AT&T Selling HTC Pure for One Cent After New Agreement
AT&T is now clearing out the poorly-selling HTC Pure by offering it for one cent after new 2 year agreement and instant rebate totaling $199.98 via its online storefront. This follows the internal recall ordered by the carrier last month due to drastically lower than expected sales of the device, which is a variant of […]
Google Launches Nexus One with AT&T 3G Support
Google has launched its next and long-awaited variant of the Nexus One, this one with support for 3G bands used by AT&T and Rogers in Canada along with 2100 MHz support for international roaming. This version is also being sold solely as an unlocked model with no additional carrier subsidy available. Pricing is set at […]
MIX 2010: Microsoft Offering Free Tools for Windows Phone Series 7 Development
To kick off its MIX 2010 conference, Microsoft has announced during the conference that it has begun offering the toolset necessary for the development of future Windows Phone Series 7 applications at no additional charge. The new toolset consists of Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone and the Silverlight-focused Expression Blend for Windows Phone, […]
Palm Confirms Further PDK Details At GDC
Palm has confirmed further details regarding the native PDK during GDC specifically relating to development support and hardware compatibility. First, the most recent version of the PDK released recently is compatible with the Pixi for application development, rather than being limited to the Pre and Pre Plus as first thought, which means that all currently […]
AT&T Offering Free Overnight Shipping & Activation on Select Phones, Netbook/Phone Combo Deal
AT&T is currently offering free overnight shipping and activation on the following phones/devices with new 2 year agreement and messaging/data plan: LG Neon Samsung Magnet Motorola Karma Pantech Reveal Samsung Flight Samsung Propel Pantech Impact Samsung Solstice Samsung Mythic Samsung Impression Samsung Go Netbook and Samsung Mythic (combo package) Caveats include no weekend or holiday […]
Android NDK Updated with OpenGL ES 2.0 Support, First NDK Game Now Available
The Android Developers blog has announced the latest update to the Native Development Kit, which now includes support for the proper extensions needed for developing 3D games using the newer Open GL ES 2.0 standard, placing games and applications developed with the NDK closer in performance to the games available on iPhone 3G/3GS and Palm […]
AT&T Blocking Non-Marketplace Apps from Backflip, Workaround Detailed
Following up, users of venerable forum XDA-Developers have confirmed that AT&T has disabled the capability to install Android applications from sources other than the default Android Marketplace on its build of Android 1.5 via the device. This means that attempts to load applications from the SD card, over Wi-Fi or unsigned applications will not work […]
Video of Windows Phone 7 Surfaces
CNET has posted a video interview with Microsoft’s Charlie Kindel. It appears that Mr. Kindel got “cornered” for this interview that took place off a busy street in San Francisco but was rather willing to share the handset he had in his pocket running Windows Phone 7. The handset looked very similar to the one […]
Microsoft Confirms Clean Slate from Windows Mobile: No Backwards Compatibility on Windows Phone 7
Microsoft has confirmed that Windows Phone 7 Series will represent a clean break from the current Windows Mobile codebase that has formed the basis of Windows Phone Classic. Because of the focus on Windows Phone 7 Series to integrate newer technologies and platforms such as Silverlight and XNA, existing applications built on the current platform […]
Apple Files Suit Against HTC Regarding Patents
This morning, Apple formally filed suit against HTC, alleging that HTC is infringing on 20 Apple patents related to the iPhone’s user interface, underlying architecture and hardware specifically, citing HTC’s Android implementation and Windows Mobile/Android hardware in recently unveiled filings. The lawsuit was jointly filed with the International Trade Commission in Delaware district court. Apple […]