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Verizon Preps Software Update for Motorola XOOM

The mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless is getting ready for the release of a new software update for the Motorola XOOM devices on its airwaves. The new software update is set to be delivered to users as version HLK75H and is available for Motorola XOOM 4G LTE devices on the carrier’s airwaves. Following ...

9 February 2012
13:51 GMT

Google Search Gets Updated on Android

Android users who enjoy spending their time searching for information and content on Google will certainly rejoice learning that enhancements are now available for them. Following the release of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, Google has updated Google Search for devices that are based on the previous flavors of A...

12 January 2012
04:22 GMT

Nokia Lumia 800 Tastes Its First Software Update

Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia has just started to push out a software update for the newly launched Nokia Lumia 800, in an attempt to resolve some of the issues the handset was delivered to shelves with. Running under Windows Phone 7.5 Mango, Nokia Lumia 800 was the first handset to mark the company’s depa...

8 December 2011
02:53 GMT

Less BHSEO Registered This Year

Security researchers have recorded less black hat search engine optimization (BHSEO) activity this year because of the efforts made by search engines to block such attacks.BHSEO, otherwise known as search result poisoning, is a term that refers to the techniques used to push malicious pages at the top of search resul...

29 August 2011
14:36 GMT

Windows Phone Tastes First Update, But Not ‘NoDo’

Windows Phone owners out there should start enjoying a series of new features on their smartphones starting with today, as Redmond-based software giant Microsoft pushed out the first update for the new mobile operating system. Unfortunately, this is only a minor update, and not the software that we've been tal...

22 February 2011
02:25 GMT

Nokia Releases Software Update for X3-02, C6-00 and X6-00

Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia has made available software updates for some of the newest handsets it released on the market last year, including the new X3-02 Touch and Type, and the older C6-00 and X6-00. All updates are only minor firmware bumps, mainly set at offering improved performance levels, though some n...

3 January 2011
11:11 GMT

Nokia Updates Its 5800 and 5530 Handsets

New software updates are now available for download for Nokia's 5800 and 5530 smartphones, namely firmware version 52.0.007 and version 32.0.007, respectively.As it always happens with this kind of updates, users in various markets around the world should receive the solution at different times, which means tha...

25 November 2010
14:51 GMT

Firmware v500.21.009 Available for Nokia E71 and E66

Espoo, Finland-based mobile phone maker Nokia has recently released new software updates for two of its popular handsets, namely the Nokia E71 and the Nokia E66. The firmware on both devices has been brought up to version v500.21.009 via this update, which came forth with a great amount of new features, enhancements...

2 July 2010
08:47 GMT

Google Goggles Adds Translation Features

Google Goggles, the visual search service Google launched in late 2009, has just got better, with the addition of a new appealing feature: Goggles translation. What this new functionality is all about includes the possibility to translate text from various languages around the world. In other words, in case one trav...

7 May 2010
02:59 GMT

Android 2.1 Now Available for Milestone in the UK

The long-awaited Android 2.1 software update is now available for download for users of a Motorola Milestone living in the UK. The handset vendor has just announced via its Facebook page the availability of the solution, inviting those who own a Motorola Milestone to head over to its support page to get the update. ...

6 May 2010
09:39 GMT

Download Firefox 1.1 Beta for Nokia N900

Mozilla is continuing the development of their mobile browser, and a new version of the application is available for download for the users of a Nokia N900. The new Firefox 1.1 beta for Nokia N900 builds on the same browser engine as the desktop Firefox 3.6, though it comes with a wide range of under the hood change...

30 April 2010
05:22 GMT

Nokia E72 Goes White, Tastes Software Update

Nokia E72, one of the popular handsets in Nokia's Eseries, has just emerged in a new color version, namely white. The device is joining a wide range of other Nokia phones that come with models dressed up in white, including Nokia N97, Nokia X6 and others. Moreover, the Nokia E72 has received a new software upda...

29 April 2010
06:27 GMT

Nokia's Ovi Store Gets Enhanced

Espoo, Finland-based mobile phone maker Nokia has just made a series of improvements to its Ovi Store, the software solutions portal available for all users of a compatible Nokia device interested in downloading content on their handsets. According to the company, the improvements brought to the Store include an eas...

