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Apple’s 128GB addition to its fourth generation iPad lineup is now available on the company’s website. The super-sized model is available in black or white as well as with WiFi and WiFi+Cellular options. Pricing for the WiFi model starts at $799 and climbs to $929 for WiFi+Cellular. The WiFi model is available to ship within…
Best Buy wants you to buy a new phone from its stores and will reward you with a $50 gift card for your purchase. The retailer’s $50 gift card deal requires you to sign up for the deal before February 9th and then both buy and activate a new phone anytime between February 10 and…
Today is the day that jailbreakers have been waiting for — the release of a tool that’ll crack open the iPhone 5 and iPad 3/4. According to Redmond Pie, the Evad3rs jailbreak teamannounced via Twitter that the jailbreak tool is in the final stages of development and will land on February 4th. The Evasi0n website has…
BlackBerry and Samsung spent big money to get a spot in the Super Bowl. BlackBerry took a different approach and aired an ad that shows everything that a BlackBerry can’t do. BlackBerry chief marketing officer Frank Boulben had this say about the idea behind the commercial: “In our debut appearance at the Super Bowl we knew that it…
Verizon added a new prepaid option for customers with a 3G smartphone. The new plan includes unlimited talk, unlimited texting and 500 MB of data for $60 a month. Customers can bump up the data allotment to 2GB by choosing the $70 monthly plan. The plans are available only for 3G smartphones like the iPhone 4S, the Droid…
Struggling wireless provider Clearwire is entertaining buyout offers from both Sprint and Dish Network. The carrier issued a proxy statement that suggests it is still leaning towards the Sprint deal, but it hasn’t made a final decision to accept the offer. Sprint offered the company $800 million in financing and $2.97 per share for the remaining part…
The BBC’s 5 live Breakfast interviewed Stephen Bates, BlackBerry’s UK Managing Director, on the day the company was prepared to launch its new BlackBerry 10 operating system. The talk turned to Apple and the iPhone when the interviewer asked what BlackBerry has learned from the Cupertino company and its phones. Rather than address the question or…
BlackBerry announced its new BlackBerry 10 mobile operating system and two new handsets at a big event in NYC on Wednesday. Early reviews of the flagship Z10 handset suggest the new gesture-based OS is nice, but difficult to figure out. This entertaining video from Mashable shows what happens when five iPhone and Android owners are…
If you’re traveling to the Grand Canyon soon, Google has a surprise for you. According to Pocket Lint, the search giant has added 9,500 pics of the gorgeous National park to Google Maps Street View. Google has been equipping people with special Trekker backpacks that have the same 360 degree panoramic camera the company uses…
UK wireless carrier Everything Everywhere (EE) is rolling out its 4G network at an incredible rate. Nearly three months after the carrier started offering service, its coverage now extends to 27 cities and towns or 45% of the UK’s population. EE says its network expansion is ahead of schedule and it hopes to cover 98…