Helio stores shutting down
July 2, 2008 by Ryan Pamplin · Leave a Comment
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The future of Helio is still up in the air — one minute it’s about to be sold to Virgin, the next the Ocean 2 is popping up in videos — and it looks like this week will end with some equally ambiguous news: Helio stores appear to be shutting down. That’s the [...]
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Samsung Instinct gets disassembled, with instructions!
July 2, 2008 by Ryan Pamplin · Leave a Comment
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While most folks are understandably a little hesitant to pop anything more than the battery cover off of their phone, there are thankfully a brave few like those at Rapid Repair who are willing to throw caution (and their warranty) to the wind and tear things down to the bare essentials. As you [...]
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LiPS and LiMo mobile Linux groups join forces, acronyms
July 2, 2008 by Ryan Pamplin · Leave a Comment
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Looks like there’s only room for one mobile Linux standards body in these here parts, and LiMo’s recent momentum and partnership deals have apparently swept up the members of the Linux Phone Standards (LiPS) — the two groups just announced that as of July, LiPS will be folded into LiMo. That’ll give the [...]
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Samsung Instinct flies off Sprint’s shelves at record pace
July 2, 2008 by Ryan Pamplin · Leave a Comment
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Looks like Sprint’s gargantuan marketing blitz for the Instinct is in the process of paying off, because the carrier has announced that the Samsung device has become its best-selling EV-DO device ever in the first week of availability. Long-term popularity will depend largely on word of mouth as early adopters decide whether they [...]
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Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 hands-on, sorta
July 2, 2008 by Ryan Pamplin · Leave a Comment
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So here’s the scene. We’re at the Digital Experience show, trying to get our hands on a powered-up Sony Xperia X1. Sure, we found a unit that wasn’t powered up, but that does you — and us — no good. Sony told us to come back in 15 minutes, so we grabbed [...]
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T-Mobile Shadow II to support HotSpot@Home?
July 2, 2008 by Ryan Pamplin · Leave a Comment
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We’ve seen the HTC-sourced T-Mobile Shadow II peeking out from around the dark corners of eBay and the harsh lights of the FCC, but the latest word is that the WinMo slider will also come equipped with UMA, allowing it to work with HotSpot@Home. That’s a first for an HTC handset and a [...]
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T-Mobile announces Motorola ROKR E8
July 2, 2008 by Ryan Pamplin · Leave a Comment
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As expected, T-Mobile has taken the wraps off its very own version of Motorola’s ROKR E8, a glossy black candybar offering a 2 megapixel camera, 2GB of internal storage (plus a microSD slot that’ll swallow up to 8GB more), stereo Bluetooth, 3.5mm headphone jack, FM radio, and that so-called “morphing” keypad that selectively [...]
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Blackberry Bold hands-on
July 2, 2008 by Ryan Pamplin · Leave a Comment
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We had a chance to play with Research In Motion’s upcoming BlackBerry Bold handset tonight, and we came away happily impressed. To start things off, the keyboard felt easy enough to use, at least easier than the 8830 we’re often forced to use for work email. Gone are the sharp protrusions, replaced with [...]
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iPhone anti-interference shield puts an end to buzzing speakers
July 2, 2008 by Ryan Pamplin · Leave a Comment
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As anyone with an iPhone and some unshielded speakers is likely well aware, the two don’t exactly get along all that well together when they’re in close proximity, with the fight for your desk’s air space often resulting in an annoying buzzing sound. Now, one enterprising individual has thankfully come up with a [...]
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iPhone 2.0 software securely erases user data
July 2, 2008 by Ryan Pamplin · Leave a Comment
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The fact that the iPhone doesn’t securely erase user data when you select “Erase All Content and Settings” has prompted a lot of hand-wringing (and given rise to a lot of complicated manual workarounds) as people get ready to flip their old phones and upgrade to the iPhone 3G, but it looks like [...]
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