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Verizon: Another Android phone passes FCC, BlackBerry Curve 8530 also on tap

Android Looks like Verizon-toting Android fans are going to have another option coming. According to BGR, the HTC Desire has just been approved by the FCC and certified by the Wi-Fi Alliance. To be honest, my reaction to this news was “Huh? What’s...

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Tmo officially announces Moto Cliq pre-order opens Oct 19

Android T-Mobile has just made it official: As anticipated, October 19th is the start day for pre-orders for the Motorola CLIQ with MOTOBLUR. Existing customers who take advantage of the pre-sale period, from October 19 to November 1, will be...

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iPhones & Cars II: Zipcar app

Cell Phone App Reviews The highly anticipated Zipcar app for the iPhone and iPod Touch has just launched. (If you’re an urban dweller sans automobile who doesn’t know about Zipcar… Well, you should. Nothing beats renting a car for just an hour when that’s all...

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iPhones & Cars I: TomTom car kit

Cell Phone App Reviews Pricing info is finally available for the TomTom Car Kit for the iPhone. Sold separately from the GPS/navigational iPhone app, the package will be available in October for $119.95 and be compatible with the iPhone 2G, iPhone 3G and iPhone...

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And now for something completely different…

Entertainment Would you interrupt Wolverine and James Bond when they’re focused on something? Apparently some doofus who doesn’t know how to work his cell phone would. Although Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig were acting their hearts out in “A Steady...

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Motorola Cliq sighting, on third-party website for pre-order

Android Maybe the Motorola CLIQ isn’t supposed to open for T-mobile pre-orders until October 19th, but that hasn’t stopped it from showing up on another retailer’s site. Confusingly, Mobile City Online lists prices of both ...

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iPhone exclusivity ends in Britain, a peek at what’s to come in the U.S.?

Post As the exclusive deal between the iPhone and British carrier O2 winds down, rival operator Orange announces that it will also be carrying the Apple smartphone later this year. No specific prices or plans have been introduced yet, but...

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iPhone apps: Find a Starbucks, pay for lattes with your cell phone

Business And Money National coffee peddler Starbucks has officially gotten in the mobile phone game now, with two free iPhone apps that let caffeine junkies do everything from finding the nearest location to making purchases with their cell phones. ...

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Navigating the swamp of cell phone laws (i.e., Do you know what’s legal in your state?)

Politics The US Department of Transportation will be holding its Distracted Driving Summit in Washington, D.C. this week (Sept 30–Oct 1). Among the agenda items that transportation officials, safety advocates, law enforcement...

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Keepin’ it safe: iZup and other apps discourage distracted driving

Cell Phone Apps There’s a new app in town, and its mission is to save lives. By now, you’d have to live under a rock not to know that texting and driving is dangerous. According to estimates from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 80...

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iPhone MMS: AT&T outtage problems upset everyone, shocks no one

Post So AT&T finally pulled the MMS trigger on Friday. And only the most optimistic among us could’ve possibly thought things would go smoothly. Less than a day after the feature’s activation, reports already started flowing in about outtages...

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Search the radiation level of any phone

Post Recently, we posted the top 10 lists of cell phones with the highest (and lowest) radiation emissions. If yours wasn’t on either list, leaving you to wonder about your handset’s ranking, check out The Environmental Working Group’s website....

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Outdoing Amazon, Walmart offers Pre for just $80

Business And Money If you thought Amazon’s $100 offer for the Pre was good, check out Walmart.com. The discount retailer just sweetened the deal with an $79.99 price tag for the smartphone. The catch is that the $80 isn’t the checkout price, but your final...

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Intel inside — cell phones?

Post So far, Intel’s success in the computer industry hasn’t really translated to cellular. But, says the company, that will be changing soon. Details are a bit vague at this point, but suffice it to say, computermakers’ favorite chip maker...

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Amazon sells Pre for a $100

Post Palm’s been making all sorts of news lately. If you’re interested in finding out what all the fuss is about, by way of the Pre, Amazon is now offering the handset for just $99.99. The price, which requires a new 2-year contract, is...

