Your X-Mas wish came true! Santa wisely consulted one of our best-of-the-best lists and left you a shiny new smartphone under the tree. So, uh, now what? Here’s a step-by-step guide to getting that bad boy up and running.
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How to Make that New Smartphone Actually Smart
December 27th, 2010 
theMush 
Posted in Mobile 
Tags: Android, Apple, Apps, Blackberry, Blackberry Playbook, iOS, Windows Phone 7, WP7 
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HTC 7 Pro shows up on O2 Germany’s site, promises January launch
December 26th, 2010 theMush HTC had pegged “early next year” for the 7 Pro’s launch in Europe, and when you think about it, January is just about as “early” as you can get.
Skype finally bringing video calling to iPhone 4, maybe other mobile platforms?
December 26th, 2010 theMush So let us set this up for you: Skype has been telling everyone that it’ll be making a “series of video-related announcements” at CES next month… and it’s participating in a panel called “Video Calling Gets Ready for Primetime,” so yeah, needless to say, we’d have to guess that Skype’s finally getting ready to enter [...]
Apple Remote app updated for AirPlay video streaming
December 26th, 2010 theMush Version 2.0 of the app already brought support for the new Apple TV and the iPad, but Apple’s has now just released another more minor update to its Remote app for iOS devices that adds another much-anticipated feature: support for AirPlay video streaming.
Firefox 4 beta for Android is updated
December 23rd, 2010 theMush The Firefox browser for Android (aka Fennec) is still in the beta stages, but beta 3 was just shipped with a number of fixes and improvements. They include:
Nexus S now available in the UK from Carphone Warehouse
December 23rd, 2010 theMush Samsung’s Nexus S is now available to purchase from the Carphone Warehouse. Customers considering the “Pure Google” experience can get one for £429 sans contract and free with a variety of contracts to choose from (lowest being £30/month).
Angry Birds’ Level-Cheating “Mighty Eagle” Character Now Available in iPad App
December 23rd, 2010 theMush After months of roosting on the Symbian version of Angry Birds, the Mighty Eagle character has flown onto the HD iPad app—but it’ll cost you. That’ll be 59p please, gamer.
WP7 and webOS Get Facebook App Updates
December 23rd, 2010 theMush The Facebook applications for Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 platform and Palm’s webOS platform both received updates this week. The WP7 version received support for Facebook Places, which allows users to check into locations. It also adds the ability to tag photos. The webOS version of Facebook adds Places support, too. Palm also confirmed that Facebook [...]
Posted in Mobile, Social Tags: Apps, Facebook, mobile marketing, Social Media, Web, Windows Phone 7, WP7 No Comments »
AirMediaPlayer gives Windows users a whiff of Apple AirPlay (video)
December 23rd, 2010 theMush We heard it was in development just two days ago and now we’ve got a first glimpse at Apple’s AirPlay media streamer working a Windows PC. The hack comes courtesy of the free AirMediaPlayer client for Windows client (currently at version 1.0.5) that leverages the Microsoft .NET framework 3.5 SP1, Quicktime, and Bonjour for Windows [...]
How Would Sir Like to Be Bald?
December 22nd, 2010 admin Now you’ve fattened yourself up, and aged yourself by 60 years, what other body-dysmorphic photos can you upload to Facebook? The same developer has just released the Bald Booth app, for turning everyone into mini Jack Nicholsons. [iTunes]
