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Ah, high school. Didn’t everyone just love those days? No? I sure did, but I didn’t have the worries that today’s high schoolers do – like choosing a smartphone that won’t get them ostracized by friends. One fool-proof gadget that will guarantee social acceptance is the iPhone. Sure, BlackBerry is wildly popular as a messaging…
Windows Phone 7 has yet to inspire much confidence in anyone, but it’s probably unfair to judge so quickly since it won’t be officially unveiled until Monday. Still, there have been plenty of previews and demos of the platform that some have felt confident enough to say that WP7 will “flounder.” As a matter of…
We’ve heard and seen a lot about the upcoming Samsung i8700 but the Windows Phone 7 handset has been spotted in a long video and it gives you a better idea of how the thing will actually run. As you can see from the video below, that Metro UI can be a refreshing change of…
The T-Mobile G2 gives us a little reminder in the joys of owning an Android handset. If your Android smartphone isn’t trying to self-destruct after a hack attempt, it will fix itself instead. Although both results are not really the desired end goal for a would-be hacker, I’d choose the latter. And the latter is…
Wolfram Alpha’s “computational knowledge engine” has found its way to Android after a lengthy stay on iPhone. You might recall that when it first came out, Wolfram Alpha was notorious for its ridonkulous $50 pricetag at launch, but luckily they’ve since wised up and are offering both Android and iPhone versions for $1.99. The app…
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before but “people briefed by Apple” said the company is mass producing an iPhone for Verizon and the device should be available early next year. This latest rumors comes from the Wall Street Journal, which says that the Verizon iPhone will use CDMA technology. The report also said…
Verizon Wireless took some time at CTIA SF 2010 to talk about their upcoming 4G LTE mobile broadband data network in the US. Following on the beans that the carrier spilled during the CTIA opening keynote this morning, Big Red held a press conference to give us a rundown of which US cities and airports…
Last month, a QWERTY slider from Samsung running Android 2.2 with TouchWiz 3.0 on top was spotted at IFA, and today it’s been announced to be available in Europe starting in November for 389 euros. The Samsung Galaxy I5510 is not quite as high end as the Epic 4G, as it packs a modest 667…
Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam stepped on his own company’s press conference a little during a keynote at the CTIA Wireless show, as he revealed the company’s deployment plans for its 4G network based on Long-Term Evolution technology. Get ready for some 4G LTE goodness in 38 cities by the end of the year. The company…
AT&T CEO Ralph de la Vega doesn’t think the tablet phenomenon is a fad, and the leader of AT&T’s mobile division said, during his keynote speech at CTIA San Francisco 2010, that we will soon see these computing devices have a big impact on consumers and businesses. With Apple rumored to have sold well over…