Now playing: Watch this: RIM BlackBerry Storm 2 (Verizon Wireless) 4:06 Let’s be honest. Research In Motion’s first foray in the world of the touch-screen smartphones wasn’t exactly a smashing success. The RIM BlackBerry Storm was riddled with bugs and performance issues, which were resolved with subsequent software updates, but still, the damage had been …
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14 October
Internet watchdog challenges VoIP patent
The Electronic Frontier Foundation says it has discovered another bogus patent, and it’s taking the newly found evidence to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to have the patent invalidated. On Wednesday, the EFF, a civil liberties organization that works to protect rights in the digital world, filed a re-examination request to the U.S. Patent and Trademark office, stating it …
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14 October
iPhone, iPod touch to get FM radio update?
Curiouser and curiouser. If the rumours are to be believed, Apple is developing an FM radio app for the iPhone and iPod touch. Y’know, because they have FM radio chips — Apple just hasn’t switched them on for you yet. Apple rumour blog 9to5Mac, which has a reliable track record for publishing leaks, was tipped with the news. The tipster …
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14 October
New Wi
A new Wi-Fi specification will let wireless devices discover and connect to one another without a router. The spec, called Wi-Fi Direct, was announced Wednesday by the Wi-Fi Alliance, the industry group that promotes the technology. By making it much easier for devices to connect directly to each other using Wi-Fi, the new spec could pose a challenge to wireless …
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14 October
Leonard Maltin Movie Guide packs 24,000 films in your iPhone
Scan the bookshelves of any serious movie buff and you’re almost certain to find a worn, dog-eared copy of “Leonard Maltin’s Movie Guide.” Of course, just as encyclopedias work far better as interactive, online guides like Wikipedia, so do reference tomes like this benefit from the digital treatment. Enter Leonard Maltin Movie Guide for iPhone ($4.99), which not only reproduces …
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14 October
Samsung Blue Earth sees light in Sweden
The solar-powered Samsung Blue Earth handheld was finally released to the public today–in Sweden, at least. The touch-screen phone with the solar charger on the back is also set to launch in other countries soon; they are France, Germany, Austria, Italy, and Portugal, just to name a few. We first saw this eco-friendly phone at GSMA 2009 and then our …
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14 October
Nokia’s Netbook gamble
NEW YORK–Nokia, the world’s largest maker of cell phones, is getting into the computer business with its new Booklet 3G, setting the stage for a new era of competition in the mobile device market. Nokia Booklet 3G Nokia At a press event here Tuesday, Nokia took the wraps off the anticipated Booklet 3G, a Windows 7 Netbook that will run …
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14 October
Apple offers tips for unexpected Smart Playlist sync results
Last month, Apple released iTunes 9.0.1, which addressed a number of iPhone syncing issues as well as making some performance and stability improvements. We covered some of these improvements and offered a tip on relieving some of the problems people encountered with Smart Playlist syncing. Today, Apple started offering their own tips on what to do when Smart Playlists are …
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14 October
Family Guy to promote Windows 7: Has product placement gone too far?
Family Guy‘s Stewie Griffin has always wanted to control the world. On 8 November on US TV, he’s going to get his first real life chance — Microsoft and Fox have teamed up to exploit the show’s popularity to promote Windows 7. A special edition of Family Guy, along with various other live-action performances from the show’s creator Seth MacFarlane …
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13 October
Trillian IM: Apple’s sitting on our iPhone app
Cerulean Studios Trillian IM users on the PC or Web who have been waiting to chat with Trillian on the iPhone will have to wait a while longer. According to Trillian maker Cerulean Studios, Apple has been sitting on Trillian’s submission for the last two months without a peep to indicate a problem with the app’s content or the quality. …
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