Archives for June, 2011

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Congratulations to our SEIDIO CONVERT Winners!

Congratulations to O.A.T, GREGJUICE, BPC420, mdphoenix, and xveggiex! You guys have each earned your very own Seidio CONVERT Case! Pick from one of many compatible devices as you are now ready to experience any environment – corporate to construction, rugged to recreation – the SEIDIO CONVERT has you covered! Click HERE for a list of …

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HTC requests parts from chassis manufacturer “Chenming”

According to sources from component manufacturers, the Taiwanese manufacturer of chassis for mobile handsets, “Chenming Mold Industrial” especially recognized for its latest chassis technology by combining metal and plastic, has received orders from HTC for their new lineup of handsets. Chenming points out that most manufacturing of metal frames that is done by CNC lathe …

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HTC Desire Froyo Head Freeze?

So it appears that after months of talking about bringing Gingerbread to the HTC Desire – HTC throws in the towel and says it is not possible… It appears that they can’t deliver on their promise because there is not enough memory on the device to give them “acceptable” user experience with Gingerbread (2.3) and Sense UI…

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IM+ Pro Android Review

There seems to be no shortage of Instant Messaging apps in the Android market these days. A simple search will come up with apps like eBuddy, Meebo, IMO, IMEasy etc. Well, IM+ is yet another instant messaging app. IM+ from Shape Services has to be the most extensive messaging app that I have had the …

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The Pocket PC Geeks Podcast For 06/08/11!

The PPCGP, All the Mobile News You’ll Ever Need! Season 2, Episode 23 for 06/08/2011! See us on both ZUNE Marketplace & iTunes! Also, got  a minute? REVIEW the podcast and tell us what you think! Be sure to follow us on twitter! Host: Laos101 AKA Joshua Sherman Guests: Our Newsies! Mr. Hoodracer, and News Manager Jason Fieldz Topics: …

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Congratulations to our V.I.P. Tablet Winner!

PERASITE! To our non-VIPS left in the dark, sorry! As you all know, we’ve been giving away a myriad of great stuff for the past month and a half as a celebration to our five years as a site. We already gave one of our tablets to AZTECHKA who won our contest earlier this month …

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iOS 5 Features and Goodies!

  Since iOS 5 has come out in beta for developers some new features have come to light which not only seem to obviate jailbreaking to a certain extent, but also bring the OS to a new level of social network integration and features that the more advanced iOS users have been clamoring for.  Some …

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Amazon Android Free App 6/10/11: My Paper Airplane 2 (3D)

My Paper Plane 2 (3D) is an action game for your smartphone or Honeycomb tablet in which you fly a paper plane, seemingly jet-powered, through selectable 3D landscapes and various obstacle courses, while grabbing stars for points and dodging trees or buildings to stay aloft. Read more…

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Amazon Android Free App 6/9/11: Random Mahjong Pro

Just when you thought Mahjong had been covered, along comes a stylish new solitaire Mahjong game ready to take centre stage on the Android platform. Random Mahjong Pro looks incredible on tablets while still managing to stay visually sharp and play great on smartphones. Read more…

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Sprint Reduces Voting Rights with Clearwire.

This is a move that I think we all saw coming eventually. Sprint has reduced it’s stake in clear wire from 50% to 49.8%. A move that makes Sprint less likely to be held accountable if Clearwire defaults. Most importantly though is that Sprint maintains54% of the economic stake in Clearwire. See what was happening was investors were worried that if Clearwire was to default (go under) that Sprint would end up having to pay that money back.

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Amazon Android Free App 6/8/11: Pocket Salsa

So you and your sweetie are quite the jitterbugs. You’re aces at Lindy Hop, you tap like Fred and Ginger, and you can glide through any ballroom when waltzing, but you’re looking for another challenge. Something spicier. Maybe even sexier. It’s time to try the taste of Salsa. Read more…

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ATT Settles Billion Dollar Lawsuit

Well once again AT&T is in trouble. It seems lately that they can’t keep their names out of the news…and not in a good way. A class-action lawsuit was finally settled. AT&T was accused of improperly levying taxes on mobile Internet access fees

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The FCC Questions Carriers about ATT T-Mobile Merger

Many have heard about the ATT and T-Mobile merger and the debate around it. Well it seems all this dispute has brought on new action from the FCC. They are now hitting up the other carriers for their opinions on the deal. Before we get to the details, let’s look at what has already happened …

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Verizon Blocking Tethering Apps – FCC Gets Involved?

Verizon is in trouble! The FCC has been called into investigate Verizon blocking access to certain tethering applications. This would violate the open access provision that was put on the Verizon’s C-Block 700 MHz spectrum that they won in the auction back in 2008.

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T-Mobile HTC HD7 Free, with 2 Yr. Contract

Beginning today, T-Mobile has announced that they will be making the HD7 available for free with a two-year contract.This is a Web-only offer — now thru Thurs, 6/9/2011 The HTC HD7 is a Windows Phone 7 handset designed to bring what you care about, to one central place. The most noticeable feature about this device …