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Nokia Phasing N-Gage Gaming Network into the Ovi Store
PUBLISHED: Friday, October 30, 2009
After several years of lackluster performance, Nokia's gaming network, N-Gage is officially being merged into the Ovi Store, with the N-Gage brand and social network being shuttered late next year.

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Photoshop for Android Now Available
PUBLISHED: 11/7/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
Adobe Systems has released a version of Photoshop.com Mobile for Android, giving users of smartphones running Google's OS some basic image-editing tools and photo-sharing capabilities.
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Palm Demos Graphical webOS Development Tool
PUBLISHED: 11/6/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
Palm demonstrated an upcoming development tool for webOS apps yesterday. This graphical tool has been designed to simplify the process of making software for devices like the Palm Pre and Pixi.
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Verizon Doubling the Cost of Tethering the Droid
PUBLISHED: 11/6/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
Verizon has promised that Motorola Droid users will be able to tether their smartphone at some point next year. This carrier has also revealed that it's going to ask customers to pay twice the regular price for this service.
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Photoshop Mobile for iPhone Enables Photo Editing on the Go
PUBLISHED: 11/5/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
Photoshop.com Mobile for iPhone debuted not too long ago, and quickly proved to be popular -- it was downloaded over 1 million times from Apple's App Store in the first week. This app allows users to edit their photos on their smartphone.
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Over 100,000 Apps Now Available on the iPhone App Store
PUBLISHED: 11/4/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
Apple has just announced that developers have created over 100,000 apps for the App Store, the official source for iPhone and iPod touch software
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Verizon Promises Tethering Support for the Motorola Droid
PUBLISHED: 11/4/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
Although Verizon isn't going to offer tethering on the Motorola Droid at launch, it will add this feature early next year. This feature will allow this Android smartphone to function as a wireless modem for other devices.
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Beta of Opera Mobile 10 Web Browser Released for Symbian S60
PUBLISHED: 11/3/2009  BY: Antoine Wright
Opera has created a native version of its Opera Mobile web browser for Symbian S60v3 and S60v5 devices. This is an advanced browser with ties to its desktop counterpart.
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Use Your iPhone To Identify Stars and Constellations
PUBLISHED: 11/1/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
Distant Suns is an iPhone application that lets users identify the planets, constellations, over a hundred galaxies and star clusters, and thousands of stars.
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Boingo Wi-Fi Service Now Available for BlackBerrys
PUBLISHED: 10/29/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
Boingo Wireless is a service that, for a fee, gives users access to a very extensive network of Wi-Fi hotspots. This week, software that BlackBerry users need to access this network was released.
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Google Maps Mobile May Become a Full-Fledged Navigation App
PUBLISHED: 10/28/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
Google offers free mapping software for a wide variety of smartphones. If a rumor is correct, this is going to be turned into a full-fledged navigation app, with voice-guided, turn-by-turn directions. UPDATED
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Catalog of webOS Apps Now Available on Palm's Site
PUBLISHED: 10/20/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
Palm, Inc. has answered the requests of many, and created an online listing of all the third-party webOS software that's on the market. Previously, this information could only be found in the on-device App Catalog.
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Epocrates Essentials Now Available for BlackBerry Smartphones
PUBLISHED: 10/20/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
Epocrates, Inc. has introduced a version of its most popular premium clinical software suite, Epocrates Essentials, for the BlackBerry OS. This app helps doctors around the world to make decisions in diagnosis and treatment of patients.
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