30 March 2010
10:49 GMT

Software Update for Sony Ericsson Satio Coming Soon

Japanese-Swedish mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson has just announced that it is working on a new software update for its Satio handset. According to the company, the solution is “just around the corner,” but users in different markets should expect for the update to roll out at different times for them, s...

6 March 2010
06:25 GMT

DROID's Android 2.1 Delayed, Details on It Emerge

Mobile phone maker Motorola announced only a few days ago via its official Facebook page that it planned on delivering the much awaited Android 2.1 software update for the high-end Motorola DROID on Verizon as soon as this week, but it seems that the company changed its mind. A recent post on Motorola's forums ...

11 February 2010
04:34 GMT

Nokia N97 mini Also Receives Firmware Update

Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia released on Monday, February 1, a new software update for one of its high-end devices, the Nokia N97, and now we learn that the company also delivered a new firmware solution for another popular handset of theirs, the Nokia N97 mini. The smaller version of N97 has just been updated t...

2 February 2010
04:31 GMT

Download Resco Photo Manager 7.0 for Windows Mobile

Windows Mobile phone users can now enjoy yet another newly updated application for their handsets, in the form of the Resco Photo Manager, which has just reached version 7.0. The software solution, as many of you might already know, comes around as a photo viewing program that includes far more features than a standa...

3 December 2009
03:00 GMT

Motorola CLIQ Sees Firmware Version 1.1.31

Motorola CLIQ, the first handset the mobile phone maker Motorola delivered to the market with Google's Android operating system on board, has just received a firmware update. The handset has been delivered to the market with a series of glitches that affected its touchscreen and Bluetooth, as well as its batter...

2 December 2009
09:00 GMT

Nokia E71 Sees Firmware Update

Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia has just released into the wild a new software version for one of its most popular handset available on the market, the Nokia E71. The new version of device's firmware is 400.21.013, and it is said to come around with a wide range of fixes, as well as with improved support for N...

28 November 2009
07:19 GMT

Verizon Deploys New Cell Site in Woodland Hills, CA

Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless recently announced that it deployed a new cell site in Woodland Hills, CA, meant to offer improved 3G connectivity to residents, businesses and visitors in Los Angeles County. According to the company, the new roll-out should improve the coverage from Santa Rita Street South to R...

21 November 2009
06:58 GMT

Updated Google News Available for iPhone, Android, and webOS

Search engine company Google has just announced that mobile phone users owning a device powered by Apple's iPhone OS, Google's Android platform or Palm's webOS client (Palm Pre) are now able to enjoy an updated Google News offering. The new flavor of Google news for these handsets follows the previous...

20 November 2009
02:37 GMT

Firefox 3.6 Beta 3 for Mac OS Now Available for Download

Mozilla has just come to the display with yet another beta flavor of Firefox 3.6. The new variant, revision 3, comes as a rather stable release of the web browser, yet there are still some features that are expected to be changed with the final release of Firefox 3.6. However, users should know that installing the n...

19 November 2009
03:31 GMT

Check Out the Updated Windows Marketplace for Mobile

Redmond-based Microsoft launched about a month ago its software solutions portal for the mobile phones that run under its own operating system, the Windows Marketplace for Mobile. The launch of the storefront coincided with the release of the first handsets running under Windows Mobile 6.5, the latest flavor of the O...

12 November 2009
02:58 GMT

A Quick Look at the Android 2.0 Platform

Search engine-company Google has just released the SDK for its latest mobile operating system flavor, Android 2.0. Also known as Eclair, the new platform version is expected to make an appearance today on the first handset that will be powered by it, namely Motorola Droid, to be included in Verizon Wireless' off...

28 October 2009
06:06 GMT

Nokia N97 Gets Firmware v20

Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia has just released a new software version for the high-end Nokia N97 handset, which comes with the version number 20.0.019, 20.1.021 or 20.2.019, depending on the region users are from. The new version is said to deliver a nice series of improvements over the previously available softw...

