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Not that the Rogers LG Neon was a homerun or anything, but if you were among the first that embraced the side slider, I’ve got some quick news for you this afternoon. Rogers has just released the second-gen Neon on their network. Named the LG Neon 2 (duh), this latest edition packs a lot of…
The T-Mobile Vibrant gives you some high-powered Android but if you take that thing underwater, it, understandably, be toast. The Boy Genius is hearing that Motorola will bringing a rugged Android phone code-named “Jordan” that could be waterproof up to 33 feet underwater. There’s not much more to the rumor other than we can expect…
Verizon, the cable operator, unveiled its mobile offerings today and the suite of new applications include a FiOS TV client for the iPad and a VOD app for smartphones. The FiOS TV application is slated to launch in early 2011 and will allow iPad-owning FiOS TV subscribers to watch live TV from any location within…
The BlackBerry Torch 9800 is now out and available on AT&T, but those interested in its history may like to take a look at this prototype, code-named Tardis (after the time-travelling police box from Doctor Who). There’s some Synaptics branding thrown in there, indicating the protoype was something built during their involvement with the capacitive…
Those Verizon-Chrome OS tablet rumors from last week are one step closer to fact and one step away from fiction. The existence of the rumored Chrome OS tablet with Verizon branding was reportedly confirmed by a source of Downloadsquad who provided the initial hardware details and tentative launch date for this interesting, yet mysterious tablet.…
RIM has been privately testing a BlackBerry application that estimates your travel time for a few weeks, and now it’s available to the public. It’s an interesting take on turn-by-turn navigation, emphasizing more on how fast you can expect to go during particular segments of a trip than showing the usual top-down map. It will…
Remember how we’ve been waiting for T-Mobile to unveil their first HSPA+ compatible Android phone, rumored to be the T-Mobile G2 (codename: HTC Vision)? Well, today, Big Magenta has officially started teasing us with a mini-site dedicated to the G2. We’re told that the Android smartphone will be the first device from the carrier to…
Shortly after I published my brief look at the new Animal Planet iPhone app, the good folks at Discovery Communications came a knockin’ at my door again. This time around, they wanted to tell me about a game they’ve been running online for some time (it’s been on Discovery Kids online for almost 10 years…
On the heels of the government decision to legalize MVNOs in the country, South Korea’s KT Corp has signed up three companies as its first MVNO clients. The government made MVNOs legal back in March but the change in law comes into effect next month. According to Joongang Daily’s report, KT has signed up with:…
China Mobile is joining forces with China’s government-owned official state news agency, Xinhua, to work on a mobile search joint-venture. According to Reuters, the two companies have signed a framework agreement to establish a search engine company. China Mobile confirmed the alliance, but noted it was an agreement between Xinhua and the operator’s state-run parent.…