If you use Facebook you know it allows you to tell the world if you’re single, engaged, married, in a “it’s complicated” relationship, or a civil partnership. It also lets group your family members together with their own tags (mother, daughter, etc). Now for all those Facebook members who are expecting, you can add the new addition to be. The site has introduced a new “Expecting” feature that lets members add their upcoming bundle of joy to their family group, complete with name and expected date of birth. What’ll they think of next?Read [TodayShow] Full Story » | Written by Sue Walsh for . | Comment on this Article »
Recently, a Wal-Mart brochure leaked the upcoming Sharp FX Plus, which is an Android smartphone with a Sidekick-esque form factor that is expected to become another mid-range offering from AT&T. At the time, many of the specs were unknown, but Pocketnow received a few press style images of the smartphone and were tipped on a few specs. The FX Plus is expected to feature a 3.2 inch touch screen display, a 3.2MP rear facing camera, a 600 MHz processor, Froyo (Android 2.2), and 512MB of RAM. Hopefully AT&T keeps the price low on the FX Plus since the specs really… Full Story » | Written by Natesh Sood for . | Comment on this Article »
AT&T has confirmed this week's rumor about the company moving away from unlimited data and into world of data throttling. Starting on October 1, AT&T will slow data speeds for the top 5% of data users. Chances are most of you reading this won't notice any difference in speed. It's still something to know just in case you use a bunch of data every month. AT&T didn't specify how much data will put someone in the top 5%. The company says that data usage for the "heaviest users varies from month to month." It reiterates that one would have to… Full Story » | Written by Jeremy Hill for . | Comment on this Article »
One of the criticisms about FaceTime—the video communication service by Apple—is the fact that it is locked to WiFi in order to save precious bandwidth space on cellular networks. However, a recent report is suggesting that Apple and Verizon are currently working on a deal that would provide Apple iPhone 4 customers on Verizon with the ability to FaceTime over its 3G network. Several Verizon Wireless engineers are said to be testing the viability of FaceTime in 3G and iOS 5 is said to feature a revamped FaceTime service in order to work more efficiently. While most of the news… Full Story » | Written by Natesh Sood for . | Comment on this Article »
After some folks felt disappointed that music streaming from Microsoft’s file storage service SkyDrive will not be supported by Windows Phone Mango, this was suddenly changed in the latest build. Build 77212 of Windows Phone Mango was just made available to developers, and one developer named Manan Kakkar confirmed that this new build now supports music playback from SkyDrive. This feature was documented in the video demo attached below. As you can see from the video, clicking on an MP3 file stored on Windows SkyDrive within the Office Hub will open up the mobile web version of SkyDrive within Internet… Full Story » | Written by Arnold Zafra for . | Comment on this Article »
The previously announced Lenovo IdeaPad Android tablet has just been listed and priced by Future Shop in Canada. And like the iPad, Android Tablets such as XOOM, LG Optimus Pad, BlackBerry Playbook and the HP TouchPad, the Lenovo IdeaPad will also be getting a price tag of $499.99. Although Future Shop did not indicate as to when it will be getting the Lenovo IdeaPad tablet. The Lenovo IdeaPad tablet features a 10.1-inch display, NVIDIA Tegra 2 1GHz processor, a 5MP back-facing camera, a 2MP front-facing camera, Wi-Fi, 32GB storage and is running Honeycomb.Via [Future Shop] and [MobileSyrup] Full Story » | Written by Arnold Zafra for . | Comment on this Article »
If an iPad or other tablet has become a vital part of your daily life, you’re probably doing a lot of searches on the web using these devices. And Google knows that. That’s why they just made their search page friendlier for tablet devices such as the iPad and Android tablets. This enhancement is gradually being rolled out. To check if it’s already rolled out to your location, simply point your iPad or tablet’s browser to www.google.com. You will immediately notice the difference since the new search results page will be sporting a simplified layout and the size of page… Full Story » | Written by Arnold Zafra for . | Comment on this Article »
FROM APPLETELL - AT&T has officially confirmed today that starting on October 1st of this year, they will begin to throttle users with unlimited data plans that use excessive amounts of data. MORE » Full Story » | Written by NEWS for . | Comment on this Article »
The Samsung Galaxy S II was made available in select markets in May 2011, but it was only available in the black variety. Fortunately for those who absolutely love the color white, Samsung has an identical spec’d model of the Galaxy S II in white coming on September 1st for the United Kingdom. No word on whether the white model will launch in additional markets, but the UK is certainly a promising start. Hopefully Samsung can deliver on the date now set in stone, and not repeatedly delay the device similar to what Apple did with the iPhone 4. Read… Full Story » | Written by Natesh Sood for . | Comment on this Article »
FROM APPLETELL - Shark Week is coming up, this weekend could be filled with punches and bowling with Tekken Bowl, you can use RunPee to know when to walk out of any movie, and much more. MORE » Full Story » | Written by NEWS for . | Comment on this Article »
There is a new print magazine from Imagine Publishing that is on store shelves in the United Kingdom. It's called Android Magazine and it's dedicated to all things Android. The first issue is selling for £4.99 or around $8 a piece. Android Magazine isn't available in the United States yet, but it will be making its way over in a few weeks. The first issue of Android Magazine will contain reviews on smartphones such as the Samsung Galaxy S II, tips on how to customize your phone and a section dedicated to the best hacks. Hey, it wouldn't be a… Full Story » | Written by Jeremy Hill for . | Comment on this Article »
Google Music is another invite-only service that some people would trip over themselves to get into. Google Music is a cloud service that lets you upload your existing music collection to Google's servers. You can then access your music from virtually everywhere including your Android device. If you find yourself feeling charitable today, feel free to check your Google Music account for two invitations. There are quite a few reports about users seeing a notification for two Google Music invites once they log in to the service. You can send an invite to whoever you see fit. I have yet… Full Story » | Written by Jeremy Hill for . | Comment on this Article » More Recent Articles |