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Bell Mobility’s Motorola XT860 4G is Canada’s Droid 3

Motorola announced this week that the Droid 3 will soon make its way north of the border, arriving exclusively as the Bell Mobility XT860 4G. Save for the difference in network support, the specifications read identical to its Verizon Wireless counterpart and should make for a terrific addition to the carrier’s lineup. Features include Android …

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On Call: GLAAD backtracks on AT&T

Though AT&T continues to win widespread support from state governors for its $39 billion T-Mobile bid, at least one group from outside the wireless industry thankfully is returning to sanity. This week, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) withdrew its support for the merger after strongly offering it six weeks ago. In a statement issued Wednesday, Acting President …

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Femtocell security flaw puts Vodafone customers at risk of phone tapping

Vodafone customers are at risk of having their phones tapped, according to a warning from group The Hacker’s Choice. The problem apparently lies with Vodafone’s Sure Signal femtocell boxes. These boxes sit in your house, plugged into your Internet connection, acting as a tiny phone tower and quietly boosting your home’s 3G signal to eliminate annoying patches where there’s no …

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Samsung Galaxy S II may be Sprint

The image may be blurred, but the phone’s body, distinctly bumpy back cover, and slightly upturned base are telltale signs of the Galaxy S II model. This is My Next got their hands on a pair of images that show Sprint’s markings. The photo above also clearly shows an 8-megapixel camera, the lens strength of the Galaxy S II. Related …

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What the iPad’s success says about us

Does the iPad’s unprecedented success reflect a change in what we want from technology? CNET I’m not here to tell you how great the iPad is. With more than 25 million sold, it’s not like Apple needs my help. If all the iPad owners of the world came together and made their own country, its population would rival Texas. At …

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Now playing: Watch this: T-Mobile MyTouch 4G Slide 3:14 HTC is mighty proud of the 8-megapixel camera and accompanying camera software it put on the T-Mobile MyTouch 4G Slide, enough so that it beat its chest that this phone has the most advanced camera on any smartphone around. We haven’t had the phone in our clutches long enough to perform …

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BlackBerry Cyclone could be RIM’s Apple TV rival

RIM, the beleaguered maker of BlackBerry phones, is working on a media hub that could rival Apple TV. That’s according to BlackBerry enthusiast site Nerdberry. Supposedly code-named the ‘BlackBerry Cyclone’, the device would plug into your telly via HDMI and fill your living room with glorious televisual wonder, funnelling movies and TV shows over your home Wi-Fi connection. The Cyclone will …

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AT&T fires back at Netflix on bandwidth pricing

The war of words over usage-based pricing on Internet service continues to heat up. AT&T General Counsel Wayne Watts AT&T AT&T General Counsel Wayne Watts fired off a response to an op-ed piece in The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) by Netflix General Counsel David Hyman criticizing the need to charge consumers a different price based on the amount of …

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ZTE

ZTE will soon bring its smart phones to the glorious shores of Blighty with its own name plastered on the cases, instead of another company’s. Like many Brits, you may not have heard of ZTE before. That’s because the Chinese firm has hitherto made budget smart phones for other companies, which slap their own branding on the blowers, before selling them on …

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Motorola still has some issues

Motorola Mobility isn’t quite in the clear yet. Motorola Droid Bionic as seen at CES. The phone was delayed because of problems with the 4G connectivity. Josh Miller/CNET That’s the opinion of RBC Capital analyst Mark Sue, who says there are still a lot of issues surrounding the manufacturer of handsets and television set-top boxes. His biggest complaints: a slow …

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