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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…
As reported by GigaOM and The Verge, BlackBerry had a chance at a turn around last year when a group of angel investors, armed with a radical plan and $1 billion in cash commitments, wanted to take over the company. The takeover plan eventually failed, and BlackBerry again is now facing a financial crisis and possible…
Now that Verizon is almost done with its LTE rollout, the company is ready to turn towards its next big cellular transition — the move from CDMA to LTE for its voice calls. As noted by Droid-Life, Verizon CFO Fran Shammo spoke recently at the Oppenheimer Technology, Internet and Communications Conference and laid out the…
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…
We heard tale that the Sprint would be releasing a purple version of the Galaxy S4, and today the carrier has made the availability of the device official. The Purple Mirage version of the Galaxy S4 is now available on Sprint alongside the Black Mist and White Frost versions of the device. The Purple Mirage…
Oh my god, it’s all happening! No, it’s not the singularity, but it’s close enough. The newest EP from Deltron 3030 is available on iTunes and Google Play Music All Access today, giving hip-hop heads a taste of what is to come from the legendary ensemble that has had us lying in wait for new…
We’ve been waiting patiently for the HTC One Max, drooling over the renders and snazzy pictures that have been showing up lately. The HTC One Max, which is essentially a beefed up HTC One is expected to be rocking a 5.9 inch 1920 x 1080 display, a 2.3 GHz Snapdragon 800 processor, 2GB of RAM,…
LG’s latest powerhouse smartphone, the LG G2 is now available for pre-order in the U.K. through retailers Clove and Expansys. The 16GB version of the device is listed for £468 (including VAT) on Clove’s website, and is expected to ship in late September. Expansys has yet to detail pricing, and Clove mentions that pricing is…
Nokia is bringing its latest flagship the Lumia 1020 to China on August 15th. The 1020 has been available for $299 on contract in the States on AT&T for a few weeks now. So the word is folks in China will have to shell out 5,990 CNY (about $980) to China Unicom, according to ePrice.…