Posts in the ‘Devices’ Category

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Droid 3 Shows Up At FCC In GSM Fashion

Once again some new FCC papers have us wondering. As a GSM version of the Motorola Droid 3 showed itself to the FCC yesterday, with full support for bands used by AT&T and Bell in Canada. I’m sure those of you who have AT&T as their carrier would like to see this phone come their way. However, I would say don’t hold your breath though stranger things have happened. There’s a better chance this device is the one that was mentioned by Mobile Syrup last week discussing the Motorola XT860 (Milestone 3) heading to Bell on August the 14th.

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Verizon Wireless Wants To Help You Go Wireless

Starting today, Verizon has made more inductive wireless charging battery covers available for a list of some of their top devices including the already released cover for the HTC Thunderbolt.
Hit up the link for the list of devices and more about wireless charging.

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Apple Wants to Block Sale of HTC Devices!

So today Apple files a new patent complaint with the International Trade Commission looking to block the sale of several HTC devices it claims infringe on Apple patent. Apple recently filed a similar complaint with te ITC looking to block several Samsung smartphones and tablets. Apple feels that Samsung and HTC are copying the iPhone and iPad devices. The move was the latest in an ongoing legal battle between Samsung and Apple surrounding multiple patent disputes.

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HTC To Begin Unlocking Bootloaders In August

As most of us already know, HTC has announced just a short time ago, that they will no longer be locking the bootloaders on their devices. Well this evening, HTC informed the world via Facebook, on what devices will be first to receive the official unlock treatment and also provided us somewhat of a timeline. …

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Swype Ported To iOS And Already Updated To Beta 2

Earlier this week a hack was introduced that allowed users to install Swype for iOS, which for some people it greatly improves their typing speed on iOS devices. Andrew Liu, developer of the “DreamBoard” theming hack for jailbroken devices, has begun to “port” Swype to iOS. The initial release of the modification had several bugs or shortcomings, such as low accuracy and problems with word prediction. Well the Swype port has now been updated to address those issues and make it feel more like the original.

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LG Optimus Black Now In White

Remember the LG Optimus Black, that sleek beautiful device that first released in the UK this year? Of course you do. Well, how about an Optimus Black,… in white? What, a phone that’s named Black, coming out in white? Does this make any sense at all? Well it does when you consider that LG has rebadged the device with the name Optimus White and it’s now available for pre-order in the UK.

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New Blackberry Monaco(Monza) Photos Appear Online

RIM has appeared in the news quite a bit lately. Well today, some new photos of the BlackBerry Monza, or Monaco as it’s known for now, have showed up online in a Greek Blackberry forum. With the promise of some hands on video coming soon, this is the most activity we have seen from the handset since the device simulator was leaked not too long ago and the Sprint inventory image that appeared at the end of June.

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Droid 3 Lands At Verizon: On Sale Now

Verizon Wireless adds another handset to its’ very popular Droid line this Thursday with the official announcement of the Droid 3. The Motorola Droid 3 is available online now and in stores on July 14 for $199 with a 2-year contract or $459 with no contract. Existing Verizon customers can upgrade their phone and keep their current unlimited data plan, but new customers must choose from three tiered data plans ranging in capacity from 2 GB to 10 GB per month.

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JailbreakMe 3 Arrives: The Ultimate iDevice Tool

Comex has just released the highly anticipated JailbreakMe 3.0 for iOS 4.3.3. After it having leaked out about a week ago, it’s now been officially released. The ultimate iDevice unlocking tool is finally here. Hit the link for more details…

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HTC Just For Women?

Companies are always trying to come up with new marketing strategies that will bring in the big bucks. They say that the key to selling any product is all in how you market it.
HTC tried a marketing strategy a while back of marketing a series of phones just to women.

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HTC Sales UP 88% from Last Year…

So it seems our friends over at HTC have made quite the move of their stock. It appears that HTC has actually seen the best time yet as they report a 88% increase of sales over the last year. This really does not surprise me as they are manufacturing several Android phones, as well as Windows Phone’s for all over the world. They have officially beaten RIM and just shy of Apple in the cell phone manufacturing of the world. Coming in the 5 top makers of mobile devices.

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[Q&A] #teamwin Finds exploit on EVO3D & Temp Root in 6 days

  Update: We got some facts wrong with the original release – just an FYI that #teamwin found the exploit and got it to temp root! Geeks – #teamwin  has done it again! Earlier today, after just six short days – #teamwin, consisting of a variety of devs all over the Android spectrum, posted a …

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HTC Announces Their “Status” Facebook-aimed Phone teaming up with AT&T

Looks like HTC and AT&T are at it again with the exclusive phones. Reminding us a lot of now year-old disastrous KIN and KIN 2 Social Phones released by Microsoft and Sharp in June 2010, The HTC Status is a phone designed to be aimed at the average user of  Facebook and their addiction to – you …

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What’s More Secure? iOS or Android?

So it seems Symantec did an independent study of mobile operating systems. They attempted to measure how secure Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android platforms are, and also determine how the mobile systems stack to today’s desktop operating systems. Symantec claims that these mobile platforms are much more secure than today’s popular desktop operating systems, though the firm does suggest that the key variable as always is the “human element”.

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Who is Ready to “Tango” with Windows Phone 7?

Today seems to be some sort of Windows Phone 7 News day; what do I mean? Well it appears that we have been given the names of the next Windows Phone update names. Microsoft is rolling Mango out this fall that is to bring over 500 new features to Windows Phone 7. But reports are that they are already working on other major updates for the platform as well.