The Incredible Is Here

Even if you’re not a phone freak, expect to hear a lot about the HTC Droid Incredible. The latest Google Android-based phone arrives today, and according to the first reviews, it definitely lives up to its name. CNet rated the phone as excellent, calling it the best Android phone to date and the best phone [...more]

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Apr 29 2010
By J. Matthew Zoss

Nexus One Not Coming to Verizon

While at first it seemed like Google would push its first internal smartphone to every cellular network, there’s confirmation today that the Nexus One won’t be making it’s way to Verizon. Instead, Google is directing Verizon customers to buy the new Android-based Incredible, which hits the market on the 29th: We won’t be selling a Nexus [...more]

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Apr 26 2010
By J. Matthew Zoss

Microsoft Kin Unveiled — Looks Sleek, Social

Microsoft unveiled the new UI for a pair of new phones, the Kin and Kin Two, and it is designed especially for the social phone user. All those Facebook and Twitter updates come right into your contact list and directly to the home screen. It’s nothing new, but it is certainly streamlined and [...more]

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Apr 12 2010
By Nick Upton

How To Make Calls From Your iPad

Well, the thing’s not even out for a week and already someone’s turned the thing into a giant iPhone. If you’d like to make calls from your iPad, check out the Truphone app, which allows iPad users to make calls over VoiP. Calls are free to other Truphone, Skype or Google Talk users, and are $.05/minute [...more]

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Apr 06 2010
By Asterios Kokkinos

New Updates Hit Google Maps Mobile

Google is hard at work to make the Android operating system the best it can be, and part of that process is releasing constant updates to existing applications. The new Google Maps 4.1 for Android phones adds a bunch of new features, the best of which is an improved search results page. When searching for [...more]

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Apr 01 2010
By J. Matthew Zoss

Google Car! First Android Equipped Auto Launches in April

Here’s a fun one out of the Beijing Auto Show: a car with Android 2.1 built in. Chinese luxury carmaker SAIC (which stands for the Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation) have slated for a late April release the Roewe 350, a brand new  luxury car. What makes the Roewe 350 unique is it’s GPS, which runs on [...more]

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Mar 22 2010
By Asterios Kokkinos

Transfer Cash By Bumping iPhones

For months we’ve been reading stories of upcoming technology designed to turn your iPhone into a device to collect money – through credit card swipe readers, mostly. Today, PayPal’s jumped in on the action by releasing a new iPhone application that allows the transfer of money from one person to another via the bumping together [...more]

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Mar 17 2010
By Asterios Kokkinos

Turn Your iPhone Into A Universal Remote With RedEye Mini

For the longest time I’ve wanted something like this – meet the RedEye Mini, a micro-sized dongle that plugs into your iPhone or iPod Touch through the headphone jack. It blasts IR signals directly at whatever device you’re looking to run – be it your DVD player or television or what have you – allowing [...more]

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Mar 17 2010
By Asterios Kokkinos

What The Hell Is “Chomp?”

Well, Chomp, you got my attention. I just read a headline marked, “Chomp surpasses 300,000 users,” which makes sense as the service is named Chomp, and Chomp is a cool name for something. But what the hell is Chomp? Well, Chomp is an iPhone app that allows you to review other iPhone apps. Recursiveness aside, there’s [...more]

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Mar 14 2010
By Asterios Kokkinos

Search Android Phones With Gestures

There seems to be an obsession with developing new ways to search for content on your phone. There are search suggestions, voice searches, and now even gesture searches. Thanks to a new app available on the Android Market, all phones running Android 2.0 or higher are now searchable by drawing on the screen. Drawing an [...more]

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Mar 13 2010
By J. Matthew Zoss