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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 27, 2010
OK, leadfoots. This one's for you. Trapster is an app that lets you spot (and avoid) live speed traps, as well as warn you about popular radar spots, cameras, checkpoints and the like. Locations are ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 27, 2010
Finally, it's over with. Apple announced the iPad, a 9.7-inch (diagonal) tablet that essentially is a giant iPhone, only without voice calls. And without a camera. We're nowhere near ready to pass fi...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 27, 2010
Sure, we're all about to turn our attention to what we expect to be the Apple Tablet (check out TiPB's meta-liveblog), there's still plenty of Android-powered tablet love to go around. And above is t...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 27, 2010
Unlike the band and a certain dirigible, the Motorola Zeppelin is one fable that just won't quit. The latest installment -- with a new picture, to boot -- has it being announced in a few weeks at Mob...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 27, 2010
Sure, the Nexus One is powerful enough with that 1GHz Snapdragon processor, and its 3.7-inch AMOLED screen is crisp enough. But is it pink enough? Fan-favorite ColorWare is now doing its custom p...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 26, 2010
Sorry, folks. Looks like you're not going to be buying the Google Nexus One at Wally World anytime soon. Despite still having it listed on its "Let's Talk" wireless retail site (albeit as &...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 26, 2010
Here's the best look yet of the still-unannounced HTC Bravo, which we're expecting to see in Europe at some point. And this one's done up in Polish, so chances are the 3.7-inch AMOLED, 1GHz Snapdrago...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 26, 2010
Two words phrases we throw around a lot: Soft reset and hard reset. The former is what it's called when you turn your phone off and on, or pull the battery. The latter is a bit more drastic. But ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 26, 2010
Hey, look, there's a slightly more proper look at the unannounced HTC Supersonic, the supposed Sprint WiMAX (4G) phone. Other than that, there's zero new news: Same 1GHz Snapdrago...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 26, 2010
So here's a slightly more believable look at what could be the HTC Supersonic, the purported Android WiMAX phone that may be headed to Sprint. And if the Windows Mobile-powered HD2 has a brother,...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 25, 2010
Help may be on the way for those of you with the Google Nexus One who have been experiencing 3G issues on T-Mobile. Google says a software fix is in the works, though obviously it won't help much if y...
Review
by Phil Nickinson
Jan 25, 2010
If you're in an airplane more than once a year (or has to give a ride to someone who does), you need to check out FlightTrack. As its name implies, it, well, tracks flights. But that's just the begin...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Jan 25, 2010
Love your HTC Droid Eris on Verizon but need more battery life? Enter the Seidio Innocell Extended Battery. It brings 1750mAh to your Droid Eris in the same space as the stock battery, meaning no...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 25, 2010
For you T-Mobile users who have been looking for a proper way to sync music, video and photos to your Android phone from your computer, your carrier's got your back. T-Mo today officially announced a...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 25, 2010
Update 2: Yeah. As pointed out in the comments, this is just a bad joke perpetuated. Move along, folks.We're taking this with a decent grain on salt at this point, but what you see above supposedly i...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 24, 2010
This is still a ways away from official, but it's looking more likely that the Motorola Motoroi (aka the Sholes Tablet) will be headed for T-Mobile USA. Exhibit A: The above whoopsie from Motorola th...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 23, 2010
You may now safely use GPS on your Rogers Magic and Dream. HTC has issued a fix for the problem that left 911 calls unreliable due to a bug in the GPS. The fix at the time was to turn off GPS, wh...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 23, 2010
We're drawing lines between dots here but aren't quite coming up with a picture yet. Above is a screen shot obtained by the Boy Genius Report and posted for "informational purposes" (me...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 22, 2010
Looks like our pals across the pond are getting closer to having the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 (see our hands-on) in their hands. First we have the above Vodafone product material. No word on when it'...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 22, 2010
Throwing a wrench into some of the discussions in our forums and here on the site, Motorola took to Twitter today to say that it hasn't pushed out an update for the Motorola Droid since the December ...
