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Samsung and AT&T jointly announced the messaging-centric Flight II (A927) and the touchscreen Eternity II today. The specifications for the Flight II, successor to the original Flight, were outed by Samsung last week and include: Full horizontal sliding QWERTY keyboard Touchscreen display TouchWiz UI with three customizable menu screens with drag-n-drop widgets Full HTML browser 2MP camera with camcorder…
A rumor out of Digitimes suggests that the Apple iPad will receive a modest upgrade in 2011. According to Digitimes Research senior analyst Mingchi Kuo, the next generation Apple tablet will include a Cortex-A9 processor and 512MB of RAM. These improvements will boost the speed and double the available RAM of the current iPad model.…
The Verizon Motorola DROID 2 hit the advertisement section of select Sunday newspapers in a Verizon-branded insert that advertised the Android handset as “coming soon”. Verizon is taking an unusual marketing strategy with this upcoming flagship handset and is advertising it in flyers and the summer catalog prior to making the handset official (unless you count…
Frash, the application that brought Flash to the iPad, has been ported to the iPhone 4 and other iOS 4 devices. The application was tweaked for the suite of iOS 4 devices by Comex, a notable hacker from the dev team who helped launch the original Spirit and web-based JailbreakMe tools for the iOS devices. This ported…
Another rumor strongly suggests that Apple and Verizon Wireless are gearing up to launch a CDMA version of the iPhone 4 in January 2011. According to sources in the overseas manufacturing supply chain, Apple has reportedly ordered millions of Qualcomm CDMA chipsets for a December production run of the highly anticipated Verizon Wireless iPhone 4.…
The HTC Desire HD, also known as the Ace, was outed by retailer SuperETrader last month. With the customary leaked introduction out of the way, we can now turn our eyes to potentially the first spy shot of this rumored handset. The surprisingly clear photo is consistent with the leaked specs of the Desire HD…
Bad news for iPhone owners who are concerned about their privacy. A recent report from the Chicago Sun Times suggests the iPhone is a popular handset amongst investigators as the device reportedly compiles a treasure trove of information about its owner and coughs it up with relative ease. According to the report, the iPhone stores…
AT&T is gearing up to launch its new U-Verse Mobile application for the Apple iPhone on August 9th. Demoed at CTIA 2010 in Las Vegas, the mobile application will provide U-Verse customers with the ability to browse TV schedules, setup and manage DVR recordings, and even download content from a specially selected mobile library to…
HTC is driving Android’s rise and is leading the pack with its myriad of handsets including the popular Verizon HTC DROID Incredible and WiMAX-enabled Sprint HTC EVO 4G. HTC was the first device manufacturer to produce an Android handset when it launched the T-Mobile G1 in 2008. Amazingly, recent sales figures released by the NPD…
iPhone and other iOS users hitting the iPhone AppStore may be pleasantly surprised to discover that Apple has added a new “Try Before you Buy” header. The titling of this new section suggests that the Cupertino company is emulating Android’s application return policy which allows users to try an application and return it for a…