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In an interview with Pocket-Lint, LG went on the record to state that it is disappointed in the initial sales of its Windows Phone 7 handsets. James Choi, marketing strategy and planning team director of LG Electronics Global, stated plainly that, “From an industry perspective we had a high expectation, but from a consumer point…
Apple confirmed today that it is nearing the 10 billion download milestone for the iOS App Store. The Cupertino company just launched its countdown page and is at approximately 9.7 billion downloads at the writing of this post. As it has done in the past, Apple is sponsoring a giveaway that showers the person who…
The HTC HD2 is a diverse handset. It launched in early 2010 and was one of the last Windows Mobile smartphones to hit the market. Microsoft confirmed that the handset was not eligible for an upgrade to Windows Phone 7 and the HD2 was widely regarded as the last of a dying breed. Thanks to…
The image of an unknown device shown above was pulled from a newly updated version of HTC Sync. The device sports an interesting design which drops the buttons that typically grace the front of all Android handsets. Rather than an Android handset, this configuration may point to a Honeycomb tablet. Honeycomb tablets like the recently…
Conspiracy theory fans who own a Samsung Vibrant take note. A circulating rumor from a tipster that claims that Samsung has put the brakes on the Android 2.2. update for the popular Galaxy S handset offered by T-Mobile. This tip was sent to both AndroidSpin and Android Central. According to the theory, the highly anticipated…
The Verizon and AT&T iPhone face off in the first-ever browser showdown between the two devices. The short but sweet video was shot by CNET during the Verizon press event and purports to reveal which wireless network is faster. It’s an interesting question that will be fully answered when the Verizon iPhone becomes available to…
Todd Bradley, the executive vice president for Hewlett-Packard’s Personal Systems Group, sat down with CNBC for a CES interview last week. During this interview, Bradley confirmed that webOS will be HP’s tablet solution and singled out the mobile operating system as the strategic reason that HP bought Palm last summer. HP has scheduled a press…
Sprint is sending out invites to a press event to be held in NYC on February 7th. The event will feature illusionist David Blaine and seems to be a big deal, but the intended product worthy of all this attention is not yet known. The invite itself holds no clues to the product announcement, so…
The team at ChevronWP7 are gearing up to meet with Microsoft next week to discuss the possibility of keeping Windows Phone 7 open for homebrew app development. While the team hopes to work with the Redmond company amicably towards this goal, it is reporting that Microsoft intends to close the “coding error” that current enables…
In the wake of its big iPhone announcement, Verizon used an unofficial channel to confirm that it will offer a Verizon-friendly version of the iPad. In an interview in New York, Francis Shammo, the Chief Financial Officer for Verizon, parent company of Verizon Wireless, stated that the iPad will be outfitted with a chip compatible with…