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There’s no doubt that the Sprint HTC EVO 4G is one of the most impressive Android phones on market at this very moment, but due to supply shortages related to the Samsung-sourced display panels, the EVO 4G isn’t getting to that market fast enough to meet demand. A new report from the Wall Street Journal…
Following on the Fujitsu / Toshiba mobile merger, reports have bubbled up saying that they’ve already started on their first handset, which is headed to Japan’s NTT DoCoMo and will be running Android. Little beyond that is known, but the platform choice is significant, given Toshiba had already put significant time and effort into some…
RIM has just posted another video running through the upcoming BlackBerry OS 6. It’s mostly nothing we haven’t seen before, but there are a few new tidbits. Individual apps seem to get their own home on the today screen, so you can see Twitter and Facebook items separately. Visual Voicemail makes its first appearance, which…
Say you’re batshit insane and you really hate your former significant other. You sit around all day, doing what mentally challenged people usually do — which I’m assuming are activities that require adult supervision and involve the mandatory use of helmets — and while drooling and defecating yourself you scheme up a way to get…
Another Android phone from Motorola is coming through the pipes, though it likely won’t wow anyone as much as the Droid X. Instead, the Motorola WX445 is aiming for the budget crowd with a light battery, smaller 2.5-3″ screen, and was described as a cheaper-looking Palm Pre Plus, and “not a very impressive phone” overall.…
We’ve been hearing about a project from RIM called BlackBerry Shield for some time, first in March, then again a few weeks ago. The rumours were all true, and RIM has announced the private beta of what they’re calling BlackBerry Protect. It exists as both a web service and an on-device application, and can help…
Most of you who had jailbroken iPhone 3GS and 3G handsets were probably waiting eagerly for the iPhone 4 to get cracked, too. Well, be careful what you wish for because it already has been jailbroken. The only catch is that Geohot, the hacker responsible for the jailbreak and jailbreaking previous iPhones, isn’t saying if…
If China Mobile can have its special version of Android (OPhone), so can its fierce competitor – China Unicom. The carrier, which BTW is China’s second largest, is working toward developing what they call the “uPhone” platform that again sits on top of Google’s mobile OS. As you can see from the image above, devices…
Although we don’t have the full list of companies that will participate at the 2011 CES in Las Vegas, Nevada – we know who will keynote the event. It’s Steve Ballmer, the CEO of Microsoft, who did the same this year. Ballmer’s keynote will kick off the 2011 International CES at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday,…
Coveroo — the company that creates customized covers and cases for mobile phones and consumer electronic devices — has closed $2.3 million in Series B funding. Rembrandt Venture Partners led the round, which also saw several other investors participating, including Consor Capital LLC and Karl Jacob. The company plans to apply the new money toward…