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Verizon reveals the LG Revere

If all you want is a simple flip phone, the LG Revere might be for you. The Revere is yet another basic clamshell headed to Verizon Wireless, and it’ll be available starting August 18. Features include a 1.3-megapixel camera, mobile e-mail support, the ability to upload photos directly to Facebook, and Bluetooth. You can choose to get it in stores …

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Samsung Galaxy XCover is a tough Gingerbread cookie

We like the Samsung Galaxy S2. We like it lots. But chuck it against the wall, or run it under the tap, and it’ll quickly start to look less impressive. If you want a smart phone that can take a punch, you should keep an eye out for the Samsung Galaxy XCover. This rugged Android mobile packs all modern conveniences …

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T-Mobile will begin charging data overage fees on its low-end 200MB data plan starting on August 14, the carrier confirmed on Thursday. As first reported by TmoNews, T-Mobile is moving away from its policy of throttling data speeds once customers exceed their allotted 200MB of data per month and shifting to a policy of overage fees. “Customers will incur overages …

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Verizon strike gets nasty

Verizon Communications’ dispute with its landline workers is getting uglier as it moves from the bargaining table to the courtroom. The company is seeking injunctions to limit the picket lines, as well as stop what it claims are acts of sabotage, harassment, and blocked access to its facilities. It has been granted statewide injunctions in New York, Pennsylvania, and Delaware, …

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Samsung Character review: Good for ‘tweens

Now playing: Watch this: Samsung Character (U.S Cellular) 1:53 Let’s cut to the chase. U.S. Cellular’s Samsung Character is an affordable slide-out QWERTY messaging phone with the kind of traits that place it in the teenage camp. Running Samsung’s proprietary TouchWiz Lite interface, its home screens are ruled by widgets, and its apps by texting and music. There is one …

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Find local deals with 8coupons for iOS

Oh, 8coupons, where were you last night when I stopped for dinner at Ruby Tuesday? With about three taps of my iPhone’s screen, I could have saved 15 percent on my entire bill! I won’t make that mistake again. This new app serves up local deals from thousands of sources, showing them on a map or in a big searchable …

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HTC phones with Beats audio coming this year

HTC has made a massive investment in Beats audio, with an eye to filling its smart phones with the hippity-hoppity, bass heavy speaker tech. HTC head honcho Peter Chou said the Taiwanese tech giant would be ploughing $300m into Beats, in an interview with AllThingsD, and that we could expect to see the first HTC phone rocking the speaker tech …

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AT&T bulks up mobile security

AT&T is getting serious about security. AT&T plans to offer more security offerings to consumers and businesses through its partnership with Juniper. AT&T The Dallas telecommunications giant said today it is partnering with Juniper Mobile to offer a new security platform and additional services designed to protect its mobile customers. AT&T will begin selling the platform to businesses later this …

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Verizon strikers organizing through Facebook

From a Verizon worker-created page on Facebook listing companies to boycott. Verizon Communications workers on strike are taking to Facebook to organize demonstrations and call out companies and individuals who cross the picket lines, CNET has learned. Workers have set up a Facebook page that has already garnered more than 5,400 members of the Communications Workers of America and International …

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