LG has gone to town on texters with the LG Town GT350, the first in its new ‘town’ range of phones targeted at social butterflies. The Town GT350 is a touchscreen phone with a slide-out Qwerty keyboard, which includes cryptically labelled shortcut keys that you can set up to open your favourite social-networking sites. You …
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Perhaps it’s a reaction to the prosaic minimalism of names like HTC Smart or iPhone 4, but Samsung has turned to the classics and the gods of mythology when christening its newest phone. The Samsung Galaxy Apollo i5801 is coming soon, sporting Android and an 81mm (3.2-inch) touchscreen. The Apollo is an Orange exclusive, according to adverts seen online, but …
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Vodafone is offering the iPhone 4 on pay as you go, which means you now have the choice to pay a pound of flesh up front or bleed out slowly on a long-term contract. The black iPhone 4 32GB is available for £570 and the iPhone 4 16GB for £480, which is £20 cheaper than buying it unlocked from the …
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If you want a magic torch in your pocket, BlackBerry has you covered. The BlackBerry Torch 9800 won’t take you to a magical land, but it is a smart phone packed with BlackBerry firsts. The slide-out keyboard and 82mm (3.2-inch) screen make this the first BlackBerry with both Qwerty keypad and touchscreen. It packs GPS, 802.11n Wi-Fi and a 624MHz …
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On Call runs every two weeks, alternating between answering reader questions and discussing hot topics in the cell phone world. After last week’s brief review of the Froyo experience on the HTC Evo 4G, CNET readers responded in force. Many were ecstatic about Froyo’s new features, others were frustrated that the download still had not yet hit their phone, and …
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It wasn’t the most well-kept secret in the world, but the news is nonetheless exciting, as Verizon Wireless finally announced the Motorola Droid 2 on Tuesday. The Droid 2 will be available for presale on Verizon’s Web site starting August 11 and will be in stores August 12 for $199.99 with a two-year contract and after a $100 mail-in rebate. …
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OmniFocus for iPad (available in the App Store for $39.99) packs a powerful productivity punch, landing right on the jaw of your time management needs. And for a cool $40, it better. Suffice it to say, The Omni Group broke the mold when they created OmniFocus for iPad. I mean that literally. They didn’t simply stick to the look they …
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Sam’s Club is hoping that free Wi-Fi access will be one way to lure more buyers into its stores, especially those who are shopping for Wi-Fi TVs. Sam’s Club The warehouse membership club owned by Wal-Mart announced Tuesday that it plans to upgrade its more than 500 U.S. stores with Wi-Fi by November. Provided by AT&T, the free Wi-Fi will …
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Motoblur — the custom Android user interface skin from Motorola — might soon be consigned to history less than a year after it was introduced. The move will be welcomed by Android enthusiasts as a sign that manufacturers are keen to get out of the way and let the operating system shine. The company will focus more on the hardware …
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Vodafone has given HTC Desire owners the option of choosing a standard HTC version of the Android 2.2 software without any Vodafone 360 ‘bloatware’. This serves as something of a peace offering to the army of angry HTC Desire owners who downloaded what they believed to be the Android 2.2 Froyo update, only to be bombarded with Vodafone 360 branded …
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Research In Motion The BlackBerry is still open for business in Saudi Arabia. The Saudi communications regulator said Tuesday that it has decided to call off the ban on BlackBerry messenger services following efforts by Research In Motion to satisify some of the country’s regulatory requirements. The decision came because of “positive developments in the completion of part of the …
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Since its beginnings, Android’s identity has hinged on its openness and customization. Unlike Apple’s iOS, Android allows users, handset manufacturers, and carriers a lot of room for tweaking their devices. But even with so much freedom, a select group of folks demanded even more customization and decided to “root” their handset. And up until now, that has been possible with …
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The iPad may work wonders as a mobile video player, but it’s rather hamstrung by the limited number of video file formats it supports. Indeed, unless you convert all your videos to MP4 format (a lengthy and sometimes fruitless process) or stream them via an app like Air Video (not an option when you’re offline), you’re sorta outta luck. Enter …
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Free call provider Skype is looking anxiously over its shoulder at Apple’s new FaceTime video-calling service, a company filing reveals. Although Skype is available for the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch, Apple and mobile networks reserve the right to change the terms of inclusion in the app store. The company warns in an SEC filing, seen by Network World, that …
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Don’t count on it. Kent German/CNET The tech boy has cried “Verizon iPhone” so many times that this villager hardly listens anymore. Indeed, it wouldn’t be a day if a new rumor didn’t pop up, but just wanting a Verizon iPhone to cure the AT&T woes isn’t going to make it happen. The latest tidbit comes via TechCrunch, which reported …
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