| Gmail app for iOS now lets you e-mail from alternate addresses Mar 29th 2012, 14:52 It looks like Google has rolled out a subtle, yet significant change to its Gmail app for iOS, with a new feature that allows users to send emails from alternate addresses. It's a feature that's long existed on the web version, and now, it's available on that notorious app for iPad and iPhone, too. The feature, which is also available on the mobile web version, has been automatically added without an app update, so check it out now, if you're up for it. Gmail app for iOS now lets you e-mail from alternate addresses originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 29 Mar 2012 10:52:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink  The Verge |  iLounge | Email this | Comments | | Nokia Morph patent application raises hope well beyond expectation Mar 29th 2012, 14:11 Remember Nokia Morph? It's the Finnish manufacturer's long-standing project to build a transparent, flexible phone that you can contort to your hearts content. Now the company's submitting a second missive to the Patent and Trademark office in the hope of claiming dibs on the IP contained therein. While it's very broadly written (and doesn't commit to anything), it's interesting to note that the phone would switch between the leaf-shaped candybar (we played with it at MWC) and a wristband you can wear on the go. The patent also talks about a "remote processing unit," in a nearby device or in the cloud, so, if the company can ever turn the dream into reality, the real action will be handled elsewhere. Then again, it's equally as likely to never appear in our lifetimes, you just never can tell with patents. Nokia Morph patent application raises hope well beyond expectation originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 29 Mar 2012 10:11:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | USPTO | Email this | Comments | | Nielsen: Smartphones account for nearly 50 percent of US mobile phones as of February Mar 29th 2012, 14:00  Nielsen Mobile Insights' latest statistics are in -- and would you look at that. It's the rise of smartphone owners crossing paths with the decline of those still clinging to their feature-focused devices. According to its latest Smartphone Penetration report, through February 2012, 49.7 percent of US mobile phone owners now sport the "smarter" types (up from only 36 percent a year ago). On a unsurprising note, Nielsen also found that two-thirds of mobile phone buyers in the last three months purchased smartphones over dumbphones. According to its latest report on Smartphone OS shares, of those smartphone purchases, 48 percent of buyers went with Android, 43 percent landed iOS a close second and five percent helped RIM scrape the bottom of the barrel with the remaining four percent listed as "other." That said, it's a only slight deviation from January's numbers, when 51.7 percent of folks went with Android, while 38 percent went for the route leading to Apple. Don't take our word for it, though, there's another graph past the break and full details at the source link below. Continue reading Nielsen: Smartphones account for nearly 50 percent of US mobile phones as of February Filed under: Cellphones, Wireless Nielsen: Smartphones account for nearly 50 percent of US mobile phones as of February originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 29 Mar 2012 10:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Nielsen | Email this | Comments | | T-Mobile brings the Playground and Urban Zone to its TV app Mar 29th 2012, 13:49  We know you can't help but let your kids smear their sticky fingers all over your G-Slate and Galaxy S II. To make matters worse (but for a good entertainment cause), T-Mobile's TV app is on the receiving end of a fresh set of channel bundles -- one of which is packed with cartoons. Playground TV and Urban Zone will each be priced at $4.99 per month (or $5.99 if you want to go the HD route), bringing shows like Go Diego Go, Dora the Explorer, Sesame Street, Fat Albert, as well as BET and Crackle TV. To go along with the new video content, T-Mo's also outing a revamped Android widget, which fills you in on program info, breaking news and tips and tricks. Now that you know, it's up to you whether you'll let your kiddos know or not. What's it gonna be? T-Mobile brings the Playground and Urban Zone to its TV app originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 29 Mar 2012 09:49:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink MobileBurn | T-Mobile Blog | Email this | Comments | | Best Buy to close 50 big box US retail stores, open 100 Mobile stand-alone outlets in 2013 Mar 29th 2012, 13:23 Still driving to your local Best Buy to fondle all the latest gadgets before swiping your card, or hopping to the web to pull the trigger? That tradition could be short-lived, if you happen to live near one of 50 big box retail stores that the company plans to shutter in 2013. The move was announced alongside Best Buy's Q4 earnings report, which includes action items aimed to trim $800 million in costs by 2015. The closings will no-doubt come along with staffer reductions, some of whom could be transferred to one of 100 Best Buy Mobile "small format stand-alone stores" set to launch next year. While an unfortunate move for some customers and employees, it does show some foresight on behalf of BBY management, who likely recognize a continuing shift to online purchasing, and a greater emphasis on mobile devices, which require significantly smaller showrooms, cost less to ship and could offer greater margins to boot. Continue reading Best Buy to close 50 big box US retail stores, open 100 Mobile stand-alone outlets in 2013 Best Buy to close 50 big box US retail stores, open 100 Mobile stand-alone outlets in 2013 originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 29 Mar 2012 09:23:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink BGR | Best Buy | Email this | Comments | | Spotify: by the way, you still get unlimited songs with a free account Mar 29th 2012, 13:20 Remember that six month deadline we warned you about back in January? Well, it looks like Spotify wasn't so gung-ho about limiting the free version of its service, after all. The site is celebrating its nine month anniversary in the States by reminding users that it still has yet to impose a song limit for the unpaid variety. Spotify is extending the deal -- it's not saying for how long, though the mere reminder could certainly be taken as a sign that the sometimes overbearing record labels aren't hounding it to switch things up anytime soon. Of course, Spotify still really wants to get you to opt into a paid account to drop some of those ads from your stream, but if you don't want to pay, that's cool too. Spotify: by the way, you still get unlimited songs with a free account originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 29 Mar 2012 09:20:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | | Email this | Comments | |
