We take a whole show to answer your emails and voicemails, but first we discuss the coming of the quad-core tablet. All of that plus we pick the winner of episode 69’s contest on this week’s episode. Now playing: Watch this: Ep. 70: Email-a-palooza! 49:44 Podcast Your browser does not support the audio element. Subscribe: iTunes …

The Nokia Lumia 710 is the first ‘affordable’ Windows Phone from the Finnish phone-flingers. The 710 was unveiled today alongside the Nokia Lumia 800 in the long-awaited launch of Nokia’s Windows Phones. The Lumia 710 joins the Nokia Lumia 800, which Nokia boss Stephen Elop calls “the first real Windows Phone”. The 710 sports a 3.7-inch screen on the front, …

LONDON – Nokia is launching an aggressive marketing campaign to sell the world on its new smartphones based on the Windows Phone operating system. Wednesday marked Nokia’s coming out party for the Lumia 800 and Lumia 710, the first two Nokia smartphones that will use Micrsosoft’s Windows Phone operating system. But it also marked the beginning of a marketing program …

The Nokia Lumia 800 is “the first real Windows Phone”. Nokia unveiled the new smart phone, previously known as the Sea Ray, in London today. Nokia boss Stephen Elop called the Lumia “the first real Windows Phone”. Which will no doubt be news to HTC and everyone else making Windows Phones. Elop also introduced Kevin Shields. Sadly not the guy …

Boost Mobile is showing Android lots of love these days, most of them for candy bar form factors. This week’s announcement of the ZTE Warp is a perfect example. Luckily, Boost has one “Gingerbread man” QWERTY for Android fans who like a good keyboard: the Samsung Transform Ultra. The good: The uncluttered Samsung Transform Ultra has a pleasing design, a …

Pure has unveiled Pure Music, and while we’re straining to avoid lazy Spotify comparisons… it is a bit like Spotify. The service offers over 15 million songs, most of which you can stream straight to your connected radio, PC, or smart phone, reports Music Ally. The selection includes tracks from Beyonce, Bruno Mars, Elvis Presley, and even Swede Mason’s Masterchef …

Quickflix today launched Australia’s first subscription-based video-on-demand streaming service, offering customers a changing collection of movies each month for AU$14.95. (Credit: Quickflix) Different from online video rental services like iTunes and BigPond Movies, the Quickflix subscription service will maintain a library of movies for a limited time, which customers can watch without restriction while available. Quickflix CEO Chris Taylor estimates …

If you’ve upgraded your PlayStation 3’s firmware to version 3.7 and beyond, you may notice that the Plus7 and ABC iView catch-up TV services have gone missing. How do you get them back? Restoring catch-up TV There are number of fixes to this problem (listed below) and all but the final one worked for us. Try each of the following …

Sprint Nextel doesn’t yet have its own 4G LTE network up and running, but that hasn’t stopped it from already talking up plans for the next iteration of LTE. The wireless provider said it plans to deploy LTE-Advanced technology after rolling out its LTE network next year, according to Fierce Wireless. Speaking at the 4G World conference in Chicago today, …

HTC is getting ready to drop its latest hit, as the company just sent out invites for an event in New York on Thursday, November 3. The invitation doesn’t provide too many clues as to what it might unveil, but Beats Audio is sure to be involved, as the company’s logo is also present. In August, the Taiwanese handset manufacturer …

Many of the patent applications and grants we come across involving Apple relate to theoretical products that may never see the light of day. Today, Apple has been granted a patent that covers one of the most basic (and copied) processes in iOS, slide to unlock. Though Apple holds many patents pertaining to gestures, the slide-to-unlock gesture is both symbolically …

Boost Mobile has cultivated a reputation for offering slick, good-looking smartphones–which is why I’m pleasantly surprised to see the ZTE Warp enter Boost’s no-contract lineup. ZTE isn’t well-known in the U.S., and definitely not for higher-end devices, but the specs are promising so far. The Android 2.3 Gingerbread ZTE Warp offers up a 4.3-inch display, a 1GHz processor, and a …

It was a crazy week in cell phone land, what with the Droid Razr and the Galaxy Nexus making their worldwide debut on the same day. And it’s not over yet, as Nokia and Microsoft have an announcement of their own coming up this week. Is there such a thing as too much of a good thing? We also talk …

Samsung is a company with a penchant for sequels, and just a few months after releasing Exhibit A, here comes Exhibit B: the Samsung Exhibit II 4G. The specs are modest to be sure, and very similar to the original. It starts with Android 2.3 Gingerbread running behind a 3.7-inch WVGA touch screen and powered by a 1 GHz Qualcomm …

The Motorola Atrix 2 is, on the surface, a rather incremental upgrade over the original Atrix. It has the same slab design, and since it still has a 1GHz dual-core processor and HSPA+ speeds, it’s not that much faster. Yet, it does offer a number of improvements that should make Android fans happy. It ships with Android 2.3 Gingerbread, and …