C Spire announces it's getting the Galaxy S III

The march of the Galaxy S III continues, with regional carrier C Spire announcing that it plans to carry Samsung's latest. Pricing and availability will be relayed "in the coming weeks," said the carrier formerly known as Cellular South. The GSIII will be one of C Spire's first LTE-capable devices, and the 4G network is still slated to launch in 20 markets in Mississippi in September.

C Spire didn't specify whether it'll carry both the 16- and 32-gigabyte versions of the phone, but it did mention that "it comes" in marble white and pebble blue, which suggests it'll carry both colors.

• Also: Read our definitive Galaxy S III review

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Microsoft opens Cafe Press store for Windows Phone Gear

Microsoft has finally answered the call and opened up a Cafe Press store for Windows Phone stuff. Tee shirts, coffee mugs, a Thermos, glasses, you name it the Windows Phone Gear store has it.You can head over to the site http://www.cafepress.com/windowsphone now and start ordering yourself or loved ones wares splashed with the "I Heart Windows Phone" logo. Oddly enough, it's the old logos with the non-Mango looking icons.The prices are not exactly cheap being Cafe Press but hey, if you want to look the part you have to pay up, we suppose. Thanks, Rodney, for the tip!

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Facebook's 'Close Friends' list will notify you of status updates, stalkers hitting 'Like'

Late last month, Facebook started pushing harder for users to add people to their 'Close Friends' smart list, something intended to help Facebook figure out which people you want to see most in your News Feed (personally, we'd prefer Facebook stop trying to decide what it thinks will be important to us, but we're cranky like that). The push involved a big banner at the top of the desktop site that prompts users to "star" friends onto the Close Friends list, an initiative they've been slowly rolling out across their userbase. We'll admit to not using the desktop site all that often (or Facebook anywhere, for that matter), but just yesterday we hopped onto Facebook, got the prompt, thought "why not?", starred a few friends and family, and called it a day.That is, until later that night when we started getting notifications for mundane status updates that had nothing to do with interactions with ourselves. "Mary Jane uploaded a photo", "Joe Schmoe update his status: "Tacos!" ", "Pat Chris checked in at Pete's Eats", and the like. It was confusing at first, until we realized that Facebook was serving us status updates for people we'd starred onto the Close Friends list .Without having received any updates in several months, we're impressed that the webOS apps (both smartphone and tablet) handled the new us-free notifications without skipping a beat, including proper links to the friends and their posts (and any links within said post) with nary an issue. We're also somewhat amused by the in-your-face-ness of the updates, as it'll certainly make stalking keeping tabs on your friends easier, and yet possibly more annoying. We like our friends and all, but we're not sure we want everything they've done popping up on our phones as it happens all the freaking time. We're close, but we're not that close.Thankfully, you can kill the notifications, but you have to go to Facebook's desktop site to do it. Load up you Close Friends list (it'll be on the left, possibly hidden under the More link), click on Notifications in the top right, and select Off. Alternatively you can click on the Manage List button just to the right of that, select Choose Update Types, and filter out the Likes and Game posts you don't want or need to see

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Samsung Galaxy S III will use a different MHL to HDMI adapter

If you're planning on purchasing a shiny new Samsung Galaxy S III, and have an existing Android phone that uses a MHL to HDMI adapter for video out, you'll be needing to replace that adapter. According to Samsung the hardware differences -- the Galaxy S III uses a different pin layout than previous phones did -- make the old adapters incompatible with the phone. 
While it's a bit inconvenient, it's almost to be expected. There's even more stuff crammed inside a thinner phone, so hardware has been redesigned and things that plug in need redesigned, too. It's probably not a conspiracy to force everyone to buy a new adapter (most of us probably will never use one anyway), and the parts themselves retail for about $25 bucks for a Samsung branded OEM model. 
If you're in the UK or Europe, you can grab one at Clove (£20.82-- check out the video after the break), and we're pretty sure you'll be able to find them at your carriers store here in the US when the SGS3 launches. Just don't try your old one -- you don't want to be the guy who finds out what happens when you plug it in and turn it on!
Via: +Arne Hess
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Incase Origami Workstation + Apple Bluetooth Keyboard for iPad review

Incase Origami Workstation + Apple Bluetooth Keyboard for iPad review

Incase's Origami Workstation presupposes you either already have an Apple Bluetooth Keyboard or like the Apple keyboard so much you want to use it with your iPad, and does its best to meld it together with your iPad. That's right, it's a Origami Workstation is a bring-your-own-keyboard (BYOK) solution for iPad. And a very good one.

