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Lenovo announces Android 3.1 powered “IdeaPad K1″
Lenovo has announced their entrance into the Android tablet space, making Microsoft richer and collecting more money from their patents. Specs are impressive, the IdeaPad K1 tablet runs Android 3.1, comes with a 10.1-inch display with a resolution of 1280×800, NVIDIA Tegra 2.0 1GHz processor, 3G & Wi-Fi connectivity, 2 megapixel camera in the front [...]
TELUS 72-hour sale goes way back, offers BlackBerry Tour for $0 on 1-year
It’s not often that you see a 2-year old device get some love, however TELUS has yet again come back with their popular 72-hour sale. This time it’s the BlackBerry Tour 9630 for $0 on a 1-year term. The Android-powered Milestone and the Pearl 8230 also look to be wanting to make shelf space for [...]
Seesmic for iPhone v1.4 now available, brings ability to post to multiple accounts
Seesmic made news earlier in the month by announcing their social networking app will no longer be supporting BlackBerry devices, however, the company is plowing forward and has updated their iPhone app to version 1.4. This now meets Twitter’s new OAuth update and brings the ability to post to multiple accounts. In addition, Seesmic says [...]
Facebook for Android updated to version 1.6.1
Android users who use the Facebook app can upgrade to version 1.6.1. There’s not much of an improvement other than more support for Pages. You can now tag pages in status updates by using the “@” symbol. This update, as usual, also brings the vague “Various bug fixes”. Get it here from the Android Market [...]
PayPal to roll out NFC money transfers between Android devices this Summer
This is pretty cool and is a good insight into where mobile payments are heading. At MobileBeat 2011 today PayPal unveiled a new Android widget that allows NFC (near-field communication) capable devices to transfer money by simply bumping their phones together. The process of sending/requesting money looks incredibly easy, all you have to do is [...]
Polar Mobile to build mobile app for TVO
Toronto-based mobile app developer Polar Mobile has added another client to their growing list. Educational broadcaster TVO will enlist their services to develop an app for their flagship current affairs show called “The Agenda with Steve Paikin”. The app will be free and scheduled to be available this Summer on the iPhone, BlackBerry, Android and [...]
Comic: “The Fruit Of Another” (iPhone user vs. Windows Phone user)
Usually you see a comparison of Apple users to Android users, but Penny Arcade created this cartoon that takes on Windows Phone users. Some people have migrated (not many) to WP7 and the cartoon exemplifies an Apple fanboy saying that their experience is better and “our apps bring all the boys to the yard”. Source: [...]
National Post Mobile for Android now available
The National Post has released a free Android app today, giving avid users the option of reading the latest news (sports, home, life, cars, tech etc.) from their device. The app also gives the latest business news from Financial Post and you have the ability to save a story to read later, or share with [...]
OPP targeting distracted drivers the week of July 11th, “Phone in One Hand, Ticket in the Other”
The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are going all out and cracking down on those who are physically talking or texting while driving. The OPP says they’ll be enforcing their “Phone in One Hand, Ticket in the Other” blitz during the week of July 11th. The first blitz the OPP ran was a couple weeks back [...]
Best Buy brings back “Free Phones Friday”, Torch 9800 is now $0 on a 3-year
Been waiting until the BlackBerry Torch 9800 hit zero? If you’re into 3-year contracts then Best Buy is the best option today as they have brought back the “Free Phones Friday” promo. It’ll be on every Friday in July but this week it’s the touch/QWERTY slider Torch 9800 for $0.00 on a 3-year on TELUS, [...]
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