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  • TomTom App for iPhone 1.9 Now Available and Optimized For iPad

    Posted on October 21, 2011 | No Comments
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  • Mufin Launches New Version of Music Player for Android, Pushing Music Visualisation Apps to Next Level

    Posted on June 29, 2011 | No Comments
    BERLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The new mufin player is unique in its class and offers an incomparably interactive platform for music lovers to enjoy their tracks on Android devices. After analyzing the songs, mufin...

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  • AT&T’s Mark the Spot app comes to Android, makes cursing bad coverage that much easier

    AT&T’s Mark the Spot app comes to Android, makes cursing bad coverage that much easier

    Posted on June 21, 2010 | No Comments
    Previously, one-tap bellyaching about crappy AT&T coverage was the exclusive domain of iPhone customers -- but no longer. The carrier has just launched an Android version of its Mark the Spot app, letting you report the precise location where you suffered any number of unfortunate fates: dropped call, failed call, no coverage, and so on. The theory is that the app makes it easier for AT&T to keep tabs on trouble areas in its network; for all we know, it could just be a digital stress ball for customers, but even the placebo effect can be pretty comforting at times.

    AT&T's Mark the Spot app comes to Android, makes cursing bad coverage that much easier originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Mon, 21 Jun 2010 23:38:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • E3 is all about Nintendo and Sony today

    E3 is all about Nintendo and Sony today

    Posted on June 15, 2010 | No Comments
    Microsoft had their dog and pony show yesterday. Project Natal got a proper name and is now called Kinect and the Xbox 360 is now a bit smaller and quieter. In retrospect, there really wasn’t anything all that special announced. Hopefully that won’t happen today. Now it’s Nintendo’s and Sony’s turn. Nintendo is up first at [...]

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  • Samsung Galaxy S taking UK pre-orders, Vodafone promises June 15 delivery

    Samsung Galaxy S taking UK pre-orders, Vodafone promises June 15 delivery

    Posted on June 11, 2010 | No Comments
    Were you looking forward to purchasing a 16GB smartphone with unique screen technology and an app-centric OS this month? Great, because the Galaxy S pre-order has now gone live in the UK, offering a delivery only four days away from now and prices that are pretty much par for the superphone course. If you want the Super AMOLED machine for free, minimum monthly cost will be steep, starting out at £35 ($51) a pop over 24 months or £40 ($58) over 18 lunar cycles. Both those deals furnish you with 900 minutes of talk time, unlimited texts, and 1GB of 3G data, but the latter works out to be the better value as it tallies up to £720 ($1,045) in total investment over the full term. Then again, most of what Vodafone has on tap compares favorably to the madness O2 is asking iPhone 4 buyers to pony up.

    Samsung Galaxy S taking UK pre-orders, Vodafone promises June 15 delivery originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 11 Jun 2010 02:05:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • iPhone 4 does 720p HD video, iMovie

    iPhone 4 does 720p HD video, iMovie

    Posted on June 7, 2010 | No Comments
    Digg this!A backside-illuminated 5 megapixel sensor is about to grace the new iPhone's rear, equipped with an LED flash and 720p / 30fps video recording. Tap to focus will also be rolled out in the iPhone Quattro, and Steve Jobs is keen to impress on us all that although the megapixel count has grown, the quality of images has apparently improved. That's what they all say. The added functionality of iMovie won't come for free, however, with Apple asking a $4.99 tithe for granting access to its more sophisticated video editing options. This is moving things along, to be sure, but why is the upper limit of storage still 32GB? A more generous apportionment of memory would've gone very nicely indeed with that HD video mode.


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    iPhone 4 does 720p HD video, iMovie originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 07 Jun 2010 13:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • iMovie on the iPhone, and yes it’s got Ken Burns

    iMovie on the iPhone, and yes it’s got Ken Burns

    Posted on June 7, 2010 | No Comments
    Today at the WWDC keynote Steve Jobs unveiled the iMovie app for the iPhone. You would be amazed to know that this time around video on the iPhone will be wickedly useful.

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  • The Engadget Mobile Podcast, live at 4:15 ET!

    The Engadget Mobile Podcast, live at 4:15 ET!

    Posted on June 4, 2010 | No Comments
    Join us after the break to talk about the launch of the mighty EVO 4G, AT&T's wild data plan changes, and whatever else happens to come to mind -- we've got a couple special guests on tap!

    Update: And it's over... but don't fret, we should have it posted for your listening enjoyment tomorrow. Cheers!