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Apple Store employees check out Microsoft Store opening in Freehold, NJ

Today, Microsoft threw the doors open to their Freehold, NJ store marking yet another feather in the growing chain's cap. While we're always excited to see another Store open up, especially on the East coast, what makes this opening just a tad hilarious is the curious Apple employees who evidently showed up.As it is well known, Microsoft has been opening their stores wherever Apple has theirs (including our own location) and perhaps setting up for some interesting drama. In this case, reader Trav sent us the above photo of the brave Apple employees who were checking the competition.Hey, we don't begrudge Apple and we more than welcome them to the fold even if for just a visit. Thanks, Trav, for the tip

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LG announces Optimus 4X HD European launch

LG has announced that it's in the process of launching its new international flagship, the Optimus 4X HD, in major European countries, including Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, the UK and Italy. A quad-core, Tegra 3-powered handset with a 720p IPS display, the 4X HD is the first European handset to debut LG's new Optimus UI 3.0, which runs on top of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.LG's also highlighting its "Quick notes" functionality, which lets users draw on the screen using their fingers, or a capacitive stylus, as well as Media Flex, which allows a range of real-time multimedia effects during video playback. No exact release date has been revealed, so we're expecting things to vary country-by-country. If you want to see what LG's bringing to the table in 2012, be sure to check out our hands-on previews from Mobile World Congress and CTIA.
Source: LG Newsroom (Korean)

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Show your loved one you care with Thinking of You messaging for Windows Phone

For all of those with a significant other and two Windows Phones, you'll want to check out Thinking of You by Quinn Damerell. Damerell is also the developer of the super popular Reddit app, Baconit, which just received a fantastic update.Thinking of You is a secure personal messaging app the allows you keep in contact with your latest beau. The service which is free, works by connecting two Windows Phones via a personalized PIN. The service then pushes messages between two devices by connecting to a server for Toast and Push notifications.It's cute, quaint, secure and free. The service doesn't maintain the messages on the server and get this, if you "break the connection" i.e. you get dumped, the app will automatically erase the messages on both devices. That's good news for those worried about their SMS messages coming back to haunt them later.

The app is fairly limited with just text being able to be sent (no photos, no location information) and you can only have one-secure connection at a time (sorry, swingers). It works well and there's even a prefab "Thinking of you!" message to quickly send to your loved one without all that effort making is a niche but well-done app.If you have an SO that you want to use the app, just send 'em here to the Windows Phone Marketplace or the app's homepage for more info. Thinking of You is free and ad-free.

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Andy Rubin, rumor smasher: Not leaving Google; 900,000+ Android activations daily

Gotta love a good unfounded rumor on a slow Sunday afternoon. Or not. 
Regardless, Robert Scoble this afternoon set up a trial balloon to see what folks though about the possibility of Andy Rubin possibly leaving Google for a startup called CloudCar. Wrote Scoble on Google+

Today I heard that the head of Android, +Andy Rubin, will soon leave Google and head to a new startup called http://www.cloudcar.com/

Now, that rumor has two purposes: one, it might be true, in which case I start thinking about what that means for Android. I certainly will be looking for those signs when I attend the Google IO conference.

it didn't take long for Rubin to set the record straight, responding on Google+

How a rumor gets factualized: Cloudcar are a group of friends who I give free office space to in my incubator in Los Altos.  Revel Touch (Mar Hershenson's company: www.reveltouch.com) is another cool company that shares this space.  I'm not joining either one and I don't have any plans to leave Google.  See you on the 27th!

