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Verizon Wireless Nexus One Adding Sense UI

SlashPhone 8:44am by: Evan Selleck
We love a good surprise as much as the next person, but we’ve got some mixed feelings about this one. Truth be told, we’re fans of the Sense User Interface that HTC developed for their Android devices. It’s an upgraded, advanced version of TouchFLO 3D, and we couldn’t be happier about it. However, with the [...]
The Litany of iPad Resistance [Apple]

Gizmodo 8:40am by: Brian Lam
Look. The hype has gotten to all of us. You're up at some ungodly hour. You said you wouldn't buy one til the third generation, but now look at your apple.com cart. Let me talk you down; Do what's right. More »
The Litany of iPad Submission [Apple]

Gizmodo 8:40am by: Brian Barrett
You're considering an iPad. You're giving it serious thought. But the doubts are mounting, and you can't quite pull the trigger. You know what? Time to man up. You want the iPad. You need the iPad. Do what's right. More »
App review: MailTones

MobileCrunch 8:30am by: Scott Merrill
So you've been using your iPhone for a couple months or years now. You might be addicted to your iPhone. Even if you're not addicted, chances are that you have a stock of applications on which you rely heavily. Without a doubt, the single most useful application on my iPhone, and the one I use constantly throughout the day, is email. I live by email, and I r...
3 Reasons Apple’s iPad 3G Service is “Magical and Revolutionary”

jkOnTheRun 8:30am by: Kevin C. Tofel
Apple touts the iPad as "magical and revolutionary" but it's not the device alone that can make that claim. The service plan and no-contract model, combined with on-device 3G metering show the real revolution is with the data plan for these three reasons.
HootSuite Buys Android Developer Swift App

mocoNews 8:29am by: Joseph Tartakoff
Twitter client HootSuite, which recently raised $1.9 million in funding, has now made an acquisition, buying up Android app developer Swift App. HootSuite says that Swift App was behind the development of HootSuite’s own Android app, which was released last week. The company says the acquisition “means quicker development for the growing Android...
Plastic Logic QUE proReader Delayed Until Summer [Delays]

Gizmodo 8:28am by: Mark Wilson
The Plastic Logic QUE, also known as the promising but $650 Nook alternative, has been delayed until summer. By then, will you still actually want an oversized eBook reader? For $650, upcoming Apple and/or Android tablets are looking pretty good. More »
Tiered Data Plans Are the Future, Whether We Like it or Not

SlashPhone 8:24am by: Evan Selleck
When we hinted at tiered data plans in the story covered by the Wall Street Journal regarding LTE devices in 2011, we knew there was more to the story. After all, when a customer looks at their plan of unlimited data right now, they feel pretty safe and cozy, right? No worries about streaming Pandora [...]
Compete: Smartphone users constantly connected

FierceWireless 8:20am by: Phil Goldstein
There is good news for application developers, mobile marketers and anyone in the wireless industry who wants a piece of consumers' attention while they are on their smartphones, according to a new survey from research firm Compete. The survey found that most smartphone users are actively using their devices throughout the day. Though smartphones make up a m...
Friday´s News Bits

Phone Arena 8:14am by:
Monkey Island 2: Special Edition for the iPhone in the works, callers will know your emotional state, Rentals.com appears at Android Market...Photos:
BlackBerry Tour OS upgrade coming in weeks, new hardware in May?

The Boy Genius Report 8:11am by: Boy Genius
We have two bits of Verizon BlackBerry information for you guys… The first is that one of our connects has informed us that the mythical OS 5.0 upgrade for the BlackBerry Tour 9630 will be released within the next “2-3…
Qualcomm patent details all-in-one folding tablet, phone, netbook

Liliputing 8:08am by: Brad
Part of the reason smartphone have largely replaced PDAs over the last few years is that there are a growing number of activities that require an always-on internet connection. But another reason is that people don’t like carrying around two or three devices when they can stuff just one item in their pocket. Who needs [...]Post from: LiliputingQualcomm...
MetroPCS interested in a Leap tie-up, but mum on details

FierceWireless 7:59am by: Phil Goldstein
MetroPCS appears to be interested in a merger with prepaid rival Leap Wireless, but a key company executive declined to elaborate on the topic. "Obviously, we're very interested in the combination of our companies," MetroPCS CFO Braxton Carter said at an investor conference. He declined to provide a specific timetable for such a deal or whether it was even o...
Verizon Nexus One to rock HTC’s Sense UI?