    The Engadget Mobile Podcast, live at 4:15 ET! originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Fri, 04 Jun 2010 15:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Apple doesn’t accept cash at the Apple Store, not even for an iPad

    Apple doesn’t accept cash at the Apple Store, not even for an iPad

    Posted on May 18, 2010 | No Comments
    A human interest story, brought to us by the fine people at KGO-TV in San Francisco. It goes something like this: a woman had saved up for a very long time to buy an Apple iPad. So goes into an Apple Store, tells the clerk that she'd like to buy an iPad, then whips out the requisite $600. Six-hundred in cash, mind you. Then the Apple clerk drops a bombshell: sorry, but we don't accept cash here.

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  • RIM working on a Blackberry for the blind

    RIM working on a Blackberry for the blind

    Posted on May 13, 2010 | No Comments
    RIM recently filed a patent application showing a very interesting change to their basic Blackberry design. The patent talks about something called a "multi-tap keyboard user interface". The intent appears to be adding auditory feedback when pressing keys to help visually impaired users.

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  • Meizu M9 getting Android 2.1, possible August release?

    Meizu M9 getting Android 2.1, possible August release?

    Posted on May 8, 2010 | No Comments
    Well, what do you know -- perhaps there is an M9 in your future (or someone's future) after all! After hearing the one and only Jack Wong detail the thing earlier this year, Beareyes.com is reporting that the device -- with the same 3.6-inch display, 1 GHz (Samsung S5PC110) CPU, HDMI 1.3 out and more -- may be out as early as this August. We think this is certainly do-able, although anything can happen -- as the drawn-out gestation of a certain Meizu M8 made painfully clear. The new news? Rather than KIRFin' up an Apple-esque interface, it looks like Android 2.1 might just be on tap. Sweet, eh? Look for it August 18, for around $350 depending on options... but don't be surprised if you're still looking long past the target date.

    Meizu M9 getting Android 2.1, possible August release? originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 08 May 2010 14:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Visa and DeviceFidelity working to bring mobile payment functionality to iPhone

    Visa and DeviceFidelity working to bring mobile payment functionality to iPhone

    Posted on May 6, 2010 | No Comments
    This ain't the first rodeo for Visa and DeviceFidelity, and if we had to guess, we suspect it won't be the last. Just a few short months after teaming up to bring contactless payments to any mobile with a microSD slot, the two are at it again -- this time aiming for the oh-so-tantalizing iPhone market. Reportedly, the tandem is toiling away in an effort to concoct a protective iPhone shell with a secure memory card that hosts Vista's contactless payment app, payWave. As it stands, the product would only function on the iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS, leaving upcoming iPhone 4G / HD / Barhopper buyers out in the cold. As with any other payWave-enabled handset, this would allow users to simply tap and go when checking out, a process that our pals over in Japan have had down for centuries now. If all goes well, market trials of the payment-enabled iPhone are set to begin this summer, or approximately six months too late for anyone to seriously care.

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    Visa and DeviceFidelity working to bring mobile payment functionality to iPhone originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 06 May 2010 14:56:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Visa wants to turn your iPhone into a credit card

    Visa wants to turn your iPhone into a credit card

    Posted on May 5, 2010 | No Comments
    If you've been reading MobileCrunch since November of 2009: A) We love you. Thanks for sticking around. B) You might remember that we did a post on "5 iPhone accessories we're still waiting for" - one of which was an iPhone case that acted as a credit card, relying on the RFID tap-to-pay system already in place in many thousands of retailers. Visa -- whoever that is -- is totally stealing our awesome, completely original, no-one-else-has-had-it-ever idea. And we love them for it.

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  • Make your laptop power brick not suck

    Make your laptop power brick not suck

    Posted on April 22, 2010 | No Comments
    This ingenious little bugger plugs inline to your laptop power brick and turns it into a multiple outlet power supply. It’s pretty simple – you just match your cable style – three or two prong – and plug it in. Then you have two extra power ports. Easy peasy, right? The best part? This Google translation [...]

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  • Don’t wear your watches in the shower or under water

    Don’t wear your watches in the shower or under water

    Posted on April 15, 2010 | No Comments
    I always had a sneaking suspicion that I was doing something horrible to my watches by wearing them in water and now I know: almost nothing under the sun is truly waterproof. This older post by a watchmaker spells it out in plain English: most waterproof watches are, at best, not waterproof at all. Also, [...]

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