Roger that. Over and out. 
So in more Earth-based news, Rubin has also stated that there are over 900,000 Android activations daily -- up from 850,000 just a couple months ago at MWC. Before we delve into just how big that number is, let's revisit what each of those activations are. When a new Android device with a cellular radio has a Google account signed into it, it's counted as an activation. Each device only gets counted once -- not when you flash a new ROM, or when you sell it, just the first time the device is registered. This means that over 900,000 people are buying new Android devices every day. Or 27,000,000 every month. Or 328,500,000 a year at that rate. That's a lot of Android.
Looks like we'll be seeing plenty of Andy Rubin, and plenty of Android activations for the time being.
Source: +Andy Rubin. More: +Robert Scoble

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Windows Phone Central Ringtone Contest (Win a Nokia Play 360)

Got some musical chops? Then make us a ringtone and win yourself a Nokia Play 360!

Have you created a unique, entertaining, humorous, inspiring, "turn your head", jaw dropping, "make everyone smile" type ringtone for your Windows Phone? If so, you could win a Nokia Play 360 ($150 value) which will allow you to stream and blast music from any Windows Phone via Bluetooth.  That's right, we're having a ringtone contest and we're looking for the best.The winner will also have their ringtone featured in our app to be used by everyone. Ka-ching.Here's how this contest will work:

1. Create an original ringtone
2. Post it in this Windows Phone Central discussion
3. The ringtone has to be original content to qualify. No use of copyrighted music or materials unless it is yours.
4. You can submit two entries but they need to be distinct and original
5. You have until June 23, 2012 at 5pm EST to submit your entry.

From there, we'll listen to all the entries and select the two ringtones that stand out as the best to us. Expect the winners to be announced by June 28th.

Oh... as an added bonus, on Friday, June 15th and 22nd we will randomly draw a winner from the entries to receive a $50 gift card to the Windows Phone Central Accessory Store.So get creative, get humorous, get original and start working up that ringtone. You will need to register to participate and you can take care of that here

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Start your week with the Greatest Android Podcast in the World!

It's a new day, a new week, and we're all about to get inundated by headlines proclaiming that Apple is still the Master of the Universe and that we should all just go out and buy iPhones. Well, screw that. Instead, pour a big ol' cup of coffee, put your favorite breakfast pastry in the toaster and listen to the sultry sounds of the Greatest Android Podcast in the World, now with more Galaxy S III banter than ever before. (That'll taper off at some point, but not yet.) Plus, we learn about the CrackBerry Kevin World Tour, and we take on more of your e-mails and voicemails!
The Android Central Podcast is your weekly peek into the world of Android, where we break down the news that really matters, and explain what's just a bunch of hype. Plus, we answer your e-mails and voicemails. You don't want to miss it. Check out the Android Central Podcast.

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eBay app buggy? Auction bids entered way too high?

The official eBay app for Windows Phone has been out for some time and while the Marketplace reviews aren't stellar, they don't really call for you to run for the hills either. Yet we received a tip from a German reader that there could be a potentially disastrous bug in the app.It appears that while bidding on a Nokia Lumia 800 a bid was entered as 211.69€ and appeared that way in the confirmation screen. However, when the bid was submitted it registered as 21169.00€. Luckily the ending bid didn't make it that far, ending at 270 Euros.According to the tipster, eBay Germany was contacted and recommended contacting the seller to request a cancelation. While we first thought this could easily be pilot error, in scanning through the Marketplace reviews on the eBay app (found here at the Windows Phone Marketplace), other Windows Phone users report similar instances where the confirmed bid is higher than the submitted bid.We aren't sure if this is a wide spread issue and hopefully if this is a bug, the quirk can be resolved easily with an update to the app. Still, bug or not, you might want to be extra careful to review your eBay bids when submitting via the Windows Phone app. If my recollection of eBay is correct, an incorrectly submitted bid can be canceled before the auction closes.Thanks, aerone, for the tip!

