Month: February 2010

  • Google Shopper: Android for Frugal

    Google Shopper is the recently unleashed shopping application from Google Mobile Labs for Android-powered phones. It promises to easily lookup specifications, find reviews and compare prices based on product searches.

  • MS Marketplace Updated

    Didn’t you hate how the Microsoft Marketplace always forced you to install apps to the internal memory instead of giving you the option to install them to an external storage card? Well now you have the option! Microsoft has updated their Marketplace app to allow SD installation and the ability to select different regions.

  • Facebook 1.2 Officially In Marketplace

    In the first week of February, Facebook 1.1.0.14 from the smartphone Marketplace was pulled by a XDA user and made available to us touchscreen users. Well now Microsoft has made this app officially available for touchscreen devices. The blogosphere is calling it v1.2, but its really 1.1.0.17 on the About screen.

  • Review: Mobi Products ‘Protector Case’ for MotoDroid

    The ‘Protector Case’ from Mobi Products is a good fit and a great price. It has the potential of being a very nice looking case but the white plastic seams become the defining characteristic of this product.

  • Sprint to Offer First WiMax 4G Device by Summer 2010; Could it be the Supersonic?

    Together with their 4G partner Clearwire, Sprint has been hard at work since 2008 slowly rolling out the first 4G wireless network in the United States. But the question has always remained: what good is a 4G network if there are no 4G devices available to use with it? According to an article on Forbes, Sprint has now…

  • THE PPCGP! TONIGHT! 10PM EST!

  • Leaked Windows Phone 7 Series Development Docs

    After reviewing the documents, you’ll see that Windows Phone 7 Series is capable of multi-tasking. Most developers won’t get complete access to native APIs, probably for security reasons. The main developer tools will be Visual Studio and Expression Blend for the XAML UI. Silverlight will also be support, as well as XNA, which is the…

  • Motorola Backflip Hits At&t March 7th For $100

    We already reported on the Motorola Backflip Android phone back in December, but now its officially coming to At&t on March 7th. This also starts At&t’s rollout of 5 Android phones in the first half of 2010, as promised at the At&t Developer Summit. With a two-year contract and smartphone data plan, the price will…

  • MWC10 – Puma Phone

    At the Mobile World Congress a new phone pounces into action called the Puma Phone. Yes, just like the shoes you once use to wear. The handset itself is manufactured by Sagem and has a 2.8-inch, 240×320 capacitive touch screen and built-in solar charger on the back. The quad-band GSM device also includes Bluetooth, 3G,…

  • MWC10 – SIMFi Brings MiFi Capability to All SIM Cards

    More news from the Mobile Word Congress, Manufacturer Sagem Orga has teamed up wuth Telefonica to develop a product  called “SIMFi”,  essentially its a SIM card with a WiFi module embedded, that has the potential to bring WiFi access to non-smartphones that may lack the WiFi hardware and could also bring MiFi features to turn almost any…

  • MWC10 – Adobe AIR for Cross-Platform App Development

    BARCELONA, Spain. — Feb. 15, 2010 — At Mobile World Congress™ 2010, Adobe Systems Incorporated announced advancements to the Adobe® Flash® Platform including the unveiling of Adobe® AIR® on mobile devices, a consistent runtime for standalone applications to come out of the Open Screen Project™, an industry-wide initiative led by Adobe that has grown to close to…

  • The PPCGP has hit Zune Marketplace, Now LOCAL to PPCGeeks.com!

    Hey Listeners! Just a quick heads up, this Thursday is our podcast as usual at 10PM EST, but we have a new location! Rather head to ustream, we invite you to join us at our NEW podcast page under ppcgeeks.com, now you only need an account at our site to comment, and listen to the…

  • HD2 Running Windows Phone 7 Series

    Windows Phone 7 Series has been spotted running on a HTC HD2. We already knew the HD2 would be able to upgrade to WM7, but someone at MWC10 has snapped a few shots of it in its early form. Things to note are: -The device had a current copy of TomTom installed, which launched and…

  • HTC Announces TWO new Android Devices and a Windows Phone!

    Today at the World Mobile Congress via Press Release, HTC has announced their latest additions to their family of Android and Windows Phone Products. Their first set of announcements includes updates to their series of HTC Sense UI system for the Android Operating System. The HTC Sense will feature new products such as The HTC…

  • Toshiba TG02 and K01 Announced

    Toshiba announced two new devices today at MWC10. They are both powered by a 1GHz Snapdragon processor and will run Windows Mobile. Here’s the details… Toshiba TG02 4.1-inch WVGA capacitive touchscreen Super-slim design (9.9mm) Customized 3D user interface Toshiba K01 4.1-inch OLED capacitive touchscreen Side-sliding QWERTY keyboard Slim body (12.9mm) microSD memory card slot Source:…