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Cellular South kicked off a new promotion that offers AT&T customers up to $100 for their iPhone when they buy another smartphone from the regional carrier. In the ultimate affront to Apple fanboys, AT&T customers switching over to Cellular South must physically give up their iPhone and select another handset which may include the Android-powered…
Earlier this week, reports began surfacing that death-gripping the HTC HD7 causes signal attenuation, a phenomena also exhibited by the Apple iPhone 4. As we saw with the iPhone and its ensuing “Antennagate” saga, this signal loss was captured on video, posted on YouTube, and widely reported across the tech blogs. As expected, HTC has responded…
Received a note the other day about the Popular Science+ app for iPad. If you’re into the print publication, chances are you already have the app loaded up on your iPad. If you don’t, now may be the time to give it a look. I’m told the app has been updated to include the December…
The Guardian, a British national daily newspaper, informed its readers of impending changes to its iPhone app. While most of the updates are standard fare, one section details new pricing changes that deviate from the normal one-time payment options currently available in the App Store. According to The Guardian, its updated iPhone app will soon be available…
I consider myself a pet lover. Since my early years there’s always been a pet or two around the house, from birds to fish to dogs… they’ve all found a spot in the family house… and as years past they found their way into my house. That’s why, whenever something pet-related pops onto my radar,…
Hewlett-Packard will be moving its MediaSmart Server team into the Palm unit in an effort to boost the multimedia capabilities of webOS. “We’ll put the MediaSmart Server team’s multimedia and entertainment application experience toward developing the WebOS ecosystem,” said Marlene Somsak, an HP spokeswoman, in an e-mail to PC World. If you don’t know, the…
Samsung has introduced some LPDDR2 DRAM for smartphones and tablets that it promises will deliver speeds that are similar to what we find on desktops. The 4 GB version can transfer up to 1,066 Mbps and Samsung says this doubles what the industry standard is. Additionally these chips will only be 30 nanometers thick, which…
Cloud gaming service provider GameString released a demo video yesterday showing popular massively multiplayer online role-playing game World of Warcraft running on an Android-powered HTC Desire. Just to be clear what cloud gaming is, that’s when 3D rendering is done on a remote computer so the phone’s limited processing power and bandwidth can focus on…
If you were anxious to try out the Verizon 4G LTE network but didn’t want to be saddled with a new, two-year contract, you’ll be happy to know that the no-contract prices will be quite reasonable for service. According to PC World’s Sasha Segan, the no-contract prices for the 4G LTE service will be the…
The Skyfire iPhone browser has only been available in eight countries before today but the company announced that it will be bringing its Adobe Flash-enabled browser to the Apple App Stores in France, Germany and Italy. As you should know by now, the biggest appeal of the Skyfire iPhone browser is the ability to play…