The Jared Company let us know that they’re running a holiday sweepstakes from December 20th, to January 19th, 2011. The app company will be giving away up to 2 BlackBerry Torch devices; one Torch will be awarded to the winner of the sweepstakes, and if the winner was referred by a friend, then the referring friend will win the second Torch (if applicable)
» Read more: Jared Company Giving Away 2 BlackBerry Torch Smartphones
Back in early September we heard that TELUS would be the first carrier in Canada to provide carrier billing support with App World.
» Read more: TELUS Users Can Now Buy Apps via Carrier Billing in App World
If you thought that offering the iPhone 3GS 8 GB for free today was all that Best Buy had up their smartphone-filled sleeves for this weekend, you would have been very wrong. It turns out that today’s promo was just the start of a three-day event that spans from now until Sunday, and will bring a new free phone each day
The full feature set of Google Maps API v3 is now available to BlackBerry 6 and BlackBerry Torch users . The Google Maps API allows you to embed the Google Maps field into your website whether it’s on desktop or mobile.
» Read more: Google Maps API Version 3 Now Supports BlackBerry 6
The AT&T BlackBerry Torch is apparently selling really well and despite rumors that launch day wasn’t too successful, AT&T is putting a lot of marketing dollars behind the device. This is pretty typical with BlackBerry sales as we don’t see a huge launch day but rather steady sales as customers upgrade and renew their plans
%thumbnail% » Read more: Explore the BlackBerry Torch in 3D Augmented Reality
Eric at Ebscer let us know about a new app in App World called the Morse Code app. The Morse Code app lets you take your text and have it translated back to you in Morse Code
» Read more: Translate Text to Morse Code with the Morse Code App for the Torch
Behold! The … business side of fun? As Vince says, there are few exceptions to the idea that an Android phone has to be a candybar with a big touchscreen and either a flip-out keyboard or none at all – Droid Pro is a misfit! Droid Pro appears to take more of a BlackBerry approach with a keyboard set below the screen portrait style, how close can Android get without directly competing?
If you’re in need of a new phone and a new 2-yr contract agreement with AT&T, check out Amazon’s current promotion.
Perhaps unhappy with how sales of the Torch 9800 are going, RIM now reportedly wants to launch a new BlackBerry slider that should be smaller and cheaper than the first one. BBleaks has it that the new slider smartphone will be “entry-level†– this means carriers could offer it for under $100 on contract. Of course, the Torch 9800 is itself $99.99 on contract at AT&T as of Monday, so the upcoming BlackBerry should be offered for $50 or something like that.
Sprint has released a firmware update for the (aging) Samsung Moment . This sadly isn’t an update to Android 2.2 Froyo
» Read more: Sprint Samsung Moment gets a bugfix firmware update
© 2012 iPad, iphone, iPod Touch, Android Apps News · Proudly powered by WordPress & Green Park 2 by Cordobo.
Valid XHTML 1.0 Transitional | Valid CSS 3
