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According to a report in Android Central, Adobe is starting to block downloads of the Flash Player app in the Google Play Store. Android owners who already have the plugin installed will continue to receive security fixes, but owners who don’t have it installed are out of luck. If you absolutely must have Flash, then…
Sprint is sweetening the pot with a new online promotion that’ll deduct $100 off the price of the already discounted iPhones 4S, says a report in 9to5 Toys. The carrier recently dropped the price of the iPhone 4S from $199 to $149, and now it has reduced the price to $49 by adding in a…
BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins talked to AllThingsD and other reporters about the company’s progress with its BlackBerry 10 software. In an earlier statement, the CEO talked about licensing BlackBerry, but today he told the group that the company’s BlackBerry 10 software is essentially complete. Heins hinted that the company wanted to roll out the update…
Earlier today, reports confirmed that Steve Jobs’ house in California was burglarized and over $60,000 worth of goods was stolen from the residence. The list of stolen items includes some very expensive jewelry, two iMacs, three iPads, one Apple TV, a Sodastream soda and a wallet belonging to Jobs himself, says a report in The…
A 7-inch tablet like the Nexus 7 may be a bit unwieldy to hold to your ear, but that doesn’t stop people from trying to use it to make a phone call. XDA Senior Member bongostl encourages Nexus 7 owners to take the plunge and make a call using Google Voice. In a thread at…
9to5 Mac is keeping the iPad mini rumor mill churning with a new report that says the rumored tablet will be a large iPod touch. The blog claims that the iPad mini will have a 7-inch display with a very small bezel. The device may also sport a front-facing camera and possibly a back-facing camera.…
Motorola may be looking to refresh its handset lineup for Verizon Wireless later this year. According to a rumor out of Hot Hardware, Motorola will release its Razr HD and Razr Maxx HD phones in October . This launch, says Hot Hardware’s sources, is a moving target and dependent on Motorola selling enough inventory of…
Now that Jelly Bean is out, HTC is under pressure to get its version of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich on its devices. The Taiwanese company recently confirmed on Facebook that some of their older handsets will receive ICS by the end of August. The list of devices slated to get ICS include the Droid…
According to Engadget, Best Buy is gearing up to start selling the Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 Student Edition in time for the back to school season. This particular bundle includes the 7-inch Galaxy Tab 2 along with a keyboard and USB connector. The 7-inch Galaxy Tab 2 includes a 7-inch WSVGA display, 1GHz dual-core processor, 1GB…
Some Sprint customers in Boston are enjoying a boost in their network connectivity speeds thanks to early testing of the carrier’s 4G LTE network, says a report in PhoneArena. At least one Sprint customer in Boston is supposedly connecting to the carrier’s nascent LTE network and seeing download speeds of 6 Mbps and upload speeds of…