New doubleTwist for Mac adds built-in Android Market functionality
The latest version of doubleTwist for the Mac (1.0b1b to be precise, available now) adds a whole new Android Market element to the application.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: application, appstore, engadget, itunes, mac, phone, search, Sync, windows
Sprint Free Guarantee eliminates all traces of buyer’s remorse within 30 day trial
Sprint must be feeling pretty good about its chances against the big guys right now, because it's on the cusp of deploying the most comprehensive money-back guarantee policy in the industry -- a policy that erases every red cent you've spent to pick up service with them in the event you change your mind. Starting tomorrow, new customers will have 30 days to check out their Hero , Pre , Pixi , or whatever other device they happen to choose (no EVO 4G yet, sadly), and if they're not happy, a return to the store will trigger a refund for everything, up to and including the service plan charges, taxes, and fees you've incurred so far. AT&T and Verizon come close to Sprint's policy, but they stop short of refunding the plan itself and charge an activation fee if you take more than 3 days to return your goods, and T-Mobile -- long regarded the customer service king in this biz -- only gives you 20 days and won't even pretend to refund your activation fee.
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: customer, industry, mind, moneybackguarantee, result, sprint
Samsung Galaxy S Pro to come with a QWERTY keyboard in June, says Eldar Murtazin
Those whispers you might have heard of a Pro version of Samsung's delectable Galaxy S have just turned into a booming roar, thanks to Eldar Murtazin apparently confirming the existence and prospective arrival of the rumored handset. According to the legendarily loquacious mobile reviewer, Samsung will be strapping a QWERTY keyboard onto the already potent Galaxy S hardware and upping the pricing ante with an extra 50 Euro charge. He also manages to give us a June launch date, but pictures of this device are predictably not yet available.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: after-the-break, eldarmurtazin, galaxy, galaxy s, galaxy s pro, galaxys, galaxyspro, handset, launch, result, roar, speculation
Verizon’s V Cast Apps store is a go, first on BlackBerry Storm2
Right on cue (sort of), Verizon Wireless' branded V Cast Apps market has finally seen the light of day. We've actually heard about the store since last summer, but it wasn't until the carrier's LTE forum at CTIA that we had a confirmed date.
Categories: BlackBerry, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: app, berry-storm2, black, Black Berry, cue, devices, entry, light, mobile, portal, rim, storm 2, v cast, Vcast, vzw
AT&T building out network capacity to prevent exodus to Verizon’s iPhone?
So this is what all those "yo' network's so slow" jokes were about. The Wall Street Journal has today penned a story framing AT&T's hefty recent investments in building out its network as a defensive move against a "huge exodus to Verizon" when its rival gets the iPhone. These preventative measures include working with Apple on streamlining the iPhone's network load, and infrastructure spending that is expected to total $2 billion by the end of the year.
Categories: Android, htc, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: cdma iphone, cdmaiphone, gets-the-iphone, Jokes, networkcapacity, picture, verizon, verizon-wireless, verizonwireless, Wireless Network, wirelessnetwork
LookTel’s ‘artificial vision’ makes Windows Mobile useful to blind people (video)
There's a surprising abundance of tech geared toward helping out people with visual impairments, but you won't find too many smartphones populating that sphere of electronics. Aiming to reverse this trend, LookTel is in the Beta stage of developing so-called artificial vision software that combines a Windows Mobile handset with a PC BaseStation to provide object and text recognition, voice labeling, easy accessibility and remote assistance. It can be used, much like the Intel Reader , to scan text and read it back to you using OCR, and its camera allows it to identify objects based on pre-tagged images you've uploaded to your PC
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: allows-someone, blind, engadget, handicapped, handset, images, impairments, ocr, phone, provide-object, video, visual, voice-labeling, windows-mobile, windowsmobile
Firefox for Mobile (Fennec) escapes in a rough Android port
It's slow, jerky, and may not even work on your Android device after installing the 41MB package. But it's FireFox for Mobile (aka, Fennec ) on Android, brother, and isn't that worth the hassle? Based on our experience with it on the N900 , the only gold platform at the moment, it most definintely is.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: after-the-break, browser, cats, check-the-video, engadget, experience, fennec, firefox, gold-platform, hack, n900, result, until-the-cats, video
Rogers, Telus both offering paid Android Market apps
For Americans, the ability to blow dollar after hard-earned dollar in the Android Market is old hat -- it's been happening since early last year -- but Canada's had a rougher go of it. Rogers just flipped the switch not long ago, and now Telus has joined the party, meaning most Canadians currently using Android-powered handsets can spend US dollars, euros, or yen to fill up their handsets' internal memory (the Market shows prices in each apps' local currency, and we're not aware of any Canadian apps at the moment). It's long overdue, so we're picturing an epic spending spree this week as these guys blow off some steam -- but hey, there are worse ways to go bankrupt, right
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: been-happening, blow-off-some, dollar, handsets, internal-memory, memory, party, rogers
Omnimo: desktop Windows given fashion makeover with Phone 7 Series flair
Can't wait for Windows Phone 7 Series , but can't hack the emulator , either? Don't lose hope, Windows junkies -- you can still bring some semblance of WP7S order into your life with this Metro UI-inspired desktop HUD
Categories: htc, Mobile Phone Tags: flair, hooks, hud, metro, metroui, rainmeter, source, windows phone 7 series, windowsphone7
Cablevision considering ultra-cheap unlimited cellphone service?
Cable companies have been pushing into wireless with more urgency than ever lately -- take Cox and Comcast , just to name a couple -- and now it seems Cablevision is taking a good, hard look at launching a cellphone service under its Optimum brand. Current service subscribers are being asked if they'd be interested in "unlimited calling, texting, and internet data access" for $29.95 a month, which is ridiculously, mind-numbingly low for such a package if Cablevision is actually capable of delivering.