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Verizon Wireless confirmed late last week that its USB LTE modems can experience a delay when transitioning from an EVDO connection to an LTE connection. According to Verizon spokesperson Jeffrey Nelson, customers with a USB modem may experience a delay of up to two minutes during this handoff procedure. CTO Tony Melone perviously mentioned the possibility…
The HTC EVO Shift 4G was recently spotted at the FCC and now we have a purported shot of the handset that exposes its landscape keyboard. The image was posted up by a Sprint employee on the SprintUsers forum and is assumed to be the real deal. The EVO Shift 4G has the standard 4-row…
Bell has just unleashed a new promotion, featuring a pair of Android-Powered devices, and one Windows Phone 7 handset at a favorable discount. On now through the end of the month, you can take $75 off the regular price of the Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant, HTC Desire Z, or LG Optimus Quantum. The Quantum runs…
JENGA! Yes sir, one of my favorite party games to play with friends and family is now available on the iPhone and iPad. I have a feeling many more hilarious times are going to come my way as a result of this release. Much like the actual physical game, Jenga for iPhone and iPad requires…
When Microsoft announced the Kin One and Kin Two in the Spring of this year, I had my doubts about its ability to succeed as a Windows Phone device for the younger crowd. It didn’t have a dedicated app store, there were no pre-loaded games and the cost of owning one included the same data…
Radio Shack have been touting their holiday sales for a few weeks now. Every few days, I seem to get an email from a PR agency, alerting me to current deals, and upcoming deals. While I appreciate it, and give a firm *tip of the cap* to Radio Shack for putting together such an attractive…
For those of us who have jailbroken iOS devices, like an iPhone or iPad, news of a jailbreak detection API was a little worrisome when it was dropped a few months ago. But when 4.2 was released, so was the jailbreak detecting API — it was either disabled or removed by Apple for no apparent…
With Android 2.3 just days away from its official release with the Nexus S by Samsung, Google has decided that the Android Market should get redesigned, reworked and re-upholstered, too. Of course, we had a pretty good idea that this was coming as many changes were coming with the Android 2.3 Gingerbread update, too, but…
Three UK announced that it will start selling the Nokia E7 in January next year. Price was not unveiled, but we think the phone will be available starting from free on a two-year 35 GBP a month contract — which is the price of its all-touchscreen brother, Nokia N8. The Nokia E7 is arguably the…
Chillingo is teaming-up with indie games developer one2tribe to bring “The Witcher: Versus” to the AppStore. If you don’t know what The Witcher is all about, here’s a snippet from Chillingo’s press release (or you can check out the game’s Wikipedia page): Based on the successful online browser-based PC RPG brand, The Witcher: Versus immerses…