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last updated on 09 Feb 2010 at 12:14 am PST
- Google dials down early termination fee for the Nexus One
08 Feb 2010 at 11:20 pm
No one likes early termination fees, but for one reason or another they can become a necessary evil. When Google introduced a new channel for buying the Nexus One, I was excited at the thought of grabbing a phone without being hassled by a retail sales rep. The only downside was that if I bought it at the subsidized price and wanted to cancel within 120 days, Google would charge a $350 device recovery fee... on top of the carrier's cancelation fees!
- Locus OS: hybrid concept mobile OS with bits of Zune, TouchFLO
08 Feb 2010 at 11:00 pm
This isn’t official or anything, just a concept that happens to use some Microsoft assets, but what it Windows Mobile 7 looked like this? I think we all know it will not, but until the hammer actually falls at MWC, hope springs eternal. The “location-based desktops” idea is a good one for a MID or [...]
- Rad: Rise of the Triad comes to iPhone
08 Feb 2010 at 10:28 pm
While pundits were arguing about whether Doom was damaging to us kids, we were busy having our sensibilities shocked by the phenomenally violent Rise of the Triad. While it wasn’t as flashy as Doom (it was Wolf3D-based), it had crazy weapons, fire, and enemies that would beg for their lives. So ahead of its time! [...]
- BlackBerry Curve, iPhone, and Moto Droid lead smartphone sales in Q4 2009
08 Feb 2010 at 8:58 pm
Market research firm IDC has just released their quarterly report on the top selling smartphones (or “converged mobile devices”, as they call them) in the US for the fourth quarter of 2009. RIM and Apple dominate the list in an almost absurd manner, but a few welcome surprises managed to sneak their way in.
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- Motorola DROID to be blessed with Android 2.1 in coming update [UPDATED]
08 Feb 2010 at 8:00 pm
When the Nexus One was announced, many folks were questioning Google’s game plan and why it would release such an amazing device shortly after the Motorola DROID’s release. If that wasn’t enough to make some DROID owners envious, the Nexus One received a multitouch update last week which allowed pinch-to-zoom gestures within Google Maps, the [...]
- T-Mobile isn?t ready to touch your trackballs just yet
08 Feb 2010 at 8:00 pm
If you’ve been camping outside of your local T-Mobile store ever since word first got out that they’d be replacing busted trackballs on a handful of BlackBerry models, you should probably run to the store and grab some more supplies. Looks like things have been pushed back a few days.
According to TmoNews, the trackball replacement [...]
- In a stroke of genius, Vertu preps pink phone for Valentine?s Day
08 Feb 2010 at 7:15 pm
Vertu, French for "virtue," has a pink phone just in time for Valentine's Day. It's the Constellation Ayxt only it's pink. Fascinating.
- The Qisda QCM-330 is gorgeous, headed for Vodafone, and quite possibly Android-powered
08 Feb 2010 at 6:44 pm
When it comes to bar-shaped smartphones, it takes a good amount of effort to design something visually appealing. There’s really only so much you can do with a flat slab – and whatever can be done likely already has.
With that said, there’s just something about this handset, the Qisda QCM-330. I’m not sure what that [...]
- HTC Legend spotted in the flesh, looks exactly as expected
08 Feb 2010 at 6:11 pm
There isn’t much to be said about a few in-the-flesh images leaked about a device we’ve all heard of other than the confirmation of a few things. To start, it looks identical to renders seen in the past, and the images depicted in HTC’s handset line-up which was leaked back in early December.
The form factor [...]
- New Pwnage Tool for 3.1.3 available
08 Feb 2010 at 1:53 pm
Fear not, people who jailbreak your 3GSes! PwnageTool for the latest firmware, 3.1.3, is available and ready to crack, hack, and otherwise damage your iPhone.
I’ve stopped hacking my 3GS simply because too many things break after unlock. You should also keep your “SHSH hashes” backed up (basically keep the keys to previous versions lying around [...]
- Megan Fox introduces Motorola DEVOUR and looks face-slappingly good
08 Feb 2010 at 04:20 am
For me, the best part of the Super Bowl is the commercials. And after you see this one, you may have to agree. Just note that you'll have to play the video several times over before you realize there's a phone there - the Motorola DEVOUR with MOTOBLUR, to be exact. So, what happens when Megan Fox uses her DEVOUR to send out a hot, wet image via a social network?
- HTC Incredible leaks, is as red as Mr. Incredible?s suit
08 Feb 2010 at 01:48 am
This is the so-called HTC Incredible running on Verizon. It has a Snapdragon CPU with 256RAM and a bold and beautiful screen a la the Nexus One. Interestingly, it has two rear LED flashes and appears to be clad in a red backplate which reminds me of butterscotch pudding although a video, now unavailable, shows it is really red.
Click through for a UI shot. Also, can I just say that I am more in love with Android every time I see it? It just seems fresh.
- Google working on smartphone software to automatically translate foreign languages into your native tongue
07 Feb 2010 at 9:00 pm
Check your calendar, friends, for the first time in a long time I was just wowed by a tech story. Google says it's working on smartphone software that would automatically translate foreign languages into your native tongue. So, if you're talking to your Venezuelan pen pal, and he says, "No me gusta el fútbol americano," you can react in horror as you try to explain to him the importance of a game where more time is spent setting up plays than actually executing them is the greatest sport in the world. Porqueria.
- Linux creator says, ?Nexus One is a winner?
07 Feb 2010 at 3:00 pm
Since we all know that Android runs a modified version of Linux, you’d think that the creator of Linux, Linus Torvalds, would absolutely love Android handsets. Nope. As a matter of fact, the man hates cell phones. Torvalds says that he got the G1 when it came out but rarely used it because of his [...]
- Traveling with batteries and ordering gadgets online could soon get pricey
06 Feb 2010 at 7:11 pm
Here are two totally unrelated things I like to do: order gadgets and smartphones online, and travel with loads of spare batteries. Well, perhaps they’re not all that unrelated. Both offer a lot of convenience and save a good amount of cash, but with a new proposal from the U.S. Department of Transportation, that could [...]
- HTC patent shows a new, spring-loaded clamshell design
05 Feb 2010 at 10:50 pm
HTC’s no stranger to stuffing ridiculous mechanisms into smartphones. I mean, have you seen the HTC Tilt — or better yet, the HTC Universal?
Looks like they’re at it again, if this just unearthed patent is any indication.
The graphic above may be a bit confusing, so here’s how it works: Imagine a clamshell phone, like the [...]
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