Telstra adds Xoom, Optimus Black, Bold Touch to database

A leak from within Telstra has revealed that the company today added several high profile new products to its internal database. The Motorola Xoom with its dock accessory. (Credit: Motorola) The unnamed source told ZDNET Australia that the company has added the Motorola Xoom tablet alongside the Android-powered LG Optimus Black and the as-yet unannounced …

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Toshiba tablet momentarily priced and named

Click to enlarge. Newegg (Update: Toshiba has since announced their tablet’s official product name — the Toshiba Thrive.) We may finally have a price and a name for Toshiba’s Android Honeycomb tablet, thanks to a product listing on Newegg (pictured right) that has since been taken down. The listing showed the tablet in three capacities: 8GB (for $450), 16GB ($500), …

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Samsung Galaxy Prevail review: Surprisingly elegant

Take a look at the Samsung Galaxy Prevail and you may agree, it’s one classy-looking smartphone. A silky-smooth 3.5-inch touch screen is rimmed with metallic gray, and the phone’s sides and back are robed in soft-touch material. However, this is no premium Android phone, and that’s OK. The handset runs a respectable Android 2.2 Froyo operating system (sans TouchWiz), has …

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Ask Maggie: Flipping out over recent Flip purchase

What do you do when you buy a cool new gadget, and the company that makes it suddenly and without warning announces it’s canceling it, even though that device is the hottest one in its category? That’s what millions of Flip camcorder customers are asking themselves this week. Despite being ranked as the No. 1 mini camcorder on Amazon, Cisco …

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Nokia W7 and W8 likely to be its first Windows Phones

Nokia is still keeping mum on when its first Windows Phones will go on sale, with speculation that their debut could slip into 2012. But what will those phones be? Industry blogger Eldar Murtazin claims to know, predicting that Nokia’s first two Windows Phone devices will be the W7 and W8. Eldar who? The Russian blogger has been something of …

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As soon as we posted that the T-Mobile G2X was launching today, we got our very own G2X in the mail. Indeed, we’ve had it in our hands for only a few minutes so far, but it’s starting to make a good impression already. The 4-inch display is quite the stunner at first glance, and the dual-core processor speed is …

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BlackBerry Bold 9900 and BlackBerry 9860 revealed early in leaked adverts

How would you advertise a new BlackBerry smart phone? With a dinosaur humping a train, of course! The Blackberry Bold 9900 and BlackBerry 9860 haven’t been announced yet, but there are plenty of pictures and details floating about the Web — and now you can even see the TV adverts for the new phones, including giant robots on London’s streets …

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Dell Streak 7 Android 2.2 tablet goes on sale in the UK for £300

Dell has started selling its Streak 7 tablet in the UK, with the 7-inch slate streaking ahead of similarly sized rivals such as the HTC Flyer and BlackBerry PlayBook. The Streak 7 runs Android 2.2 Froyo, and is being sold by Dell for £299. That’s for the Wi-Fi-only model, mind: Dell says the Wi-Fi and 3G version will be available …

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Tweetbot iPhone app one of the best out there

Tweetbot is the latest Twitter app for the iPhone and one that’s been getting some buzz since its debut this week. Available from Tapbots, Tweetbot gives iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch users yet another alternative to Twitter’s official mobile app and other Twitter mobile clients. And though it’ll cost you $1.99, Tweetbot offers a nicely designed look and feel and …

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How to back up your Android phone

Now playing: Watch this: Back up your Android phone 3:47 Android doesn’t offer a native backup service, so it’s easy to ignore the need to do so. But don’t wait until it’s too late to start thinking about backing up your phone. Many of us rely on our phone cameras to snap day-to-day photos of our lives and save text …

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Rogers taking preorders for Xperia Play, Arc

Our Canadian readers will be happy to learn that Rogers has begun taking orders for the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc and Xperia Play. According to recent reports, both Android 2.3-powered handsets are expected to arrive later this month on April 28. Pricing is consistent other high-end Rogers smartphones at 99.99 Candadian dollars ($103) with a 3-year commitment or 549.99 Canadian …

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While talking green, Sprint CEO slams T

SAN FRANCISCO–Sprint CEO Dan Hesse said earlier today that the proposed merger between T-Mobile and AT&T will create a duopoly in wireless that will slow innovation and move America backward. “Competition will be stifled, growth will be stifled and wireless innovation will be jeopardized,” he said while speaking at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco. “We just can’t let this …

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Sprint announces eco

Sprint unveiled its latest Android effort today in the eco- and wallet-friendly Samsung Replenish. Powered by Android 2.2, the phone features a portrait-QWERTY design that includes a 2.8-inch touch screen and 2-megapixel camera. The handset also has Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, and support for microSD cards. The Replenish is the fourth Sprint handset to bear the eco-friendly title. Other details that …

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Doodles come to Google Search for iPhone

At long last, Google’s “doodles” are making their way to the Google Search for iPhone app. The topical, witty, and often whimsical takes on Google’s logo appear globally and in selected countries to honor holidays and other historically important dates. There isn’t much official news from Google yet. CNET requested more information from Google after we noticed an update to …

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