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July, 2010

  • 2 July

    Sonim XP3 Sentinel review: Man down!

    Forget cracked screens and pink phones. The Sonim XP3 Sentinel is so tough, just holding it makes our pale, flaccid nerd arms look like the bulging biceps of Staff Sergeant Max Fightmaster. Put aside your weak, crackable iPhone 4s. The XP3 is impervious to dust, impact-proof up to a drop of 2 metres on to …

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  • 2 July

    How many Palm employees did HP just lay off?

    I’m not quite sure, but make no mistake Hewlett-Packard has cut some former Palm staffers from its ranks as it closes its acquisition of the smartphone maker. I’m hearing different numbers from sources (once) close to the company, so it’s difficult to put a firm number on them. Sounds like it’s not too, too many though. Double digits, not hundreds. …

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  • 1 July

    Yahoo, IMDb apps hit Android Market

    Yahoo Mail for Android Yahoo Android users who want to to keep tabs on their Yahoo mail and learn more about their favorite movies should welcome the addition of a couple of new apps to the growing mobile marketplace. Yahoo announced Thursday the launch of Android apps for its Mail and Messenger programs topped off by a new mobile-search widget. …

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  • 1 July

    Poll: are the iPhone’s woes deal

    While thousands of Australians would love to have bought the new iPhone 4 on 24 June alongside the estimated 1.5 million Americans who did at its launch, it seems there’s a sunny-side to being asked to wait. US customers have been reporting a variety of issues with the new smartphone, including some seemingly serious problems with network reception and faulty …

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  • 1 July

    Virgin’s data

    This is exactly what the little guys are for. Virgin Mobile today announced new caps that break the four major networks’ mouldy mould of mobile phone caps in Australia, which introduces hefty data allowances and unlimited SMS at an AU$29 price point. The new Virgin Smart Caps all offer at least 1GB of data for web browsing, which is significantly …

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  • 1 July

    Immigration and tech: The White House speaks out

    WASHINGTON–In his first major speech on the issue, President Barack Obama on Thursday said the current immigration system in the U.S. needs to be changed, and he called on Republicans to join Democrats in supporting immigration reform legislation. “The system is broken,” he said in a speech given at American University in Washington, D.C. “And everybody knows it. Unfortunately, reform …

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  • 1 July

    MeeGo screenshots and video show the future of Nokia smart phones

    Look into your future, Nokia fans — this is how N-series smart phones may look someday soon. Screenshots and video of MeeGo, the Linux-based operating system that Nokia’s planning on slapping on its upcoming high-end smart phones, have popped up on the MeeGo Web site. The shots show MeeGo ‘Day 1’, an early version of the software that was released to …

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  • 1 July

    LG opens up an application store

    Count LG as yet another phone maker that’s in the app store game. Indeed, the company just launched the LG Application Store, which it promises will deliver apps not just to smartphones, but to most of its feature phones as well. In other words, we wouldn’t count on this replacing your Android or Windows 7 app market any time soon, …

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  • 1 July

    Ofcom relaxes product

    News reaches us, as we crack open an ice-cold, refreshing can of Cooler-Cola, that Ofcom is considering relaxing the rules on product placement. Product placement is the name for companies paying to have their products appear in films and TV shows. Ofcom announced the new plans in a bowl of Tastee Flakes — sorry, we mean blog post. The new …

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June, 2010

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