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We’re live in New York for HTC’s Rezound event, a new Android smartphone for Verizon Wireless. The Rezound will feature Beats Audio, so it’ll likely come with headphones and other software similar to the Sensation XL and Sensation XC overseas. Our live blog is below, so if you have any questions or comments, be sure…
Facebook for Windows Phone 7 just received an update that will allow the app to support Mango’s, or Windows Phone 7.5, new features. Now that Mango makes the WP7 experience feel a little more complete, it’s good to see apps like Facebook – a service most of us use with some frequency – updated to…
One of the new and neat features in iOS 5 is keyboard shortcuts, something BlackBerry users are very familiar with. Basically, you just enter a shortcut – like using “ty” for the phrase “Thank You” – and the smartphone does the rest for you. But first, you actually have to set it up. See the…
Nokia makes beautiful hardware, we all know this, and the N9 is no exception. It’s like a giant version of the rectangular iPod nano, aluminum and all, and reviews all over the web make the MeeGo device sound like a dream. Except for that one minor detail, its Achilles’ heel, MeeGo. Slap some Windows Phone…
The HTC Radar 4G for T-Mobile has just arrived for me as the FedEx guy furiously hit my buzzer and decided to play Morse code with it, but that’s another story. The HTC Radar 4G was just announced with full pricing details this morning, and I’m excited to review this phone because it’s a departure…
Seriously, Sony Ericsson, it’s a miracle you have any fan sites these days and you just want to shut them down? Don’t get me wrong, it’s not that you don’t make halfway decent phones – the Xperia Arc is OK, but how’s that stacking up against the Galaxy S II, Galaxy Nexus, DROID RAZR or…
If you’re looking to pick up a Square credit card reader for your smartphone, you shouldn’t have trouble finding one these days. That’s because you can buy them from just about anywhere except your local bodega. Next time you’re at Apple, Best Buy, RadioShack, Target or Wal-Mart, you can grab a Square card reader and…
Since many of us our glued to our cell phones throughout the day, it’s natural to worry whether all those radio waves and the radiation are harming us. For every handful of studies that show no correlation between heavy cell phone use and brain cancer, there are a few that do. However, a 15-year study…
Sprint just killed unlimited 4G data from its mobile hotspot plans, which means the few reasons to go with Sprint in the first place are becoming smaller. It also means that if you’re looking to sign up for new service for a mobile hotspot, there really is no reason to choose Sprint over Verizon, whose…
What’s better than having choices and options? Even more choices and options, or at least that’s what Samsung seems to think. Today the company announced the Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus for the U.S., which officially puts the Galaxy Tab tablet count to just over head-spinning. Complementing the 8.9 and 10.1 versions, the 7.0 Plus is…