Archive for August, 2008

iPhone firmware 2.0.2 is out… and angry

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008

Well okay, we don't know if it's angry or not, but you can bet your bottom dollar that the 2.0.2 update of Apple's phone OS is out there for your downloading pleasure (via iTunes, specifically……
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Video: Android SDK v0.9 hits the internet looking almost ready for primetime

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008

It's an interesting day for the folks at Google. Not only do we see the supposed GPhone (AKA, the HTC Dream) get trotted out to the FCC, and hear new rumors about the device's release date, but ……
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Nokia N96 hits the FCC, gets stripped

Tuesday, August 12th, 2008

Sure, we've already gotten a chance to play with the Nokia N96 — and even seen a couple reviews — but you know Uncle Sam's got to get his taste before this thing gets its rumored launch lat……
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Samsung Messager goes after LG Rumor crowd

Tuesday, August 12th, 2008

You don't see terribly many low-cost horizontal slider dumbphones from Samsung, and that's left the market wide open for LG with its Rumor and Scoop -……
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Motorola i365 is rugged, unapologetically ugly

Tuesday, August 12th, 2008

Some phones just don't have to be cute; not even remotely so. They're too busy getting slung with mud, drenched with water, and baked in the sun to really put ……
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HTC Touch Pro hands-on

Tuesday, August 12th, 2008

After spending a few minutes with it, there's no question to us that the Touch Pro is HTC's most impressive handset to date (even if you count the Xperia X1). Okay, the phone is still……
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Firmware 2.01 breaks PwnageTool, could render iPhone 3G un-unlockable

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008

As some of you already know, updating your iPhone to firmware 2.01 means that you've lost access to all your jailbroken apps. That's pretty much expected and should be recti……
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Sony Ericsson's canceled W595s for Orange gets postmortem look

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008

There are canceled Sony Ericsson models worth mourning, and then there are others that simply aren't. We'd argue that the W595s falls into the……
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Motorola VE240 hitting an American carrier near you?

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008

Cellpassion has unearthed a new candybar from Motorola that it claims will find shelter on “a couple” US carriers — and judging from the “MetroPCS” front an……
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BlackBerry Bold now available — in Chile

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008

Movistar's Chilean outpost has now become — somewhat surprisingly, may we add — the very first carrier in the world to launch the BlackBerry Bold and put it into subscribers' hands. T……
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