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Research In Motion knows it has a lot riding on the upcoming BlackBerry 6 and the smartphone maker wants you to know this won’t be the same old stodgy BlackBerry. RIM recently showed off some of the multimedia capabilities of its next operating system and these actually look pretty cool. On its blog, the BlackBerry…
The HTC HD2 is already a beast of a smartphone with a 1 GHz Snapdragon processor but an app will let you extract even more power out of the Windows Mobile handset. The Leo Auto CPU app lets you overclock the HD2 and bring it to higher levels. The latest version also includes auto-apply at…
We touched upon this yesterday but felt it warranted some more time because we don’t want you to freak out about your new Motorola Droid X. Verizon said the screen issues that are making its way around the Interwebs are not widespread, so don’t trip, potato chip. “Verizon Wireless and Motorola are aware of a…
That dreaded fragmentation problem may soon be coming to an end, as Google said more than 55% of Android users are rocking the 2.1 version, or Eclair. This shouldn’t be too much of a surprise, as all the high-profile handsets like the EVO 4G, Motorola Droid X and Samsung Galaxy S devices rock Android 2.1.…
T-Mobile just let us know that it will be bringing its high-speed HSPA+ 3G technology to more markets. The company will soon have more than 85 million people blanketed and it’s on track to have more than 185 million people getting up to 21 Mbps download speeds by the end of the year. T-Mobile’s HSPA+…
Oh no. It looks like Verizon Wireless is getting ready to kill its unlimited data plans in order to go to a tiered-pricing model, according to an anonymous tipster over at Engadget. The nation’s largest carrier could implement this change as soon as this month. Sure, anonymous tips may not hold much credence in your…
In order to blow over the “Antennagate” controversy, Apple will be giving out free bumper cases to all Apple iPhone 4 users. This is going to cost the company about $175 million, Apple said in its quarterly earnings call. The company said that the next quarterly results will have $175 million in deferred revenue because…
Apple had a magnificent third-quarter earnings statement thanks to the success of the iPhone and iPad. The company posted a profit of $3.25 billion on $15.7 billion in revenue (an all-time record) and it now has more than 100 million iOS devices. The company shipped 3.27 million iPad units in the quarter, which is a…
Sprint wants to make it easier for you to manage your wireless account and the third-largest U.S. carrier has launched a Sprint Zone app for the EVO 4G, Samsung Intercept and BlackBerry Bold. The Sprint Zone app allows customers to use their handsets to pay bills, monitor mobile usage, and receive news and potentially deals…
It’s only been a few days since the launch of the Motorola Droid X on Verizon but we’re seeing scattered reports of users with screen issues. The forums are howling with a few reports of dead pixels and flickering screens. I could imagine this would be the worst feeling if you actually waited in line…