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More difficult news for Clearwire today. A SEC filing confirmed founder and board chairman Craig McCaw will be resigning from his position effective today. Clearwire did not reveal the reasons for McCaw’s departure but confirmed it did not involve a disagreement over company policies, operations or procedures. This is not the first high-level departure from…
HP and Palm announced the Pre 2 way back in October, and die-hard Pre fans have been waiting for the successor with limited patience. Of course, it’s not a tremendous upgrade to the original, but for those looking to hang onto the Pre and yearning for a little more – like a glass screen and…
Since at least June, Android handsets have been randomly misdelivering SMS text messages to other contacts, and Google still hasn’t fixed it. The problem has even been replicated on the Samsung Nexus S, which is supposed to be a shining beacon of Android purity. One person in the ongoing Google Code thread says that the…
It’s been a huge year for Android, and one of its most anticipated versions, 2.3 Gingerbread, has finally been released in the Google Nexus S. The most die-hard Android fans have been waiting and clamoring for the latest software, but it seems that carriers aren’t too keen on picking up the device right away. Why?…
Well, maybe Steve Jobs was right when he said that Android was for porn, as an odd story out of Illinois claims that a man purchased some Coby Android tablets for his daughter on Christmas and was shocked to see one of those devices preloaded with porn. I’m guessing it was this Kyros Android tablet…
A new report from Citibank says that the Apple App Store will generate up to $2 billion in revenue from the App Store in 2011 and this move could help Steve Jobs’ company cement its lead with mobile developers. It’s an interesting estimate and there’s no clear word on if Citibank is also factoring in…
Anyone who bought an HTC HD2 might feel a little irked that Android and Windows phone are getting all the love now, leaving their Windows Mobile 6.5 device with admittedly great specs out to dry. Luckily, one of the folks at XDA Developers has made a fresh ROM that puts Android 2.2 Froyo with Sense…
British car manufacturer Aston Martin, makers of the fine automobiles that get James Bond all the ladies and save him from the stickest of situations, has released an iOS application that gives people obsessed with the Aston Martin brand, but may not be able to afford their products, a chance to experience the legendary cars.…
Earlier this week, a hack was unveiled that let Windows Phone owners bypass the DRM security of installed applications. The FreeMarketplace application would strip the application’s DRM wrapper and let users copy files to a computer and then to another Windows Phone handset. The details behind this hack were not revealed but the proof of…
Pictures of the HTC Thunderbolt leaked a few days ago, with few specs other than LTE connectivity, but a whole batch of info on the unreleased device has made its way out of Germany recently. The particular processor mentioned hasn’t actually been released by Qualcomm yet, so take it all with a grain of salt.…