27 October 2009
11:47 GMT

Android 2.0 (Eclair) Screenshots Leaked

Google has just started to roll out the Android 1.6 update for the handsets available on the market with its operating system on board, yet the upcoming Android 2.0 (Eclair) version of the platform has already started making the rounds on the web. Some of the goodies that Eclair should come to the market with have be...

17 October 2009
04:44 GMT

Verizon's 3G Wireless Network Expanded in Yukon, Pennsylvania

Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless has announced recently that it has made new enhancements to its 3G network, and that a new cell site has just been activated in Yukon, southeast of Pittsburgh. According to the company, the new deployment is set to offer improved coverage from Yukon southwest along Interstate 70 ...

12 October 2009
16:31 GMT

WebOS 1.2.0 Finally Unleashed

Sunnyvale-based mobile phone maker Palm and wireless carrier Sprint have finally decided to unleash into the wild the webOS 1.2.0 firmware update for the Palm Pre smartphone. Leaked about two weeks ago, the update has been pulled rapidly from Palm's website, while its changelog, published by Sprint, has had the ...

29 September 2009
03:43 GMT

Nokia Updates Ovi Suite 2.0 Beta

Nokia Beta Labs announced on Friday a major update for the Nokia Ovi Suite 2.0 Beta. Among the goodies that have been included within the new software version we can count localizations for 29 different languages, as well as a wide range of fixes for crash bugs. Given the fact that most of the fixes are based on what...

1 August 2009
04:51 GMT

Global Phone Market Drops 10.8% YOY

IDC has recently published its Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, which unveils the fact that the global mobile phone market has been shrinking in the second quarter of the ongoing year when compared to the same time frame a year ago. Even so, while year on year the drop was of 10.8 percent, the market registe...

31 July 2009
07:37 GMT

Download Free VLC Media Player 1.0.1

VLC Media Player is one of the most popular applications that have been recently updated to the 1.0 version, and now a new flavor has been released to users. VLC Media Player 1.0.1 comes with a series of improvements and bug fixes, including translation updates, fixes for Qt and MacOS interface or codec updates for M...

29 July 2009
04:47 GMT

Nokia 5800 Sees Firmware v30.0.011

It seems that owners of a Nokia 5800 XpressMusic now have a reason to rejoice, as the Finnish mobile phone maker has just released into the wild a new firmware version for their handsets. Those willing to update their devices to the new software should however know that it comes Over-the-Air for some product codes, a...

28 July 2009
06:10 GMT

WebOS 1.1 Sports Tons of Unreported Features

Only yesterday, Sunnyvale-based Palm released a new iteration of its operating system running on the Palm Pre and also announced the series of changes that had been included in the webOS 1.1, though it seems that only a part of them have been unveiled until now. The company might have focused on showing the major fea...

24 July 2009
06:51 GMT

Download Android 1.5 SDK, R3

The Android developers have released into the wild a new version of the Android 1.5 SDK, which has reached now Release 3. The Android SDK, as many of you might already know, includes a full set of tools for developing application code, debugging it and building the application user interface. The new SDK comes with i...

17 July 2009
03:13 GMT

WebOS 1.1 to Come to Palm Pre Soon

A new flavor of Palm Pre's webOS operating system is reported to be on its way to the owners of the newly launched high-end device, namely WebOS 1.1. The new software version, the news says, should come to display with a series of improvements and enhancements, while also including a wide range of new applicatio...

10 July 2009
07:09 GMT

Ovi Maps 3.0 Beta Gets Updated

As many of you might already know, Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia has changed the name of its Nokia Maps into Ovi Maps, and now we learn that a new version of the Ovi Maps 3.0 Beta has made it into the wild. According to the guys over at the Nokia Beta Labs, the new version of the service comes with better maps, le...

12 June 2009
02:06 GMT

Samsung Epix Finally Sees Working 'SLOG Dump' Fix

There are a lot of Samsung SGH-i907 Epix users out there who have been experiencing the annoying forced slog dumps and a series of radio problems with their handsets, but who seem to finally be able to rejoice, as Samsung came up with a ROM upgrade for their mobile phones, one that actually fixes several of these iss...

