So far Sprint ID (review) has been available on only a trio of Android phones, but CEO Dan Hesse announced at a Sprint developer conference early this week that Sprint ID is spreading to two more high profile devices, the Samsung Galaxy Tab and the Samsung Epic 4G. In addition, Notre Dame University is a …
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Google Google has been fine-tuning its mobile in-browser Gmail experience on the iPhone and iPod Touch for years, and over the course of time, the addition here and modification there has added up to a very usable in-box experience in the spirit of Gmail on the desktop, if not its identical feature sets and dimensions. This week’s tweaks focus on …
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We’re keeping our eyes on Sprint ID, which is why our ears pricked when we heard that Sprint CEO Dan Hesse announced more partners yesterday at a developer’s conference in Santa Clara, Calif. They include AOL, UPS, Canvas, IHG, and BodyMedia, as well as Deluxe, a partner on the enterprise side. Sprint ID is a new and rather experimental feature …
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If you can’t wait to get your hands on the Samsung Galaxy Tab tablet, T-Mobile will officially kick off all U.S. sales on November 10, according to a Samsung-issued press release. T-Mobile will sell the 7-inch Galaxy Tab for $399 after $50 mail-in rebate and with a two-year contract and monthly rate plan. The Samsung Galaxy Tab will not carry …
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The financial barrier to owning a smartphone is getting lower and lower, in part thanks to the open-source (read: free) Android operating system that can allow manufacturers and carriers to shave costs. We’ve seen our share of entry-level Android phones for $100, but a $30 handset is a jaw-dropping steal, and it’s going to be available through T-Mobile with a …
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The Samsung Intercept may be a first for Virgin Mobile, but we hope it’s the start of a beautiful relationship between the prepaid carrier (a Sprint subsidiary) and the Android platform. There’s a lot to like about this Android phone, including the Android 2.1 operating system, a combination touch-screen-plus-QWERTY keyboard, and all of Google’s tightly integrated apps and services, including …
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About a month after RIM announced its BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, the company is releasing its BlackBerry Tablet OS SDK for Adobe AIR, a software developer kit that can be used to program apps and games for the PlayBook. The SDK specifically targets Adobe AIR, a tool that allows developers to create software that can work on a variety of platforms, …
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We’ve known for quite some time that RIM would update its BlackBerry App World storefront online to provide Web-to-phone downloads. That day is today. RIM has implemented BlackBerry App World 2.0, which lets you purchase and download apps from the computer. But before you dive in, you’ll need to go through a setup process to register your BlackBerry ID (if …
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It isn’t in the App Store yet, but we got a peek at Skyfire for iPhone and iPod Touch, which the mobile browser company submitted to Apple in September. Skyfire for iPhone looks and operates much like its Android sibling. It’s built on the WebKit browser and uses the Skyfire servers to push down the Flash video that has for …
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Now playing: Watch this: FaceTime for Mac 3:09 Earlier today, Apple CEO Steve Jobs revealed FaceTime for Mac, a beta version of the FaceTime video chat app that came to iPhone 4 this past June. One of our biggest complaints about FaceTime for iPhone was that it restricted video chat participants to those who own an iPhone 4. Today’s beta …
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