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Gowalla now available on Palm Pre and Pixi devices
The annual South by Southwest Festival is kicking off this weekend, and Gowalla has taken that as an opportunity to debut its service on multiple smartphone operating systems. The location check-in service released an Android application last week and followed suit today with a new webOS app for Palm Pre and Pixi users. Gowalla is a location-based social network/game. Members visit locations like parks, restaurants, and entertainment venues, then “check-in” to announce their location or…
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Breaking: Black Swan is ready: Google Voice returns to iPhone via slick weblication
What the heck is a “weblication?” The answer is in Riverturn’s new Google Voice web application that looks more like a native app, in fact,…
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Gadgetell Demo: Playing with the Palm Pre Plus Mobile Hotspot app
I have been playing with the Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus for a little while now and I have to say that one of…
CTIA to “wow” us with new super-smartphone: Palm Elan?
CTIA is coming up later this month, March 23-25 and is the US wireless biggest event that focuses on mobile carriers and devices. If you were a smartphone maker looking to make an impact in the US, you’d look to CTIA to do so. That appears what Palm may be… Continue Reading »
All AT&T phones free with Wirefly through midnight tonight
Wirefly is currently offering a pretty nice deal on AT&T phones—they are all free. Of course, there does seem to be one exception to that statement, the iPhone. Otherwise, any AT&T phone that Wirefly carries is now free on-contract until midnight tonight (for reference, today is Monday March 8, 2010).… Continue Reading »
T-Mobile drops Yahoo! as mobile search provider in favor of Google
Yahoo! might want to temper its excitement over beating Google to become the default search engine on the Motorola Backflip. Though Yahoo! should be happy to secure their space on AT&T’s first Android phone, they’ve lost a similar deal with T-Mobile. Making matters worse, the loss is suffered to their… Continue Reading »
Palm Pre Plus continues to drop in price, soon it may be free
For good or bad, or more accurately for good and bad the Palm Pre Plus has been continuing on its path toward being a free phone. And judging from how fast that price seems to be sliding free may be here within a month. Of course, that is nothing more… Continue Reading »
Who’s on Crack in Tech: 3.5.10
Welcome to another week gone that you are not getting back. No matter how much we loathe the week, it’s in the books and no amount of illegal narcotics is going to change that fact. For these nominees, who I suspect are on crack, this week hasn’t been kind. Let’s… Continue Reading »
webOS version 1.4 now available for Bell customers
Those following along with the webOS 1.4 game saw the update come available for Sprint, O2 and Movistar, then Verizon Wireless—and now its available for Bell. Nothing overly surprising in store for Bell customers, but hey, 1.4 means you can now start to record videos. In order to get the… Continue Reading »
Verizon gets Microsoft phone, no one cares
Insiders say Verizon will launch a Microsoft branded phone next month. Code named Pink, the phone is an oddly shaped slider designed by Danger, makers of the popular and sometimes cursed Sidekick for T-Mobile. A year ago the Pink was positioned as an iPhone killer, but then the Droid and… Continue Reading »
Judges puts a temporary hold on Apple vs Nokia patent fight
The Apple vs. HTC patent war may be the tech story of the week, but it’s not the only patent fight involving Apple. The company is also involved a patent dispute with Nokia in which both companies accuse the other of violating their intellectual property. That fight is on pause… Continue Reading »
Google intros Gesture searching on Android; International and sub 2.0 users screwed
Google announced a new app for Android that brings a bit of handwriting recognition to searching. The app allows users to create a gesture on the screen for searching for contacts, apps, bookmarks or song. Even better, the app learns as you use it. What isn’t so great is this… Continue Reading »
Low cost and smart: Nokia Nuron smartphone headed to T-Mobile
Nokia and T-Mobile announced the Nokia 5230 Nuron smartphone will be released in the coming weeks. Nokia’s produced a reasonably priced smartphone that is packed with many of todays in-demand features. The phone will sell for $69.99 (after a $50 mail in rebate). What sets the 5230 apart? The Nuron… Continue Reading »
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