Mobile news

The Federal Communications Commission today announced the release of a mobile tool to help consumers test the wireless broadband coverage in their area. The mobile version of the Consumer Broadband Test is available in the Apple iPhone App Store ...
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Today Twitter unveiled a new feature that allows users to automatically share their location with their Tweets. Users need to opt into the service via their accounts and can turn it off at any time. Twitter has made more ...
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On the official Palm Blog today, the company announced that Epic games has demonstrated the Unreal Engine 3, the gaming back end that drives Unreal Tournament 3 and Gears of War, among other titles. Licensees of the Unreal Engine ...
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Today Google introduced a new browser-based search tool that will let users see at a glance whether or not their search query is in stock at local stores. Searches for retail items performed from the browser will deliver local ...
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American Airlines today announced 19 new airports participating in its mobile boarding pass service. The new airports include Houston George Bush, New York La Guardia and Phoenix Sky Harbor, among others. Fliers can use any cell phone or smartphone ...
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T-Mobile today announced that it has joined WaveMarket's Veriplace Cloud Location Platform Initiative. This initiative provides developers of mobile apps and services with the APIs (application programming interface) that they might need to enable their apps with geo-location features. ...
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Phone Scoop gets hands-on with the Sony Ericsson Naite, an inexpensive phone that's part of Sony Ericsson's Greenheart initiative. Is the phone a little too green? Check out our video tour.
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Today Verizon Wireless launched the Casio G'zOne Brigade, which was first announced in November 2009. This mil-spec rugged device is a sideways clamshell that has both a numeric keypad on the front and a full QWERTY keyboard inside ...
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Today T-Mobile USA announced that its first HSPA+ laptop dongle, the webConnect Rocket USB Laptop Stick, will be available starting March 14 for $100 after rebates with new agreement. T-Mobile also announced new plans for webConnect devices. Customers can ...
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Today Opera Software made a beta version of Opera Mini 5 available for the Android platform. Opera says that the Android version of Opera Mini 5 offers all the same features that other versions do, including tabbed browsing, the ...
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