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Posted: 11 Mar 2012 05:30 AM PDT

Sprint has yet another smartphone from newcomer ZTE, and this time around, it would be the ZTE Fury that would fill in the shoes and join the rest of the Android-powered devices from Sprint. This will be a family-friendly smartphone that will have its fair share of features that will not disappoint, and since it is a smartphone, obviously it ought to come with a bunch of truly unlimited data pricing plans to maximize its use. From March 11th onwards, the ZTE Fury can be yours for a mere $19.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate, and of course, agreeing to a new 2-year contract. A phone cheaper than a meal at a fancy restaurant, and yet does not skimp on features? Let me tell you more about it after the jump.

Don’t let the extremely affordable price point put you off – this is definitely value for money, as the ZTE Fury will not shortchange you if you are looking for enough apps to keep your smartphone experience going. It will feature a slew of apps as well as functionality that anyone could want, whether you are a busy adult or a child. I know that many smartphones these days have already broken the 4″ display size barrier as the norm, but 3.5″ on the ZTE Fury should still be able to get the job done. Apart from that, there is also a 5-megapixel camera that ought to be able to capture memories on-the-go with crystal clear clarity, while LED flash brightens up any low light conditions.

The ZTE Fury will also play nice with Sprint's family services, where parents are provided with the relevant tools to encourage good habits and responsible phone use in their kids. This is definitely a family-ready device, with apps such as Sprint Family Locator that enables one to quickly and easily locate their family members on an interactive map, while being able to set up "safety checks" so that when their kids can arrive at a particular destination safe and sound, the parents will be notified. Of course, it will cost you $5 each month for this service that can locate up to a quartet of phones.

Other features of the ZTE Fury include 3G hotspot functionality, a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8655 processor, 4GB of internal memory, and a microSD memory card slot for expansion purposes. Any takers?

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Apple sees over 25 billion apps downloaded

Posted: 11 Mar 2012 05:00 AM PDT

There is an app for everything – or so this is what Apple claims. I guess they are more or less correct, and it goes without saying that with the sheer number of iPhones and iPads sold to date, you can bet your bottom dollar that the total amount of apps to go along with these devices would be phenomenal. This proved to be true, with Apple proudly announcing recently that over 25 billion apps from their App Store has been downloaded, making their way to over 315 million iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices around the world.

This means around 4 apps for each person here on planet earth. The 25 billionth app that was downloaded was Where’s My Water? Free, where Chunli Fu of Qingdao, China, gets his 15 minutes of fame for this ‘feat’. Since he was the winner of the App Store Countdown to 25 Billion Apps, Chunli Fu picked up a $10,000 iTunes Gift Card in the process. For someone who lives in China, that is a huge amount of money (and is a handsome sum in any developed country, too).

Eddy Cue, Apple's senior vice president of Internet Software and Services, says, "We'd like to thank our customers and developers for helping us achieve this historic milestone of 25 billion apps downloaded. When we launched the App Store less than four years ago, we never imagined that mobile apps would become the phenomenon they have, or that developers would create such an incredible selection of apps for iOS users."

Currently, the App Store has over 550,000 apps to iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users that are spread in 123 countries around the world, and the iPad alone has more than 170,000 native iPad apps. App Store customers are able to pick from an incredible range of apps in 21 categories, including Newsstand, games, business, news, sports, health & fitness and travel. So far, the sheer volume of the App Store is also a handsome paymaster, regarded to have paid out over four billion dollars to developers. Are you jumping aboard the Apple bandwagon just yet?

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