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We do love Sprint. It has some of the best plans out there, excellent coverage and a number of top-tier handsets like the HTC EVO 4G and Samsung Epic 4G. However, some changes are being made that might not make existing customers too happy. If news of the $10 price hike for new smartphone data…
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has been relatively quiet about Windows Phone 7 but he’s making the rounds and touting the company’s new mobile platform’s aesthetics. In an interview with USA Today, he says: There’s a lot of competition, but we’ve got the best-looking phones on the market. We’ve got the greatest range of alternatives, the…
It has long been believed that talking on your cell phone while driving is tantamount to drunk driving. However, the original study that compared drunk driving with distracted driving seemed a little dubious: comparing intoxicated drivers with a completely separate group of drivers on cell phones doesn’t take into account independent driving abilities. And 40…
For a brief time as a child, I was all about Disney culture. Having been born and raised in Los Angeles, trips to the Happiest Place on Earth were frequent and never boring. Seeing the marriage between Disney and Android, being a smartphone fanatic these days, elicits a strange and nostalgic longing for the days…
Well, it looks like the much-rumored PlayStation Phone is definitely coming soon, as we’ve seen multiple leaks of the device and these two videos show off some more of the hardware, which will likely be called the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play. The first video is a brief hardware overview of the Xperia Play at the…
It feels like 2009 all over again. According to a press release, Steve Jobs is taking a medical leave of absence from Apple. The media advisory contains an email sent to Apple employees about Steve’s leave of absence, and Tim Cook’s assumption of day-to-day activities at the Cupertino company. Despite his daily absence, Jobs will remain…
Quick, how many of you out there have done the whole “walk and text” thing at some point in your life? Bet you never thought walking and texting at the same time could grant you instant internet pseudo-fame – did you? Well, thanks to some shopping mall security tapes, one lucky girl gets her share…
Apple confirmed today that it is nearing the 10 billion download milestone for the iOS App Store. The Cupertino company just launched its countdown page and is at approximately 9.7 billion downloads at the writing of this post. As it has done in the past, Apple is sponsoring a giveaway that showers the person who…
The HTC HD2 is a diverse handset. It launched in early 2010 and was one of the last Windows Mobile smartphones to hit the market. Microsoft confirmed that the handset was not eligible for an upgrade to Windows Phone 7 and the HD2 was widely regarded as the last of a dying breed. Thanks to…
Here’s a novel idea: toss your phone into a condom and put it away so you don’t get yourself killed or hurt in an accident. Well, not those condoms, but the Phone Condom created by Fatalvision.com. In an effort to promote safe driving – and make a fat wad of cash at the same time…