Earlier this month, Research In Motion offered a number of free BlackBerry 7 apps to its U.S. customers along with a couple of BlackBerry PlayBook ones as well. The offer is now available in Canada as well. The following apps are up for grab: BeWeather Endomondo Sports Tracker PRO Pinball Deluxe (however unavailable for my device/os) Rubik’s Cube Mahjong Solitaire […]
Promotions
HTC launches HTC One series promotional video
With the HTC One series of smartphones about to launch, HTC has released a promotional video that focuses not on the devices but on customers and the strength of their recommendations: Welcome to HTC One, a phone which was designed with the belief that no one person is the same as everyone else. We believe that one recommendation is a […]
RIM BlackBerry Bold “Be Bold” contest offering BlackBerry Bold a day
As part of its “Be Bold” campaign,Research In Motion last week launched a new contest giving away a BlackBerry Bold, its current flagship device, every day until May 31st. A total of 70 devices are up for grabs for users in Canada and the U.S. As if RIM could afford to further ostracize non-BlackBerry users, the contest is heavily geared […]
Angry Birds headed to Formula One
The Angry Birds area headed to space on March 22nd. But before blasting off, they are headed to Australia to take part in their first Formula One race. Rovio today announced a new merchandising and webgame partnership with Finnish driver Heikki Kovalainen. He will sport a co-branded Angry Birds helmet starting with this weekend’s race. “This is a great partnership […]
Apple App Store tops 25 billion downloads
About two weeks after starting its countdown to the milestone, Apple has hit the 25 billion download mark on its App Store. There is no word yet on who won the US$10,000 gift card that is redeemable in the iTunes Store, App Store, and iBook Store. The Apple App Store launched less than four years ago. Based on how fast […]
ASUS MWC 2012 teasers
ASUS has released some teasers for next week’s Mobile World Congress. Both videos are short (and short on details). The first promises “twice the detail, twice the fun” and “endless possibilities.” Android looks set to be part of the announcement judging by the picture the Android tablet homescreen made up of bouncing balls. Perhaps the TF300T tablet? The second appears […]
Apple begins 25 billion iTunes app download countdown
Apple today launched a countdown to 25 billion iTunes App Store downloads. As I write this, the countdown is nearing 24.3 billion downloads. As of today, nearly 25 billion apps have been downloaded worldwide. Which is almost as amazing as the apps themselves. So we want to say thanks. Download the 25 billionth app, and you could win a US$10,000 […]
RIM kicks off JanuBerry contest today
Research In Motion today announced the launch of its JanuBerry contest. Up for grabs during the contest will be a number of prizes including BlackBerry smartphones and PlayBook tablets: It’s #JanuBerry time! Today thru 1/27, #US & #Canada fans will get the chance to win awesome #BlackBerry gear! The contest runs from today until January 27th and is open to […]