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Well, just when you thought Google’s acquisition of Motorola was a done deal, think again. It turns out China needs a little more time to look at the transaction, which is a process it puts all companies through who make millions and billions of dollars (yuan in this case) both in its country and from…
The HTC Endeavor / One X is becoming a poorly kept secret, as we’re hearing more details leaks out for the device virtually every day. MoDaCo recently got some time with the upcoming device and have detailed the hardware very well. It looks like potential Endeavor owners will be happy with a majority of the…
If you’re looking for an interesting case for your Galaxy Nexus but aren’t impressed with Verizon’s current selection of cases and want something with a little more spunk, then you may like Boxwave’s DuoSuit case. This case may not like anything special but it’s still a unique that some may like the look of. What…
Last August, HTC said all its phones going forward would be released with an unlocked bootloader. It also promised to unlock bootloaders for some older models as well. We thought the Taiwanese company meant the Incredible 2 or other recent phones released in the last year or so. Leave it to HTC to surprise us…
The folks who gave us the uber-popular app Kik are at it again but this time, they’re trying to create a simple platform which will let your smartphone interact with any screen that has a browser. The Clik app is available now for iOS and Android and it allows you to control multiple screens with…
Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, which was mentioned at Google I/O in May 2011, and then formally announced in mid October along with the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, has been on the market for exactly two months now. Is it a little soon then to start talking about Android 5.0? Probably, but that’s the industry we’re…
Adobe released an advisory bulletin about several particularly nasty security vulnerabilities that let an attacker gain control over a person’s device. In addition to the desktop version of Flash, the vulnerability affects Android users on both Android 3.x and 4.x. The versions affected include Flash Player version 11.1.112.61 and earlier on Android 4.x devices and…
We’re happy to announce that nearly four months after we first reported Sony’s intent to purchase Ericsson’s half of Sony Ericsson for a hair over 1 billion Euros the deal is now officially done. Sony Ericsson will be renamed Sony Mobile Communications, the company will have offices in Beijing, Lund, Silicon Valley, and Tokyo, it…
Verizon Wireless slashed the price of Motorola DROID BIONIC to $99.99 with a new two-year customer agreement. Sure enough, you could’ve get Moto’s Android smartphone for that money from third-party retailers like Amazon, Walmart, Wirefly, Best Buy and RadioShack for some time now – so it’s not a big deal. Heck, at one point CostCo…
After launching a brand new Windows Phone app, Facebook has once again updated its Android client. The new version brings several new features, including (from the change log): Navigate anywhere, fast: Get to your groups, apps, pages, and settings with a single press Search and you will discover: Look through friends, subscribers, apps, and pages…