Menlo Park (ip-192.com): Google has discontinued the sale of the Nexus One smartphone in the US. After disappointing online sales Google indicated earlier in the week that it plans to end its direct sales pitch for good. Visitors to the Nexus One website are now greeted with the message "Sorry, folks... The Nexus One is [...]
Waterloo (ip-192.com): Rumors that Research in Motion (RIM) is planning a new BlackBerry powered tablet, named BlackTab are flying high (again). A report by Rodman & Renshaw analyst Ashok Kumar claims that the new device will be build around a 1 GHz Armada 610 Marvel processor, 4GB of internal memory and a 7-inch touchscreen. The [...]
Ann Arbor (ip-192.com): In a bid to boost revenue, Borders started unveiled its new e-book store. The Ann Arbor based bookseller said that it has about 1.5 million books available. The digital copies include paid and free books in a variety of formats that include ePub, Adobe Acrobat, and mobile. Free software powered by Kobo [...]
Menlo Park (ip-192.com): Android 2.2, Google's operating system for mobile devices, is coming to the Nexus One smartphone via an over-the-air update. The new version codenamed Froyo is significantly faster and supports features like push-through notifications. Android 2.2 will allow users to turn their handset into a portable Wi-Fi hotspot. With the update installed, the [...]
Menlo Park (ip-192.com): Google Voice, Google’s free telecommunications service, is now freely available to users in the U.S. Invitations are no longer required. User can choose a phone number and link it to any or all of their existing phones. Incoming calls will then be routing to the phones connected, and users can pick-up the [...]
Dallas (ip-192.com): Apple's new iPhone 4 makes a splash – and brings AT&T to its knees. The second largest wireless carrier in the U.S. temporarily suspended pre-orders of Apple's latest gadget on Wednesday. Customers said that they did see the wrong account information on AT&T's website during the purchasing process, the blogging site Gizmodo reported [...]
