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  • Video: Palm WebOS, meet laptop

    Video: Palm WebOS, meet laptop

    Posted on May 17, 2010 | No Comments
    Now, it’s not the mystical HP webOS tablet we’ve all been dying for for what feels like forever (read: two weeks), but it’s a step in the right direction. PreCentral forumgoer cdowers managed to hack webOS onto an old Dell laptop they had laying around — and surprisingly, this “hack” didn’t really require all [...]

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  • AT&T to cover about 250M people with HSPA+ by year’s end

    AT&T to cover about 250M people with HSPA+ by year’s end

    Posted on May 14, 2010 | No Comments
    AT&T has changed its story on its 3.5G / 3.75G strategy prior to rolling out LTE seemingly countless times in the past couple years, but the good news is that the latest policy shift is a decidedly positive one: it intends to cover about 250 million Americans in speedy (well, hopefully speedy) HSPA+ by the end of 2010. The remarks came today from AT&T Operations CEO John Stankey at a Reuters event, going on to say that the company intends to "double" its theoretical 7.2Mbps maximum on HSPA; it seems almost certain that the move is in response to T-Mobile's aggressive moves into 21Mbps territory recently -- not to mention commercial WiMAX availability on Sprint and the impending launch of a handful of LTE markets on Verizon -- but realistically HSPA+ on AT&T could easily run anywhere between 7.2 and 14.4Mbps depending on market, backhaul capacity, and countless other factors. Works out well for a presumed iPhone launch, doesn't it?

    AT&T to cover about 250M people with HSPA+ by year's end originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 14 May 2010 16:39:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • L5 universal remote for iPhone now shipping for $50

    L5 universal remote for iPhone now shipping for $50

    Posted on May 13, 2010 | No Comments
    Back in the olden days, you spent the better part of a grand for a big touchscreen programmable universal remote -- and if you were lucky, it might have a color display. But this is 2010, which means you spend fifty bucks, slap a little black box to the bottom of your iPhone, and call it good. L5's self-named L5 Remote for the iPhone and iPod touch involves a free download from the App Store paired with a 1.25 x 0.85-inch dongle, together creating a solution capable of storing up to 1,000 configurable screens and controlling devices from up to 30 feet away. It's available now from L5's site for $49.95 and will hit a handful of top-tier online retailers by the end of the month; follow the break for the full press release.

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    L5 universal remote for iPhone now shipping for $50 originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Thu, 13 May 2010 14:08:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Android 2.1 update coming to the Verizon Droid Eris tomorrow?

    Android 2.1 update coming to the Verizon Droid Eris tomorrow?

    Posted on May 10, 2010 | No Comments
    Boom! We woke up this morning to a handful of e-mails in our tips inbox, all saying the same thing: the Droid Eris should be getting Android 2.1 beginning tomorrow, according to an internal memo sent out to select retail employees. Pics or it didn't happen, right? Fortunately, one of the tipsters was nice enough to grab a shot of the memo for the lovely folks at home.

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  • Android 2.1 coming to the Verizon Droid Eris tomorrow?

    Android 2.1 coming to the Verizon Droid Eris tomorrow?

    Posted on May 10, 2010 | No Comments
    Boom! We woke up this morning to a handful of e-mails in our tips inbox, all saying the same thing: the Droid Eris should be getting Android 2.1 beginning tomorrow, according to an internal memo sent out to select retail employees. Pics or it didn't happen, right? Fortunately, one of the tipsters was nice enough to grab a shot of the memo for the lovely folks at home.

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  • Twitter for Android: the best apps reviewed

    Twitter for Android: the best apps reviewed

    Posted on May 6, 2010 | No Comments
    You know what's awesome? Cookie dough ice cream. But when it comes to the smartphone market, the 18-month-old, steadily-growing Android platform is equally wondrous. Sure, Google may have a tiny bit of catching up to do when compared with Apple's market share, but at least Android users are already spoiled with a handful of good Twitter apps. Better yet, Twitter has now thrown in its official app to spice up the competition, so we thought it'd be interesting to put it head-to-head against the third-party clients. Read on to find out if we have a winner.

