The official Twitter app for the iPhone is great, but falls down in one crucial area: there aren’t enough cutesy monsters battling it out. If this bothers you as much as it does us, Twimon is an app worth getting excited about. The iPhone app bills itself as “a new kind of Twitter client that lets you raise your own …
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19 January
Which carrier had the best data network at CES?
Anyone who’s attended CES knows that getting a cell phone signal during the show’s peak hours is never a sure bet. With 140,000 phone-wielding people crammed into a square half mile, you can go several hours without making a call, accessing your e-mail, or even sending a tweet. Since it’s rather ironic that you can’t use your cell phone at …
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19 January
Tron: Legacy iPad app offers motion comic, artwork and Daft Punk
Can’t get enough of Tron? Have an iPad? You’ll be wanting to fire up the App Store this morning, to grab a new book-app from Disney. Tron: Legacy The Complete Story went live on the App Store late last night, promising 150 pages of illustrated artwork telling the story of the film. The app also features digital stills from the …
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19 January
U.K. aims to close digital gap with cheap PCs
A new plan will offer a PC and peripherals for 98 pounds ( $157) to help get low-income Britons online, according to the recycling project that will provide the hardware. The plan, which launches this week, will provide a computer, flat-screen monitor, keyboard, mouse, and telephone support in the sub-100-pound package, E-cycle marketing manager John Busby said Tuesday. The initiative …
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19 January
Pay your Starbucks bill with your phone
Back in September, we tested out the Starbucks Card Mobile app, then a BlackBerry app that kicked off a pilot program for a digital prepaid Starbucks loyalty card on your mobile phone. Today, Starbucks is expanding the program past its pilot retail stores, including kiosks at Target. Now the Starbucks Card Mobile app (for iPhone, iPod Touch, and BlackBerry) is …
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19 January
Verizon offers $200 gift card to certain iPhone adopters
Verizon Wireless Upset because you just bought a Verizon phone but now crave the new iPhone? The good news: Verizon will give you a $200 gift card if you swap your current phone for an iPhone. The bad news: You’ll still need to pay the full retail price for the iPhone. Nestled about halfway down on Verizon’s iPhone FAQ is …
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19 January
Samsung to reveal next
Mobile World Congress 2011 is still a few weeks away, but Samsung is getting the buzz going early by posting a teaser site for its next-generation Galaxy S smartphone. The page doesn’t reveal much, other than to say, “Something big is coming” and “Evolution is fate.” Samsung said it will post another teaser preview on February 1, but the big …
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19 January
How to break your mobile phone contract
Recent changes to T-Mobile’s fair-use limits for mobile data had customers clamouring to get out of their contracts. Vodafone met a similar furore when it slashed its data allowances, as did Orange when it upped its call charges. Such changes can give you the right to break your mobile phone contract — you just need some spare time and a geological …
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19 January
Dialed In 158: No more Bonnie Bear
After a few episodes where Bonnie Bear had to stand in for the real Bonnie, we actually got to see and hear our favorite New Yorker this week. She was on hand to bring us the latest Sprint and Samsung news before Jessica and Nicole hashed it out over the BlackBerry Playbook. Elsewhere in the podcast, Kent threatened to use …
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19 January
White iPhone 4 could finally be available before end of February
Apple’s long-delayed white iPhone 4 could be on sale on 27 February in the US, judging by a screenshot published on MacRumors. The image appears to show the device’s listing in retailer Best Buy’s inventory database. Bully for the Americans, eh? But wait! Separately, Engadget turned up its own screenshot of Vodafone Germany’s inventory system, which lists 16GB and 32GB models of …
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