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Although video chatting has been around for awhile, iPhone 4 and Facetime promises to popularize it, to the point that at least one business has sprung up aiming to equip a legion of phone sex operators with Apple’s latest toy. Adult industry like this already thrives online with webcam sex chat, but what makes the…
President Obama and the White House have issued a memorandum which directs the executive departments and agencies to boost mobile services and this should lead to 500 MHz of spectrum being made available. The memorandum directs the Secretary of Commerce to work with the Federal Communications Commission to make 500 MHz of spectrum available over…
Like most of you new iPhone 4 owners out there, I decided to use my weekend activities to test out some of the phone’s capabilities. Mainly, its quality and ease of taking and sharing photos and videos. Taking and sharing photos was a snap. Upgrading from a 3G, I was impressed by the iPhone’s touch-to-focus…
Nokia is still the world’s largest smartphone seller by a wide margin but the company is often considered behind Apple and Google in the mobile space. The company is often ignored in the tech press because of its minuscule presence in the United States but it’s not just regional bias, as Nokia has also been…
The parts for the Apple iPhone 4 cost about $188, according to an estimate from iSuppli. The estimate doesn’t include things like labor, marketing, patents and software development but it does give us a useful indicator o the cost of the iPhone 4. The handset retails for $199 and $299 (although Apple gets significantly more…
When we heard there was an update going out for Sprint’s HTC EVO 4G, there was a very brief and fleeting moment of, “Froyo?!” Of course not, don’t be silly. However, there is an update that EVO users can download OTA. It’s called System Upgrade 1.47.651.1 and it’s just a measly 21.43MB file so it’s…
Sprint is moving forward with WiMax/4G coverage as new products are getting launched. Just this morning, the Samsung Epic 4G, a variant of the Galaxy S, was announced for Sprint’s network. To help get customers more excited about the new 4G devices, and in order to get more of them to take advantage of everything…
There was talk back in 2008 that RIM had begun work on an LTE BlackBerry. Given their two-year development cycle, it makes sense that we would see the fruits of their labour sometime near the end of this year, and from early rumours, the final product could be a doozy. Here’s what tipsters are saying…
Trash talk AT&T all you want, especially in New York City where service has a history of making people want to jump off the Brooklyn Bridge, but things have actually gotten better. Back in November, the last time I was in the city before finally moving here, I couldn’t get service if my life depended…
If you dig a good book on your lap, chances are you’ve already downloaded and used the Kindle App for iPad. I know I have. Granted, I’m not a BIG reader, but the Kindle and iBooks apps are front-and-center on my iPad. Over the weekend the team at Amazon announced new features and functionality for…