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RadioShack To Sell iPhone Nationwide Next Year
If you haven’t been in a RadioShack lately, you may not have noticed that they’ve been trying to ramp up their mobile device department over the past year. They offer a wide variety of phones from different carriers and is hoping to compete with Best Buy and Wal-Mart. Currently, only 10 RadioShack stores sell the…
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HTC Touch.B To Use Qualcomm’s BREW OS
HTC has been known for its Windows Mobile phones, and recently its Android phones. Now they’re in a new market, for cheaper phones with the smartphone look and design. This is where Qualcomm’s BREW OS comes into play. We all know how HTC is though, they’ve redesigned the UI to their liking, just as they’ve…
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HTC HD2 Gets Patched Video Drivers w/ 500% Performance Increase
HTC still seems to be having issues getting good video drivers released for its devices, and the beloved HD2 is no exception. Chainfire from XDA has come to the rescue! Just as we have patched drivers for our Diamonds, Touch Pros, etc., he has released a patched driver for the HD2 that could possibly increase…
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The PPCGP Is Live, NOW!
Ever wanted to LISTEN to your news, rather read it? The PPCGP, Pocket PC Geeks Podcast, is here! Rather than read the news, why not listen to it? You can tune in NOW at our ustream page, or listen sometime tomorrow! Topics tonight include new phones, talk about Windows Mobile, and hopefully one great kickoff to…
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And the winner is…
The iPhone 3GS, which is apparently the highest rated smartphone according to Consumer Reports. However, the Palm Pre, the Blackberry Storm, and other BlackBerry models bested the iPhone in messaging, and the Pre is a superior multi-tasker. And what phone do you think came in second? It is not an Android phone, but rather a…
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Google Maps for Windows Mobile updated to v3.3
Oh how old Google Maps version 1.0 must feel considering it is up to v3.3 now. The biggest update is synchronization of starred locations with the mobile and desktop versions. Below is the blog post by the Google Mobile team. You may download the .CAB here. As told by the Google Mobile team- Google Maps…
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Two New Opera Beta Downloads Available
Opera today released two new Beta versions of their popular mobile browsing software, Opera Mobile 10 and Opera Mini 5. The latest Opera Mobile 10 Beta and Opera Mini 5 Beta offer users some of the more popular desktop features, including Opera Link and the Download Manager, on their mobile phone. Opera Link allows a…
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LG eXpo Reviewed
The folks over at PhoneScoop had the opportunity to review the recently announced LG eXpo, coming to At&t. Overall, it got a pretty good rating with a few downsides. They said the phone feels solid, but they had some complaints about the resistive screen and the fingerprint sensor/D-Pad. In addition to unlocking the phone, the…
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[OP/ED]- Microsoft to ditch Mobile OS?
An interesting article has been posted by the UK’s newspaper The Guardian hypothesizes that Microsoft could abandon their Mobile OS platform, Windows Mobile, all together and call it quits. They cite that the 3.1 percent drop of their share of the Mobile OS Pie (down from 11 to 7.9%), the increasing support for Android from…
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[Updated] Sprint Revealed GPS Data 8 Million Times To Govt.
UPDATE– Sprint has issued a statement to explain that the high numbers (8 million) represent the number of “pings”, not the amount of users accessed. There can be thousands of pings per a single investigation. In a single investigation, once law enforcement has a court order, it can check someone’s location every 3 minutes for…