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Sprint overstated Evo 4G launch day sales

Sprint’s first-day sales of the HTC Evo 4G phone were good, but not quite as good as the carrier initially stated. HTC Evo 4G Sarah Tew/CNET Sprint acknowledged Tuesday that it had overstated launch-date sales of the new Evo smartphone–the first 4G phone available in the United States. Sprint, its exclusive carrier, originally said that …

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Rumor: Samsung Galaxy landing July 21 on T

According to a trusted source for TmoNews, the Samsung Galaxy S could be arriving for T-Mobile on July 21. While T-Mobile has not confirmed this, it does fall under the “summer” release time frame promised by Samsung back at the smartphone’s unveiling in March. As for the other three big carriers in the United States, nothing has been whispered as …

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Banzai Rabbit for iPhone: Best. Frogger clone. Ever.

A few months back I briefly previewed Frogman, which, with its dazzling 3D graphics and comic-book-inspired storyline, came across as a kind of Frogger, Extreme Makeover Edition. Somewhere along the way, the developer did a bit of gene splicing and turned Frogman into Banzai Rabbit. I’m not sure why–maybe Konami didn’t like the similarities–but it doesn’t matter. Frog, rabbit, terrier–the …

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Sprint CFO: HTC EVO can take on iPhone 4

NEW YORK–A senior Sprint Nextel executive is hopeful that the new HTC EVO 4G will entice Sprint customers to stick with the carrier instead of defecting to AT&T for the new iPhone 4 this summer. At an investor conference here Wednesday, Robert Brust, Sprint’s chief financial officer, warned that the summer is usually the time of year that Sprint and …

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Demystifying AT&T’s iPhone upgrade policies (FAQ)

Clarification at 3:48 p.m. PDT: AT&T contacted CNET to clarify the answer to one of the questions below. The company said upgrade eligibility is based on several factors and customers whose contracts end next year may or may not be eligible for an upgrade six months before their contracts end. Getting your hands on the latest iPhone 4 may not …

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Dialed In 130: iPhone 4 versus HTC Evo 4G (podcast)

It’s an exciting time to be in the cell phone business. This week, two of the hottest phones get their time in the spotlight: The Apple iPhone 4 and the HTC Evo 4G. We go over the news, the reviews, and your questions, this week. Now playing: Watch this: Dialed In 130: iPhone 4 vs. HTC Evo 4G 31:56 Podcast …

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BBC HD: Beeb publishes critics’ advice for improving picture quality

Last year, we published an article concerning complaints about the picture quality of BBC HD, following a significant reduction in the bit rate. Some viewers have since been invited to the BBC to take part in testing, in an attempt to establish whether these image-quality concerns are legitimate or not. The BBC has now published their feedback in a series of blog posts. …

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Nokia C5: Symbian hits the bargain basement

Meet the Nokia C5, a candybar Symbian phone that will quickly stir fond memories of squatting huddled on the school bus, eschewing social interaction in favour of playing endless games of Snake. Maybe it’s the 80s-inspired name that’s giving us the nostalgia shakes, but it’s hard to deny Nokia is recalling its golden years with the new C5 — there’s …

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iMovie for iPhone 4 and the future of filmmaking

It wasn’t too long ago that I was charging batteries for my Sony digital 8mm camcorder so they would be ready to record the latest and greatest ideas my friends and I had scribbled down on a napkin. Those images would then be transferred my 800MHz G4 iMac running Mac OS X 10.4.x and edited using iMovie 4. The resulting …

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