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  • Sprint Samsung Moment updated for anyone willing to leave their house

    Sprint Samsung Moment updated for anyone willing to leave their house

    Remember the good ol' days of being a cell phone owner? Back when you could probably name every color your screen could display, 2G data connections were mind blowing, and gettin' your firmware flashed meant taking a trip to the good ol' neighborhood carrier outlet? Yeah - we're back to that.

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  • Mythical beast spotted: Samsung to launch 32GB microSD cards next month

    Mythical beast spotted: Samsung to launch 32GB microSD cards next month

    So there you are, on your way home after purchasing the brand new smart phone you’ve been wanting for weeks. You’re reading the specs on the side; “Supports microSD cards up to 32 Gigabytes”, it boasts. “32 Gigabytes? That’s like a million!” you think to yourself as you pull up your handset’s browser. You hop [...]

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  • Is this the next Jawbone headset?

    Is this the next Jawbone headset?

    If you’ll pardon my terrible photoshopping skills for a second (Hey! I was using a trackpad! Also, my hands were tied behind my back, my eyes were closed, and, uh, my house was on fire), you might be looking at a fairly close representation of Aliph’s next Jawbone headset. You see, the gents over at HTCPedia [...]

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  • Proporta Antimicrobial case protects your iPhone 3GS from your nasty, nasty hands.

    Proporta Antimicrobial case protects your iPhone 3GS from your nasty, nasty hands.

    Look at your hand for a second. No, closer than that. Really close - like an inch for your face. Okay, now lick your hand.

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  • HTC sends out chocolate Hero replicas, LG realizes they missed an opportunity

    HTC sends out chocolate Hero replicas, LG realizes they missed an opportunity

    You know, the grass really is greener on the other side. Take the HTC Hero, for example; Russia’s got it, and so do we – albeit with a slightly less awesome body. No discrepancies there, though – we’ve both got the same basic phone, so we can all be happy. But now Russia has [...]

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  • Firefox Mobile gets one step closer to release

    Firefox Mobile gets one step closer to release

    Screen shot 2010-01-09 at [ January 9 ] 12.34.16 PM It's still not ready for its "official" launch, but Firefox Mobile just took one big ol' step closer to the big day with the launch of Release Candidate 2. As with the past few releases, this one's only available for Maemo devices -- namely, the N900. Don't got Nokia's latest greatest tablet? Don't sweat it - you can still play with it by way of emulation. So what's new? Find out after the jump.

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  • ION’s iType full-sized iPhone keyboard could be great, if it weren’t for Apple.

    ION’s iType full-sized iPhone keyboard could be great, if it weren’t for Apple.

    We’re big fans of the idea of external keyboards for the iPhone around these parts, so I more than get where ION’s going with the nearly full-sized keyboard accessory they just launched. Unfortunately, decisions on Apple’s part keep the idea from really being worthwhile. You see, limitations of the iPhone platform prevent accessories like this from [...]

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  • Live From Palm’s CES 2010 Press Event

    Live From Palm’s CES 2010 Press Event

    We’re live from Palm’s CES 2010 Press Event, where they’re expected to announce … something. Will they tell us which two phones AT&T will be carrying? Will they finally confirm that they’ve got handsets heading to Verizon? We’ll keep the live blog goin’ as long as the mighty mobile broadband overlords allow – follow along after [...]

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  • Quick Hands-On With The Sprint Overdrive 3G/4G Hotspot

    Quick Hands-On With The Sprint Overdrive 3G/4G Hotspot

    Look out, MiFi – Sprint just pushed out your new baby brother, and he looks like a mean one. The Sprint Overdrive is a mobile hotspot, not unlike the aforementioned MiFi. The idea is simple: turn it on, and you’ve got a WiFi access point pulling down data via Sprint’s third and fourth generation networks. We just [...]

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  • Ovi Store comes to AT&T, brings carrier billing with it

    Ovi Store comes to AT&T, brings carrier billing with it

    If you’re an AT&T customer and you have a Nokia phone, you probably already know that the app scene is pretty barren. AT&T’s Media Mall offers a few pages of arguably useful apps, but support for programs like AT&T’s App Beta developer initiative is limited to a single Nokia handset. Fortunately, Nokia has just opened up [...]

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  • The Droid You’re Looking For: Live From The Nexus One Event

    The Droid You’re Looking For: Live From The Nexus One Event

    While it’s technically called the “Android Press Gathering,” we all know what’s coming. Today, Google is expected to formally unveil the Nexus One (the device which some have been referring to as the “Google Phone“). The long event taking place today is expected to have both a presentation as well as demonstrations. Follow our coverage below, live.

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  • Rumor: Verizon orders 400,000 Palm handsets

    Rumor: Verizon orders 400,000 Palm handsets

    Someone's gotta help Palm out. After the somewhat lukewarm response to the Pixi and the Pre, it's rather surprising that Verizon would decide to place a big order. Word is though, that's exactly what they did.

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  • Outside Puts The iPhone Weather App To Shame

    Outside Puts The iPhone Weather App To Shame

    Outside iPhone I typically use the Weather iPhone app maybe once a week, if not even ever. The only reason I would ever use the application is if a friend asked me the weather for a certain day of the week. Outside is trying to change the way we see weather applications on the iPhone with their new iPhone app developed by Robocat.

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  • More video of the xpPhone released

    More video of the xpPhone released

    After the xpPhone was announced back in May, word of its development went surprisingly quiet - enough so, in fact, that I'd been convinced the project had gone the way of Duke Nukem Forever. With this recent media dump, however, the xpPhone is looking realer than ever. ITG released a handful of prototype images just weeks ago, and followed it up shortly thereafter with a video of the Windows XP-powered handset booting up. This latest video goes on to show a bit of what the phone can actually do -- that is, make phone calls in Windows XP. With that, there's not much doubt left in our mind on whether or not this thing will make it to the shelves; whether or not anyone will actually buy it, however, is still up for debate.

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  • Apple Expanding iWork In The Cloud?

    Apple Expanding iWork In The Cloud?

    A year ago Apple launched iWork.com in beta, which allowed users of their office suite of applications to publish documents online. It's a light feature set compared to Google Docs and Office 10 - just viewing and commenting. But a job posting suggests Apple may be creating a true collaborative cloud based version of the iWork apps. The job posting popped up on CrunchBoard on December 22. Apple is looking for a mid level engineer to "be part of the core development team" and "engage in an area from design to development" of a new javascript rich internet application for the iWork team:

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