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Archives for September, 2010

Napster app arrives on iOS, completes the circle of life

Before the iPhone, the iPod, and iTunes, there was Napster. The original gangster of digital music distribution has undergone many changes since its heyday as a pirate’s Shangri-La, though this latest one seems to be the most fitting. A new app for the aforementioned iOS devices as well as the iPad has been launched, giving …

Facebook Denies Rumors It Is Making A Phone Of Its Own

TechCrunch kicked off a rumor today that Facebook was building software for its own phone, which would be manufactured by third-parties. Despite Facebook denying such claims, the rumors continued to spread quickly across the Web, fueled by other reports by BusinessInsider.com, which said the phone would “for sure” be based on Google’s Android. Facebook quickly …

Einstein brings Newton OS to the iPhone, handwriting recognition and all

Palm OS on the iPhone? Check. Android on the iPhone? Quasi-check. Newton OS on the iPhone? As of today, that’s a trio of affirmations. Developer Matthias Melcher has wisely used a good bit of his free time to port one of the world’s forgotten-but-not-forgotten operating systems onto Apple’s iOS platform, and while things are understandably …

Facebook Might be Working on a Phone, Sources Say

The smartphone war has heated up over the last few years. While there were plenty of smartphones and PDAs out there in the wild well before the launch of the original iPhone, we all know what happened to the market the moment the iDevice hit the scene. And now, as our smartphones get smarter, and …

iPhone 4 Launching in China on September 25th

Rumors about the latest generation iPhone heading to China seemed to have been true. Apple has just announced that the iPhone 4 will be made available in China in just a few days. Bringing all of the same features that purchasers around the world have been enjoying for a few months now, the China-bound model …

Apple’s iPhone 4 coming to China on September 25

Turns out the rumors weren’t too far off. After fighting for ages to get the iPhone 3G to Chinese shores, citizens of the the aforementioned nation will soon be able to pick up one of Apple’s latest (the iPhone 4, if you’re keeping count) without reverting to importers and KIRF shops. Starting on September 25th, …

Fring reveals FringOut for cheap VoIP calls, challenges Skype head-on

When we first caught wind of Fring a while back, Skype compatibility was the draw, but as the years progressed and Fring grew some, the VoIP services didn’t exactly get along. Today, the company’s taking matters into its own hands with the not-so-subtly named FringOut, which appears to provide even cheaper calls to landlines and …