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Contrary to the prevailing rumor that suggests Microsoft will launch Windows Phone 7 at a NYC event on October 11th, Paul Thurrott is reporting that Microsoft will launch its latest mobile OS on November 8th in the US. Though he confirms that there is a NYC event slated for October 11th, it is an annual event…
Word out of China on Sunday suggests the iPhone 4 is flying off the shelves and China Unicom is struggling to meet demand. According to the Wall Street Journal, China’s #2 wireless carrier sold up to 240,000 iPhones yesterday with a total of 200,000 pre-orders and 40,000 in-store purchases. This number contrasts sharply with the iPhone 3GS…
The Mondrian was an HTC codename discovered earlier this year in a leaked Windows Phone 7 ROM. Details on this Windows Phone 7 handset have been sparse, but thanks to a series of advertisement videos from JP Incorporated, who presumably did the music for the ads, we now know that the Mondrian is headed to AT&T. Based upon…
The DROID X received the highly anticipated Android 2.2 update last week. As with all major updates, some features improve and some, unfortunately, take a turn for the worse. Its the same for the DROID X- while some users are happy with froyo, others are reporting that the Android 2.2 update has produced a troubling SMS bug. According…
Quick, quick, fire up your iPhone and download GV Mobile +, a Google Voice application for iOS. Developer Sean Kovacs dropped the price of the app from $2.99 to free for a few hours. Time is short as the price will to go back up to its original $2.99 at 1AM EST on September 26th, which for…
The iPhone 4 went on sale today in China and the launch was greeted with an enthusiastic crowd of Apple customers. Large crowds and long lines converged upon Apple locations in the Asian country, including the new stores in Beijing and Shanghai. The 32GB iPhone 4 is available from Apple without a contract for 5,999 yuan ($893), while the 16GB model…
Apple opted to roll out iOS 4.1 to the iPhone 3G without support for Game Center but a recent hack reveals that gaming app can place nice with Apple’s second generation iPhone. The Game Center app loads up without error and lets you access some of the basic features of this social gaming center including…
A group of researchers from the University of North Texas Health Science Center took a close look at texting while driving by analyzing traffic data from the Fatality Accident Reporting System and texting data from the FCC and CTIA. After crunching the numbers, the team attributed 16,141 deaths from texting while driving during the six…
Verizon will officially launch its limited R2-D2 edition of the DROID 2 at a handful of parties slated for September 30th. Get your geek and freak on as many stores will open at midnight for some early morning partying with your fave Verizon staff while others will include Star Wars characters for your to poke,…
Microsoft is launching Windows Phone 7 with much fanfare and even more cash. So much cash that Morgan Stanley analyst Ehud Gelblum predicts the Redmond Company could buy its way into this mobile OS war, using its cash to propel itself into third place behind Android and iOS. According to Gelblum, Microsoft has a war…