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Invitations are going out for a Sony Ericsson event that will introduce “the new members of the Xperia family” on February 13th in Barcelona. The invite does not provide any clues about the handsets slated to be unveiled, but we do recall that Sony Ericsson has committed itself to being the top Android handset manufacturer…
The HTC EVO Shift 4G for Sprint might be landing any day now as it has been spotted quite a few times this month alone, and it’s now appearing in Best Buy’s systems. The WiMax capable device is an Android handset that also has a physical QWERTY keyboard – a nice alternative to those who…
When the iPhone 4 was released and a front-facing camera was announced, I became excited for Skype video calls. Unfortunately, video calling was limited to FaceTime only. And even that was limited to Wi-Fi, too. Of course, there are other apps that allow you to make video calls over 3G, but they’re totally craptastic. Even…
The HTC Desire HD is getting a software update but you shouldn’t get your hopes up, as the company said it is not the Android 2.3 Gingerbread update many of us hope for. “To clarify, the Desire Z/Desire HD update is a maintenance build based on all your feedback. Gingerbread is not a part of…
It looks like the China Mobile-bound BlackBerry 8980 is just about ready to launch. RIM has released a device simulator so that developers can test out their apps on the unannounced smartphone. The simulator itself doesn’t show a new rendering of the device (like this one dug up in the desktop software), and the OS…
A leaked treatment from an in-production Dell television commercial paints a brief, but exciting picture of the rumored Dell Streak 7. The graphical outline suggests the 7-inch Android tablet from Dell will keep both the Streak branding and the naming convention of the original Dell Streak 5. The 7-inch tablet will also include a Gorilla…
This isn’t exactly a brand new app but I stumbled upon the PatriotApp and felt I could help spread some Christmas cheer by helping you all fight those dirty terrorists with nothing more than your iPhone or iPod touch. Unfortunately, the Patriot iPhone app doesn’t turn your iOS device into a rocket launcher but it…
The Apple iPad is a great consumption and leisure device (on holiday, my family can’t keep their hands off it and all the cool, cheap games) but there are still some ways in which it falls behind as a productivity device. Third-party providers like QuickOffice are trying to fill that gap and an update to…
While Apple may get a lot of guff over some of the way it treats its iPhone developers, but it has done a lot to help its devices be more accessible to people. A great story out of the Associated Press show how it has worked with the Cherokee nation to deliver some of its…
Wind has been pushing their BlackBerry Bold 9700 and Pearl 9100 in a BOGO deal the last couple of weeks, which now seems to have been mostly to make room for the upgraded Bold 9780. It’s currently listed in Wind Mobile’s inventory, though we haven’t heard a thing in terms of an announcement. The BlackBerry…