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Are you tired of dropping your Apple iPhone 4 and watching it shatter into a million pieces (or something like that)? Well, an ingenious person has figured out how to make your iPhone drop-proof with just a little clay. Over at Instructables, you can find full instructions on how to use sugru, a silicon modeling…
It looks like the Apple iPhone 4 is facing some more problems, as multiple users are reporting issues with the proximity sensor during calls. If you don’t know, the proximity sensor is that cool thing that basically disables your screen when it’s near your face on a call. When working properly, it ensures you don’t…
Well, we got through at least one week without another Apple iPhone to Verizon rumor, so it’s not a surprise that Bloomberg is now saying Apple’s smartphone will be hitting Big Red in January. The latest report actually doesn’t add anything new, as it cites those same “people familiar with the matter” that spread the…
It looks like the wireless industry will be taking its ball and going home, as the CTIA said it will be moving its annual wireless trade show out of San Francisco in response to the city passing an ordinance requiring retailers to display the amount of radiation cell phones emit. The city said the move…
A couple of rumors going around suggest that Apple and Research In Motion will be acquiring companies in the near future. This comes courtesy of Business Insider off-the-record dinner and, while the publication has been spotty in the past, these deals make a lot of sense. Fresh off its success with the iPhone 4 and…
Good luck getting an HTC EVO 4G because Sprint’s CEO Dan Hesse said the company is seeing “spot shortages” of the Android-powered handset. “The fundamental reason is the device is more popular than we had anticipated,” Hesse told The Wall Street Journal. So, even if Sprint didn’t sell as many units as it first claimed,…
The Google Android Market is significantly lacking in its features and quality controls, according to a prominent developer. In a blog post, Jon Lech Johan (best known as DVD Jon for cracking that encryption) said the Android application store is filled with cruddy apps that are borderline illegal. Google does far too little curation of…
Yikes. After pushing out an over-the-air update for the Android-powered that seemed to brick some EVO 4G units, Sprint and HTC are momentarily halting the updated firmware. You lovely readers tipped us off to this, as we heard a more than usual amount of complaints after this morning’s story. We reached out to Sprint for…
If you’re dying to get your social networking on the go, you’ll be happy to know that Verizon Wireless is dropping the price of the Microsoft Kin phones. I still don’t think this will be enough to make these handsets a success, though. The turtle-like Kin One will now cost $29, down from about $50…
After months of anticipation, Android owners can now get their reading on as the Amazon Kindle app is live in the Android Market for 1.6 devices and higher. The Kindle app lets you read and buy books from Amazon’s digital book store. If you have the e-reader, you’ll be able to sync it with your…