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Verizon has announced its plans to update all HTC Trophy handsets with the latest Windows Phone offering, Tango (version 7.5 MCR3). The handset has one more update on the horizon (Windows Phone 7.8), and the Tango update will prep users for the last version the handset will ever see, which should land sometime later this…
Buying an unlocked phone today can be very beneficial in the long run when it comes to the price you pay in a one to two-year period. Well, prepaid wireless provider, Simple Mobile, has done something cool to persuade folks into joining its service. Starting today, customers will be able to take advantage of its…
The Open WebOS Project won’t support existing hardware, according to a blog post published yesterday. The project blog announced it’ll be focusing its efforts on future SoC’s that support the Linux 3.3+ Kernel, or where open source replacements for proprietary components are available. Those hoping to get a little extra life out of their Palm…
The Digg for iOS app is getting a fresh new look to match their newly revamped website. Once heralded as the place to go to get your internet fix, Digg was bought by Betaworks a few weeks ago for $500,000, well below the multi-million valuations it once faced. With a new owner, and a new…
Apple has been making some media-centric moves lately, beefing up its content offerings for its products. Yesterday, the tech giant added Hulu Plus to its list of channels for its Apple TV set-top-box, and today, the mega company has Amazon’s Instant Video Store in the App Store for iPad. The app not only offers Prime…
Apple and Samsung kicked off day one of their patent infringement trial with a banter of back-and-forth accusations that reveal how far apart the two companies are in this trial. Apple lawyer Harold J. McElhinny argued that Samsung deliberately copied the iPhone and showed internal documents in which Samsung noted “the beautiful design” of the…
Slashgear is reporting that TAT founder Hampus Jakobsson has left RIM. Jakobsson was the founder of The Astonishing Tribe (TAT), a UI design team that’s working on the interface improvements seen in BlackBerry 10. He posted a tweet that confirmed he is exiting RIM and leaving his work “to others in RIM now.” When asked…
Remember what we’ve told you about Xperia 2011 phones don’t getting Jelly Bean updates? We got that information from Sony’s Facebook page, but the problem is that it wasn’t Sony Mobile’s PR representative from the HQ that answered questions at a Q&A session, but a local spokesperson. So those of you with Xperia 2011 may…
After two modestly successful (to say the least) tablets, Sony is about to unveil a new one in September. Simply called Xperia Tablet it will be much thinner (8.8mm) than the Tablet S model, while still keeping that “folded magazine” look and feel. The rumor is that the upcoming device will come with a 9.4-inch…
Pantech Marauder, which has been leaked as Star Q, has been officially announced by Verizon Wireless. The mid-range smartphone offers quite a bang for the buck, including LTE connectivity support (as well as EV-DO and Wi-Fi), 3.8-inch WVGA touchscreen, 1.2GHz dual-core processor, 1GB of RAM, 5-megapixel camera on the back, front-facing one (for video calls),…