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The Samsung Galaxy S and its variants are plagued with a troubling GPS problem that produces inaccurate GPS readings. Not only is the internal GPS slow to get a satellite lock, when a lock is finally obtained, the location information reported to the handset is often streets, sometimes even towns away from your physical location.…
Earlier this week, Apple released iOS 4.0.2 which fixed a security vulnerability that enabled the famed JailbreakMe.com website to work its magic on your iPhone or iPad. While fixing a major security hole is normally considered a good thing, Apple dropped the ball by not including the original iPhone or the first generation iPod Touch in this update. This is…
In a country where seemingly everyone has a Nokia cellphone glued to the side of their head, it is amazing that the report of murderous cell phone numbers could cause mass hysteria. Unbelievable yes, but reportedly true. According to the Times of India, the city of of Nagpur is in a state of semi-panic due to a rumor that…
Hardware specifications for the Bee, another mystery HTC handset, have emerged today. The Bee is a CDMA handset that could potentially launch on one of many CDMA carriers including Verizon, US Cellular, Alltel or Cellular South. The Android 2.2 phone is an entry-level offering that includes a 528MHz Qualcomm MSM7625 processor, a 3.2-inch display with…
More eye candy for Microsoft fans as another Windows Phone 7 prototype has been spotted in the wild. Under the camera lens this time is a modest looking unit from Samsung. This gem is reportedly owned by Matjaz Sircelj, a Technical Community Manager at Microsoft and is presumably one of the many WP7 handsets that will fall…
All up-to-date Verizon DROID owners should now be rocking Android 2.2 which brings Flash 10.1 to the mobile platform. Surprisingly, the update that was officially rolled out to the handset over the past week was reportedly FRG01B, a version that was thought to be an older build. As it turns out, this build may not be old.…
At least seven of the ten major cable operators in the US are looking to the iPad and Android-based tablets as a new platform for consuming subscription TV. One of the first operators to hit the market with a tablet application is AT&T, which recently launched a free U-Verse application for the iPhone that offers…
Day one of the Verizon DROID 2and the handset has already been dissected by the folks at iFixit. The traditional teardown analysis reveals little surprises regarding the DROID 2. As expected, the Verizon DROID 2 is almost identical to the original DROID; so identical that it is difficult to tell the two handsets apart when they have been broken down…
Palm may be preparing to bring Universal search and a specialized dock mode to an upcoming version of webOS. The two new options, “Universal Search enabled” and “Dock Enabled”, were included as fields within an application submission form for webOS developers. Though they appeared on the form, the options were set to a default of…
While BlackBerry aficionados will be scooping up the AT&T BlackBerry Torch 9800 today, Android fans are flocking to snag the Verizon Motorola DROID 2. The DROID 2 was announced on Tuesday and went on pre-sale Wednesday, but today is the first day you can stroll into a Verizon store and put the handset in your…