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Alex Wagner

Editorial Director of News and Content for PhoneDog Media. Arsenal, beer, video games. Can be followed on Twitter at @alw. I participate in the Amazon Associates program, which means I may earn a commission from purchases made through affiliate links.

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HTC acknowledges Sense security vulnerability, promises that a fix is on the way

A rather unsettling security vulnerability was discovered in newer HTC Sense-powered Android devices over the weekend and, although the hole may not have been as big a deal as some made it out to be...

RIM to brand QNX-based OS as "BlackBerry X" at DevCon?

Last year RIM introduced the BlackBerry PlayBook running a new QNX-based operating system that's has been exclusive to the slate ever since. Not long after the PlayBook's debut, though, RIM said...

Samsung Stratosphere cases begin showing up at Best Buy

Remember yesterday when we told you all about the Samsung Stratosphere and how its accessories were beginning to hit Verizon stores? Turns out that Big Red isn't the only one seeing Stratosphere...

Windows Phone 7.5 Mango update now rolling out to 50 percent of devices

Last week we finally saw the rollout of Windows Phone 7.5 Mango begin, which is exciting! At the time, though, Microsoft cautioned that the new software would be pushed out gradually and that most...

What I'd like to see in the new Apple iPhone

The iPhone 4S/5. As the resident "News Hound" here at PhoneDog, I can attest that there have been more rumors and reports surrounding the next generation iPhone than I care to count. We've heard...

Sprint agrees to spend $20 billion on iPhones, will get iPhone 5 exclusive?

We've heard quite a few iPhone 5 rumors over the past several months, but today a pair have emerged that are some of the biggest we've heard yet. From all indications, it looks like Sprint will...

DROID RAZR spotted getting the NenaMark benchmarking treatment

A little over a week ago we were presented with some fresh renders of the Motorola Spyder/DROID HD/DROID RAZR, a device expected to be headed for Verizon with 4G LTE support in tow. Today the DROID...

T-Mobile and Walmart team up to offer $30 prepaid plan with unlimited text and web [UPDATED]

Are you a part of the growing number of folks that primarily rely on texting and web access for communication, using the actual phone portion of our device so little that you've forgotten how to get...

iPhone 4S listed on Vodafone product page with 16GB, 32GB, and 64GB capacities

Over the weekend, we saw the iPhone 4S name pop up both as a placeholder on the Cincinnati Bell website and in the code of Apple's own iTunes beta, and this morning the 4S moniker has appeared again...

Some HTC Sense devices found to contain security vulnerability

HTC users, take note: a new security flaw has been found in some Sense-enabled handsets that allows apps with Internet permissions to gain some sensitive data on your handset that's being collected...

Verizon leaks aplenty: Samsung Stratosphere specs, Nexus Prime and others in Cellebrite

Buckle your seat belts, Verizon customers, because tonight we've got a smorgasbord of leaks to help you wrap up your weekend. First up, we've got a pair of Samsung Stratosphere leaks, including a...

Photos of cheaper N90A iPhone 4 emerge from Foxconn factory

Remember yesterday how I said that the Apple rumor mill was kicking into high gear now that the Let's Talk iPhone event is right around the corner? Yeah, this is more evidence of that. Late last...

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 to hit T-Mobile on October 26th, six more devices to follow on November 2nd?

Last week was pretty big for T-Mobile customers thanks to the HTC Amaze 4G/Samsung Galaxy S II launch news and the announcement that the Galaxy Tab 10.1 would soon be coming to the Magenta network....

Sprint iPhone 5 pops up in RadioShack inventory, iPhone 4S listed in iTunes beta [UPDATED]

Today's the first day of October, and that means that we're just a few short days away from Apple's Let's Talk iPhone event and the start of what looks to be a crazy month in mobile. Of course, the...

Amazon interested in acquiring Palm from HP?

There's been a lot of speculation surrounding HP and what it might do with webOS ever since the company announced that it would no longer create hardware for the mobile operating system. Samsung has...

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