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Sony trades Facebook likes for early Xperia announcement

Sony's got a new Xperia smartphone on the horizon, and it's willing to bring its announcement date forward in exchange for a few "likes" on Facebook. At present, all will be revealed next Thursday, June 21, but the company's calling on fans to press a "fast forward" button to bring the announcement forward (naturally, liking the promotion or sharing with friends will also speed things up.) There's also the chance to win the mysterious device, if you're up for clicking a few more buttons and entering your email address.Given the level of buzz Sony is looking to create, we see only one likely candidate for the "next Xperia," as it's being called -- an international version of the Xperia GX, perhaps under a different name.  A new flagship product, the GX is currently slated to arrive in Japan next month, so an international variant would be expected to follow. It'd also back up reports of a device codenamed "LT29i" or "Hayabusa," which reportedly features a spec list identical to the GX. According to a Sony roadmap which leaked earlier in the year, the Hayabusa was targeted for a July launch, which would fit perfectly with the announcement window.We'll keep you posted whenever Sony announces its next big thing. Hit the source link if you want to press buttons and move forward a giant animated clock.
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Euro 2012 puts all the latest UEFA scores on your TouchPad + giveaway!

Are you ready for some fútbol? Oh, you are? Good. Turns out that over in Europe there's definitely some football soccer going on between the nations of the old world, with the Union of European Football Associations 2012 tournament duking it out in Poland and the Ukraine. Sixteen teams from across Europe are meeting this in a month-long tournament that will conclude on the first of July.webOS developer Thomas Haustein put together a slick UEFA 2012 app for the TouchPad named Euro 2012 that will give you all the latest scores from the tournament broken down by group, along with a calendar and the eventual finals brackets. Euro 2012 is in the App Catalog for $1.99, but the developer decided he wanted to celebrate the soccer season by giving away 300 copies! Each code is of limited quantity, so once they're gone, they're gone!Canada: https://developer.palm.com/appredirect/?promocode=wopyq11220eytpcAustralia: https://developer.palm.com/appredirect/?promocode=hbojb08904pqxvaFrance: https://developer.palm.com/appredirect/?promocode=itugz78228xxyebGermany: https://developer.palm.com/appredirect/?promocode=xrrku87372kbtjiIreland: https://developer.palm.com/appredirect/?promocode=tpkbv82065jtbstMexico: https://developer.palm.com/appredirect/?promocode=gbdha80353qppodNew Zealand: https://developer.palm.com/appredirect/?promocode=qkntb09287yukmdSpain: https://developer.palm.com/appredirect/?promocode=vvodw77551lnxvjUK: https://developer.palm.com/appredirect/?promocode=nvyxl81675fjanvUSA: https://developer.palm.com/appredirect/?promocode=pfkgp86959yccwjp.s. Developers like it when their apps get reviews. You got the app for free, the least you could do is leave them a note, eh?

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Look for SmartGlass support in all future Microsoft Studio games

Look for SmartGlass support in all future Microsoft Studio games

Microsoft's SmartGlass took center stage at E3 2012 and was rather impressive. SmartGlass aims to bridge entertainment and productivity from the Xbox console to computers, tablets and smartphones. A connection that will go beyond simply pausing a video on your Xbox console and picking it up on your Windows Phone. While we aren't sure how far reaching SmartGlass will be with developers, according to Phil Spencer, Corporate VP of Microsoft Studios, we should expect SmartGlass support to be a constant feature in all of Microsoft Studios games going forward.

"It just makes so much sense for a developer who wants to supply, maybe not time-critical information, like 'that enemy is getting ready to shoot you,' but information that augments what's happening on screen." "...you're even going to see situations like with Ascend, where there's actually gameplay that happens on the phone, even when you're away from your television and that interacts back with the online game that's happening."

