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After making its debut at WWDC, the highly anticipated White iPhone 4 has been delayed not once, but twice. While Apple has placed the blame on an unidentified manufacturing issue, a recent circulating rumor suggested that the problem lies with the less-than-desirable properties of the white paint that is use to give color to the…
With a select number of Windows Phone 7 handsets now in the wild, new and exciting details on Microsoft’s upcoming mobile OS are becoming available. While we marvel at the slick user interface of Windows Phone 7, we are crestfallen when we discover that one of the most annoying nuances of Windows Mobile has been…
Android 2.2 Froyo is coming to the original Motorola Droid from Verizon. Oh yeah, we knew that already. Well, Motorola has updated their Android 2.2 (Froyo) timeline for the Droid that now says, “Upgrade to Android 2.2 expected to begin the week of August 2nd.” Well, heck, that’s today! Soon, Droid owners should be able…
Tomorrow AT&T and RIM are expected to unveil the BlackBerry 9800, their first OS 6 smartphone. This is the biggest single leap BlackBerry’s software has made, and its reception will define how well RIM competes over the next year and beyond. The old giant, Nokia, still carries a lot of weight (though it’s slowing down),…
Many were rejoicing this morning as a web-based method to jailbreak your Apple iPhone 4 hit the scenes, but now we’re hearing word that this jailbreaking could open up a nasty security hole in your iOS device. How bad? Well, the Boy Genius says this security hole could enable malicious programmers to get a hold…
The Motorola i1 smartphone is the first Android device for Boost Mobile and it’s one of the most difficult phones for me to review. It packs some decent features like a 5-megapixel camera and push-to-talk capabilities over the iDEN network but it is nowhere near the top shelf of Android where the Motorola Droid X,…
If you’ve been wanting to jump into the Apple iPhone App Store game but don’t have the time or expertise to code away, there may still be a way to get a program as the AppExchange creates a marketplace for the underlying technology in these apps. Right now, there are two programs for sale including…
We all know the Apple iPad is a smash hit as the device has sold over three million units in a few months but what is Microsoft’s strategy to counter this growing trend in computing? So far, it’s been a mixed bag at best but Microsoft reporter extraordinaire Mary Jo Foley has some informed speculation…
We knew that Samsung has big plans for their Galaxy S phone and the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Tab. We also knew that they intended on releasing a media player of some sort, the YP-MB2, but it wasn’t until now that we’re seeing the thing in the flesh. Or plastic. Surprise surprise, the YP-MB2 looks like…
The New York Times is hoping that other publishers will want to replicate the success the Grey Lady has had on the iPhone and iPad and the company will launch an app platform in the fourth quarter. The platform is called the Press Engine and it lets publishers pump out apps without having to invest…