Target’s free iPhone app now offers a barcode-scanning feature. Target BYOBS. That stands for “bring your own bar code scanner,” and more and more shoppers like the concept–so much so that Target has added bar code scanning to its existing free iPhone app along with a new TargetLists feature that allows you to manage shopping …
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Boost Mobile released the Sanyo Juno Tuesday, and if you think it looks familiar, that’s because it’s essentially a rebranding of the Sanyo SCP-2700. The SCP-2700 is from Sprint, so we suppose it only makes sense that the company’s prepaid arm would offer the same handsets. As you would expect, the Juno is unchanged from the original–it’s a slate-style messaging …
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The newly updated Avatar game brings Na’vi action to your iPad in glorious HD. Gameloft My iPad arrives tomorrow. (Woo!) Thanks to everyone who shared their suggestions for what apps I should install first. Of course, as eager as I am to check out popular stuff like iBooks, Netflix, and The Elements, I’m even more eager to test the iPad’s …
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The Samsung Monte is a touchscreen phone that hopes to tempt you with its sinuous curves, in the manner of an unemployed Sheffield steel worker, for a price that won’t force to you pawn your trombone. The Monte’s touchscreen can be filled with social-networking widgets from Facebook, Twitter and Bebo, as well as your choice of instant messaging clients. The …
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This is what wireless iPhone syncing looks like: Too bad you probably won’t get to enjoy it. Earlier this month, just ahead of Apple’s iPhone OS 4 announcement, I posted a poll asking what new feature you wanted the most. Though multitasking was the clear winner with 36 percent of the vote, nearly 10 percent of voters named “syncing over …
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Vodafone, the U.K.-based mobile operator, has started taking preorders for Google’s Nexus One smartphone, which it will offer for free with a two-year contract at 35 pounds, or $54.15, per month. The company will start selling the Android-based handset on April 30–four months after sales began in the U.S. Up to now, Europeans could buy an unlocked phone directly through …
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3 is offering free Spotify on the go if you sing along with the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 or Sony Ericsson Vivaz on a two-tier contract. Spotify Premium costs a tenner a month for advert-free streaming and use of a mobile app. Sign up for a 24-month contract, then text Spotify to 39000 for your two free months. If a …
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RIM BlackBerry Pearl 3G RIM This post was updated at 6:39 a.m. PT with information from Sprint regarding the availability of the RIM BlackBerry Bold 9650. Research in Motion’s Wireless Enterprise Symposium (WES) doesn’t officially start till Tuesday, but the company kick-started things by introducing two new devices on Monday: the BlackBerry Bold 9650 and the BlackBerry Pearl 3G. Carrier …
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Welcome to the 411, my Q&A column answering all your questions about cell phones and cell phone accessories. At times, I might solicit answers from readers if I’m stumped. Send your questions and comments to me at [email protected]. If you prefer to remain anonymous, let me know in the e-mail. I’m trying to reduce my monthly cell phone bill, and …
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If you’ve been waiting for a BlackBerry that’s just slightly different from all existing BlackBerries, you’re in luck. Two freshly picked BlackBerry smart phones have joined the ranks of the Qwerty cuties — the BlackBerry Bold 9650 and BlackBerry Pearl 3G — and neither rock the BlackBerry boat. According to a leak reported in TheStreet.com, the Bold 9650 has a 3.2-megapixel …
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Screenshot by Bonnie Cha/CNET Verizon Wireless customers waiting for the Nexus One should probably make other plans, as it looks like Big Red’s version of the Google “superphone” will never see the light of day. When the Nexus One was first announced in January, Google revealed that a Verizon model would be made available later this year. However, on Monday, …
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We loved the massive screen and Android power of the Google Nexus One, but until now you could only get one by ordering it unlocked from Google in the US, without a contract to help ease the trauma of paying full whack. As of today though, you can order the phone from Vodafone’s Web site, with Big Red estimating delivery …
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LG recently introduced the LG Mystique for U.S. Cellular. It is essentially the carrier’s version of the LG Lotus Elite, the fashionable messaging flip phone for Sprint. As a reminder, it has two displays, with the external one as touch-sensitive, a full QWERTY keyboard, a 2-megapixel camera, Bluetooth, a microSD card slot that can take up to 16GB cards, EV-DO, …
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When the news first hit that Verizon Wireless would offer the HTC Droid Incredible, the reaction was fast and furious and I received an inordinate amount of e-mails about the smartphone. Clearly, the Android device struck a chord with many of you. Since then, we’ve had a chance to review the Droid Incredible and it truly is incredible, but, if …
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Telstra’s announcement of its early release for the HTC Desire means that you might find yourself in a T-Life store this weekend pawing over that sweet, Android goodness. For some of you, this pawing will extend to the home, after the necessary forms are signed and bank accounts debited. If you find yourself in this enviable situation the following guide …
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