The folks at Chinese website PConline have an HTC One X and spent some time tearing the phone down to its screws and rails. Unlike most phones, which require you to remove the back first, the One X is taken apart by removing the front panel and display first. Despite its unibody design, the One…
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T-Mobile G2X finally gets the bug-squashing update it needed a year ago
Once upon a time, the T-Mobile G2X had promise that no other Android phone had. The US variant of the world’s first dual-core phone was met with a lot of praise, which turned into a mess. The stupid powerful handset suffered from handfuls of bugs, which resulted in it being pulled from shelves, only to return with…
CEO of T-Mobile USA slams Verizon’s 700 MHz spectrum sale
A few days ago we wrote how Verizon’s proposed sale of its 700 MHz A and B spectrum licenses weren’t valuable. The largest wireless provider in the United States has being trying to woo the FCC into an approval of its acquisition of AWS spectrum it had attained from a consortium of cable operators, which…
Nokia Lumia 900 wins in screen comparison test
YouTube user foxfire235 posted a unique video online pitting the iPhone 4S, HTC One X, and Nokia Lumia 900 against each other to determine which phone has the best display. You might expect the iPhone’s retina display or even the One X’s large high-res display to take the cake, but you’d be wrong. The Nokia…
Beer bottles used to smuggle 216 iPhones
China is apparently the place to be when it comes to smuggling iPhones. From housewives smuggling large amounts of iPhones and iPads to one dude taping about 30 iPhones onto his person, it seems more and more would-be smugglers are trying to make a quick buck in the world’s largest nation. So, why China? China has…
LG Optimus 3D Max landing in Europe – No UK release in sight
Today LG announced that the Optimus 3D Max will launch in Europe. Bad news is, the glasses-less 3D handset will not be headed to folks over in the UK. We’ve known about the Optimus 3D Max for some time now, as we went hands on with the device at this year’s Mobile World Congress but this…
Droid Incredible 4G shows up on Verizon’s DroidDoes website
Whoops! It looks like someone over at Verizon goofed by outing the upcoming Droid Incredible 4G a little earlier than expected on the “Droid Does” site. This might bring some validity to the handset being rumored to hit Verizon April 26. The specs on the new Incredible resemble those of HTC’s new high-end GSM phones,…
Nokia releases browser update for its S40 phones
Nokia has updated its browser to version to 2.0 improving the user experience. The upgrade is supposed to make the browser faster and easier for all users still using it, including the Nokia Asha range and Series 40 handsets. Nokia users love to rave about the browser because of how data friendly it is on…
RIM hires legal firm to restructure
Facing a dire financial situation, Research in Motion (RIM) is weighing all its options. Not content with building out their restructuring plan from within, RIM has hired the services of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP to work on a plan that could include selling off assets, joint ventures, or licensing existing RIM patents and services.…
Apple sued again for its entire lineup of touch related products
Well, well, well look what we have here, another company trying its luck to get some of that Apple money. A Pennsylvania company named FlatWorld has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against the Cupertino-based technology giant in a San Francisco courthouse. The company is suing Apple for its entire lineup of touch related products, which…









