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Many people were pretty excited when their Droid X got the Android 2.2 Froyo update but with that new update came new bugs. Motorola has come out and said that it is aware of the issues and a software update to fix those bugs is on the way. Some of the issues the Droid X…
Well, I guess if you’re trying to launch an Apple iPhone app you may as well get Steve Jobs to introduce it. That’s what MTR Mobile did, sort of. The iPhone app was introduced by a Chinese version of Steve Jobs, complete with jeans and a black turtleneck. If you watch the video below you…
Have you had a difficult time grabbing the Motorola Droid R2-D2 special edition phone? Couldn’t get to the stores quick enough and beat the Star Wars nerds to it? Fret not – Motorola will be giving away the smartphone on Twitter. We don’t know when, but the manufacturer is teasing us by telling us to…
If you’re an iPhone user, and you love taking and sharing photos, you need to get Instagram. Already a user? Then you know what I’m talking about, but if not, here’s how it works: you follow and are followed by your friends, you snap pictures, adjust the photos with a handful of filters and then…
RIM has just launched a new branded Bluetooth headset called the HS-300. It’s much tinier and cheaper than the HS-700 that launched a few months ago. Beyond portability, it features voice prompts for battery levels, automatic volume changing, and an impressive 15-minute charge time for two hours of talk. On a full charge, the headset…
Back at CES 2010, Powermat showed us some pretty snazzy looking wireless charging mats and cases. While this was great and exciting being that the charging was wireless, you still had to snap on a relatively bulky case onto your smartphone or gadget to use it. However, Powermat showed us a number of OEM options…
Stop me if you’ve heard this before but a Verizon iPhone is on track for early next year. Now, an analyst is saying that March 2011 is the scheduled release date. “It’s on track,” said Brian Marshall, an analyst with Gleacher & Co. “It won’t be just for Verizon. There are international carriers that use…
U.S. teens seem to be permanently glued to their cell phones – even in class, inevitably getting themselves in trouble. On average, they send and receive 3,339 text messages or SMS each month. Nielsen has compiled data from 60,000 phone bills and compared usage during Q2 2010 versus the same quarter the year prior. Data…
Boost Mobile is introducing a “Shrinkage” plan for its monthly, no-contract plans and this will make you bill cost less per month if you stay with the carrier for a while. I’ve long contended that Boost Mobile has some of the best plans around, as $50 a month will get you unlimited talk, texting and…
Clearwire has a ton of spectrum and is said to either be selling some of it or looking for equity partners. With the talk of spectrum auction, Verizon was named as a potential buyer, but the company is openly denying it. After all, it seems that Verizon already has big plans for its own LTE…