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Google Sync For Windows Phone (7.5+) Gets An Update [Google Rolls-Out A Few New Features For Google Sync On Windows Phone 7.5 Including Improvements To Calendar Sync & Search]

By on Friday, 27. January 2012

It looks like Google has recently rolled-out a few improvements in terms of Google Sync on Windows Phone devices. More specifically, for Windows Phone devices that are running version 7.5 or later. But that being said, these latest changes for Google Sync deal with the Calendar as well as being [...]

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WebIS Announces Pocket Informant Online [Pocket Informant Online Announced, Set To Arrive In February As A Public Beta & Promises "Complete Mobile Organization"]

By on Friday, 27. January 2012

We have mentioned Pocket Informant here several times in the past. And for those who may have missed those mentions, Pocket Informant is a calendar and task application that is available for multiple mobile platforms including iOS, Android and the BlackBerry.

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Samsung Galaxy S II LTE Smartphone & Galaxy Tab 10.1 Bundle Now Available From Future Shop [Future Shop Samsung Smartphone & Tablet Bundle Available Today, Get Both (On A Three-Year Agreement) For $249.99]

By on Friday, 27. January 2012

Rogers has been running a promotion that allowed you to get a free Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet if you purchased and activated two smartphones lines on your account. And well, while that offer seemed solid enough, it looks like a new Rogers bundle offer has come available by way of [...]

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Wi-Fi Only Motorola XYBOARD Tablets Now Shipping [Motorola XYBOARD 8.2 & XYBOARD 10.1 Now Shipping Direct From Motorola In A Wi-Fi Only Model, Arrive Priced From $399.99 & $499.99 Respectively]

By on Friday, 27. January 2012

Motorola originally announced the XYBOARD tablets for the US market along with Verizon back in early December. We then saw the 8.2 and 10.1 inch models come available just a few days later. And well, while we understand that not everyone wants another cellular carrier bill — this latest is [...]

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Google Maps Gets Public Alerts for Emergencies [Google Launched Public Alerts for Google Maps, Service Displays Existing Emergency Alerts Across the World]

By on Thursday, 26. January 2012

Google has launched a new service for Google Maps, Google Public Alerts, which basically tells users what’s wrong with the world, at least from the weather point of views, although other major disasters such as flood warnings, eartquakes, fires or snowstorms will also be displayed.

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Nokia Windows 8 Tablet In the Works? [With Months Ahead of Windows 8 Release Date Report Suggests Nokia Could Be Creating Its Own Windows 8 Tablet]

By on Thursday, 26. January 2012

Nokia, once the undisputed champion on the mobile ecosystem, has a tough time keeping up with iOS and Android in the smartphone business, although you probably won’t hear that from any Nokia executives. But the fact is that at a time when Apple is talking big numbers when it comes [...]

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Xbox Live Gaming Coming to iOS & Android Devices? [Microsoft Hints That It’s Working on Xbox Live Titles for iOS & Android, as Windows Phone Is Not Quite That Popular Yet]

By on Thursday, 26. January 2012

Xbox Live is a big part of the Xbox 360 ecosystem and we’re not surprised to see Microsoft interested in making it available to as many devices as possible. Among those we naturally have the Windows Phone handsets that come with native Xbox Live integration, but considering that the platform [...]

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New Apple Patent Discusses Touch Screen-Driven Universal Remote [Apple Patent For A Universal Remote Handles Home Theater Gear, PCs, & More Besides In One Touch Screen Package]

By on Thursday, 26. January 2012

We’ve all seen attempts to turn the iPod Touch or iPhone or even the iPad into a universal remote for your various home theater hardware. Well, today, we’ve discovered a new patent from the folks at Apple geared toward taking the universal remote concept one step farther. Not only would [...]

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ZTE Optik Tablet Looks To Land On Sprint [The Newest Entrant In The Cheap Tablet Stakes Is The ZTE Optik, With A Great Deal From Sprint & Some Reasonable Specs Besides]

By on Thursday, 26. January 2012

Okay, if you missed out on the HP TouchPad debacle, and aren’t too convinced that the Kindle Fire is the route you want to go in terms of tablet, then the folks out at ZTE have a solution for you. It’s cheap, it’s reasonably fast, and it’s got a Sprint [...]

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Lenovo ThinkPad X130e Now Available For Sale With An Expected Ship Date Of February 9th [Lenovo Prices & Dates The ThinkPad X130e Notebook Lineup, Prices Begin At $429 & The Estimated Ship Date Is February 9th]

By on Thursday, 26. January 2012

We have seen quite a bit in terms of the Lenovo ThinkPad X130e notebooks over the past few months. Unfortunately though, we have yet to see them begin shipping just yet. But that being said, it looks like that statement may be changing soon enough.

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