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The Google Nexus One was an awesome phone, so when it was killed off we all hoped that there would be a Nexus Two. We caught a glimpse of the Nexus S by Samsung last week, and it was believed that it would be the Nexus Two. However, Samsung says the rumors just aren’t true.…
VLC Developer Rémi Denis-Courmont confirmed that Videolan sent a copyright infringement notice to Apple about the iOS version of its popular video playing app, VLC. The notice targets the DRM-based distribution method of the App Store and its restrictive terms and conditions. VLC is distributed under a GNU General Public License (GPL), an open source…
The DROID 2 Global is nearing its anticipated launch date and the pace of rumors is picking up. This world edition handset has been spotted in the wild, queued up for training by Verizon employees, included on a Verizon rebate form, and even unintentionally revealed by Motorola when the handset made a fleeting appearance on…
A fresh invitation just hit our inbox which says Facebook will hold a “mobile event” next week. Will this be the introduction of the much-rumored Facebook phone? As you may recall, TechCrunch broke the news that the company was working on its own phone based on Android. The goal of the Facebook phone is to…
The next iteration of the Apple iPad is going to coming pretty soon and rumors are abound. FaceTime is almost a given feature in the iPad, so one can assume that it will have a front-facing camera. Apparently, OmniVision will be supplying that camera. Not long before the newest iPod touch was announced, we saw…
The Verizon iPhone has been sworn by many as a real deal in the works, destined for release in early 2011. I’m on the camp where, when it comes to Apple products, it’s only official when Apple says so. In addition to the Wall Street Journal and New York Times independently reporting that the Verizon…
RIM’s BlackBerry software download page for Wind Mobile is listing the Curve 3G 9300, a phone that has yet to be announced by the upstart Canadian carrier. Unconfirmed rumours are pointing to a launch in the second week of November. The Curve 3G 9300 is an entry-level BlackBerry that has a 2 megapixel fixed-focus camera…
HTCSense.com is HTC’s brand-new web-based service for the latest Android smartphones, including the Desire Z and Desire HD. Those are the only two phones that can sing along HTC’s new offering that allows users to personalize their phones, manage contacts, read, send, and search text and MMS messages, create and share Footprints and safeguard their…
We know that the Nexus 2 rumors have been around for a while, but only this week had we thought that there may be a possibility of actually seeing one at some point. Schmidt pointed out that there would not be another phone in the Nexus line, but it seems that they may have flipped…
Earlier this week there was a resurgence in rumours about a Nexus Two handset running Android 2.3. Instead of going with HTC like the original, or being sold online through Google, the Nexus Two was supposedly going to be launched through Carphone Warehouse in the UK, and be made by Samsung (not Motorola). Now there’s…