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One of the biggest complaints about the Palm webOS platform is the relatively small amount of apps compared to the Apple iPhone and Google Android platforms. But Palm is now flush with cash thanks to the Hewlett-Packard purchase and it is now offering $1 million to attract cool apps. The Palm Hot Apps program will…
Perhaps the best thing that could have ever happened to Windows Mobile 6.5 was to land on a device as cool as the Motorola Droid. On that same token, the worst thing that could happen to a Motorola Droid is to be graced with the hideousness of WinMo 6.5. Well, a Chinese manufacturer did just…
T-Mobile USA has just announced its plans to team up with Target, who will begin to push the Magenta carrier’s products and services. By the end of this year, Target will be opening their T-Mobile mobile centers in 850 stores, and will open the mobile centers in the majority of stores by mid 2011. We’re…
The BlackBerry Curve 3G is eking out to GSM carriers, and we got one from Telus to arse around with. As you might expect, it’s an awful lot like its forefathers, the Curve 8520 and 8530, with a few superficial changes; the trim is a darker titanium chrome, and the battery door has a really…
Maybe one of the reasons Facebook has so many Apple iPhone users than Android is because some of the social network’s developers aren’t infatuated with the Android developer environment. In fact, one of them seems to despise it. Joe Hewitt made the original Facebook for Apple iPhone app and some would say that one was…
Sprint is apparently having difficulty gaining 4G or WiMax subscribers according to Aurigia USA analyst Chandan Sarkar. After launching WiMax this past year and rolling it to several cities nationwide, Sprint still isn’t seeing the explosion in 4G users that it was hoping for. Part of that reason is probably because it’s still very much…
Sony Ericsson announced the Xperia X8 in June and confirmed a Q3 2010 launch. In keeping with this launch window, the X8 has emerged from the FCC with user manual and detailed photos intact. No new details were uncovered in these now public FCC documents, but we do get an up close and personal look…
Verizon Wireless is rolling out a new prepaid broadband option and it is going to be about double the cost of what the competition is offering. We’re a little late on this one, as PhoneScoop said these have been available since the beginning of August but Verizon’s prepaid broadband now tops out at 5 GB…
While it may not have happened prior to the release of the device, as we’ve seen before, the Motorola Droid 2 has officially been rooted (#), paving the way for custom Android ROMs to someday be available for the latest Verizon Android phone. The awesome devs over at XDA have done it yet again, only…
The Motorola Charm for T-Mobile is now available for your enjoyment and you can order it straight from the carrier’s online page. It should come as no surprise to anyone, however, as the little Android candybar phone has landed right on time. And as we mentioned last time, the Motorola charm packs a 3 megapixel…