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As suspected, Sony Ericsson’s upcoming PlayStation phone will be launched under the Xperia brand – specifically as the Xperia Play. Sony Ericsson’s PR firm, Jung Relations, have apparently registered several domains containing “XperiaPlay” in the name, which corroborates with trademark filings for the same. From what we know of the unannounced device, the Xperia Play…
When it comes to bang for your buck, you really can’t beat something that’s free. That’s why Sprint wants you to know that they’re offering would-be Android users a new Sanyo Zio for absolutely nothing when you buy the phone online for the next couple weeks. That means you can get your hands on the…
Popular Android keyboard alternative, Swype, has opened its beta program for everyone again. Starting December 20th, folks looking to try Swype on their Android handset can visit the product’s beta page and register to be a participant in the trial program. Once you are in, you are eligible to receive all upcoming revisions to the…
Remember Faceplant, that FaceTime buddy list app we covered in July? Although it sounded great, it was never approved by Apple. So how on Earth are you going to find folks to FaceTime with? How about on Facebook? That sounds like a plan, if only there was some solution that could automate this “process.” Enter…
Although it didn’t have its own iPhone app, WikiLeaks did have one made by developer Igor Barinov, who as far as we know is not affiliate with Julian Assange and his crew. And that app has been removed from the AppStore. While we’re not sure it violated anything in Apple’s TOS, we do realize it…
If you really want to add the physical keyboard to your iPhone, now you can choose between several solutions. One such keyboard-case we spotted recently is called TypeTop Bluetooth Mini Keyboard Case and it’s readily available from UK’s MobileFun. Unlike some other solutions, this one comes with a flip-out stand at the back making for…
Verizon Wireless recently turned on an LTE network that has been getting nothing but praise from people lucky enough to be able to pay the insane $60/month for 5 GB of data that they’re demanding. The combination of low latency and high throughput make LTE easily capable of replacing your home broadband connection, but not…
Call it nostalgia or a desire to return to simpler days, but one French design firm is taking handsets that many of us loved in the 90s and re-releasing them with a fresh coat of paint and a set new batteries. Lëkki, which we’re not even going to pretend we know how to pronounce, began…
These days your smartphone platform is judged not by the quality of the hardware it runs on, nor the fidelity of the user experience, but instead it’s all about the apps. How many do you have, how many are downloaded per day, and are they any good? While I don’t agree with that view, give…
Denver, Colorado and Bridgeport, Connecticut have just become cities number 69 and 70 to get hooked up to Sprint’s WiMAX network. We used to say Sprint was falsely adverting WiMAX as a 4G technology, but the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) recently backtracked on their definition of what should and should not be called 4G, so…