While we sit around and wait for Sprint WiMax to do its thing in New York City, it looks like Clear is already on its game offering services in the city. Now you can sign up for data cards and little WiFi hotspots and enjoy 4G data speeds from devices like the iSpot or the…
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How To: Get your Droid X back to stock Android 2.1 Eclair
So, you pulled the trigger and installed the leaked Droid X Froyo ROM and you’re looking to get back to Android 2.1 before the official update comes out tomorrow, eh? Thankfully, Droid-Life has posted a great how-to on how to do just that. The tutorial is not for the faint of heart but you put…
Virgin Mobile Gets Samsung Intercept, Its First Android Phone
Virgin Mobile users, rejoice. The Samsung Intercept will soon hit the pre-paid carrier, its first Android device, and will hopefully be the first of more decent handsets for the MVNO. Unfortunately, there is no release date or pricing just yet, but we do know it’s coming soon since Virgin Mobile just announced it on its…
Visa Tests iPhone Payment System in NYC, NJ and L.A.
NVIDIA: Tegra 3 and 4 on the way
If you’re still jazzed up about the NVIDIA Tegra 2 chip, you need to stop living in the past because the company just said that Tegra 3 is almost complete, Tegra 4 development is underway and that it plans to pump out a new one every year. That’s not super incredible news really, as you…
T-Mobile says marijuana content wasn’t why it blocked text service [Update]
T-Mobile said it blocked a texting service because it didn’t comply with regulations not because the content was associated with marijuana. The text messaging company EZ Texting is suing T-Mobile because the fourth-largest U.S. carrier cut off its access to shortcodes. EZ Texting implied that this was because it dealt with a company which supplied…
Samsung Galaxy S Femme Aveda Edition shows up
Samsung obviously has high hopes for its Galaxy S line of smartphones. We’ve already seen them unveiling the device in Snow White and Pink, and now we have the Korean giant teaming up with cosmetics maker Aveda to launch a special version of the smartphone. The so called Samsung Galaxy S Femme Aveda Edition is…
All-male mobile community Grindr launches on iPad
Grindr — which is the world’s largest all-male mobile networking service — is going for the iPad users to “take the Grindr experience to the next level.” The application is made to take advantage of iPad’s large touchscreen, making navigation around the app easier. Moreover, images of Grindr users are bigger and the information in…
Particle is a new company offering developers tools to develop once for multiple mobile platforms
A company called Particle launched a new technology platform that allows developers to automatically create native apps for any platform. You know the problem right? There are so many platforms out there and developers need to re-code their apps for each of them. Particle is definitely not the first contender in their space, but it…
case-mate teams-up with Pong to launch radiation-reducing mobile phone cases
It’s like they don’t already have an extensive case portfolio, case-mate is teaming-up with Pong — which makes technology that protects users of wireless devices from the potentially harmful effects of radiation exposure — to make even more cases. As a result of this collaboration a whole series of the so called “Bounce” cases will…





