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So, you may have heard that the Verizon iPhone 4 will be coming out in a few weeks. Ardent Apple fans are probably already waiting in line but will this even be the best device Big Red has over the next few months? Let’s take a look at some of Verizon’s best smartphones coming out.…
It is said that Motorola will keep supporting Sprint/Nextel’s iDEN network for the time being. The handset maker is the only company with an iDEN-based Android smartphone – i1, and now they’re out with another similar product. Like many of Nextel Direct-compatible handsets, the “we knew it’s coming” Motorola i886 is a rugged device that…
If $149.99 for the HTC Evo Shift 4G sounds too steep for you, Amazon has you covered. The online retailer is offering Sprint’s latest WiMAX-enabled device for $30 less! That’s $119.99, though requires the same (or similar) two-year contract that in addition to voice and texts also includes some mobile data. Unfortunately, once you commit…
People love to quote numbers that make them feel better about themselves and the $600 smartphone they picked after doing exhaustive amounts of research. If you platform isn’t the most pretty, think Symbian, then quote overall market share when dismissing the competition. If your platform is exclusive, think iOS, then quote how many applications are…
Regional operator MetroPCS was the first wireless firm to launch an LTE network in North America, but they didn’t exactly have the right gear to show off what it was capable of providing users, save for some streaming video services that no one actually used. That’s soon to change with the Samsung SCH-R910, a device…
Google has updated their Android version numbers on the Developers site, and Froyo is officially now running on more than 50% of all devices. In addition to the Froyo domination, Gingerbread has officially made its debut. Android 2.2 Froyo now accounts for 51.8% of all devices now, with Android 2.3 Gingerbread taking a very small…
Google has just updated their Goggles application for Android with some speed enhancements as well as some cool new features, like newspaper, magazine ad recognition, and even Sudoku puzzle solving. Version 1.3 of Goggles for Android allows for faster barcode scanning of products. Similar to the basic Barcode scanner for Android, all one needs to…
While we’ve only seen the Nexus S and the Sony Ericsson Arc running Gingerbread at this point, the next version of Android aimed at smartphones may not be too far away. We’ve heard that the next version of the OS will be called Ice Cream, but that was about it. While we still know very…
The Sony PlayStation phone is slowly moving from rumor to reality. Recently, the handset has been spotted in the wild and briefly detailed on video. Another video has surfaced that shows the handset in full game mode, playing the popular PS1 games Biohazard 2 (Resident Evil 2) and Rage Racer. The games are loaded through ROM…
Garmin used to be a pioneer in embracing mobile technology. Then something happened and everything stopped, releasing no smartphone apps for quite some time. To be fair, they did try to partner with Asus but that venture turned into a flop. Now they’re kicking back with a dedicated iPhone app called StreetPilot to fight the…