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You’ve gotta love those Amazon Wireless deals — they’re often only a fraction of the cost of what you’d find at other retailers, and they’re typically pretty good about exchanges and returns. This time around we have the Droid Incredible by HTC. Verizon customers grabbed these things right off the shelves last year, and it…
TweetDeck for iPhone users have a few new features and goodies to look forward to with version 2.0. It’s iOS 4 compatible, which means graphics will look clean and pretty on a retina display. It’s also much more customizable than before, and arranging your columns are a bit easier with pinch gestures, too. For better…
The somewhat elusive and not-so-mythical white iPhone 4 – you know, the one that has been popping up in inventory systems all over the world the past few weeks – is reportedly going to land at Best Buy on April 27. According to BGR, who managed to obtain screen captures of Best Buy’s internal inventory…
iPhone photography fanatics, hipsters and camera aficionados can appreciate the Leica i9 – a concept camera attachment for the Apple smartphone. Both brands are associated with quality and care, both made of select materials and tight tolerances, and neither are cheap. But for those who want high-quality gadgets and gizmos, the marriage of these two…
Rumors have put the iPhone 5 out for release some time this fall, or perhaps even next year. I’m still hopeful that it will come this summer, as it has for every summer since 2007, and that it will be a universal iPhone. What do I mean by that? It will support 3G bands for…
Oh no! Our iPhones and iPads are collecting data about us and storing the info in a secret file! Sound the alarms! Oh, you didn’t already know? Last week it was revealed that the iPhone and iPad 3G collect location data from its users and time-stamps the data, then it stores the information in a…
Some folks become paranoid and worried about security when they learn that their smartphones might be recording their every move. Recently we learned that the iPhone and iPad 3G keeps track of its user’s whereabouts, and stores that information in a file within the device. That information is then transferred and backed up on a…
Google has been sued and lost a lawsuit for use of its server platform, with relation to Linux, and could extend to its use of Android, too. Bedrock Computer Technologies filed the suit back in 2009, and a judge today decided in favor of the obscure tech company. Bedrock Computer Technologies also sued Yahoo, MySpace,…
The unicorn of the smartphone world seems to have arrived. The white iPhone 4, long-delayed, elusive and once believed to be a thing of lore and legend, appears to have made its way to the UK already. Word is that it’s in Vodafone’s inventory, and one managed to slip into the hands of one lucky…
Investors are betting big on Android and its open ecosystem – and given its rapidly growing market share, why wouldn’t they? – and have plunked down $100 million for the cause. According to Mashable: Investors have established the first investment vehicle dedicated to Android-focused startups and developers. Dubbed the A-Fund, the $100 million fund will…