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Update: Apple employees accused of impersonating San Francisco police officers to retrieve lost iPhone 5 prototype

Apple’s PR patrol is going to be working overtime this weekend as reports leak out about a breach of the law by some of its security officials. Earlier this week, word got out that in July an Apple employee had misplaced (read: lost) an iPhone 5 prototype at a San Francisco restaurant and bar, Cava [...]

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HTC Flyer gets early Honeycomb leak, our dreams come true

Remember that odd 7″ tablet that HTC released earlier this year that was running a highly-modified version of Android 2.3 Gingerbread instead of tablet-specific Honeycomb? We reviewed the Flyer (and thoroughly enjoyed using it), but yearned for some tablet-specific Honeycomb apps. We never knew when the company, who did commit to upgrading the tab to [...]

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Windows Phone 7 Mango OS to be released September 15th?

Now that the first Mango phones are being announced, it would make sense that Microsoft would officially announce the release of the OS shortly thereafter. Well, a few signs point to the middle of this newly-minted month as the fruity operating system’s official release date, though that is not necessarily the date that carriers will [...]

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HTC reveals two new Windows Phone Mango devices, 4.7″ Titan and 3.8″ Radar

Somewhere along the line, HTC figured out that there are two kinds of smartphone users: those who need a screen over four inches, and those who don’t. In all seriousness, though, with the announcement of their latest two Windows Phone 7 devices, both of which ship with Mango out of the box, they are appealing [...]

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Accessory Review: Otterbox Commuter case for the BlackBerry Bold 9900

Otterbox has been around for a few years, outfitting cutting edge phones with protective gear that keeps them better protected than the average bargain-basement silicone skin. Though they are priced a bit higher than their competitors, the quality of the materials that goes into each case, in this case the Commuter series for the BlackBerry [...]

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BBM Music: A First Look

We were lucky enough to be given access to the closed beta of BBM Music, the latest venture buy RIM to expand the reach of BBM6 and its third-party integration. At its core, BBM Music is a natural extension of the BBM social network. For $4.99US per month, you have access to 50 songs in [...]

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Does the HP TouchPad already have an Android port? It appears so

There is already a group established with the sole purpose of porting Android to the TouchPad — they call themselves TouchDroid. And, independently there is a $1500 bounty to bringing it over, too. But it seems that a lucky guy got the device from Qualcomm shipped with Android 2.2 Froyo already installed, or at least Ubuntu [...]

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Video: HTC Flyer Review

The HTC Flyer is a tablet, but it’s running a phone OS. Sound familiar? The Samsung Galaxy Tab, also a 7″ Android tablet, was released last year to mildly positive reviews, ran on a modified version of Android 2.2 Froyo, and ended up being a quiet hit. At the time it was the only real [...]

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Samsung updates smartphone naming scheme, wants everyone to feel special

Samsung is now known these days for their Galaxy S series of Android devices. But those premium devices are not in everyone’s price range, and over the last year the company has released many low-to mid-level phones to fill in the gaps in consumer demand. Now, going forward, each product will be remanded under a [...]

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Review: HP TouchPad

HP has taken a beating in recent years. Best known today in the consumer market for making inexpensive laptops and printers with touchscreens, their bread and butter is now in the Enterprise.  They’ve dipped their toes into the high-end consumer market, however, with the Envy line of laptops, and since their purchase in 2010 of [...]