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Skyfire 1.5 Released Today
Update 1:00pm CST: Its here! Read the official Press Release. Download it from http://get.skyfire.com! Read what our forum users are saying about it here. Skyfire’s Twitter account is a buzz about version 1.5 coming today. Nothing seems to be published on Skyfire.com yet, and it hasn’t been pushed to phones yet, but its coming, and…
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Google Confirms Goggles Coming To Other Platforms
While some other mobile technology sites have been talking about Google Goggles and how they’ve left the other platforms behind, there’s been confirmation from Google that its interesting new visual search technology will be available on other platforms soon, after its trial run on Android is complete. “It will be coming to other platforms,” said…
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[PPCG REVIEW]- SlyDial
Have you ever been in a situation where you need to leave a voicemail message for somebody and you just do not want to deal with that person? If you have, then I recommend using SlyDial, a multi-platform application/service that allows you to connect straight to a person’s voicemail. There are two ways you can…
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SPB Software is Named Android Developer Challenge 2 Media Winner
SPB Software has been announced as the Android Developer Challenge 2 Media Winner for their SPB TV app, which is a mobile IPTV program. SPB Software has won this award in competition with 199 other nominees of Round II, 19 of them in the same category. “The Android Developer Challenge is something really special for…
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Verizon’s DROID Getting 2.0.1 Update
Originally, Verizon had said this update would be pushed out to customers in “the coming weeks”. There have been reports now that some customers have been receiving the update within the last couple of days. This update is mostly lots of bug fixes, improved stability and battery life, better camera and call quality, faster visual…
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Sprint Turning Things Around?
Barron’s Weekly Newspaper has published a report stating that Sprint is finally turning things around after its disastrous merger with Nextel. This helped their stock value this week. Customers have been reporting the change for a while now, but they’ve still been losing customers and reporting losses. I think we have quite a few satisfied…
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HTC May Unveil Hero Sequel At World Mobile Congress
FierceWireless has picked up a rumor that a HTC executive let it slip that the smartphone manufacturer will debut the sequel to the popular HTC Hero early next year at the World Mobile Congress in Barcelona, Spain. Patrik Andersson, the head of HTC in Sweden, said in an interview with the website IDC.se that the…
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iPhone 3GS on T-Mobile – in Netherlands
Well, the iPhone 3GS has made an appearance on T-Mobile in the Netherlands. This is months after appearing on Orange‘s network. You can see it here or, for a Google translation of it, look here. Do you think the same will happen in the States? Leave your thoughts in the comments. Thanks to forum user…
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HTC’s 2010 Roadmap
If you remember, last year PPCGeeks was lucky enough to be the first site to get HTC’s 2009 leaked roadmap and pictures of the devices. Unfortunately we weren’t quite as lucky this year as it was leaked to XDA-Developers first. We’re still here to bring you the goodies though. There’s not a whole lot of…
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The PPCGP for 12/02/09 is OUT!
Ever wanted to listen to the latest, greatest, and all in between of the Windows Mobile, Android, and Iphone Community? Did you hear of the PPCGP? The Pocket PC Geeks Podcast is a weekly show hosted by Laos101, including a well rounded group of guests. Together they have a round table discussion, talking about the…
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The new way to multitask!
Recently I was talking to a friend about my Touch Pro 2. He asked why that phone over the iPhone. As I proceeded to explain my list of things that are wrong with the iPhone (such as AT&T and the lack of multi-tasking capabilities), he interrupted me. Rude, I know, but he brought to my…
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FCC Opens Investigation Into Verizon
Apparently customers are not the only ones upset by Verizon’s new early termination fee (ETF) policy because the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) has now opened an investigation. Verizon recently doubled the fee for customers with premium devices, from $175 to $350, who would like to get out of their contract with Big Red. Verizon argues…
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Only 5 out of 1.3 Billion Chinese buy iPhone online
According to a report in PC World, only 5 Apple iPhone’s were sold on the official website in China in the first 2 weeks of availability. The store, Taobao.com, the biggest Chinese e-commerce Web site and is similar to eBay in how it handles transactions, has sold just two 8GB iPhones and three 16GB iPhones,…
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Motorola DROID to get OTA Update Soon
Amid all of the hype regarding the Android 2.0.1 SDK today, Verizon sweetened the pot with an announcement that an OTA update for the Motorola DROID will be made available “in the coming weeks.” A few of the announced fixes will be for voice reception and the 5.0 megapixel camera’s notorious inabaility to correctly focus…
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Yet Another Motorola Android Phone Spotted
There’s been another, never-before-seen Motorola Android device spotted in the wild. This one appears to have an 8MP camera with autofocus, dual LED flash, 3.8″ display, and an 800MHz processor. So besides another Moto phone in the Droid series, there’s not much more info on this one. Click on the pictures for a larger image.…