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Though Verizon was slow to announce that the G2 was landing on its network, the carrier is quick with its sign-up page. As noted by Droid-Life, the sign-up page for the G2 is now live and ready for customers to hand over the email address in order to receive an alert when the on sale…
HTC kicked off its $1 billion marketing campaign with the first official ad starring Robert Downey Jr. The clip shows the Hollywood star exploring the many ways we can interpret the abbreviated letters HTC. The commercial builds on the campaign’s slogan “Here’s To Change” and reinforces the HTC name through the 2-minute ad. You can…
Samsung has officially announced an Android-based flip-phone, Samsung Hennessy (W789), in China. The unique device comes with solid specs that include a pair of 3.3-inch HVGA (320×480) touchscreen, 1.2GHz quad-core processor, 5-megapixel camera on the back, and a 1,500mAh battery, while Android 4.1 Jelly Bean is running the show. There’s also a dual-SIM support, allowing…
Samsung’s mid-range phablet, Galaxy Mega 6.3, is coming to Canada where Rogers and TELUS both announced willingness to offer it to their customers. Rogers turned to Twitter to share the news without revealing too much — all we know is that it’s coming “soon.” As for TELUS, it added Sammy’s device into its “coming soon”…
LG is gearing towards launching the next phone in the Vu series. The upcoming Vu 3 may be unveiled at the upcoming IFA in Berlin, when we’ll also see Samsung’s Galaxy Note III. The new rumor we’ve got suggests that the Vu 3 will keep the series’ 4:3 screen ratio with resolution of 1,280×960 pixels.…
Instagram may be new to the video game, but it does offer a few features that its biggest competitor, Twitter’s Vine, lacks. Last week, and Instagram update brought users the ability to create videos with footage shot from outside of the app. Vine lacks this ability officially, but a new hack detailed by the team…
The new second-generation Nexus 7 recently dropped, touting some major upgrades. Now the first of the official accessories for the new tablet has released on the Google Play store. The new Nexus 7 Sleeve will cost you $29.99 and it fits both the new Nexus 7 tablet, and last year’s model as well. The Nexus…
We’re finally making some decent progress. It’s about damn time. After plenty of unwelcome delays, it looks like Verizon is finally preparing to release the HTC One. No, unfortunately pricing, availability, and color options aren’t mentioned quite yet. Instead a signup page went live on Verizon’s website where you can enter your email address to…
T-Mobile has released three new JUMP commercials starring Bill Hader, which are as funny and witty as the first JUMP commercials which debuted in early July. T-Mobile’s JUMP program, which stands for Just Upgrade My Phone, allows customers to trade in their handsets more frequently than before. Customers who enroll in the JUMP program pay…
According to The Korea Times, LG has canceled all future outdoor promotional events due to safety concerns after a recent event resulted in the injury of 20 attendees. The injuries took place during a G2 event in Korea. The idea for the event was innocuous enough — fill a letter G with balloons containing a…