22 May 2009
04:15 GMT

Nokia N79 and N85 Receive Firmware Update

Two more Nokia mobile phones, the N79 and N85, have recently received a firmware update from the Finnish company, and we learn that the owners of such a handset are able to update the software via Nokia Software Updater, as well as over-the-air, by checking for updates from the device (entering *#0000# in the idle sc...

15 May 2009
11:44 GMT

Nokia N96 Sees Firmware Update v20.050

Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia is reported to have recently released into the wild a major firmware update for its Nokia N96 handset, namely software v20.050. The new firmware version is set to bring to users improvements such as enhanced email support (a new email shortcut can now be seen on the handset's hom...

7 May 2009
09:37 GMT

New BlackBerry OS 5.0 Features Reported

Firmware version 5.0.0.90 for BlackBerry Bold leaked into the wild about two weeks ago, and Research in Motion is expected to soon make the update official, given the fact that WES 2009 is set to open its gates in a short while. Until that happens, we should take a look at some of the goodies that the firmware versio...

22 April 2009
09:07 GMT

The Feature List of Android 1.5 Gets Unveiled

The Android Developers team has finally announced that the Android 1.5 platform, which should be the same Cupcake we have been expecting for the last few months, will soon become available. While unveiling the availability of an early-look Android 1.5 SDK for developers, the Android team also offered some details on ...

14 April 2009
10:42 GMT

Nokia Adds More Language Support to Ovi Mail

The Ovi Mail team announced on Monday that the Webmail version of Ovi Mail had been updated to version v1.1. The main update that comes with the new release is the support for more languages, rising their number to 12 currently supported, among which we can count: UK English, US English, Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa Mala...

7 April 2009
06:28 GMT

Nokia Updates Friend View

Many of you might already know about Nokia’s Friend View, the experimental location and micro-blogging service that was released a few months ago. The Nokia Beta Labs has recently announced that the S60 application has been updated with a Friend alerts feature, allowing users to feel even closer to their friend...

7 April 2009
04:15 GMT

New Version of the Bolt Browser Available

Bitstream, the maker of the Bolt browser, announced recently that it had released a new updated version of the application at the CTIA Wireless 2009 in Las Vegas. According to the company, there are a lot of updates built in with the new browser, as it received a lot of feedback from the beta testers all around the w...

3 April 2009
03:27 GMT

Nokia Releases New Update for 5800 XpressMusic

Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia announced today the release of a new software update for its flagship model Nokia 5800 XpressMusic. The new firmware is meant to provide further performance improvements and new functionalities to the handset, and it is already available for download on the Nokia Software Update websi...

30 March 2009
05:42 GMT

Opera Mobile 9.7 Comes at CTIA, Preview Available

It seems that Opera Software does have something new for us to see at the upcoming CTIA Wireless 2009, held between April 1 – 3 in Las Vegas, namely a new version of its mobile web browser, Opera Mobile. The company announced recently that it planned to unveil Opera Mobile 9.7 at CTIA, and that the popular brow...

27 March 2009
02:21 GMT

Fennec 1.0 Beta 1 Is Here, Download Available

Mozilla has finally released into the wild the Beta version of Fennec, which we should admit we were expecting with great interest. Prior to this release, there were some alpha versions available for download as well, yet they lacked the smoothness and stability one would expect to see from a web browser. The new B...

18 March 2009
11:46 GMT

Microsoft Advances with WinMo 6.5's Development

It seems that Microsoft is moving towards the final stages in the development of the Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system. From what we’ve heard, the Redmond company has recently made the platform available for its employees, announcing the latest Beta program. According to the news, those who will enter the a...

18 March 2009
04:06 GMT

BlackBerry Storm 9530 Sees Leaked OS

The BlackBerry Storm 9530 is reported to have also received a leaked OS these days. The new platform build that is now available on the Web for the device's users is 4.7.0.114. According to the news, the most important feature that the new leaked OS comes with is a newly updated version of the cut-and-paste func...

11 March 2009
11:09 GMT

New Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Leaked

It seems that the tradition of leaked ROMs of the upcoming Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system will continue, perhaps up to the moment when the actual platform comes to the market. We learn today that another build of the IS has made it into the wild, a rather more stable one this time. The new Windows Mobile 6.5 R...

2 March 2009
02:05 GMT


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