Archive for: February, 2011

Avatar: The Last Airbender — The Lost Adventures Coming In July

Following the breakout success of last year’s Avatar: The Last Airbender—The Art of the Animated Series, Dark Horse and  Nickelodeon has esiblished an ongoing partnership. For three years, millions of eager fans tuned in to watch new episodes of Nickelodeon’s hit animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender. Ever since, fans have been hungry for more—and now […]

Netflix Streaming Coming to Boxee by D-Link US and Canada

Boxee on Monday announced that the Boxee Box by D-Link has now received support for accessing streaming content from Netflix. The support comes with software update, version 1.0.4.17443, and will let both US and Canadian Boxee Box owners to watch Netflix content. Netflix subscriptions cost $8 per month. Accessing it from the Boxee Box differs […]

Sonim Shows Ultra-Rugged XP3300 Force

Sonim has brought its latest ultra-rugged handset, the XP3300 Force, to the Mobile World Congress show. While the exterior is the same tried and tested design shared by others in the lineup, it differs by offering talk time that ranges between 20 and 24 hours. Alternatively, the phone can last the same amount of time […]

3Net Launches on DirecTV

Thirteen months after being announced at the 2010 CES, the Sony/Discovery/IMAX network 3Net has debuted on DirecTV. DirecTV, which also offers n3D – powered by Panasonic and ESPN 3D, along with 3D VOD, is the first and only distributor so far that has agreed to carry the joint venture 3net network from Sony Corp., Discovery […]

Free Subscriptions Extend Through Feb. 28th for the Daily

News Corp. has extended the free subscription period for the The Daily through February 28th. The new date is listed in the Account Information section of the iPad app. When The Daily first launched on February 2nd, free access was only scheduled to last two weeks.

Netflix Will Come to Android Devices with Snapdragon CPUs

Qualcomm at MWC announced that future portable Android devices with the company’s Snapdragon CPUs will have native support for streaming movies and TV shows from Netflix. The Netflix application will be easy on battery life as well, Qualcomm says, as efficient dedicated hardware will handle video decoding. The Netflix certification is also granted to the […]

Google Lets Android Users Make Custom Avatars with Androidify

Google has just released the Androidify app for Android 2.1 or newer handsets that will let user create their own avatar of the popular Android mascot. The free app is now available for download and is very similar in concept to the Mii avatar system on the  Wii console. Users can also create Android mascots […]

Cricket Adds 13 New Cities and Even More Music to Muve Music

Muve Music was one of the  hottest things we saw at CES this year.  Now the folks at Cricket told us they have added 13 more cities to the unlimited music service which launched first in  Las Vegas.  They are also adding more music to its catalog with the new addition of independent music labels […]

Intel World’s Smallest HSPA+ Solution for 3G Smart Phones

Intel on Monday announced it began shipping its XMM 6260 platform to key partners. It support HSPA+ networks for download speeds of up to 21Mbps and upload speeds as high as 11.5Mbps. The platform is also said to use less power than similar products from competitors, specifically ARM. It was earlier tied to an upcoming […]

Windows Phone 7 Gets Beter Battery Life, Multitasking, IE9, Kinect Support

Microsoft at Mobile World Congress announced a trio of major updates that will come to Windows Phone 7. The OS will finally get multitasking and is using a system reminiscent of HP’s webOS cards: jumping out shows all of the running apps as thumbnails of their current state and allows switching with simple flicks. IE9 […]

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