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Cricket's Muve Music Catalog Will Top 10 Million Songs By The End Of This Year

Cricket Partners With CD Baby, TuneCore & The Orchard; Will Mean A Doubling Of The Available Songs For Muve Music
By on Tuesday, 15. May 2012

The recent Muve Music news has been mostly device and subscriber count related. If you remember back, Cricket announced that the Huawei Mercury smartphone was available and supported the service back in early-April. And otherwise, it was back in early-January when the service cracked the half-a-million user mark.

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Sparrow For Mac Updated To Version 1.6

Sparrow For Mac Gets An Update; Brings Support For POP, Faster Startup Times & More Including Numerous Bug Fixes
By on Tuesday, 15. May 2012

Yesterday we saw an update for the Sparrow mail app on the iPhone. The app was updated to version 1.2 and along with that announcement came word of an update for Sparrow for Mac. The Mac app update was noted as coming soon and while we trusted that word — [...]

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Samsung Updates, Details Which T-Mobile Handsets Will Be Getting Ice Cream Sandwich

Samsung Updates The Android ICS Device Update List For T-Mobile, Remains Mum As To When The Updates Will Be Arriving
By on Tuesday, 15. May 2012

Back towards the end of April we watched as Samsung posted a list of which devices would be getting an update to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. And well, while Samsung was kind enough to break things by carrier and also include the Wi-Fi only models — they did not [...]

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HTC Desire C Smartphone Officially Announced For The UK

HTC Announces The Desire C; Features Include a 3.5" Display, Beats Audio, Android ICS & A Budget-Friendly Price Point
By on Tuesday, 15. May 2012

HTC has come forward with release details for the Desire C smartphone in the UK. The handset is expected to come available with a wide range of carriers and retailers, however at this point — the carrier details are just beginning to roll-in.

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LinkedIn Comes To Windows Phone

LinkedIn App Now Available In The Windows Phone Marketplace
By on Monday, 14. May 2012

It looks like Windows Phone users have gotten another well deserved (and long awaited) app. The latest to find its way into the Windows Phone Marketplace is LinkedIn, which is now available for devices running Windows Phone 7.5 Mango or later.

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Sprint Will Be Opening Select Retail Locations At 8AM On May 18th

Sprint Is Launching The HTC EVO 4G LTE On May 18th, Will Have Select Retail Locations Opening At 8AM
By on Monday, 14. May 2012

We have seen quite a bit in terms of the HTC EVO 4G LTE availability. Sprint had already announced the pricing and release details. Not to mention, the handset has previously come available for pre-order with Sprint as well as with Best Buy.

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HTC Sensation 4G Ice Cream Sandwich Update Will Be Available May 16th

T-Mobile Offers ICS Status Update, Android 4.0 Coming To The Sensation 4G On May 16th & In The Coming Weeks For The Amaze 4G
By on Monday, 14. May 2012

T-Mobile confirmed the delay in April, but thankfully they have returned with some good news in May. Simply put, it looks like there is a bit of good news for those sporting an HTC Sensation 4G smartphone. And to a lesser degree, some good news for those carrying an HTC [...]

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LG Optimus Elite Pre-Orders No Longer Available With Virgin Mobile

Virgin Mobile Quits Accepting Pre-Orders For The LG Optimus Elite Smartphone, Reminds Everyone The Handset Will Be Available On May 15th
By on Monday, 14. May 2012

Virgin Mobile began accepting pre-orders for the LG Optimus Elite smartphone last week, and well, it looks like they either had very limited inventory or very brisk sales. Or quite possibly they are just preparing for what is coming soon. That being said, Virgin Mobile has officially stopped accepting pre-orders [...]

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Verizon Droid RAZR Maxx Price Cut Official, Drops Down To $199.99

Verizon Wireless Officially Lowers The Price Of The Droid RAZR Maxx By $100, Has It Priced At $199.99 On A Two-Year Agreement
By on Monday, 14. May 2012

We had been hearing the chatter, and well, a quick visit to the Verizon website offers the confirmation — the Droid RAZR Maxx has been given a price cut. The handset is now a $100 less expansive and Verizon appears to be pushing it along with Color for Facebook.

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Sparrow For iPhone Updated To Version 1.2

Latest Sparrow For iPhone Update Brings Landscape Mode & Additional Languages, Also Gets Denied For Push
By on Monday, 14. May 2012

It looks like the Sparrow email app has been updated. In this case we are referring to Sparrow for iPhone as opposed to the Sparrow for Mac app. The former was updated to version 1.2 and the latter, while not updated just yet, does have version 1.6 “coming soon.”

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