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It’s never a good idea to commit any sort of fraud, but if you absolutely have to, don’t. It’s that simple! Otherwise, you could end up like Kylie Maree Monks, a 33-year-old who just pled guilty to committing fraud and receiving stolen property in Tasmania. Using a stolen SIM card from a smart meter, Monks…
Motorola Atrix 4G users have a little goodie to look forward to today as AT&T and Motorola are updating the device to version 4.1.83. The Atrix 4G is arguably one of the most advanced Android smartphones in AT&T’s line-up, and so the carrier and manufacturer are making sure it stays in the game. So, what…
Thinking of getting a Sprint powered tablet or mobile hotspot? If unlimited data was a huge incentive for you, you might want to think twice. According to a new rumor, the nation’s third largest carrier is planning on launching a tiered data package for its embedded devices. Dan Hesse has always touted the carrier’s unlimited…
Do you find yourself wanting to browse your iPhone or Android device while you’re in the bath? Or perhaps you’re on the toilet and you don’t want your disgusting digits swiping your touchscreen. The Finger-nose Stylus is just what you need. Or is it? At the expense of looking like a malformed rat or a…
Which will come first? Angry Birds for PlayBook, or a native e-mail client for RIM’s lukewarm tablet? It’s hard to say, but if I had to guess, it’d be the beloved avian-versus-swine game. This morning during Mike Laziridis’ keynote speech at BlackBerry World in Orlando, Florida, it was announced that, in addition to the 3,000…
This morning at the BlackBerry World keynote in Orlando, Florida, attendees were a little surprised to see Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer take the stage. What could he possibly be doing down in Orlando during a BlackBerry event? Well, it turns out he was promoting Microsoft’s search engine, Bing, and Bing Maps. In partnership with BlackBerry, future…
Last fall, we learned that Apple has completely decimated everyone in the smartphone industry in terms of value share. The iPhone maker commands a small percentage of the entire smartphone market, yet its earnings and value dominate all the other manufacturers combined. It’s really impressive, if you think about it, and the mounting pile of…
There is no denying Apple’s lead and command of the tablet market with the iPad and iPad 2. One could even argue that Apple itself created the market — prior to the iPad’s announcement, many industry analysts were skeptical that such a device would even be made. And when it seemed all but certain that…
It’s going to be a big week for BlackBerry with BlackBerry World taking place in Orlando, Florida, and we’re already off to some big news. The new Bold 9900, which is reminiscent of the Bold 9000 that came out in fall 2008, was just announced this morning and we’ve learned that it’s going to come…
Toshiba is taking its Android tablet plans very seriously – and the few we’ve seen so far aren’t half bad – so it’s good to know that the FCC just approved two Android 3.0 Honeycomb tablets that Toshiba is planning to release. According to the report, the two tablets – the ET100 and WT100 –…