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Nokia is partnering with several big-name developers to release their apps exclusively for Nokia’s Lumia handsets. The smartphone maker is partnering with ESPN to launch the ESPN Hub and an ESPN Fantasy Football app, only on the Lumia. The Hub app, an exclusive until May 2013, will feature sports scores as well as coverage of…
If want to save some money on an HTC One X, look no further than Amazon. The online retailer is offering the One X for $149, which is $50 less expensive than carrier AT&T. You might have to wait 8 to 9 days for the handset to arrive, but it’s worth the wait. Even if…
Remember how a judge recently ruled that your tweets could be subpoenaed and possibly exposed in court? This skit from Saturday Night Live highlights this new reality and reminds us how our tweets (and elderly butt internet searches) can make us look like an idiot, even when they are taken in context. Take a few…
Apple released iOS 5.1.1 for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad this afternoon. The 40-50 MB download appears to be a minor release with a handful of bug fixes, including improved reliability for taking HDR photos from the lock screen, improvements in the iPad’s ability to switch from 2G to 3G networks, bug fixes for…
Verizon kicked of CTIA 2012 week by announcing its latest 4G handset, the Droid Incredible 4G LTE from HTC. The Incredible 4G LTE has all the familiar HTC elements including Beats Audio and HTC Sense 4.0, which overlays Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. The handset also features: 4-inch qHD Super LCD display 1.2-Ghz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor 8-megapixel camera…
A Belgian advocacy group took a group of teens, put them behind the wheel and told them to text and drive. Rather than an enthusiastic pump of the fist, the teens became flustered and confused when forced to do both tasks at the same time. Their reactions, captured in the video below, are priceless. Hopefully, the…
MoDaCo noticed that the AT&T version of the HTC One X ships with a locked bootloader that isn’t unlocked by HTC’s bootloader unlock tool. The Verge picked up on this story and reached out to HTC, which confirmed that the One X for AT&T is not participating in the bootloader unlocking program. “HTC is committed…
Sprint CEO Dan Hesse said he is cutting his salary to allay investors concerns about the high cost of the iPhone, according to a Reuters’ report. Hesse will give up a total of $3,250,830 in incentive compensation from 2011 and 2012 to offset the high cost of the Apple smartphone. It is thought that Sprint…
Nokia is under scrutiny from its investors who are concerned that the Finnish company is not turning things around fast enough with Windows Phone. One investor, Robert Chmielinski, is so fed up that he filed a class action lawsuit against the company in US District Court in New York. Not surprisingly, Nokia denies the allegations that it misled investors with Windows Phone and…
Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S III on Thursday in a London event. The manufacturer live-streamed the event and it was covered extensively online. If you missed the event and the live coverage, you can now watch the full presentation online. The video is available from Samsung’s “The Next Galaxy” website and is embedded below. [Via…