Samsung has just released a new clamshell phone called the Anycall Extreme SPH-W9705. This is a sporty new device made from reinforced plastic and is also an IP54 dust and water certified phone. This rugged mobile phone even comes with a compass, an altimeter and a SOS function. The Samsung Extreme SPH-W9705 will retail for

This next mobile phone offering is touted to combine instant communications and multimedia features in a form factor that fits easily into the pocket. Sprint has announced that the Motorola i890 push-to-talk handset is now available on the Nextel National Network. The phone is proffered with push-to-talk services of Nextel Direct Connect as well as

I'm not quite sure I buy this whole story.  A TUAW reader with a new Core i7 iMac says that when they ran Software Update, they got the 10.6.3 Pre-release that was released today: When finished, they had the new 10D572 build of Snow Leopard 10.6.3.  Is this a Prius acceleration type of phenomenon?

These days, when measuring the success of a mobile platform, it's not the size of the screen that matters, it's the amount of apps in the market.  This past December, Google claimed that the Android Market had reached around 16,000 apps.  Now, only three months later, the official number is 30,000; a healthy rate of growth by any account. When AT&T released the Motorola...

Music enthusiasts can now enjoy the Six-String music app from Universal Music Group (UMG) on their iPhone. This application promises a vibrant guitar experience and also includes hits extracted from the real studio masters. The hits included in this application are from renowned artists like Bon Jovi, Tom Petty, Peter Frampton and more. Apart

Motorola and Verizon Wireless had in plan the release of an Android 2.1 software update for the users of a Motorola DROID handset on the carrier's airwaves, yet it seems that they have pushed back the deployment for an unknown period of time. However, a series of test users already received the update, though the mass roll-out will come...

New features are now available for the Google Maps Android app courtesy of an upgrade to version 4.1Google Maps 4.1 is now available for Google Android. According to the announcement on the Google Mobile Blog, version 4.1 brings a host of new options to the already excellent mapping app. Google has revamped the search results page and done away with the tabs, replacing them with new shortcut butto...

Alright house flippers, you can now download the utterly-useful Zillow application for your Android smartphone. The free app uses your GPS to find houses on sale or for rent around you, and it pulls in a bunch of estimating data. The app will be compatible with voice searching, and youll be able to pull up home ...

Google Buzz hasnt been buzzing much lately, but that might change as an Official Google Buzz Widget has just landed on the Android Market. Oddly enough, it was only visible to certain people Talton and I both have Motorola Droids on Verizon Wireless but only he could see it on the market. Not sure

You probably dont care about Orkut unless youre in Brazil, but those who do use Google (NSDQ: GOOG)s social networking service will be happy to know it is now available as an application for Android phones. It has the features youd expect from a social-networking app: you can upload phone photos to Orkut, sync your phonebook ...