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Hearts and minds: Study says Pre second only to iPhone 3G S

Post This just in from Engadget columnist Michael Gartenberg: According to market research firm Interpret, which recently studied public perception about smartphones, Palm has snapped up the number 2 spot in what it calls “mindshare.” The...

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Statistics show we’re all voracious cell phone users

Lifestyle I have a confession: I still have my old Samsung A670. (I also have an old Sammy A970 and a Motorola StarTac, as well as other phones and accessories. I’m thinking of starting an old cell tech museum in my apartment.) The urge to purge...

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Microsoft dude leaks rumor: Big herd of WinMo phones to stampede the market soon

Microsoft Windows Mobile fans, take note: You may have up to 30 new handsets heading this way soon from as many as 15 manufacturers. BoyGenius Report broke the story, which reportedly comes from Benjamin Tan, of the GCR Mobile Team Unit at Microsoft...

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Rumor: Is Nokia prepping a Palm takeover?

Palm Webos Could it be? Word on the street is that Nokia is mulling over the idea of buying Palm. Wowsers. I guess it makes sense. When it comes to smartphones, BlackBerry and iPhone are tearing up the track. Android devices, by way of HTC or...

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iPhone app: Date Check (i.e. This one’s for all the single people…)

Cell Phone App Reviews Question: Has your mobile phone helped you with dating? When I was single, which wasn’t that long ago, technology and romance intersected exactly two times in my life, in the form of online dating. Two was plenty, as these...

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What’s the deal with femtocells and AT&T’s MicroCell?

3g Well, it’s official. AT&T has indeed soft-launched its own femtocell, dubbed the 3G Microcell, for a trial roll-out in Charlotte, NC. (For more on that, click here for Aaron’s post or hit the newly launched MicroSite ...

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JD Power: Tmo #1 for customer satisfaction

Business And Money It may be the #4 national wireless carrier, but apparently T-mobile is #1 in our hearts. Magenta has scored another JD Power award for customer satisfaction, with the highest ranking among major carrier-owned retail stores. The...

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Top 10 phones ranked by radiation emission

Lifestyle It can get pretty confusing to know what’s good or bad for you. Whenever the scientific community starts to get behind one theory or another, naysayers always emerge that challenge the mainstream thinking. Fat is bad — wait,...

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iPhone Accessory: iTwinge QWERTY keyboard

Post I admit it — I used to curse at my iPhone every time I had a long-ish email to send on the go. My fingernails always got in the way. My thick-thumbed husband fared no better. Sure iPhone 3.0 made living la vida landscape possible, and that...

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iPhone Game: Adrenaline Golf, specifically designed for 3G S graphics

Games I may not be a golf fan, but I’m tempted by Adrenaline Golf, a new game designed for the iPhone. What makes this different from other iPhone distractions is that it may be the first game release that focuses on the 3G S’ mighty graphics...

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iPods, iTunes event, pt 2: Apple, you got some ’splaining to do…

Gadgets Maybe we’ve been spoiled. There have been so many groundbreaking Apple products. Were our expectations too high? I don’t know, but the press event on Wednesday was definitely a letdown. (For the summary of announcements, click...

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iPods, iTunes event, pt 1: The Breakdown

Gadgets If you saw Noah’s video coverage, Apple’s recent music-oriented announcements may not come as news. (If you haven’t, the links are included at the bottom of the page.) As a companion guide, here’s the written...

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iPhone app: ICEBeacon can save your bacon

Cell Phone App Reviews Well, it seems like today is tragic scenario day. After writing up a post about a bloody, graphic video from Wales featuring the dangers of texting and driving, I get a lead on a new iPhone app for emergency situations. If I had kids...

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Texting ‘n driving: What’s it gonna take to get you to stop?

Teens There are three videos on the dangers of cell phones and driving that have gotten a lot of attention this year. All three represent radically different approaches to vehicular safety education videos, primarily geared toward teens: One...

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iPhone: MMS to arrive Sept 25 (finally)

Iphone Os Multimedia messaging. Seems like a simple concept and lots of phones offer it these days. Well, the innovative, "industry-leading" iPhone is finally among them. September 25 is the launch date for this highly anticipated feature on...

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