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August 18, 2009 1 Comment
For all of you that are waiting, hoping and praying the HTC Leo or Firestone would come out soon (here and here) then take a look at the video below. The video gives us a glimpse of what we can expect from the not-released TouchFLO 3D 2.6 UI. Rumored to have a capacitive display but running this version on the Touch Diamond 2, the HTC interface is looking mighty slick and dressing up WinMo in the sweet HTC TouchFLO 3D.
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This has got to blow a lot of people’s minds but if you think about a movie not long ago called “Minority Report” and you’ll remember when Tom Cruise had his eyes balls changed out to avoid the Pre-Cogs, he would walk into the Gap and they would say something like “Hi Mr. Nakamoto, how was that shirt you bought last week?” Well the reality of Augmented Reality is now here and coming to an iPhone near you. Get ready for your Pre-Crime units and point your phone in the direction of the police station, it will surely take you there so you can make an arrest!
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Today RIM announced offical lanch of “App World”. Users can conveniently access BlackBerry App World over both Wi-Fi and cellular networks.
Top Downloads – The “Top Downloads” area on BlackBerry App World lists applications that are the most downloaded.
Categories – BlackBerry App World features a variety of application categories. Categories include games, entertainment, IM and social networking, news, weather, productivity and more.
Search/Filter – BlackBerry App World includes a keyword search with filtering capabilities.
Recommend – BlackBerry App World users can recommend applications to other people through email, PIN, SMS message or BlackBerry Messenger.
Application Storage – BlackBerry App World includes a folder called My World, which keeps track of applications the user has downloaded. It is a personal storage space that allows users to uninstall and re-install applications.
Application Archiving – users can archive applications to a micro SD card or built-in storage memory on their BlackBerry smartphone.
Update Notifications – Users are notified of updates to applications they’ve downloaded on BlackBerry App World.
Head over to Blackberry’s site and check out the latest applications http://appworld.blackberry.com/webstore/
August 18, 2009 1 Comment
The Blackberry Storm 2 caught on Video again. Although this time, the Storm 2 shows off it’s wonderful WiFi! This version of the BlackBerry Storm 9550 seems to be running the OS 5.0.0.161 version of firmware. Also note the Verizon boot screen. This firmware seems to be a bit faster, although quite blurry in the video.
[via Crackberry]
August 18, 2009 1 Comment
Blockbuster Inc. plans to offer movies that can be watched on Motorola made cell phones. This move is reflective of Blockbuster struggling retail rentals. Netflex has far outpaced Blockbuster’s attempt and being an online AND brick and mortar store. This is BB’s first attempt into mobile video and is its latest effort at acquiring more customers that have abandoned its traditional retail video locations.
Blockbuster offered few details Tuesday on the plan and no mention on price for the new service.
Blockbuster’s attempts to locate more outlets for sales are obvious signs that the company is struggling and it’s management has no clue of what they are doing. I remember seeing the first RedBox at the grocery store and though to myself “Smart move Coinstar. Why isn’t Blockbuster doing this?”
Why? Because of incompetent management. Any Blockbuster executive that has ever walked into a grocery store and saw a Coinstar coin counting machine and was unable to put 2+2 together, should get the ‘pink’ slip tomorrow. I and many other people saw this business coming down the road. But now Blockbuster is going full fledged ahead with Motorola.
Good Luck!
[via Yahoo]
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Have you been wanting a Touch Pro 2 but not willing to pay $350 bucks for the device? Well your time has come. You can get T-Mobile’s Touch Pro 2 for $149.99 through August 31st, 2009 with new activation of service. Starting September 1st the price will increase to $199.99 under the same terms. Click here to get it today!
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Considering that Blackberry is the most dominant force in the business cell phone market, it is no surprise when CNN/Fortune named RIM the fastest growing U.S. company. Averaging an EPS growth (earnings per share) combined with revenue growth (income) gave an ultimate total return of around 45 percent. The two Canadians guys who ran the company the last 17 years, Research in Motion co-CEOs Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis have formed a formidable alliance and are now headed to give Apple a run for the money.
Despite the sour economy, RIM’s fourth quarter revenues reported net income of $518.3 million, or 90 cents per share, on $3.46 billion in revenue. In 2009, RIM is expected to have cornered 20 percent of the market, with Apple right behind at 11 percent. And if some rumored devices like the new Bold, Storm 2 and ‘Magnum’ make a splash later this year, we can expect the revenue and market share to rise substantially.
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T-Mobile announced today that it was adding more cities to it’s 3G lineup. The relatively new 3G network has now launched in Knoxville, TN; Bridgeport, Hartford, New Haven and Waterbury, CT, all via a Tweet announcement. To all of you that have been holding off on the next generation smart phone because of lack of 3G in your area, now is your time to head down and get yourself an upgrade.
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