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Remember the T-Mobile G1, with its little chin and side-sliding keyboard? It may have been the first Android phone to hit market way back in 2008, but it has not been forgotten. A handful of enthusiasts over at XDA-developers have managed to port a Cyanogen Mod version of Jelly Bean to the almost four-year-old handset.…
T-Mobile is now selling the Samsung Galaxy Note, a 5.3-inch phone and tablet hybrid that debuted earlier this year in the US with AT&T. The Note includes a 1.5GHZ dual-core processor, 1GB of RAM, 16GB onboard storage and a 1080P HD camera. It also runs on T-Mobile’s 4G HSPA+ network. Customers can grab the Note…
If you’ve waited for the T-Mobile version of the Galaxy Note, then you should stop shopping on T-Mobile’s website and point your browser to Walmart’s website instead. According to a report in TmoNews, Walmart is severely undercutting T-Mobile’s price on the Samsung Galaxy Note by selling the device for $349. The retailer is also selling…
A rumor from iMore suggests that Apple may update its entire line of iOS devices with a new, smaller dock connector. This change could be announced as early as September 12 and would extend to the new iPhone, new iPod nano and new iPod touch. In an interesting move, Apple may also refresh its iPad line.…
Seattle will soon become the third US city to adopt a pay by phone parking system for its city streets. According to a report in the Puget Sound Business Journal, the city is contracting with Canadian company PayByPhone to offer the new mobile payment service for its residents. Instead of fishing for coins to drop…
Back in the day, Samsung was a capable smartphone maker, but it wasnt a star. It made a lot of feature phones, but pumped out smartphones like the mediocre Samsung Saga. Now, though, Samsung is a household name thanks to Google and its Android operating system. A recent tweet by Horace Deidu of Asymco points…
Apple and Samsung kicked off day one of their patent infringement trial with a banter of back-and-forth accusations that reveal how far apart the two companies are in this trial. Apple lawyer Harold J. McElhinny argued that Samsung deliberately copied the iPhone and showed internal documents in which Samsung noted “the beautiful design” of the…
Slashgear is reporting that TAT founder Hampus Jakobsson has left RIM. Jakobsson was the founder of The Astonishing Tribe (TAT), a UI design team that’s working on the interface improvements seen in BlackBerry 10. He posted a tweet that confirmed he is exiting RIM and leaving his work “to others in RIM now.” When asked…
When Verizon bought a chunk of the 700 MHz C-Block spectrum, it agreed to a stipulation that would let customers freely use the devices and applications of their choosing. When the carrier blocked its customers from using tethering apps, it ran afoul of these “open network” rules set by the FCC. The FCC launched an…
Amazon turned up the heat in the online music arena with its improved Cloud Player service, which includes a new scan and match feature. Scan and match is similar to iTunes Match and lets customers create an online music library without uploading a single file. The service will scan your iTunes or Windows Media Player…