As we’re fond of saying, even the fanciest cell phones aren’t worth much if they can’t make a decent call. And though we’ve always included a subjective analysis of a handset’s call quality in our reviews, we realize that you have to trust our opinion. After all, you’re not on on the phone with us, …
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August, 2010
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18 August
Nokia Comes With Music goes all Ovi Music Unlimited
Comes With Music is gone with music. Nokia’s music download service will be rebranded as Ovi Music Unlimited, part of the Ovi package of mobile phone software services. Comes With Music launched in 2007 and offers unlimited music when you pay a subscription fee. It has limped along with poor sales, probably due to the digital rights management restrictions and limited …
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18 August
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T-Mobile let it slip through its Twitter account Wednesday that the Motorola Charm will be available beginning Wednesday, August 25. The carrier also announced on its Facebook page that the Android device will carry a price tag of $74.99 with a contract. If you’re not familiar with Charm it sports a quirky rectangular design in “golden bronze.” The 2.8-inch capacitive …
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18 August
New photos of AT&T’s next Android handset arrive
Gizmodo has acquired a few new pictures of the unique, square-shaped Motorola handset that first popped up back in April. Although the details are light, this time around we’re getting a glimpse of where the phone will land. If the images are to believed, the tiny MotoBlur smartphone will debut with AT&T in the near future. Motorola announced a European …
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18 August
Verizon shows off iPad TV app and more
NEW YORK–Verizon Communications is prepping a new live TV streaming app for tablet PCs like the Apple iPad, a move that could eventually eliminate the need for a home set-top box and set the stage for true “TV everywhere” viewing. At a demonstration at the home of Verizon CIO Shaygan Kheradpir, Verizon executives showed off a slew of new features …
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18 August
Cricket’s Sanyo Zio gets pricing
Three weeks after teasing us with a promo of its first Android handset, we finally get pricing and a release date for the Sanyo Zio. The Zio, which will ship by August 21, is $229 if you place a preorder on Cricket’s Web site. The full price without the Web discount is an additional $20, but keep in mind that …
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18 August
HTC rumour round
With all the iPhone rumours behind us for another year, the rumour mill now turns to the new kid on the block, and if speculation is correct, HTC has more than a few tricks up its sleeve for the end of the year. Chrome tablet A render of a generic Chrome tablet. (Credit: Google) This rumour comes a little out …
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18 August
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We’ve seen the leaks and now we have official confirmation from T-Mobile that the T-Mobile G2 is, indeed, real. The carrier posted a teaser site for the T-Mobile G1’s successor on Wednesday, with an opportunity to sign up for e-mail updates. The G2 will be the first smartphone to run on T-Mobile’s HSPA+ network, which promises 4G-like speeds, but for …
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18 August
I’m a Mac actor Justin Long has a jailbroken iPhone
Hollywood actor Justin Long may think Macs are better than PCs, but he obviously doesn’t listen to Apple when it comes to jailbreaking. In an interview on the Jimmy Kimmel show, eagle-eyed Engadget readers spotted that Long’s iPhone carried a Cydia icon, a sure sign the phone had been fiddled with in a way that would make Steve Jobs rather …
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18 August
HTC Desire HD spotted on Amazon UK
The next version of the HTC Desire, the Desire HD, has been spotted and then pulled from Amazon’s UK Web site. In something of a faux pas — which may deserve an Amazon employee a little corporate spanking — a listing with the name ‘HTC 99HLZ001-00 ACE/ Desire HD’ was put up on the Web site, and spotted by an …
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