We may see supplemental information appear on your Windows Phone while playing a game on the Xbox console or the game completely transfer to your Windows Phone when you walk away from the console. SmartGlass has the potential to seamlessly connect the three screens. Or is it four screens with tablets on the horizon?Source: joystiq

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Bombusmood, Chat with Smile

Bombusmood is a chat application J2ME-based Jabber client. Bombusmood have various types in accordance with a supported mobile phone owned. multiple mobile applications will be burdensome if not support. This application is very user friendly with features chat room, smile icons which are many and varied, trasport facility accounts (Yahoo mail, MSN, Jabber, Talkonaut). This application is easy to use and available versions for each mobile, minimal MIDP 2.0. Build your Bombusmood in here Click here Download from Bombusmood site

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Styled WikiNotes for Android

A wiki note application which is useful for navigating the words that exist in the stored records, as well as note pad. This app is a beefed-up version of the Android sample "WikiNotes". It lets the user adjust the font size -either for individual notes or all of them-, and it's possible to apply styles to text with simple markup similar to what other wikis use. All other features of the original WikiNotes are still available, like emailing a note, and import/export to SD card. Version 1.3.x adds a Live Folder for the home screen, integration with the Quick Search box so notes can be searched without opening the application, and better handles editing on small screens. download from androidzoom

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Nokia E6 and X7 Latest Symbian Phone

Nokia officially introduced their two new business phones Nokia E6 and Nokia X7. The second of this smart phone is a touchscreen phone is equipped with Symbian OS ^ 3. If X7 all operations must use the touch screen 4-inch, in contrast to E6 is also equipped with a Qwerty paypad other than its own touch screen measuring 2.46 inch VGA. Following a second review of this Nokia phone Thursday. Nokia E6 Body Nokia E6 combined between the glass and stainless steel in a sleek body that has dimensions of 115.5 x 59 and 10.5 mm thickness. Judging from its body, the Nokia E63 is a bit following the BlackBerry. The phone itself supports quad-band 2G networks and 5 Band 3G. 3G speed can be increased up to 10.2 Mbps on HSDPA networks and HSUPA 2Mbps on the network. Nokia E6 is also equipped with Wi-Fi connectivity b / g / n and Bluetooth 3.0 which is terintall JoikuSpot Premium applications, ie applications that can turn your phone into a wifi hotspot. On the side of the camera, the Nokia E6 has a 8MP camera with a fixed-focus camera equipped with dual-LED flash that can record 720p high definition video. For storage space, Nokia E6 has 8GB of internal memory which can still be coupled with a microSD slot that supports up to 32GB. To support all these features, Nokia E6 equipped with a battery that can last up to 28 days on standby and 15 hours of talk time in 2G networks. source: beritahp

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Opera Mini 6 for Blackberry

The browser has become famous for mobile applications most used by mobile users. Features a simple and attractive and flexible in a variety of mobile and many versions are available. The developers of Opera have finally come out with an update to resolve all the problems with the old Opera 5 fixing problems with scrolling and missing text. They also made ​​huge improvements in webpage loading time. They have also made ​​some improvements in the user interface making Easier bookmarking. They even improved the overall stability of the browser making it more snappier. Opera Mini has always been a great browser but the old question still comes up on why I still have Opera Mini on my phone. The answer is very simple I love using the web browser on my Torch kit but its still not perfect, I Often get a low memory error when i view websites with large pictures or graphics the which really annoys any user. Opera Mini 6 solves all of these memory problems and even loads pages faster than my phones built in browser. Download : Link for Download from Opera site

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iTranslator for Blackberry

Usually to translate must use a browser, then enter the url google translate. Software or applications are now available to translate word for blackbaerry, thus simplifying and accelerating the process translate.

Translate words and phrases between more than 50 languages using Google Translate Element.

Copy from emails, documents, web pages, PDF files, and more; paste them into iTranslator, and have the text be translated.

Features:

* Translate text between 58 languages * Star your favorite translations for quick access even when you're offline * Access your translation history even when you're offline * Friendly user interface which supports landscape and portrait orientations * Easy copy and paste functions * Remember last languages settings * Quick switch between languages

Translations between the following languages are supported:

Afrikaans, Albanian, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Arabic, Basque, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Filipino, Finnish, French, Galician, Georgian, German, Greek, Haitian Creole, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Irish, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese, Welsh, Yiddish


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