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Apple has long been known to offer refurbished products… You name it, their MacBooks, MacBook Pros, iMacs and Cinema Displays (and more) have long been on offer at a decent discount (various carriers have also offered refurbished iPhones at a big savings as well). While the ‘refurbished’ tag scares away some, if saving a few…
It’s Sunday, and while a usual weekend for me begins by shutting off my laptop after finishing work up on Friday, then proceeding to party my brains out over the ensuing 48 hours with copious amounts of binge drinking and reckless unprotected sex, and then finally waking up on Monday morning to boot up my…
The rules governing whitespace broadband will be decided by the Federal Communications Commission on September 23rd. While the FCC makes this decision, the big players in the technology world are tripping over themselves as they begin large-scale trials of this new form of wireless broadband. Whitespace is the term given to the unused spectrum that exists between television channels.…
A leaked memo instructs Verizon employees to prepare for changes to the carrier’s 3G multimedia handsets. This group of advanced feature phones consists of eleven handsets including the Verizon LG enV3, LG enV Touch, Samsung Alias 2, Nokia 7705 Twist, and more. These 3G multimedia handsets caused a stir when they were introduced as they require a…
A tip sent into Engadget reveals AT&T’s upcoming roadmap for the holiday shopping season. Similar to T-Mobile, AT&T has a nice array of handsets landing in the next few months including the Motorola Flipout and slew of Windows Phone 7 handsets. The leaked information from the tipster includes the following handsets and tentative launch dates: Motorola Flipout: September 19th.…
We’ve barely had time to recover from the HTC Desire HD unveiling in London and we’re already seeing the new Android superphone being benchmarked and its Android 2.2 Froyo ROM dumped online. Going on reported Quadrant benchmark scores, the DHD basically blows a Nexus One running Android 2.2 out of the water. And, in even…
We first got word of the Droid 2 world edition a couple of weeks ago, and figured that it would become available shortly after the launch of the CDMA-only version of the Droid 2. Well, we have an update for you – if this new rumor turns out to be true, Verizon may be scrapping…
Ever since we got word that GV Mobile was resubmitted to the iTunes App Store, we became a little excited. After publishing its review guidelines, Apple responded to an inquiry by Sean Kovacs, developer of the Google Voice application, saying he was more than welcome to resubmit his app. After GV Connect, another Google Voice…
Surprise! It looks like the Samsung Galaxy Tab, which will be running the tablet-incompatible Android 2.2, or Froyo, OS, might have some issues with applications. Samsung already mentioned that some applications and features have been optimized for the 7-inch display tablet experience, so those of you waiting for the Galaxy Tab should know what you’re…
Growing up in the eighties as I did, I’m no stranger to the puzzling frustration of the Rubik’s Cube. In my family, we had not only the traditional 3x3x3 cube, but as I got older, I seem to recall other models of different shapes and sizes, strewn about the house… and I was terrible at…