Virgin Mobile Not Feeling The Android UI-Enhancement Love

Android UI enhancements are a two-way street; as we discussed when reporting the coming demise of MotoBlur, they let manufacturers make their smartphones stand out from the crowd, and give the user some more value from his or her smartphone purchase, beyond that in just the phone's hardware....

Verizon Distributing Samsung Fascinate ED04 Update

Hot on the heels of yesterday's Droid Charge update, Samsung and Verizon continue to push new firmware out to their customers, releasing system software i500.ED04 for the Samsung Fascinate.  The Charge's update was pretty decent, fixing one big annoying, function-robbing bug, in addition...

Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro Slides Back to Late July

Pre-orders for Sony Ericsson's Xperia Pro in the UK went live at the beginning of the month. Initially, it looked like the smartphone might actually show up this month, but estimations were quickly revised for July, instead. Now there's news of additional delays, with the Xperia Pro not...

Bing Search Now Helping With iPhone App Discovery

Microsoft's been making some changes lately to make Bing more smartphone-friendly. It just added new social networking functions to the mobile version of its site, and added some features related to search histories and Bing maps. Another new feature is specifically geared towards iPhone users,...

Windows Phone 7 Mango Will Support IPv6

Yesterday there was some news about Windows Phone 7 not supporting the new networking protocol called IPv6. IPv6 is the next version of the Internet Protocol to come after Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) has ran out of addresses. A global test flight of IPv6 sponsored by...