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As folks ring in the New Year across the globe, reports are surfacing of a troubling alarm clock bug affecting iPhones. According to a growing number of tweets, iPhone alarms that are set for New Year’s Day are failing to go off as scheduled. For the merry reveler with nothing to do on a Saturday,…
Welp, it’s that time of year again, folks. We’ve had a great 2010, filled with all sorts of amazing superphones, new mobile broadband services, and all kinds of interesting apps hitting app stores around the world. True, most of these apps soared high, but a few were banned from some app stores altogether. Nevertheless, the…
Apparently it doesn’t take much to call a new smartphone an “iPhone beater” these days – or at least according to the Russians. A new Android device made by ZTE and AFK Sistema, called the A918, was presented to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and features a GLONASS GPS system. Apparently the GPS system is 93%…
Hot off the news that Clearwire is losing a chairman, we’re hearing that Sprint may pour in another $200 million to assume the WiMax company’s debt. According to Forbes, the move will allow Sprint to maintain its 50% stake in the company. If you don’t know, Clearwire provides the WiMax infrastructure that powers the Sprint…
I don’t know about you, but I’d rather spend New Year’s Eve with friends or a special loved one than being packed like a sardine in New York City’s Times Square. It’s cold, there are way too many people, and the streets and subways are just jam packed with tourists making an escape nearly impossible…
Hot on the heels of Samsung’s Froyo trickery earlier this week, we see a confirmation that the Epic 4G update is “on hold” for an unknown amount of time. We’re not terribly sure when any of the U.S. Galaxy S phones will receive the OS upgrade, but it’s more than disheartening to keep having it…
From what we’ve seen so far of the Notion Ink Adam – be it the impressive hardware, or the not so impressive UI – it’s clear that the team has been hard at work making this tablet a reality. It my have taken a lot of potential buyers causing a ruckus about the lack of…
Despite the glut of competitors over the next 12 months, Caris & Co. research said the Apple iPad will still have a commanding market share in the tablet space in 2011. The report said that the Apple iPad will account for 67% of the market next year as Steve Jobs’ company still has a head…
Have you ever wished that your iPhone could measure and document the electrical activity of your heart? What might have sounded like a dream just a few years ago is now a reality. The new iPhonECG system is a new app that uses a case that connects to the iPhone (demonstrated in the video below…
With the rumors that Honeycomb will be Android 2.4 instead of 3.0, there’s even more evidence to confirm this now. While this can be, and has been faked, it’s beginning to look a whole new shade of real. With their Honeycomb tablet expected to debut at CES 2011, we’re wondering if Motorola will just be…