Being a CDMA user is a bittersweet deal. In the U.S., the two big CDMA carriers (Sprint and Verizon) get a good amount of awesome devices that don’t make it to other carriers. On the flip side, once on those two CDMA carriers, venturing to other carriers globally is an incredibly limited experience. Globally speaking, CDMA is the ugly duckling. GSM and SIM cards rule! For a little while a few years ago, “Global” version of Verizon Wireless (and a few...
After numerous rumors saying HTC’s Beats Audio unit had purchased streaming service MOG, comes a new upbeat story for the streaming underdog — they have a new iPad app! Joining the ranks of Rdio (as far as major streaming services are concerned), MOG’s new iPad app brings support for Apple’s (very) popular tablet, allowing iPad users to continue enjoying MOG’s high quality, full 320 Kbps library in complete Retina glory. As far as design goes,...
If your head was already spinning from the growing number of streaming radio/music services currently on the market, sit down and take a load off. RIM is getting in the game too with BBM Music… Built off of the company’s popular BlackBerry Messenger chat platform, BBM Music will give users a profile of sorts with which to store (initially) up to 50 songs. The songs can be viewed and shared with friends, with increases in music storage coming from the...
Users of Last.fm in the U.S. UK, and Germany will have some hard choices to make in the near future. Popular music streaming service and Pandora competitor, Last.fm, has announced that the aforementioned countries will now have to pay extra for mobile access and Last.fm usage on desktop/laptop devices. While the move to a pay-to-play scenario has already been enacted in many other places of the world under Last.fm’s reach, the U.S., UK, and Germany remained free of...
Consumer electronics company and mobile wireless accessory manufacturer, Parrot, revealed a new connected car audio receiver tonight at CES: Unveiled. The “Parrot ASTEROID” is powered by Google’s Android operating system and ships with a GPS key that when combined with a 3G key (purchased separately) can bring literally anything and everything into your car and display it front and center on your dashboard. Everything from weather, to news, to streaming...
