As of May 31, the Danger service for T-Mobile Sidekicks will be no more. Corinne Schulze/CNET It’s the end of an era. T-Mobile announced this evening that it will discontinue its Danger data service to all Sidekick models starting May 31, 2011. At that time, you will no longer be able to access data stored …
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In addition to the HTC ChaCha and Salsa Facebook phones coming to AT&T later this year, HTC will release its first Android-based CDMA world phone with multiple North American carriers this spring. Today the company introduced the HTC Merge, an Android 2.2 smartphone with dual-mode CDMA/GSM functionality. Though specific carriers were not announced at this time, one would hope that …
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HTC Arrive Sprint As if the tweets didn’t already give it away, Sprint made it official and introduced its first Windows Phone 7 handset today, the HTC Arrive. Dropping its original moniker of HTC 7 Pro, the Arrive will go on sale March 20 for $199.99 with a two-year contract and after a $100 mail-in rebate. The smartphone offers all …
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Slowly but surely, the Samsung Galaxy S series phones are getting updated to Android 2.2 Froyo. First it was the Samsung Vibrant, then the Samsung Epic 4G, and now the Samsung Captivate. AT&T said on its Facebook page that the update will be available starting tomorrow. A link to Samsung’s Web site will be provided where you can find the …
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Mobile World Congress 2011 is over, and the gang’s back together once again, but before we say adios to MWC, we thought it’d be good to recap some of the highs and lows of the show. Plus, Nokia may have signed on with Microsoft and Windows Phone 7, but the Finnish handset manufacturer says it’s still committed to Symbian. We …
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Motorola announced today that its Android 3.0 Honeycomb Xoom tablet will be available from Verizon starting February 24 for $599.99 with a two-year service agreement or $799.99 without a contract. In addition, 3G data plans for the Xoom will run $20 per month for 1GB of data, but there was no word on what Verizon will charge for 4G data …
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Unlike Sprint’s last event, which was shrouded in mystery and a lot of hype, the carrier is taking a more subtle approach with its next handset. Spreading the word via its Twitter account, Sprint revealed that on February 24, it will introduce a new phone with a “hub for gaming, music, pictures, and video.” You don’t have to be a …
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Preorders of the Motorola Atrix 4G are already in progress, but if you’ve been waiting to check out the dual-core Android smartphone and its laptop dock in stores, you only have a few more days to wait. AT&T said today that the Atrix 4G will be on sale in stores on February 22. Meanwhile, preorders will be shipped for delivery …
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BARCELONA, Spain–In late November, Acer unveiled an Android smartphone that raised some eyebrows with its large 4.8-inch touch screen. The device now has a name, the Acer Iconia Smart, and it’s on display here at Mobile World Congress 2011, so naturally we had to take it for a spin. To be honest, we were expecting to see a huge, clunky …
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BARCELONA, Spain–Samsung had more than one card up its sleeve at Mobile World Congress 2011. After announcing the Samsung Galaxy II and the Galaxy Tab 10.1, the company introduced two Android-based portable media players: the Samsung Galaxy S Wi-Fi 4.0 and the Samsung Galaxy S Wi-Fi 5.0. Essentially, the devices are like the Samsung Galaxy S phones, just without the …
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