Archive for May, 2010

Has the 8GB iPhone 3G been discontinued?

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010

As of Tuesday morning, the 8GB iPhone 3G is no longer for sale on Apple's Web site. To be clear, that's the 2-year-old iPhone 3G, not the year-old iPhone 3GS. But Apple has been offering a steep discount on the 3G since last year and now it appears customers no longer ...

Official BlackBerry Twitter app gets needed update

Thursday, May 20th, 2010

It's been almost two months since smartphone maker Research In Motion released a beta version of its "official" Twitter client for BlackBerry. Starting Wednesday night and continuing through Thursday, RIM will prompt existing BlackBerry Twitter users in the U.S., U.K., and Canada to update their apps.

Google adds language translation to Android smartphones

Friday, May 7th, 2010

Google on Thursday released free software that lets smartphones based on its Android operating systems be used as language translation tools. Google enhanced its Goggles application to read and translate English, French, Italian, German, or Spanish after pictures of words are taken with cameras built into smartphones such as the Internet ...

T-Mobile MyTouch 3G Slide makes official debut

Tuesday, May 4th, 2010

T-Mobile's latest Android device isn't the biggest surprise, considering all the various leaks over the past couple of months, but nonetheless, we're glad that we can finally talk about the T-Mobile MyTouch 3G Slide with official authority.

Cell phone sales up 22 pct as economy recovers

Monday, May 3rd, 2010

NEW YORK – The number of cell phones sold worldwide rose 22 percent in the first quarter compared with a year earlier, as both the economic recovery and an appetite for smart phones drove a rebound in sales, according to research firm IDC.