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It’s no secret that HP purchasing Palm was a disaster. The computer hardware company got in way over its head with trying to turnaround a struggling phone maker. It seemed like HP came with one bad idea after another during a time where it had changed CEOs like the weather. A lack of direction caused…
As promised, we’re back for the second dose of the Top 10 WTF? commercials in mobile. This week the spotlight centers on some more head scratching botches from our favorite carriers and manufacturers. T-Mobile MyTouch Slide commercial Let’s be honest, folks. Any MyTouch commercial could have made this list. This was a bad commercial because…
Today Samsung and Sprint announced another addition to the Galaxy line of phones. The Victory 4G LTE is a mid-range device packing a 4-inch WVGA (800×480) display, a 1.2GHz dual-core processor (probably a lesser version Qualcomm chip), a 5MP rear shooter and 1.3MP front facing camera, with the now-standard Google Wallet and Sprint LTE support…
Today Verizon launched the Motorola Droid Razr M. We knew this day was coming after Motorola’s event last week in New York City. Big Red released details about the devices availability on its website, and many of the things we’ve already heard about the devices specs were true. The Razr M is the mid-range version…
Google just updated its Chrome for Android app in the Play Store. This time around the search giant was upfront about the changes made to its mobile browser. In the changelog, users will see minor but necessary improvements to the user experience. For example, location preference got shifted to the system level of your device…
The world held its breath yesterday as Tim Cook went on stage to announce the iPhone 5. He along with other Apple execs talked and showed off many things we’ve already known. During the announcement we learned that all iPhone users will get their fix of iOS 6 Wednesday September 19. Well, for those of…
Google found the time to sneak in some pretty interesting numbers before Apple held the day hostage with its iPhone 5 announcement. The search giant announced an incredible milestone of 500 million Android device activations. Hugo Bara, Android’s director of product management, touted the company’s glowing achievement in a Google+ post saying, “Today is a…
Apple just announced vast improvements to its front and backside cameras. The backside camera will rock 8 megapixels and will be illuminated with a hybrid IR filter, five element lens, and f/2.4 aperture. As for the front facing camera, Apple ramped things up by making Facetime an HD experience that records in 720p. Other noteworthy…
Verizon plans on putting more bloatware on your Android devices, but this time it’ll actually be for a good reason. The largest wireless provider in the United States is introducing a McAfee-based Mobile Security app to be preinstalled on all of its Android handsets, with a free version and a $1.99 per month version. Security…
It turns out the source of the 1 million leaked Apple UDIDs were from a small publishing company in Florida by the name of Blue Toad. Remember, in the original leaked story, the hacker group Anonymous claimed the UDIDs were stolen from a FBI employee’s laptop, which the government agency quickly denied. Paul DeHart, CEO of Blue Toad…