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A nice piece of smartphone just passed through the FCC from HTC and it sports CDMA support and WiMax. Could this be the HTC Knight/EVO Shift 4G that we’ve seen before? The FCC details are very sparse, as it says that the device has support for CDMA, WiMax and is a “Smart phone.” That could…
A joint venture between Fox, NBC and 10 other major broadcasters is hoping to give mobile television a boost and the Mobile Content Venture has committed to two mobile DTV signals for multiple markets by the end of next year. Will this finally give mobile TV the boost it needs to go mainstream? The Mobile…
Could Samsung have just leaked the Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS via the Galaxy 2’s firmware? Well, an unconfirmed firmware has just leaked, bearing the model name GT-I9200, and there has been some speculation that points to the firmware belonging to the Samsung Galaxy 2. Possibly with Gingerbread. There’s only one problem, though. There are only…
If you ask us, TweetDeck for Android is still a ways behind the iPhone application, but the Android version of the popular Twitter client just received a rather nice update. It might not bring the app all the way up to par with the iPhone version, but we’ll take anything at this point. To be…
It looks like Verizon will be taking it to AT&T with the upcoming 4G LTE network, as the nation’s largest carrier will be sticking it to AT&T for not having a 4G network. According to some leaked promotional campaign material leaked to Engadget, Verizon will be bringing back its familiar map motif. “Verizon now has…
Developers have had some time to play with RIM’s software development kit for the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, and one, Universal Mind, is showing off what they’ve done so far with their fantasy football app. There’s a video below to see it in action in the simulator, and presuming that the device itself performs just as…
I don’t know about you, but I’ve been excited about RAGE HD ever since id Software debuted it this past August. The game ran at a smooth 60 fps with very little effort by id Software engineers and its graphics looked a lot better than the majority of iOS games that are currently on the…
We’ve heard about the Palm Mansion before but the latest rumor suggests that this will be a touch-only device that sports a massive 5-inch display. There aren’t many details to go on, but the Palm Mansion should have that large screen with a 480 x 800 resolution and it is on track for the first…
Rogers launched a sub-brand called Chatr a few months ago solely to compete with Wind Mobile and Mobilicity for local, cheap, no-contract, unlimited service. Of course, Rogers had the added advantage of having built out their network already, and happily leveraged the fact with advertising that boasted “fewer dropped calls than new wireless carriers”, and…
Dish Network is making a big push for TV everywhere, as the television provider is teaming with Dish to bring live TV to Android, iPhone, iPad, iPod touch and BlackBerry devices. We knew the company planned this and most of the apps are now live. The Apple iPad version will be getting live streaming television…