Mozilla is one step closer to getting its Firefox browser surfing on Android phones, and on the Nokia N900. On Friday the company issued an alpha version of Fennec, the code name for every instance of “Firefox Mobile” that’s still in development stages. Features-wise, Fennec alpha is very similar to the Fennec prealpha we got …
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27 August
Nokia C6 now free on contract from Vodafone
The Nokia C6 is now available free on contract from Vodafone, following a period where you could only get it SIM-free. A free C6 is available for a reasonable £20 a month, but it ties you to a two-year contract. This gives you 100 minutes, 500 texts and 500MB of mobile Internet every month. If you’re willing to pay £5 …
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27 August
Best Buy announces Samsung Fascinate preorders
Best Buy announced Friday morning that the Samsung Fascinate will be available for preorder starting Sunday, August 29. Verizon Wireless’ version of the Galaxy S smartphone features a 4-inch Super AMOLED display, a 1GHz Hummingbird processor, and runs the Android 2.1 operating system. As an added incentive, Reward Zone members can reserve the Fascinate today at a nearby Best Buy …
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27 August
iControlPad unofficial iPhone gamepad coming soon
Fed up with using your iPhone‘s touchscreen for games and looking for a proper gamepad experience? Look no further, because the iControlPad will be with you soon. The device has been in development for some time. It allows you to fit a jailbroken iPhone in between two side clips that hold a gamepad below the phone in landscape mode, like …
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27 August
3D TV appeals to just 2 per cent of Brits
A mere 2 per cent of people in the UK are planning to buy a 3D-enabled TV in the next year, according to a new survey. Of 4,199 UK shoppers quizzed, only 89 of them said they would seriously consider buying a 3D-ready television in the next 12 months, the Telegraph reports. The research was conducted by YouGov for auditor …
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26 August
Ford beaming Sync software to assembly line cars
Ford Ford will tap into the power of Wi-Fi by wirelessly sending its Sync in-car software to vehicles as they’re built on the assembly line. Touting itself as the first automaker to use Wi-Fi on the assembly line, Ford said Thursday that the new process will cut out the need to build and store Sync modules for each car, helping …
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26 August
Nokia C7
Nokia is taking its time with the Nokia N8, its first phone to run Symbian 3, in the hope it won’t have the same birthing pains as the Nokia N97. But the Nokia C7-00 — the second, more affordable Symbian 3 phone — is already leaking all over the Russian Mobile-Review blog. Expect the C7 to have an 8-megapixel camera with two LED …
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26 August
Verizon pushes Flash 10.1 update to Droid
Verizon Wireless has released an over-the-air update Thursday that will allow owners of the original Motorola Droid to download Adobe Flash Player 10.1 via the Android Market. This is great news for Droid owners, as the OTA firmware upgrade to 2.2 did not come with the Flash package built-in. With any firmware update, though, there is bound to be some …
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26 August
Orange to release budget £200 Android tablet by end of year
Orange has a major project in the pipeline — it’s planning to bring out its own Android tablet, working with a “large Asian manufacturer”, according to French financial newspaper Les Echos. Buoyed by the success of its budget Boston smart phone, the network operator wants to bring out a 3G-enabled tablet device on pay as you go for less than …
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26 August
Dialed In: 140: Bumpy road to 4G coverage
If you’re eagerly awaiting 4G coverage like we are in San Francisco, prepare to either apply some patience or settle into frustration. We discuss why the road to 4G speeds is long and riddled with potholes. There’s also talk of Virgin Mobile and Verizon’s experiments with unlimited data plans, which is interesting in light of continuing talks among carriers about …
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