Archives for June, 2011

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Windows Phone Chief “feels Flattered” over iOS5 design.

Steve Jobs stole the WWDC 2011 conference this year with iOS5, iCloud, and the new functions of the iPhone. But I want to point something out. The things that Apple announced as their new features Microsoft ALREADY DID 8 months AHEAD of Apple. Yes folks – Let’s just see who is copying who!

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iOS5 Gets Jailbroken!!

Well, what a surprise – iOS5 jailbroken already only after hours of being in the wild. iPhone Dev Team member MuscleNerd tweeted the confirmation, along side with some screenshots to prove it. Here is a bigger surprise – it uses the same limera1n exploit and a tethered boot. Which just means users will need to have their iOS5 device plugged into a PC or Mac if they want to restart it and preserve the hack.

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HTC Sensation 4G FCC Filing, headed to ATT?

Looks like an AT&T variant of the HTC Sensation 4G, recently known to be headed to T-Mobile on June 15th, was spotted making a visit to the FCC. This new model of the phone showed up in Washington DC with AT&T’s 850 and 1900MHz bands and also shown to have WCDMA bands II and V.

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Visual Voicemail Launched by MetroPCS

So what’s better than voicemail? It can only be visual voicemail, right? And now it is being offered at MetroPCS on several of their headsets.

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T-Mobile Giving $100 Credit to New Customers

Say What?!?! Yeah T-Mobile, the company tring to be bought by AT&T, is giving all new customers that come to them from Sprint, AT&T, and Verizon till June 17th. Even though they are being bought (or trying to be bought) they are still independent of AT&T, and must keep their customers number up. Since the announcment of a merger with AT&T Mobility, they have lost a net total of 99,000 customers in the first quarter, including 471,000 net postpaid subscriber losses in the quarter.

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Amazon Android Free App 6/7/11: Car Maintenance Reminder Pro

Car Maintenance Reminder Pro helps you to track the service records of your cars, including oil change, tire rotation, change of engine or cabin air filter, and annual state inspection. Using this app’s intuitive system of statistics and reminders, you can significantly improve the reliability and performance of your car.

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Wal-Mart Cuts Cost of iPhone4 – Next-Gen Coming?!?!

We do not always have the chance to say Wal-Mart and iPhone in the same article let alone in the same sentence. But there I just did… Wal-Mart has slashed it’s prices on the current iPhone4 16GB by 25%. The promotion is running just through the end of the monththat offers the smart phone for $147 on-contract.

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MOTO DROID Bionic – New Images

Some nice shots of the new Motorola Droid Bionic have turned up online. These photos were fairly impressive and show us some of the new features confirmed recently about the redesign of this device. The Droid Bionic is confirmed to have a massive 4.5 inch qHD display, the latest version of Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread, as …

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AT&T Just Keeps Growing…

We’re all aware of AT&T trying to buy T-Mobile, but many of us may not be aware of what else AT&T is trying to buy up. Apparently AT&T has been in the market for local cell phone companies for a while now. Behind the scenes they have been slowly buying up different corporations.

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Amazon Android Free App 6/6/11: Aporkalypse – Pigs of Doom

Some little piggies go to the market, while other little piggies stay home, but these pigs are all grown up and ready for war. Follow these four heroes of ham through fiery puzzles and save the pig world from certain doom. Use brains, brawn, and bacon to stop the Aporkalypse in Aporkalypse – Pigs of Doom on your Android device (not optimized for all tablets).

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And the Viewsonic gTablet Winner Is…

AZTECHKA! in the short few weeks we let users compete to earn points, Aztechka blew everything away and earned over 2127 points! We’ll be contacting him shortly with details on how to claim his prize. For everyone else, do not fret! We will be announcing our Seidio Case giveaway winners shortly, as well as some awesome other opportunities …

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Amazon Android Free App 6/5/11: Turbo Grannies

The nursing home is awfully boring, so this Turbo Granny found a more exciting way to pass the time. Turbo Granny may be as old as the hills, but she can’t stand spending every day indoors at the sluggish nursing home. It’s deadening and Turbo Granny is bored to death–she misses all the action and excitement that she used to experience–a long time ago. That’s why she’s breaking out of that boring place and taking her Permobile with her.

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The Pocket PC Geeks Podcast For 06/01/11!

The PPCGP, All the Mobile News You’ll Ever Need! Season 2, Episode 22 for 06/01/2011! 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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Amazon Android Free App 6/4/11:mSecure Password Manager

mSecure is a password and data manager that offers a convenient, secure solution to storing sensitive information on your Android device. mSecure stores sensitive data, like web logins and passwords, credit card numbers, frequent flyer IDs, and any other data you want to access quickly from your mobile device. Using an industry-proven data encryption method, your information is safe guarded in case your device is misplaced or stolen.

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Amazon Android Free App 6/3/11: Office Jerk

Working in an office sure can be boring, and it doesn’t help when some do-good know-it-all sits across from you all day. You know the type–he runs to the boss when you do something wrong, complains when you get the last bag of chips in the snack room, or takes credit for your good ideas. No longer will you sit back and take it! Grab whatever you have nearby–a crumpled piece of paper, a mug, a shiny red stapler–and wipe that smirk off his face in this feel-good app. Unleash your interoffice rage and embrace your inner jerk in Office Jerk for your Android device.