March, 2011

• 4 March

  AT&T and RIM announce executive departures

  

  Both AT&T and Research In Motion decided to choose Friday afternoon to announce shifts in their respective executive ranks. AT&T announced late today that CFO Rick Lindner, a 19-year company vet, will retire as of June 1, to be replaced by Controller John Stephens. Meanwhile, Research In Motion said that its chief marketing officer, Keith …

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• 4 March

  Apple job ads seek Voice Control experts for iOS

  

  Touch may be “old hat” in future iOS updates. Apple In a few recent job postings noticed by AppleInsider, Apple has perhaps given a hint as to its future plans for iPhones, iPod Touches, and iPads, looking for qualified individuals to bolster its Voice Control and syncing departments. This is not the first search for Voice Control experts in which …

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• 4 March

  Wi

  

  Could the Wi-Fi Xoom soon land in Sam’s Club stores? Motorola Consumers eager to pick up a version of Motorola’s new Xoom tablet without the pricey data plan and two-year contract could get their wish courtesy of Sam’s Club. A series of photos and news reportedly coming from the retail chain’s annual “Year Beginning” meeting this week point to the …

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• 4 March

  Windows Phone 7 update failing again

  

  Windows Phone 7 updates for Samsung handsets using that operating system are still not working, according to online forum reports. Microsoft restarted the rollout Wednesday, 10 days after it first tried pushing out the update–a relatively minor revision that was intended to facilitate future updates, but also the first to be attempted for the Windows Phone 7 platform. That first …

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• 4 March

  Layar takes augmented reality to Nokia N8 and other Symbian smart phones

  

  Layar is one of the most high-profile augmented reality apps, but until now, it’s only been available on iPhone and Android. Now another smart-phone OS has been added to the mix: Symbian. The Layar Reality Browser just went live on Nokia’s Ovi Store for handsets such as the N8 and E7. If you’re new to Layar, it’s one of a …

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• 4 March

  Fling iPad joystick makes thumbs happier, games better

  

  How many times have you found yourself frustrated by an iPad game’s touch-screen controls? My personal answer: lots. Take the awesome sci-fi/horror shooter Dead Space. As I noted in my review, “If there’s a problem with Dead Space, it’s the controls. They’re about as good as they can be, but I usually end up fighting the controls at the same …

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• 4 March

  Samsung Suede with Muve Music (review): Slightly off

  

  The Samsung Suede is attuned to music, that we know. In fact, its bundling with Cricket Wireless’ Muve Music service is what made us nominate it as a Best of CES contender, and makes the Suede one of the best music phones around. In terms of offering all-inclusive music for a great monthly deal, the Suede and Muve Music deliver. …

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• 4 March

  ‘National Day of Unplugging’

  

  In case you haven’t heard, tonight is the start of the second annual “National Day of Unplugging”–a grassroots effort to get people to shut off our precious mobile devices, if only for a day. The 2-year-old project encourages all of us iPhone addicts and CrackBerry enthusiasts to turn off our cell phones for 24 hours in an effort to reconnect …

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• 4 March

  RIM stays silent on rumours that BBM is heading to Android and iPhone

  

  BlackBerry Messenger on an iPhone or Android handset? Unthinkable! Yet that’s what one online report is claiming, with the suggestion that Research In Motion wants to take its BBM messaging app to rival smart phones to beat off competition from services like WhatsApp and Kik Messenger. Boy Genius Report published the rumour last night, citing “multiple trusted sources”. It was …

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• 4 March

  Motorola won’t update Charm or Flipout beyond Android 2.1

  

  Motorola has decided to pull back on plans to update its Charm (T-Mobile) and Flipout (AT&T) handsets with Android 2.2 Froyo. Of course, that means that the smartphones, which were released with Android 2.1 back in the fall, will remain on Eclair indefinitely. The handsets join a growing list of Motorola phones being left behind on older versions of Android. …

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