guide for iPhone/iPod touch

i.TV has developed an interactive TV and movie guide application for Apple iPhone/iPod touch devices.

Featuring up-to-date TV and movie listings based on their current location and other customizable profile settings, i.TV adds background information for…

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Third-party BlackBerry Software Development a Learning Process for RIM

As Research in Motion Ltd. (RIM) tries to build a thriving third-party application ecosystem for the BlackBerry, the company and its independent software vendor (ISV) partners are learning some hard lessons about working together.

“We’re going…

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Nokia Releases Beta 3 of its New Email Application

Nokia has released the third beta for its Nokia Email service and application.

This email application is still in development, and is separate from the Messaging application which usually handles email on Symbian S60 devices. This latest…

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Widen Your Choices with Unlocked Smartphones

Widen Your Choices with Unlocked Smartphones

Most people, when they are deciding which phone to get, do all their shopping on their wireless provider’s website or store. But this isn’t…

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Scheduled Forum Maintenance Tomorrow Morning

The Brighthand forums will be undergoing routine maintenance on Saturday, October 11.

During this time — from 8 am EST to around 1 pm EST — the ability for anyone to post will be disabled. The forum will be…

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LG May Be Prepping Its First Ever Windows Mobile Smartphone

If an unconfirmed report is correct, LG’s very first model running Windows Mobile will soon be released by AT&T.

Until now, this company has concentrated on producing stylish featurephones. Still, an anonymous source has sent Engadget a partial…

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Digia Releases Web: New Web Browser for UIQ

Digia Releases Web: New Web Browser for UIQ

Digia has released @Web, a web browser for UIQ smartphones that has been designed to be fully controllable with a finger touch.

Jari-Pekka…

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First Glimpse of Verizon’s Samsung i770

Motorola Q 11 Coming in December

Verizon Wireless appears to be getting close to releasing the Samsung i770, a new Windows Mobile 6.1 smartphone. This will likely be the replacement for…

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Motorola Q 11 Coming in December

Match Wits with Opponents Worldwide with Spb Online Games

Motorola has unveiled a latest in its venerable Q series of of smartphones. The Q 11 will offer Wi-Fi, GPS, but…

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Match Wits with Opponents Worldwide with Spb Online Games

When Spb Software launched Spb Online several weeks ago it included a collection of online games. The company has now decided to offer this feature as a stand-alone service.

The new…

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AT&T’s Pantech Duo Gets Windows Mobile 6.1 Upgrade

Pricing Leaked for AT&T's Touch Pro and Samsung Epix

When Microsoft released previous upgrades to its mobile operating system, there was sometimes grumbling from consumers about the number of models that…

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Pricing Leaked for AT&T’s Touch Pro and Samsung Epix

A vital piece of information has leaked out about a pair of smartphones that are expected to be debuting from A&T in the coming weeks: their prices.

The HTC Touch…

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BlackBerry Pearl 8110 Now Available in Pink

One of the best ways of propping up sales on older models is offering them in new colors. As a case in point, AT&T is now offering the BlackBerry…

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BlackBerry Storm Officially Unveiled

The long-awaited BlackBerry Storm is no longer only a rumor. The first BlackBerry with a touchscreen has just been officially announced.

For months the rumors have pointed to this smartphone…

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Early Version of Mobile Firefox Will Be Released Soon

BlackBerry Getting an iPhone-like App Store

The long wait for Mobile Firefox is almost over. The Mozilla Foundation will soon make an alpha version of this web browser available to…

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BlackBerry Getting an iPhone-like App Store

HTC Touch HD Not Coming to the U.S.

Over the past days, much information about Research in Motion’s (RIM) plans for the upcoming BlackBerry Storm/Thunder touchscreen smartphone has been leaked….

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HTC Touch HD Not Coming to the U.S.

In a move that will doubtless disappoint many, HTC has revealed that its upcoming cutting-edge smartphone the Touch HD won’t be released in the United States.

Yesterday, the company posted on its

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RIM Explains BlackBerry Bold Delays

When RIM first took the wraps off the BlackBerry Bold, this smartphone was expected to be launched this summer. Leaves are turning and temperatures are dropping, but the Bold still isn’t widely…

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IPhone 3G Tops the U.S. List of Consumer Smartphones

The latest from Apple was the best-selling smartphone sold to consumers during the summer of this year. This was followed up by devices from RIM and Palm.

According to market research firm NPD Group, the top smartphones…

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Xperia X1 Scores FCC Approval

IPhone 3G Tops the U.S. List of Consumer Smartphones

The Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 has received approval from the FCC, an important hurdle in the process of being released in…

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WSJ Says HP Prepping New Consumer-Oriented Smartphone

Xperia X1 Scores FCC Approval

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that that HP will soon introduce a new consumer-oriented iPAQ smartphone.

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German Explanatory Dictionary Released for iPhone/iPod touch

Paragon Software has released a German Explanatory Dictionary for iPhone/iPod touch called Duden. This contains over 150,000 up-to-date keyword entries, including 10,000 new words and phrases relevant to modern German life.

Duden utilizes Paragon Software’s compression engine…

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