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It’s finally here, folks. The very first US Galaxy S II, the Epic 4G Touch, has landed on our doorstep and we’re gonna give you a quick peak at one of the most anticipated phones of the year. While it may not be the only Galaxy S II to land in the US, it’s certainly…
Well, it looks like the shoe is on the other foot now. Samsung has filed a patent complaint against Apple in France and this complaint is not about design, but rather the technology inside Apple’s products. Apple’s famous lawsuit against Samsung was for the design of their phones and tablets, which it says look suspiciously…
RIM’s announcement of their first OS 7 BlackBerry devices was dampened a bit by the lack of the rumoured mobile hotspot function, but a leaked Sprint memo suggests the feature may be unlocked in a future firmware update due in the fourth quarter. The memo was issued because Sprint screwed up on the packaging for…
Docked in Copenhagen, Denmark is a boat called the Illutron. A collective of artists share a workshop there, doing all sorts of crazy crap, not limited to dangerous-looking interactive sound exhibits, teaching a factory robot how to draw, and now they’ve synced up a flame thrower to an Xperia Play so that instead of using…
The engineers at Marvell have announced the PXA1801, which they claim to be the “Industry’s First Single-chip World Modem” thanks to the ridiculous amount of standards it supports. Their modem does both flavors of LTE, meaning it’ll handle Verizon’s full division duplex LTE and Sprint’s as yet to launch time division duplex LTE network; it’ll…
This unassuming photo of a plate of sushi may have just revealed one of the key specs for the upcoming iPhone 5. Apparently the EXIF metadata associated with this photo says it was taken with an iPhone 4, but the original was shot at a resolution of 3264 x 2448 pixels, or eight megapixels. Data…
Whether you’re holding out for the Droid Prime (SCH-I515) or Nexus Prime (GT-I9250), both handsets are very real and Verizon’s upcoming Ice Cream Sandwich offering has just received its WiFi and Bluetooth certification. Sure, there’s little interesting about a handset receiving its WiFi and Bluetooth certification but these less than interesting certifications make way for…
Earlier this year, Atari released its “Greatest Hits” app into the iOS App Store, which brought famous games like Asteroids, Centipede, Pong, and many others to the iPhone and iPad. But the app lacks one important feature that gives us all a feeling of nostalgia: a joystick. It looks like Atari wants to bring that…
It’s a damn shame we no longer get immersed in bubbles in the same way we did as children. But Sprint cares about us and the need for bubbles in our lives. Thank you, Sprint, for launching Bubble Mania 3D brought to you by the HTC EVO 3D. Sprint put together an approximately two-minute video…
Just when you thought the location troubles in the mobile industry were finally over, Microsoft is now facing a class action lawsuit for allegedly tracking the location of Windows Phone 7 users without their permission. Apparently, when a user decides to turn off all location services on their device, Microsoft ignores the request and proceeds…