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We all know that Microsoft Windows Phone 7 is a pretty good mobile operating system that is still lacking a few features that the iPhone and Android have. One of those is copy and paste but that will be soon fixed in a software update and a new video shows how this will work. As…
One of the biggest features we were hoping for with Palm webOS 2.0 was a virtual software keyboard but we haven’t heard much about this … until now. The good folks at PreCentral did some digging with the latest webOS 2.0 software and found the virtual keyboard is alive and well. It’s still kind of…
Once again, it looks like MetroPCS may beat the major carriers to the LTE punch, as the nation’s fifth-largest carrier is promising to have an Android handset with LTE capabilities. According to Fierce Wireless, MetroPCS CEO Roger Linquist said the company will have an LTE Android smartphone out in the first quarter of 2011. He…
Sprint said it will begin phasing out its iDEN network in 2013 and it will move the more than 10.6 million subscribers over to its CDMA network and still retain the much-vaunted push-to-talk feature. Don’t worry, you’ll still be able to ask chicken heads “Where you at?” According to the USA Today: The phase-out is…
When it comes to check-in services, Foursquare and Facebook Places generally get more attention than Loopt, which was pioneering location-based social networking before it was trendy. Well, Loopt has just released its 4.0 version of its app for Apple iPhone and Android and the LBS apps features a revamped user interface and some cool geo-related…
The Google Nexus S with Android 2.3 Gingerbread looks like a killer superphone and with the pricing, Google appears to have learned from its mistakes with the Nexus One. You’ll be able to stroll down to your local Best Buy beginning Dec. 16 to buy the Google Nexus S, made by Samsung, for $529 unlocked…
The iPhone fanboys now have a devastating bit of ammunition to pull out against their Android counterparts, as an iPhone CPR app has helped save the life of a young basketball player. According to the LA Times, Xavier Jones was playing high-school basketball when his heart stopped due to a pre-existing medical condition. Luckily, coach…
This post is a little self-indulgent, as I know not many of you had the pleasure and pain of being a Helio subscriber but if you were in that elite group, you may be eligible for some cash from a class-action lawsuit regarding early-termination fees. As with most class-action lawsuit endings, the lawyers are the…
After weeks of rumors and Google’s CEO bringing it on stage at a conference, the search giant officially introduced its second smartphones, the Nexus S with Android 2.3. As expected, the Google Nexus S is made from Samsung and it essentially seems like a modified Galaxy S with stock Android. On its blog, the search…
Barnes & Noble has finally released the software development kit for the Android-powered Nook Color and this could lead to multiple apps on the color e-reading tablet. While the Nook Color is powered by Android, it won’t be able to access the more than 100,000 apps in the Android Market. Barnes & Noble did say…