Archive for March, 2010

UK Leads Europe In Smartphone Adoption

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Smartphone adoption in the EU5 (U.K., France, Germany, Spain, Italy) has grown 32 percent compared to a year ago to 51.6 million subscribers, according to a new report from comScore. ... Read more..

Motorola Droid Owners Can Manually Install Android OS 2.1

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Motorola and Verizon have begun sending out a significant upgrade for the system software on the Motorola Droid , but so far only a few thousand people have received it. ... Read more..

Verizon, Moto Confirm Android 2.1 Droid Update

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

The Android 2.1 update rollout for the Droid is currently underway, both Verizon and Motorola confirmed yesterday. Read more..

Starbucks adds more locations for iPhone payment app

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Last September, Starbucks released the free Starbucks Mobile Card, an iPhone app designed to replace your Starbucks card in full. You could even pay with it, but sadly, the payment ... Read more..

Verizon Starts Droid Android 2.1 Rollout

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

If all goes well, starting at midnight on Wednesday, 2.1 will be transmitted to 200,000 Droid owners at a time at 24-hour intervals until everyone else gets the new OS ... Read more..

Vodafone UK begins pre-orders for the Android powered HTC Desire smartphone

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Today Vodafone UK said that the Android powered HTC Desire smartphone is available for pre-order. The device will launch on April 8th for free with a 2-year contract. The contract ... Read more..

TNS And Blue Bamboo Partner To Provide Smartphone Payment Solutions For Synapse Customers

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Transaction Network Services is partnering with Blue Bamboo to enable ISOs, acquirers and processors across North America to offer their customers the ability to accept credit and debit payments through ... Read more..

UK Leads European Countries in Smartphone Adoption

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

comScore has released a study of the smartphone market in Europe showing that smartphone adoption in the EU5 (U.K., France, Germany, Spain, Italy) has grown 32 percent versus a year ... Read more..

Verizon now rolling out Android 2.1 to DROID owners

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

The Verizon DROID is the device that made Google Android popular and owners are now seeing the 2.1 update roll out. This update adds some key functionality and improvements to ... Read more..

Report suggests Apple may unlock iPhone from AT&T contracts (The Newsroom via Yahoo! News)

Tuesday, March 30th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Sure, devotees of Apple's revolutionary iPhone are known for their zeal — that's why the device has been dubbed "the Jesus phone" in geek circles. But iPhone users have had ... Read more..

Apple’s iPhone on Verizon: 4 Reasons to Think Twice – PC World

Tuesday, March 30th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Washington PostApple's iPhone on Verizon: 4 Reasons to Think TwicePC WorldYep: It's the seemingly immortal "iPhone on Verizon" buzz, back in the news yet again. This time, a report in ... Read more..

iPhone OS 3.2 GM – tuaw.com (blog)

Tuesday, March 30th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

ithinkdifferent (blog)iPhone OS 3.2 GMtuaw.com (blog)The Golden Master version of the iPhone OS 3.2 SDK has begun making its way to developers -- it's the shipping ...Apple Releases iPhone OS ... Read more..

BlackBerry can handle a Verizon iPhone – CNNMoney.com

Tuesday, March 30th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Reuters UK (blog)BlackBerry can handle a Verizon iPhoneCNNMoney.comShares of RIM (RIMM) slipped almost 1.3% Tuesday on the Verizon iPhone speculation, but analysts maintained upbeat views of the Canadian company, ...iPhone ... Read more..

Top-Grossing iPhone Apps: Zenonia 2 Leads in Premiere Week – Gamasutra

Tuesday, March 30th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

The GuardianTop-Grossing iPhone Apps: Zenonia 2 Leads in Premiere WeekGamasutraEvery week, sister iPhone site FingerGaming rounds up the top-grossing iPhone and iPod Touch applications, as current that day in the ... Read more..

MapQuest 4 for iPhone now offers free voice-guided GPS navigation! – IntoMobile (blog)

Tuesday, March 30th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

GSMArena.com (blog)MapQuest 4 for iPhone now offers free voice-guided GPS navigation!IntoMobile (blog)MapQuest has announced that its MapQuest 4 for iPhone app has been updated to give users voice-guided turn-by-turn navigation ... Read more..