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Aside from a prepared comparison with the iPad, the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet was a little camera shy at the Web 2.0 summit yesterday, but Engadget managed to score a few precious minutes with RIM co-CEO Jim Balsillie for a quick tour. The video doesn’t show too much that we didn’t see at Adobe MAX, but…
Sony Ericsson is ready to serve up another Android Xperia handset in the form of the X12, and while we haven’t heard a whole lot about this device in the midst of so much Windows Phone 7 and other Android news, it has been thoroughly reviewed. However, we did get a good chunk of news…
Fei Lam, a 17 year-old high school student, capitalized on the white iPhone 4 frenzy by selling a conversion kit to transform a standard black model into the coveted white iPhone. The teenager’s business took off when he was featured on CNN, CNET, and TechCrunch and the lad amassed a respectable $130,000 in a mere six…
TeliaSonera, the first operator in the world to launch a commercial LTE network, has released some startling numbers that really make you think about the future of broadband and how it’ll be delivered. They say that the average smartphone user consumes upward of 375 MB of data per month. That’s in line with what we’ve…
The Versace Unique — which is a product of collaboration between LG, ModeLabs and Versace — is heading to India where it will be available for 450,000 INR which is a whopping $9,964! Somehow we’re not surprised with the hefty price tag considering it’s Versace we’re talking about here. Moreover, we know the Unique is…
Good ol’ Costco is known for its great deals. I’ve heard we should buy wines there, but apparently smartphones are hot these days, too. That said, I’ve just found out the membership warehouse club chain is offering few smartphones for $100. That’s the price with a contract, but it’s a good deal, nonetheless. Among the…
Clearwire, the operator we love to tease, has just formally launched their WiMAX service in the city of Sacramento, California, giving the roughly 1.2 million people living there access to the internet over what is falsely labeled a 4G network. Users who signup using the clear.com/sacramento website can get 50% off their bill for the…
While Palm didn’t announce anything at the Web 2.0 Summit that’s taking place this week in San Francisco, Jon Rubinstein, the head of the new organization that is now a part of HP, had some choice words to share: “Palm created the PDA (personal digital assistant) space with the Pilot and the smartphone space after…
P&G wants to reach female iPhone users and is thus it launched the Always Me mobile application, touting it as a “comprehensive and unique period and ovulation tracker.” Designed with input from a select group of women-focused website editors, bloggers and female health experts – Always Me helps women manage their cycles, offering “timely support…
Good news for all the iPad-ownin’ Flight Control fans out there. Firemint is preparing to update its baby with online multiplayer capability via Game Center, allowing folks to invite a friend to play one of the 5 original size maps online, or choose to be automatically matched to a random player anywhere in the world.…