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If you’re looking for a new smartphone, it’s going to be a wonderful time over the next few months as we should see a variety of high-quality handsets. Let’s take a look at some of the contenders and let us know what phone you’re most looking forward to. The one big question is if the…
Fresh off its cool local questions and answers service, Loopt continues to improve by integrating with Groupon to alert users to nearby deals in the Chicago area. The Loopt, Groupon deal involves tapping into the group buyer’s real-time stream to give users a head’s up when they’re near a deal. The Rewards Alert feature could…
A new class-action lawsuit is targeting AT&T and it claims that the carrier is overcharging iPhone users by as much as 300 percent. Lawyers for the case are comparing it to a rigged gas pump. The lawyers said they have spent $80,000 preparing for this case and it involved testing AT&T iPhone units that had…
Remember that surprise we reported Apple was planning for the 10th anniversary of its Apple stores? Well, it appears that this will be a revamp of the stores, an Apple Store 2.0, if you will. The Apple Store 2.0 will feature a restructuring of the retail environment centered around the iPad, according to rumors from…
If you’re itching to get a Windows Phone 7 smartphone on AT&T and the existing lineup didn’t appeal to you, then you’ll be happy to know that the HTC HD7S will be landing June 5 for $199 on a new, two-year contract. If you think this looks almost exactly like the HD7, you’d be right,…
It looks like the times are a changing for Verizon Wireless and its data plans, as the nation’s largest carrier (for now) will end its unlimited offerings this summer. While that stings, the crumb of consolation is that it will also roll out family data plans that can act as bucket of data for multiple…
Well, I guess all of the Android fans were right, as some neuroscientists are saying that when Apple fanatics see images of Steve Jobs’ products, it results in similar brain activities as seeing religious imagery. Guess that whole “cult of Mac” thing may not have been as far off. The news comes out of a…
Okay, so Google didn’t really say “suck it,” but the search giant is saying in a legal filing that the Skyhook lawsuit is without merit and that Google didn’t do anything improper regarding Android’s requirements. If you recall, Skyhook provides a location database that’s built off of WiFi hotspots and it secured deals with Motorola,…
Do you want to win a Galaxy Tab 10.1 before it’s released? How about a Galaxy S phone? Well, if you attend the IntoMobile party June 3 in the San Francisco Bay Area you’ll have a 1 in 40 chance to walk away with some cool Samsung hardware while also hobnobbing with the IntoMobile team.…
Apple has reportedly inked a licensing agreement with EMI Music and it’s close to locking up deals with the other major record labels in order to put the finishing touches on its oft-rumored iCloud service. The report comes out of CNET and it suggests that the Apple iCloud streaming music service may be ready to…