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Eager to get your hands on Nokia’s first Symbian^3 handset? Good news as the flagship handset just became available for pre-order on Nokia’s US website. The N8 will set you back a cool $549 and boasts of five-band WCDMA 850/900/1700/1900/2100 capable of running on either AT&T or T-Mobile in the US. The N8 was rumored…
The DROID 2 has been in the hands of the public for less than a week and reports of antenna reception problems and poor battery life are surfacing from users and reviewers alike. The first report appeared last week over at Mobile Crunch in a post that surveyed the early Droid 2 reviews. More than one…
The Dell Streak made a splash when it was announced in May and was regarded as a “must-have” for Android tablet fans. Unfortunately, this splash turned into a belly flop when the Streak launched last week with the ancient Android 1.6 and a $550 off-contract price for a device that is SIM-locked to AT&T. Though the…
Slightly in advance of its rumored IFA debut, Samsung’s Galaxy S tablet has made its appearance within the inventory system of Vodafone UK. While the debut is not a lock that the carrier will offer the Samsung Tab on contract ,its appearance is a good sign for Vodafone customers interested in this Android-powered tablet device.…
Google’s code pages for the developing Chrome OS suggest that Google and Verizon may be working together on a Chrome OS device. The code pages reveal that Google has been working on embedding support for wireless connectivity within Chrome OS. Most recently, the project has focused on the UI components for 3G connectivity and the management of the 3G…
Paul Shin Devine, a global supply manager for Apple, was arrested on Friday for money laundering, wire fraud, and kickbacks after being indicted for selling iPhone and iPod trade secrets to Asian suppliers. Devine is accused of accepting over $1 million in payments from Asian accessory makers in exchange for internal information about the iPhone and iPod…
Do you tweet on the weekend? If so, a recent report suggests that you are most likely using your mobile phone to broadcast your thoughts in 140 characters or less. This recent study originates from SocialFlow, a social media marketing startup, that analyzed the reading patterns of 500,000 twitter users who follow one of its clients. Rather than…
Vlingo, developer of a popular Voice command application for a wide variety of mobile platforms, responded to Google’s new Voice Actions application by offering its Android application for free. Vlingo points out in a blog post that its voice-product overlaps Google’s Voice Actions in many areas and offers similar functionality. To compete with the Google application, Vlingo…
The amorphous metal alloys developed by Liquidmetal Technologies may be used in the design and development of Apple’s next generation wireless antenna, according to Liquidmetal founder Dr. Atakan Peker. In an interview with Cult of Mac, Dr. Peker notes that the properties of Liquidmetal make is an excellent substrate for usage as an antenna and could be one of…
A quick heads up for Sprint Palm Pre owners rocking webOS 1.4.5. You know how many of us assumed Palm has delayed the rollout of webOS 1.4.5 to fix that well-known bug with PDK applications? Well, we were wrong. The bug which prevents games from saving progress and user data is still present. Before you gather…