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We’re just nine days away from the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S Captivate for AT&T, one of the Galaxy S series of phones from Samsung, and the promo videos are already up. This particular one shows off the display, which is really one of the phone’s strengths over its competitors. Of course, I’m talking…
Apple is known for coming up with some pretty innovative hardware and software, and it looks like the maker of the iPhone might have something else up its sleeve. What you see above is a very small touchscreen that bears Apple markings, so one would assume it’s actually from Apple. It’s tough to say what…
It’s natural for our gadgets, including the Apple iPhone 4, to get a little hot every now and then. It’s normal with usage and especially when charging. While we’ve all heard the horror stories about our toys catching on fire, however, it’s still a little shocking to see it happen. One would imagine that engineers…
It might have missed Windows Mobile, funny enough, but Microsoft’s Silverlight runtime has surprisingly come to the Symbian platform. Of course, we all know it’s going to hit Windows Phone 7, as it should, but unlike WP7, Silverlight on Symbian will allow those runtime-based apps to work in or out of the browser. While my…
So you were sitting back during the pre-order fiasco thinking to yourself that you’ll wait until the rush is over and you’ll get your iPhone 4 with no problems. Now that you’ve learned your lesson, perhaps you’ll be happy to know that backordered iPhone 4 handsets have started shipping. While they were initially supposed to…
If you were wondering when you’d be able to get in on the Samsung Galaxy S action with the Captivate for AT&T, wonder no longer. The Super AMOLED clad handset will be availble from AT&T starting July 18 and will set you back $199, but the good news is that it does not require a…
Symbian, the most widely used mobile operating system in the world (but for how long?) has just announced that the product development kit, or PDK, for 3.0.0 is now available for download. The PDK is for Symbian^3 now that the OS has reached Functionality Complete on June 16. It has a full build of Symbian^3…
Remember when all the HTC EVO 4G users on Sprint were gloating about their ability to make two-way video calls with Qik? Well, that fire was put out very quickly when, upon launch, the video service was plagued with a number of issues. Servers were being overloaded, video call quality was horrendous and being able…
In more tragic, yet comedic news, it turns out that the Microsoft KIN may have only landed in 503 happy hands. The untimely demise of the device brought out all kinds of rumors, but this fits in rather nicely with the one that speculated only 500 units being sold. This whole thing has just been…
When our favorite gadgets have limitations, we love to find, exploit and whine about them. Today, HTC explains the 30FPS limitation on the EVO 4G – more specifically, the 30FPS limitation on the HDMI out. Apparently, the frame rate cap is a hardware issue, but we’re also learning that it is imposed by the EVO…