For anyone who can’t imagine life without Swype, prepare yourself, as the gesture based keyboard just got better in the form of a new beta. The improved build boasts the following new enhancements: Nuance’s award winning Dragon Dictation Expanded Language Downloads (50 plus) Improved Advanced Language Modeling Automatic Updates Users […]
If you are a die hard BlackBerry user and have just been waiting for Research In Motion (RIM) to provide some cheerful news, then this might bring a smile to your face. Spotify, the popular music streaming service, is now available for GSM-based BlackBerry smartphones including the Bold 9780, Bold 9700, Curve 9300, Bold 9000,
Thanks to jailbreaking hacker Conrad Kramer, iOS 5 users now have the option to use a hidden panorama mode within the iOS 5 camera app. According to Kramer (AKA Conradev), he set the “EnableFirebreak” key to “Yes” within an iOS preference file, and the hidden panorama setting was unveiled. In other related news, fellow hacker Grant Paul’s
Nokia N9 users can now take advantage of a new software update that takes the device and user experience to a new level. Dubbed the PR1.1 update, the downloadable package offers a host of new features. Primarily the update offers refined music controls on the lock screen which is great for users who
Just when we were all getting used to the idea of a blazing fast 4G world, researchers at Rice University have been working diligently on the possibility of something bigger and better. What could possibly be better than 4G speeds? Full-duplex communication that’s what. Rice’s new “full-duplex” technology allows wireless devices like
After a few obscure teaser videos and much anticipation, the Sony Tablet S is now up for pre-order. The sleek looking tablet has a confirmed shipping date of September 16th on both Sony and Amazon’s website. Best Buy and Future Shop in Canada both have a slightly longer shipping date
Even though Deutsche Telekom released a statement sharing AT&T’s disappointment in the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) antitrust lawsuit today, the company could actually fare well if the merger falls through. This seeming quite possible now that the DOJ has moved to break up the controversial acquisition. If in fact the $39-billion deal crumbles, AT&T will have
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) delivered quite the blow today by filing an antitrust lawsuit in an attempt to block the pending AT&T and T-Mobile acquisition. Shortly after news of the DOJ lawsuit, AT&T issued an official statement in response filled with overall disappointment. Not to be left unheard, Deutsche Telekom has
Beginning September 9th, Sprint will begin enforcing a $350 early termination fee (ETF) to its subscribers. The ETF will effect all smartphone, tablet, laptop, and netbook users. According to a Sprint spokesperson, the $350 fee will be pro-rated depending on how many months the user has left in their current
As Google continues to consolidate its services in 2011, it shut down a number of projects under its umbrella including Google Labs. Under the supervision of Google Labs was the popular Google App Inventor for Android. The program allowed non-developers to quickly prototype mobile app ideas using web-based graphical programming tools.
It was a mere ten days ago that HP announced they were liquidating their discontinued TouchPad tablet at the shocking low price of $99. News of the fire-sale pushed hundreds of consumers to run out and snatch up as many of the bargain slabs as they could. The buying frenzy resulted in sold out
Apple has just launched its iTunes Match service for iOS developers. Announced back in June as a complementary service to the iCloud, iTunes Match enables users to put their existing collection of ripped CDs in the cloud. This is accomplished by scanning the music library and matching songs to the versions Apple already has (a
HTC’s unreleased Sense 3.5 UI shows off its improvements in a leaked video obtained by Chinese tech site XDA.cn. The revamped UI is widely expected to be unveiled alongside HTC’s upcoming Android smartphones, the HTC Bliss and the HTC Vigor. Sense 3.5 appears to provide some much needed improvement to the
So, you bought a HP TouchPad and now you’re admittedly a little bit worried? Understandable as webOS is now extinct. Thankfully the reliable hacker community has your back. It’s no surprise to hear the Cyanogen Mod team is hard at work already trying to bring Android 2.3.5 (Gingerbread) to the
Samsung is aiming at taking a bigger hold of the mobile messaging market with their new service ChatON. Expected to be unveiled at this week’s IFA, the service will enable users to text message, group chat, image and video share. The best part is the app is not only going to be
