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The DROID 2 launched in early August, achieved root at the end of August, and obtained its first custom ROM today. The ROM, dubbed Epic Unleashed, is an offshoot of the Epic ROM which made its debut on the original DROID. Epic Unleashed builds upon the stock Android 2.2 with MOTOBLUR that ships on the DROID…
Microsoft supposedly dropped $500 million into advertising for its upcoming Windows Phone 7 launch and the first fruits of this investment has made its official debut. Microsoft’s first WP7 advertisement launched publicly as a trailer before the Secret Cinema screening of the upcoming Lawrence of Arabia movie. While not as freaky as Palm’s failed attempt at advertising its Pre handset, this…
Today, Vodafone UK confirmed that it will be carrying the Samsung Galaxy Tab. The Galaxy Tab now has a dedicated landing page on Vodafone UK with a tentative launch date of “Coming Soon”. Vodafone UK is silent on the official timing of the Galaxy Tab’s arrival, only stating the Galaxy Tab will launch sometime in…
Microsoft is investing heavily in its upcoming Windows Phone 7 launch. The software giant is reportedly dumping $500M into marketing and another $500M into OEMs and third-party software developers to give its mobile OS a much needed jump-start. With so much cash flowing into this attempt at mobile greatness, analysts are responding en masse to assess the financial value of this somewhat…
As a manufacturer of Android handsets, Samsung has agreed to release the source code for all devices powered by Google’s popular mobile OS. The latest handset exposed to the world is the recently released Epic 4G. The source code let loose by Samsung has the underlying Android OS for Sprint’s latest and greatest smarthphone, minus all the proprietary content which includes, among other…
Chinese manufacturer Huawei is looking to branch out beyond its Asian roots and may launch its recently announced Ideos handset stateside. According to the Wall Street Journal, Huawei is in talks with T-Mobile and a deal between the two companies could be signed in as little as four weeks. If all goes smoothly, the Ideos could make its US…
An Android-powered QWERTY slider from HTC was uncovered in the myriad of test results that emerge from the FCC. Designated the PD42100, the handset prominently features a Verizon logo and Android-specific touch sensitive front buttons. According to the test results, the handset is a world phone with dual-mode CDMA(2000)/GSM(850), EV-DO Rev. A, Bluetooth, and 2.4GHz…
According to 9to5 Mac, they have gotten their hands on a partial screen shot that purportedly shows an Apple iPad running a video calling debugger. With such a small section of the screen present in the leaked shot, it is difficult to assess whether this leak is valid. If true, a video calling debugger suggests the…
While folks in the US are enjoying this Labor Day weekend, EA Mobile is reducing the price on its Hasbro games to as low as 99-cents. EA’s No Work, All Play sale started earlier this week and lasts through the Labor Day weekend. The sale includes the following titles for the iPhone and the iPod…
The technical staff behind Apple’s UK site made a bit of a gaffe earlier today. For a brief period, the UK website was advertising iOS 4.1 as being available starting September 8th. This is the first and only site promoting a date; all other sites, including the US, have continued to pronounce the update as “coming soon”.…