I’ve got to give HP Palm credit. Even after Engadget seemingly spoiled the surprise of February 9 event with a story and photos of two WebOS-based tablets, the company shot back with a message saying, “Think you saw the latest on Engadget? Think again.” It certainly piqued our interest and now, we’re even more enthralled …
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Josh Miller/CNET Hello, Verizon iPhone 4. You’ve been a long time in the works–several years, in fact–but now we know that you officially exist. We’re glad to meet you at last, and we’re glad that U.S. wireless customers now have a choice in carriers. We know that many of you are also eager to welcome Apple’s newest family member. And …
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It’s yet another busy week in the mobile world, with the Google launch of the Android Market Web store, a preview of a 3D smartphone from LG, and a couple of 4G phones from T-Mobile and AT&T. Oh, and apparently we’re a Triple Crown contender in the Kentucky Derby! Sort of. Now playing: Watch this: Dialed In 160: We’re a …
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Top up your account with a tenner, and get 1,000 free voice-call minutes? There are strings to Vodafone UK’s new Freebees price plan, but it’s still a pretty generous offer in our book. Freebees are only available to the network’s pay as you go customers, as part of the new Top Up and Get Talk tariff. Topping up by a …
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LG has taken the wrappers off its G-Slate tablet, confirming a spring launch for the Android-powered slab. It follows a starring appearance by the device in a Korean pop video last week. The G-Slate will initially go on sale in the spring through US mobile operator T-Mobile, running on its 4G network. While no UK deal has been announced, you …
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Faster, sexier, more reliable signal. That’s the hype propping up the Apple iPhone 4 for Verizon at the expense of rival carrier AT&T. But is the iPhone really that much better on Verizon than on AT&T? The answer so far: absolutely. To test the phones, CNET Senior Editor Kent German and I traipsed all over San Francisco to conduct our field …
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The Daily, Rupert Murdoch’s big-budget iPad newspaper app, is now available to US iPad owners — and it’s set to compete with Angry Birds. News Corp’s Jon Miller described at the app’s launch how it has to compete with the smash-hit game and other fun apps. The publication features videos, 360-degree photographs — one of which crashed the app during …
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The HTC Inspire 4G will feature AT&T’s new Mobile Hotspot app. AT&T Just a couple of days ago, we reported that the HTC Inspire 4G for AT&T would launch on February 13. Aside from being the carrier’s first 4G smartphone, it’s also the first device to feature AT&T’s Mobile Hotspot application. No pricing information was available for the service at …
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By now the Verizon iPhone is well-steeped in a potent mystique brewed of anticipation for an additional carrier on one hand and a bitter distaste for AT&T’s coverage shortfalls on the other. Tomorrow, the once-fabled Verizon-powered iPhone will land in the hands of existing Verizon subscribers before opening up to new customers next week. As wildly as the American populace …
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Now that Verizon finally has the iPhone 4, we know that you have one question at top of mind. And it’s not, “So what’s the Wi-Fi hot spot like?” Rather, you want to know how well Verizon’s handset performs. And better yet, is it better than the AT&T iPhone 4? We don’t blame you for asking either question, particularly in …
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