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Not that we haven’t seen a bunch of the BlackBerry 9780 on video or anything, but a nice high-quality walkthrough of the upcoming device has snuck out. The specs we’ve been hearing so far have been confirmed, including a 624 MHz processor, 512 MB of RAM, 2.44″ HVGA display, 5 megapixel camera with flash, and…
If you’re looking for the most amazing and retro-awesome iPad case, look no further. Behold, the official Etch-A-Sketch iPad case! *rain clouds part to reveal the sun and a rainbow* The new Etch-A-Sketch iPad case from the good folks at Headcase is based around the original Ohio Art Etch-a-Sketch. The design cues were taken to…
Yet another new OS for BlackBerry Torch 9800 users out there. Can you honestly say you’re surprised? I’m not. With new devices usually comes a flood of operating system leaks, and the new vertical slider from RIM is no exception. This time around we have OS 6.0.0.246, leaked and ready to rock on your 9800.…
Yesterday I wrote about the sad story of a 17 year old girl in Pennsylvania who had her phone confiscated by a teacher, then had her device searched by the school’s principal, who finally took the irrational measure of calling law enforcement after finding naked pictures of her in her photo gallery. She ended up…
Sprint has just announced that the city of Orlando has become the 53rd market where they are now offering WiMAX service. People who have used Sprint’s WiMAX network say that they get speeds between 5 and 10 megabits per second and have latencies in the 100 ms range. The only two smartphones that support WiMAX…
The video above shows Huawei, one of the world’s leading infrastructure providers, delivering over 20 megabit per second speeds over LTE technology while on a train going over 250 miles per hour. It can be done, and it’s something that we’re desperately waiting for here in Europe and I’m sure in the United States as…
Thanks to the race to sell the most devices, mainly lead by Nokia who is absolutely dominating in the emerging economies, analyst firm iSuppli is predicting that by the end of this month there will be 5 billion mobile subscriptions or in other words nearly 3 out of every 4 people walking on this planet…
Security is something businesses take very seriously, especially today where an idea is no longer worth anything and it’s the best implementations, along with the biggest marketing budget behind said implementation of said idea, that makes or breaks small and large corporations alike, which is why Google is introducing a two way authentication method for…
South Korean operator SK Telecom, who used to have a presence in the United States back when the Helio brand still existed, has confirmed to Reuters that they’re in talks with Harbinger Capital Partners to possibly invest in their upcoming LTE network known today as “LightSquared“. Philip Falcone, the head of Harbinger, is looking to…
Good news for iOS owners as you can join your Android brethren in exploring the Earth’s ocean. Google announced that its latest Google Earth version for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch now includes the new ocean view. Similar to the Android version, the iOS version lets you explore what lies beneath the ocean including underwater canyons,…