Steve Ballmer envies iPad, says tablets are “job one urg

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told a room full of Wall Street analysts that Apple has done a swell job with iPad and stressed his company is hard at work to make Windows 7 tablet computing a reality. According to a transcript by CNET, Microsoft sees that... 

HTC EVO 4G to get Android 2.2 update next week

If you’re the proud owner of Sprint’s HTC EVO 4G we’ve got some good news for you. Your smartphone will soon be getting Froyo, Android 2.2. Sprint seems to be pretty big about being first to the gate so naturally it wanted to be the first carrier... 

Verizon Wireless launches Samsung Intensity II

Verizon Wireless announced this week that it has launched the sequel to the Samsung Intensity, a handset simply known as the Samsung Intensity II. Some highlights of the phone include a horizontal slide-out QWERTY keyboard, a 1.2 megapixel infrared camera... 

Droid X can be rooted with a single click of your mouse

It didn’t take long for the Motorola Droid X smartphone to be rooted. The original method used required a 12-step process. Not too difficult, right? Well, today it got ridiculously easy. Over at the AllDroid forums a member by the name of Sil3ntKi113... 

Sprint gets branded Android Market aisle

Sprint has its own aisle in the Android Market store. jkOnTheRun is reporting that Sprint customers will now see a Sprint branded tab in place of the Downloads tab to the right of Apps and Games. James Kendrick, who wrote about the latest change to the... 

Best Buy to give away “military-grade” side coverings

Forget Apple’s free bumpers, their retail partner Best Buy is apparently jumping on the Antennagate bandwagon by luring iPhone 4 owners with a free antenna fix by Zagg, normally a $10 value versus Apple’s $30 bumpers. In a way, it’s... 

You can order wine in a NYC restaurant using an iPad

We saw this one coming, honestly… With strong sales and awesome apps written specifically for Apple’s 9.7-inch multitouch tablet, using iPad as a wireless wine catalogue is a natural progression of its e-reading and digital print features.... 

Apple “looking into” poor iPhone 3G performance under

Apple has finally admitted that upgrading your iPhone 3G to iOS 4 results in sluggish performance and general unresponsiveness. According to an Apple spokeswoman who chatted with the Wall Street Journal’s Digit blog, Cupertino is aware of those... 

Multi-format App Store GetJar achieves 3 million downloads

Multi-format app download portal GetJar is provisioning in the region of 3 million downloads per day, according to their latest figures. The company, based in Vilnius, Lithuania with offices in San Mateo, California, has seen steady growth in usage of... 

Motorola spoofs iPhone with “No jacket required” adver

The Droid maker Motorola has upped the ante in the smartphone wars by running an advert that ridicules Apple’s response to the antenna woes of iPhone 4. The company bought a high-profile ad slot in the New York Times and pitched its Droid X handset... 

AT&T needs three weeks to fix slow iPhone uploads

In case you didn’t know, a temporary glitch on the AT&T network is throttling iPhone 4 uploads to 384Kbps, and in some cases to a mere 100Kbps, instead of a theoretical maximum of 5.7Mbps. The carrier assured it would fix the glitch blamed... 

Samsung lures disgruntled iPhone 4 owners with free Androi

If you’re unhappy with your iPhone 4, you can return it to Apple and receive a full refund. But why not vent your frustrations on Twitter for a chance to get a free Samsung Galaxy S smartphone that sports a huge four inch AMOLED display and runs... 

Google Maps for Android gets Places

How about finding a nearby restaurant, browsing its menu, and making reservations – all from the palm of your hand? Now imagine the same for virtually any local business, including coffee shops, shoe stores, movie theaters, bars, hotels, ATMs,... 

Jailbreaking to run sanctioned apps and unlocking to switc

The US Government has legalized software jailbreaking and unlocking, finally bringing the Americans on par with their oversea counterparts who’ve always been able to legally escape clutches of their phone makers and carriers. New rules announced... 

Charge your Android app to you wireless bill

On Friday, there was a post on the Android Developers Blog which reveals plans to introduce a new payment option for consumers using the Android Market to purchase applications. Most who currently buy applications through the Android Market must do...