Archive for March, 2011 - Page 20

A rising category for apps is dealing with fitness, sure there are a few quality offerings already available for the iPhone and Android, one that comes to mind is the one that I currently use — Runkeeper. That said, it is always nice to see some competition, both in the [...]

AT&T has been blocking Android users from downloading apps from anywhere except the official Android Market since they originally began offering Android smartphones. The block comes by way of keeping users from checking the “allow install of non-Market applications” box in the settings.

Sprint, along with Location Labs has announced a new app — Sprint Drive First. This app is simple enough — it locks down the phone and sends calls to voicemail when the phone is in motion. In other words, it should force the user to keep their phone down and [...]

A big question for smartphone users these days deals with updates and when they are arriving. We frequently see this with Android users, but Windows Phone 7, iOS and others are not immune in any way. As it turns out, the Windows Phone 7 updates are a little bigger of [...]

The case of Sony versus George Hotz and the hacked PS3. This is certainly turning into an interesting event. And without going super far into the back story, George Hotz, who is perhaps better known online as Geohot was the first person to gain hypervisor access to the PlayStation 3 [...]

CTIA has just announced the Emerging Technology Award winners for this year’s trade show. Among these are the SwiftKey Tablet virtual keyboard for Android devices.

We’ve known that Kratos is going to be a PS3-exclusive character in the upcoming Mortal Kombat reboot for quite some time now, but before now, he’s only appeared in one promotional trailer – and for only about ten seconds, if that. WB Games and NetherRealm Studios recently released a new [...]

Bad news for Showtime fans on Netflix. It’s being reported by the Los Angeles Times that premium cable network Showtime has had a falling out with Netflix, and that the company won’t be renewing their contract with Netflix for the first-run Showtime programming. That means that ongoing Showtime shows like [...]

It’s official, the Motorola Xoom is coming to a carrier other than Verizon. Cellular South, the popular super regional carrier will be getting the Android Honeycomb tablet. Unfortunately, it won’t have 3G. Cellular South will be offering the WiFi-only version of the Xoom – although they’ll strongly be encouraging you to [...]

After donating the profits from a week-long sale on various iOS Sonic games to the Red Cross, Sega of America is putting a lot of attractive Sega merchandise and promotional items up for auction on eBay to further aid the recovery effort in Japan. Check out a video of everything [...]