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We know that the Apple iPhone 4 has been selling like hot cakes and that it would blend, but how does the “magical” smartphone hold up against a .50 caliber bullet? Not much of a surprise but the iPhone 4 gets absolutely destroyed. I don’t care how much Gorilla Glass you have on it, that…
If you’re one of the few owners of the Microsoft Kin phones, you’ll be happy to know that a software update should be coming this summer. Over on Microsoft’s forum, a user complained about a few bugs and software quibbles. In particular, that user said the handset has the tendency to shut off and they…
Best Buy is stepping up its mobile game and it will offer mobile data with no contracts under its own branding. Sprint Nextel will be providing the underlying wireless service and Best Buy will be reselling it, essentially making it a mobile virtual network operator. Early reports indicate it will offer 250 MB per month…
President Obama and the White House have issued a memorandum which directs the executive departments and agencies to boost mobile services and this should lead to 500 MHz of spectrum being made available. The memorandum directs the Secretary of Commerce to work with the Federal Communications Commission to make 500 MHz of spectrum available over…
Nokia is still the world’s largest smartphone seller by a wide margin but the company is often considered behind Apple and Google in the mobile space. The company is often ignored in the tech press because of its minuscule presence in the United States but it’s not just regional bias, as Nokia has also been…
The parts for the Apple iPhone 4 cost about $188, according to an estimate from iSuppli. The estimate doesn’t include things like labor, marketing, patents and software development but it does give us a useful indicator o the cost of the iPhone 4. The handset retails for $199 and $299 (although Apple gets significantly more…
Verizon didn’t want to be left out of the Galaxy S party, so the Samsung Fascinate will be hitting Big Red soon. The Fascinate will have Android 2.1 with some minor user interface flourishes from Samsung. Hopefully, these won’t be too intrusive and let’s hope we get Froyo sooner, rather than later. Samsung’s custom software…
It’s not much of a surprise, but Samsung’s Android-powered Vibrant will be coming to T-Mobile July 21 for $199 with a new, two-year contract. The handset is a Galaxy S phone, so it will sport a 1 GHz processor, a 4-inch Super AMOLED display and a 5-megapixel camera. The handset will rock Android 2.1 but…
It’s finally here. Yesterday was the launch day for Apple’s iPhone 4 and it has been selling like gangbusters. Normally, iPhone launch weeks are nightmares for Android fans but this one had the unveiling of the cool-looking Motorola Droid X and Android 2.2 got one step closer to getting in mainstream users’ hands. Read on…
We in the tech press often get boggled down in the narrative that the future of computing will boil down to Apple versus Google but old Microsoft wants to set the record straight on where it stands. In a blog post that also doubles as a muscle-flexing session, the software giant threw out a few…