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  • HTC Incredible Revealed on Verizon Staging Site, To Be Called “Droid Incredible”

    HTC Incredible Revealed on Verizon Staging Site, To Be Called “Droid Incredible”

    This is about as firm a leak as you can get: the HTC Incredible has been revealed on a Verizon staging site. Sadly, no further specs or pricing was revealed, but the April 29th launch date that we talked about earlier is mentioned, as is the new branding for the device: The "Droid Incredible". Not the greatest of names, no, but I'll give the marketers extra points for consistency.

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  • Weekend Giveaway: Free to be you and me

    Weekend Giveaway: Free to be you and me

    We’re not perfect. Let’s just admit it. But South Park fans are more perfect than others. That’s why I recommend you click through to start commenting in order to win one of three South Park 13th Season Blu-Ray box sets. How do you win? Simple pimple: post a comment below in your best South Park voice [...]

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  • Weekend Giveaway: An HTC HD2 from T-Mobile

    Weekend Giveaway: An HTC HD2 from T-Mobile

    Wakey wakey, eggs and a culturally accepted meat or vegetable product that can be diminutized to rhyme with “wakey!” Have we got a surprise for you. This weekend we’re giving away an HTC HD2 GSM phone for T-Mobile. If you recall, the HD2 is a glorious Windows Mobile 6.5 phone with lots of great things [...]

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  • Giveaway: Olive No 4 Hi-Fi Digital Stereo

    Giveaway: Olive No 4 Hi-Fi Digital Stereo

    You like music, right? How about CDs? Do you still have CDs? Don’t have any cash this week? Did you spend a lot of money on presents for the kids already? Do you want one of these Olive No 4 Hi-Fi? Am I asking too many questions? Yes? No? Well today we have one of [...]

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  • Has Tapjoy solved monetization of free apps on the iPhone and Android?

    Has Tapjoy solved monetization of free apps on the iPhone and Android?

    Tapjoy, the small development shop that brought us the incredible TapDefense for the iPhone [iTunes link], has quietly built out an extremely strong toolset to provide monetization options for app developers. Through two strong offerings, they claim to increase ad revenue for free apps by more than 250%. I first met them at the TechCrunch50 [...]

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  • NYC intern needed

    NYC intern needed

    Are you a student or shut-in? Are you a fan of electronic devices? Have you ever spent time in a Turkish prison? If you answered yes to all or two of these questions, have we got an offer for you. CrunchGear needs a Fall intern to help out on the site, attend swanky press events, and make coffee and prepare the editor's shots of HGH.

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