Verizon Wireless introduced on Monday the Samsung Reality, a new slider QWERTY handset with social know-how. The Reality features a 3-inch WQVGA touch screen with Samsung’s customizable TouchWiz interface, which now includes a Communities widget so users can update their status, post pictures from the phone’s 3.2-megapixel camera, and upload videos to YouTube right from …
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19 April
iTunes to tout tickets, says Apple patent
Apple wants to sell concert tickets on iTunes, and deliver the goods directly to your iPhone or iPod touch, according to a patent filed by the company. The system is called Concert Ticket +, and the folks at Patently Apple have whipped out their Slap Chop and broken it down into easily digestible chunks. Concert Ticket + includes the ability …
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15 April
Free Wi
Cablevision, Comcast, and Time Warner Cable are teaming up to allow their subscribers in New York City and the surrounding area to roam onto each other’s Wi-Fi networks. All three companies currently offer free Wi-Fi service to their cable subscribers in areas surrounding the Big Apple, including parts of Long Island, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Starting Thursday anyone who subscribes …
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15 April
Help HTC pick a name for its next phone
It’s funny. I was just IMing with my dear colleague Jasmine France this morning about how companies come up with product names (spurred on by the Droid Incredible announcement) when I stumbled upon this Engadget Mobile article. HTC is turning to its fans for help with picking out a name for a new device the company is cooking up in …
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15 April
HTC and Verizon officially announce Droid Incredible
After an early slip up, HTC and Verizon Wireless officially introduced HTC’s latest Android smartphone on Thursday, the Droid Incredible. The Droid Incredible will hit stores on April 29 for $199.99 with a two-year contract and after a $100 mail-in rebate. It runs Android 2.1 and the latest version of HTC Sense. The latter includes such features as a new …
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15 April
The Novophone: ‘Cell Phone Time Machine’
It may seem crazy at first, but talking into the Novophone is actually a lot more comfortable–and fun–than holding your cell phone to your ear. Novophone The first time I saw the Novophone, I laughed. Then I mocked. Then I got a little thirsty. Finally, after thinking about it for a while, I started to develop some genuine interest in …
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15 April
Sony Ericsson Satio now on sale at SonyStyle
If you’re itching for Sony Ericsson’s Satio phone, you now can purchase it unlocked from SonyStyle.com. Sure, it will cost you a hefty $649, but you’ll get a pretty device that’s packed with features. Inside you’ll find a 12.1-megapixel camera, a music player, e-mail and messaging, stereo Bluetooth, PC syncing, USB mass storage, a personal organizer, assisted GPS, Wi-Fi, an …
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15 April
Opera Mini for iPhone already over 1 million downloads strong
Three days after its late Monday launch, Opera Software spread the news that its server-assisted Opera Mini browser for the iPhone capped over a million downloads the first day of widespread availability, which was Tuesday. That’s 1,023,380 downloads to be exact, according to Apple’s end-of-day download count. Good enough for us; cue Dr. Evil. Opera went on in a press …
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15 April
3D content will be scarce until 2011
The first 3D televisions will be available in Australia next week, but you’ll have to wait until 2011 to be able to buy the most popular 3D Blu-ray movies at retail. No retail 3D Blu-ray till at least 2011 for Monsters vs. Aliens. (Credit: Dreamworks) Monsters vs. Aliens, the first 3D Blu-ray movie in Australia, ships exclusively with the Samsung …
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14 April
AT&T ends its Luke Wilson ad campaign
When Verizon released its anti-AT&T “There’s a Map for That” campaign, AT&T came out swinging with a slew of ads featuring actor Luke Wilson to respond to Verizon’s claims. The back-and-forth ad war has finally come to an end, however, at least from AT&T. AT&T to end its Luke Wilson ad campaign. The network says it plans to launch a …
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