MobileCrunch 7:57am by: Greg Kumparak
Well, well, well -- lookie here. See that screenshot over there? (Click through for the embiggened version) That's allegedly a screen shot of the Verizon Nexus One spec sheet, right off of Verizon's Intranet Equipment Guide. Now, look a bit closer. About 10 bullet points down. See it? "Sense UI (User Interface)". For those not keeping track, Sense is HTC...
TeliaSonera: Our LTE network is barely 3 months old, but we’re upgrading it an...

IntoMobile 7:56am by: Stefan Constantinescu
TeliaSonera, owner of the first commercial LTE network in the world, only launched their advanced network 3 months ago, yet those crazy Swedes can’t get enough bandwidth and are upgrading their service to offer a theoretical maximum speed of 100 Mbps. We’ve seen early benchmarks hit a peak speed of 43 Mbps, yet only maintain ~ [...]
Nokia revises market share, expects no growth this year

MobileBurn 7:49am by:
Today Nokia revised its 2009 mobile phone market share from 38 percent to 34 percent and said that it does not expect an increase in market share in 2010. Nokia attributed the decrease in its 2009 market share to better market measurement methods. Read the full story here.
Cool-Seeking Newspapers Dream Of iPad

mocoNews 7:46am by: Robert Andrews
Print publishers can’t wait for iPad to hit the streets next month, perhaps so they can once again start producing info in a similar-looking format to their core products of yesteryear. NYT’s flagship app lit the blue touch paper for iPad, Wired also got in on the act early, both Denmark’s Information paper and Penguin Books have imagined...
BlackBerry Internet Service 3.0 to Skip Two-Way GMail Sync?

IntoMobile 7:46am by: Simon Sage
Arguably the all-star feature of BlackBerry (NSDQ: RIMM) Internet Service 3.0, two-way synchronization with Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Mail, won’t make it to the final cut. A recently-released knowledgebase article outlines all of the features we were expecting, like OpenOffice document and WMA file support, including some smaller stuff, like polishing e-ma...
MIX10 Tweeter App Released

WMExperts 7:43am by: George Ponder
Windows Phone 7 Series is bringing a lot of attention to MIX10, Microsoft's developer's conference. We are anticipating more information on this new mobile operating system ranging from developer specs to core hardware specs. To help keep those of us who will not be able to attend next weeks MIX10, Software Logistics has released an application that will h...
Nokia clips its 2009 market share estimates

FierceWireless 7:41am by: Phil Goldstein
Nokia has revised down its global handset market share for 2009 from 38 percent to 34 percent, based on a new methodology for measuring the handset industry. The company said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission the new measurement more clearly outlines new entrants to the mobile phone market. "These include vendors of legitimate, as well...
PHOTOVIEW: HTC Legend Android 2.1 Smartphone

the::unwired 7:40am by:
HTC's brand new Android smartphone, the HTC Legend, is a real masterpiece of design. With its sleek unibody design, which is carved from a single block of aluminum, the device is extremely light and strong. And the brilliant AMOLED HVGA display is as bright and crisp as a LED display can be today. And while the 3.2" touchscreen is quite narrowed, in terms of...
Cheaper version of Google’s Nexus One to be launched in India?

Unwired View 7:39am by: Ilinca Nita
Here’s a rumor that, if true, might make a lot of customers happy: a cheaper Google Nexus One could be in the making for India and other emerging markets. According to Techtree, the cheaper Nexus One will be slimmer than the original (which is really thin itself at only 11.5mm) and it should obviously have downgraded [...]
Scrabble Arrives for BlackBerry via EA and Bplay

IntoMobile 7:36am by: James Falconer
I’ve never been that great at Scrabble. Not that I’ve played it too much, but when I do, I always seem to run up against people that pull out works like ‘Quartzy’ and ‘Zyzyxx’. Ugh. Maybe it’s time I did a little practice… and now I can thanks to the folks at EA and Bplay. Available [...]
Weekly Round-Up

Phone Arena 7:32am by:
Read about the most remarkable events in the mobile world through the week, as well as what is expected to happen in the next one...Photos:
Could Computers Read Minds?

Gearlog 7:15am
It's the stuff of science fiction, and yet it could soon become reality--at least down the road, if not today.NPR reports that a new computer program analyzing brain activity figured out which of three short films 10 volunteers were thinking about--with perfect accuracy.Here how it works: the program analyzes the hippocampus, a part of the brain that appears...

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