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Good news iPhone 3GS owners! You may be able to record some HD video on your iDevice. The hardware specs reveal the little-known fact that the iPhone 3GS ships with an ARM Cortex processor capable of HD recording. While the hardware is capable of HD recording, the software on the 3GS disables this functionality. With…
The T-Mobile HTC HD7 popped up at Walmart and is now available for pre-order from the retail giant. The Windows Phone handset is expected to debut on November 8th and will be one of two WP7 handsets to land at Magenta. The HTC HD7 is priced at a lowly $149, which matches the $149 offered…
Sprint is continuing its WiMax expansion nationwide, with New York City officially launching tomorrow, but it has been toying with the idea of LTE for a while now. While Dan Hesse, Sprint CEO, has mentioned that it wouldn’t rule out the possibility of LTE in the future, he is now saying, ““Our 4G strategy is…
The Samsung Galaxy Tab is nigh and Amazon already has the T-Mobile version of the Android tablet up for pre-order. Although if you aren’t terribly familiar with the pricing scheme and how the Galaxy Tab will be distributed, you might be hit with some sticker shock. If you want to pre-order from Amazon now, it’s…
Apple responded to Motorola’s recent patent lawsuit by filing its own countersuit accusing Motorola of violating six multi-touch and graphical-UI patents related to the iPhone. The two lawsuits were filed by Apple on Friday in the U.S. District Court of Western Wisconsin. The suit targets Motorola’s popular Android handsets including the Verizon Droid 2 and…
VLC Developer Rémi Denis-Courmont confirmed that Videolan sent a copyright infringement notice to Apple about the iOS version of its popular video playing app, VLC. The notice targets the DRM-based distribution method of the App Store and its restrictive terms and conditions. VLC is distributed under a GNU General Public License (GPL), an open source…
The DROID 2 Global is nearing its anticipated launch date and the pace of rumors is picking up. This world edition handset has been spotted in the wild, queued up for training by Verizon employees, included on a Verizon rebate form, and even unintentionally revealed by Motorola when the handset made a fleeting appearance on…
Samsung Galaxy Tab is an awesome device, but its price point makes it affordable to many. That’s not always the good thing as the super rich, and especially nouveau riche, may want something more exclusive, something mere mortals like you and me can’t have (or don’t need to have). Hence they approached CrystalRoc and Micro…
Popular SMS service/app textPlus is going one step forward by introducing real phone numbers, allowing users to chat with their buddies that don’t have to run textPlus! You either get an automatically assigned phone number or select a specific area code and number for $1.99/year. At the moment this is a U.S. thing only, but…
The Nokia N900 got a new firmware update – PR 1.3 (v20.2010.36-2). Available through Nokia Software Updater and over the air (OTA), the new firmware paves way for the upcoming transition to MeeGo OS (from the existing Maemo). Included in this release is the Qt 4.7 development framework and Qt Mobility 1.02, allowing developers to…