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    Twitter for Android: the best apps reviewed originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 06 May 2010 16:16:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • SlingPlayer for Android sneaks into private Beta

    SlingPlayer for Android sneaks into private Beta

    Posted on May 6, 2010 | No Comments
    If you’re the proud owner of both an Android handset and a Slingbox, you might be a bit bummed out right now — and rightly so. While almost every single other smartphone platform around has been slingboxin’ video content freshly piped from a remote TV for years now, Android has, thus far, been left out [...]

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  • Sprint Hero getting Android 2.1 by May 7th, according to Best Buy

    Sprint Hero getting Android 2.1 by May 7th, according to Best Buy

    Posted on May 5, 2010 | No Comments
    And our never ending quest to pin down the exact date on which the Sprint HTC Hero will get its long-awaited update to Android 2.1 continues.

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  • PSA: Boost Mobile’s Monthly Unlimited Plans now include free 411, e-mail, and Instant Messaging

    PSA: Boost Mobile’s Monthly Unlimited Plans now include free 411, e-mail, and Instant Messaging

    Posted on May 4, 2010 | No Comments
    Boost Mobile customers, where you at? No, really — where are you? I haven’t run into a Boost customer in years. Regardless: if you’re out there and are on one of Boost’s unlimited plans, you just got a handful of new features added to your line-up. If you’re on the $50-a-month plan, you’ve now got free 411, [...]

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  • Sprint fires up 4G service in Central Pennsylvania

    Sprint fires up 4G service in Central Pennsylvania

    Posted on May 3, 2010 | No Comments
    You feel that, Central Pennsylvanians? That slight warmth radiating through the air? That’s Sprint’s 4G service you’re basking in, friend. (Whats that? You don’t feel it? That’s okay. You’re not supposed to be able to. That was just a shout out to all the crazies that swear they get headaches from radio towers — even [...]

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  • QR-LPD: Bridgestone’s flexible e-paper (video)

    QR-LPD: Bridgestone’s flexible e-paper (video)

    Posted on April 29, 2010 | No Comments
    Even though it's not an electronics company, Bridgestone (the tire maker) is one of a handful Japanese firms that has been experimenting with e-paper in recent years. Last October, Bridgestone claimed the bragging rights for the world's first flexible e-book reader. And a few days ago, the company showcased the newest version of their e-paper, now named QR-LPD (Quick Response Liquid Power Display), during an industry expo in Tokyo.

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  • Video: Droid Incredible does multi-touch better than the Nexus One

    Video: Droid Incredible does multi-touch better than the Nexus One

    Posted on April 26, 2010 | No Comments
    Nexus One owners, you might want to take a seat for this one. You know the HTC Incredible? That phone that popped up out of no where, matched or surpassed all of the Nexus’ specs, and then killed off any chance of a Nexus One for Verizon? Now, you recall that unfixable issue that the [...]

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  • Samsung’s Bada-powered Wave coming in June, Not April

    Samsung’s Bada-powered Wave coming in June, Not April

    Posted on April 23, 2010 | No Comments
    Is the world ready for yet another smartphone platform? Probably not – but it’s got until June to get prepped. According to Samsung, that’s when they’ll be launching the Wave, their first phone to be powered by Bada. The good word comes after a handful of UK retailers started promising that Wave pre-orders would be filled [...]

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  • Leaked: BlackBerry OS 6.0 screenshots and details

    Leaked: BlackBerry OS 6.0 screenshots and details

    Posted on April 20, 2010 | No Comments
    Man – has it been a good week for leaks, or what? It’s only Tuesday, and we’re already on to our second major info dump. This one might not be quite as big as yesterday’s leak seen around the world – but it’s still a doozy, especially if you’re a BlackBerry fan. After a few months [...]

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  • Those iPhone 4 case shots? Fake!

    Those iPhone 4 case shots? Fake!

    Posted on April 16, 2010 | No Comments
    Yesterday evening, we posted a handful of images that were going around the Internets, purportedly showing the back of the next-gen iPhone (iPhone 4, iPhone HD, whatever you want to call it.) We spent more than half of the post decrying them as fakes -- and it looks like we were right.

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