Verizon Wireless has just launched its Home Phone Connect home-phone service that uses a wireless router. It will retain the use of a traditional home phone, however, and allow for unlimited domestic calls for $20 per month. Anyone, not just current subscribers, can sign up. Included with the service are call waiting, call forwarding, caller […]
Virgin Mobile’s Samsung Intercept, will get updated to Android 2.2 on or about March 25, the carrier announced over Twitter . The successor to the Samsung Moment, the Intercept sports a slide-out hardware QWERTY keyboard along with a 3.2-inch LCD touchscreen. It shipped with Android 2.1 onboard. Other features include a 3.2-megapixel camera, a GPS […]
GM’s Chevy kicked off GM’s own alternative to Ford Sync tonight. MyLink is designed to pair up with smartphones and will stream audio and handle calls from smartphones over Bluetooth. Like its challenger, it uses voice commands and will directly control smartphone apps aware of the interface, starting with Internet radio from Pandora and Stitcher. […]
During an analyst meeting this week, Intel Chief Executive Paul Otellini said his company was looking for other MeeGo partners in light of Nokia’s Microsoft deal. He further accused the phone maker of dropping the co-developed OS in favor of Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 after being offered “incredible” amounts of money per Reuters. Both Google […]
Verbatim has just announced its new Wireless Bluetooth Mobile Keyboard for iPad and iPhone is now shipping to retailers nationwide. Designed to work with Bluetooth-enabled iPads and iPhones, this ultra-slim, foldable keyboard brings a more familiar typing experience to iPad and iPhone when typing out long e-mails or working on documents. Plus the keyboard lets […]
Google on Thursday made a significant change to its Social Search to better bring in social networks. The engine now pushes videos and other content recommended by friends depending on their relevance through outside sites, such as from Twitter, Flickr or a Blogger page. It had previously only pulled the information from a Google profile […]
PlayOn has brought its mobile app to Android for the first time, it came to iPhone in September. PlayOn Mobile now lets users tap the service’s remote media library from a Google-running smartphone or tablet with a similar amount of control. The approach optimizes video both from traditional providers with web video, like CNN and […]
Sony on Thursday made sure to clamworries that it might leave iTunes even as it brought a competitor to the US. Its Network Entertainment COO Brandon Layden said Sony had “no intention of withdrawing.” Apple’s music store was too important to leave despite the PlayStation’s Australian group chief Michael Ephraim’s comments, Layden told SAI. “[iTunes […]
Redbox at an analyst presentation said its tentative movie streaming would follow the subscription model. In confirming the plans, President Mitch Lowe said it would follow a strategy similar to Netflix, where members would get the Internet streaming along with access to physical copies. Redbox wouldn’t mail discs but would instead give access through kiosks. […]
AT&T quickly confirmed rumors of an early release by setting a date for the Motorola Atrix 4G. The dual-core, Android 2.2 range leader is now due for everyone on February 22. Pre-orders will also get a treat as their devices should be ready in stores a day early, on February 21. The smartphone is one […]
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