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LG recently announced the Optimus 2X, billed as the first dual core smartphone to be revealed to the world. That doesn’t really mean much since the first Qualcomm Snapdragon product to be announced was the Toshiba TG01 and it was a steaming pile of Windows Mobile 6.1 running poop. It was only until we got…
Is it possible that for all of Steve Jobs’ trash-talk about 7-inch tablets, Apple’s actually planning one of their own? It’s entirely possible, after Jimmy Lin, a pop star and race car driver in Taiwan posted a picture of him with what looks like a tiny iPad. Of course, it’s just as likely to be some…
HTC, looking to grab as much attention as they can before the Consumer Electronics Show taking place in Las Vegas next month and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona the month after, has started leaking images of their own devices to various media outlets. So far Gizmodo, CrunchGear, AndroidCentral, SlashGear, and Engadget have received images that…
If there is a market that thrives just as well as the legitimate side of the wireless industry, it’s the knock-off business. While many knock-offs and copycats are pretty decent, most of them are crap. Turd. Doo-doo. Poop. And that’s what you’re seeing above–the Poop phone. It’s a rip-off of a phone you’ve probably not…
We know that the Motorola Android Honeycomb tablet will be making an appearance in a few weeks at the CES trade show and some more details are leaking out about the potential iPad killer. Trademark filings suggest Moto may have settled on a name: how does “Xoom” sound to you? Reports say the Xoom trademark has…
Even the biggest Apple fanboy has to have a few pangs of jealousy when they see an Android phone withGoogle Navigation but the new Navfree iPhone app aims to close that gap by offering free turn-by-turn audible navigation. The Navfree iPhone app offer free turn-by-turn navigation with audible directions, Google Local and Microsoft Bing search,…
Occipital, a company that has been getting lots of attention for their iPhone application “360 Panorama” that utilizes the built in gyroscope and camera inside Apple’s Jesus Phone to make taking panorama images easier, has discovered that the Safari browser, as of version 4.2 of iOS, supports reading information from the gyroscope. The headline used…
LG launched two handsets today according to Unwired View, the A155 and the A120. The first is a dual SIM capable device with a 2 inch screen, and while it doesn’t have 3G, it’ll cost you less than $100. The type of people who buy dual SIM handsets are typically those who are looking to…
Tenor Nick P. and Pianist Sam Brash took some wonderful lyrics written by Ljova and created the anthem, called “An iPhone on Verizon,” that will make everyone cry, whether in joy over the impending Verizon iPhone or in pain over the grating, repetitive melody. Of course, this anthem may not be a sincere plea for…
Near Field Communication (NFC) technology is something we’ve been talking for years, jealously citing examples in Japan where they use their handset for everything from paying for drinks from a soda machine, to getting on the subway, and a whole lot more. According to research firm iSuppli, the number of NFC enabled handsets that shipped…