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  • BlackBerry Desktop Software for OS X coming in September (!!!!!)

    BlackBerry Desktop Software for OS X coming in September (!!!!!)

    RIM has been blasted for years about not have a native OS X BlackBerry application but that should stop in September when BlackBerry Desktop Software will be released. The program will do just about everything BlackBerry addicts expect with syncing of iTunes playlists, calenders, contacts, notes, tasks, along with adding and removing software. Plus, the [...]

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  • What is the HTC “Mega” Series?

    What is the HTC “Mega” Series?

    Dang, Wi-Fi alliance. You guys should be bloggers. First you accidentally out the Samsung Behold 2, and now you’ve spilled the beans on something called the HTC “MEGA” series. So, what do we know about this “MEGA” product? A whole lot of nothing, really. It looks like the certification has since been changed to read “PB74 [...]

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  • Windows Mobile 6.5 gets some last minute polish

    Windows Mobile 6.5 gets some last minute polish

    While it shouldn’t be too much longer before Windows Mobile 6.5 makes its long awaited debut, it looks like folks over in Redmond aren’t quite done with it. PocketNow spotted a new build of Windows Mobile 6.5 floating around the internets, and gave it the customary video runthrough. It’s all polish at this point, though there’s [...]

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  • The iPhone: Helping you find medical marijuana since 2009

    The iPhone: Helping you find medical marijuana since 2009

    I'd still rather eat glass than use an iPhone, let alone buy one, but this app at least made me laugh. It's called Cannabis, and helps you locate the nearest (100 percent legal) medical marijuana location in 13 states (plus Europe), as supplied by the iMedicalCannabis.org.

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  • Paws-On: Enviro-Bear 2010 for iPhone Is a Riveting Ride

    Paws-On: Enviro-Bear 2010 for iPhone Is a Riveting Ride

    iPhone developer John Smith deserves a design award for Enviro-Bear 2010, the most mind-blowingly awesome iPhone game ever made. The objective of the game is quite serious: You are a bear driving a car in a race against time to find enough stuff to eat before going into hibernation; winter arrives any minute now! For [...]

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  • Apple and RIM continue quest for cell phone domination, earn 35% of industry’s profits

    Apple and RIM continue quest for cell phone domination, earn 35% of industry’s profits

    Although they only ship 3% of cell phones worldwide, Apple and Research-In-Motion are cleaning up in the profits department. According to a recent report by Deutsche Bank analyst Brian Modoff (via WSJ), Apple and RIM account for 35% of the global cell phone industry’s profits. This comes on the heels of tremendous year-over-year growth for [...]

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  • Lexar rolls out fastest Crucial SSDs to date, the M225

    Lexar rolls out fastest Crucial SSDs to date, the M225

    SSDs are still mad expensive, but Lexar has just announced a wicked fast line of Crucial SSDs, M225. Available in 64GB, 128GB, and 256GB, the 2.5-inch drives boast 250MB/sec read speeds and 200MB/sec write speeds (256GB model). All three drives sport a SATA 2.0 interface and a five-year warranty. Snag one now for $170 (64GB), [...]

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  • RIAA chief spokesman: ‘DRM is dead, isn’t it?’

    RIAA chief spokesman: ‘DRM is dead, isn’t it?’

    The chief spokesman for the RIAA, one Jonathan Lamy, has gone on record to say what any normal, not-on-the-RIAA-payroll person has been saying for some time now: “DRM is dead, isn't it?” Yes. Yes it it.

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  • Kingston outs the first 256GB flash drive

    Kingston outs the first 256GB flash drive

    First off, you can’t afford this flash drive. But even if you can, you shouldn’t buy it. I mean, today, it will cost you $900, but we all know next year it will be $90, if not less. So take a good look at the Kingston DataTraveler 300 and drift off into a dream of [...]

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  • T-Mobile pushes out Android update, CRC1

    T-Mobile pushes out Android update, CRC1

    So I’ve had my G1 for a few days now and I’ve been patiently waiting for it to update from 1.1 to Cupcake and it finally did yesterday. Over the last few days T-Mobile has been pushing out an update to Cupcake, CRC1. There doesn’t seem to be any discernible differences (from a lay person's standpoint) between this build and CRB43, but I’m no Android expert. A quick look through the XDA forums reveals that it’s a pretty big security update for a slew of apps and the recovery image.

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  • T-Mobile drops minor Android update, Build # CRC1

    T-Mobile drops minor Android update, Build # CRC1

    So I’ve had my G1 for a few days now and I’ve been patiently waiting for it to update from 1.1 to Cupcake and it finally did yesterday. Over the last few days T-Mobile has been pushing out an update to Cupcake, CRC1. There doesn’t seem to be any discernible differences (from a lay person’s [...]

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  • T-Mobile offers deep discount with “Open Box” pricing

    T-Mobile offers deep discount with “Open Box” pricing

    Looking for a discounted newish cell phone on T-Mobile? You might be in luck if the particular model you wish to purchase has been returned in mass quantities. It looks like T-Mobile started rolling out their “T-Mobile Certified Open Box” program, which offers a pretty hefty discount on phones that have been returned within the allotted time (30 days).

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  • T-Mobile’s Open Box Pricing

    T-Mobile’s Open Box Pricing

    Looking for a discounted newish cell phone on T-Mobile? You might be in luck if the particular model you wish to purchase has been returned in mass quantities. It looks like T-Mobile started rolling out their “T-Mobile Certified Open Box” program, which offers a pretty hefty discount on phones that have been returned within the [...]

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  • Five iPhone Apps That Replace Bike Hardware

    Five iPhone Apps That Replace Bike Hardware

    The iPhone has proved to be rather adept at replacing other pieces of hardware. The combination of portability, a big screen that allows it to mimic any interface and an open (ish) App Store means that we are continually surprised at what people can make it do. Today, it’s the turn of the bicycle. It turns [...]

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