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Verizon and AT&T blocking tethering apps from Android Market; we have a workaround

Verizon and AT&T blocking tethering apps from Android Market; we have a workaround

Justin Cauchon May 4, 2011 1

So much for Android being an open platform. Verizon and AT&T have blocked access to popular tethering apps in the Android Market. Carriers are getting serious about paying for tethering and understandably want to

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Sprint launching tiered data plans on embedded devices and hotspots

Sprint launching tiered data plans on embedded devices and hotspots

Justin Cauchon May 3, 2011 0

Do you remember just a few months ago when Dan Hesse, CEO of Sprint, got on camera and explained that he understands what unlimited is? He may have underestimated how much data was going

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Angry Birds coming to the BlackBerry PlayBook

Angry Birds coming to the BlackBerry PlayBook

Justin Cauchon May 3, 2011 0

We’ve talked a lot about the BlackBerry PlayBook the past few days at BlackBerry World. Today during the keynote, RIM’s Co-CEO, Mike Lazaridis, announced that Angry Birds would be making its way to the

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Microsoft and RIM form partnership to integrate Bing into BlackBerrys

Microsoft and RIM form partnership to integrate Bing into BlackBerrys

Justin Cauchon May 3, 2011 0

Steve Ballmer made a surprise appearance at the BlackBerry World keynote. While Windows Phone is an obvious competitor to the BlackBerry platform, the Microsoft and RIM are establishing a partnership where Bing will be

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RIM announces native email, contacts, and calendar on BlackBerry PlayBook

RIM announces native email, contacts, and calendar on BlackBerry PlayBook

Justin Cauchon May 3, 2011 0

RIM announced this morning at BlackBerry World that native email, contacts, and calendar would be coming to the BlackBerry PlayBook. These features are available now with BlackBerry Bridge, but this will disconnect that and

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Next version of Android to be called Ice Cream Sandwich

Next version of Android to be called Ice Cream Sandwich

Justin Cauchon May 3, 2011 1

Googe has a habit of naming its Android versions with names of sweet foods. We’ve had 2.0/2.1 Eclair, 2.2 Froyo, 2.3 Gingerbreak, and 3.0 Honeycomb. The next version of Android will be called Ice Cream

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Hands-on with the new BlackBerry Bold 9900/9930

Hands-on with the new BlackBerry Bold 9900/9930

Justin Cauchon May 2, 2011 0

We have heard a lot about the new BlackBerry Bold 9900/9930 today. First we got the announcement this morning, then we learned it would be coming to T-Mobile, Verizon, and AT&T. We got to

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EXCLUSIVE: New BlackBerry Bold spotted on Verizon and AT&T network

EXCLUSIVE: New BlackBerry Bold spotted on Verizon and AT&T network

Justin Cauchon May 2, 2011 5

RIM officially announced the BlackBerry Bold 9900/9930 earlier today. While playing with the phone at BlackBerry World today, we found a 9900 running on AT&T (pictured above) and a 9930 running on Verizon (pictured

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BlackBerry PlayBook getting updated this week; bringing video chat, BBM, and more

BlackBerry PlayBook getting updated this week; bringing video chat, BBM, and more

Justin Cauchon May 2, 2011 0

We are here at BlackBerry World, sitting by the open bar, waiting for the BlackBerry PlayBook update to hit our device. Unfortunately, we have not gotten it pushed to our tablet yet. But we

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AT&T and Samsung having a special announcement on May 5

AT&T and Samsung having a special announcement on May 5

Justin Cauchon May 2, 2011 0

AT&T and Samsung are holding a special event for the press on May 5 in New York City. The companies are not divulging any information about what will be announced. We know that it

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