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Video: HTC Legend unboxing and first look - part 1 of 2
U.S. regulators may dedicate spectrum to free wireless broadband
iPhone addictive according to Stanford University study
Verizon Wireless to launch NFL Mobile
Palm webOS plug-in development kit (PDK) now available
Vodafone's HTC Magic shipping with Mariposa botnet malware
Cisco dropping WiMAX hardware development
Cricket launches Samsung SCH-R100 Stunt feature phone

Video: HTC Legend unboxing and first look - part 1 of 2

Posted: 09 Mar 2010 05:58 PM PST

Part 1 of our unboxing and look at some of the features of the Android-powered HTC Legend, the follow-up to the popular HTC Hero. The Legend features an AMOLED touchscreen display and has a body that is carved from a solid block of aluminum. In this video Russell walks us through the contents of the box as well as some of the features of the phone's Sense user interface.
Watch the video here.

U.S. regulators may dedicate spectrum to free wireless broadband

Posted: 09 Mar 2010 08:54 AM PST

At the Knight/FCC sponsored Digital Inclusion Summit in Washington today, one of the FCC's recommendations for a draft of its National Broadband Plan was to consider using some wireless spectrum for free or low cost wireless broadband.
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iPhone addictive according to Stanford University study

Posted: 09 Mar 2010 08:10 AM PST

A study conducted by Stanford University and 200 students has found that the iPhone can be, unsurprisingly, addictive.
Read the full story here.

Verizon Wireless to launch NFL Mobile

Posted: 09 Mar 2010 07:37 AM PST

Today Verizon Wireless announced that beginning in April it will offer NFL Mobile to its customers. NFL Mobile will provide coverage of the April 22-24 NFL Draft as well as the NFL RedZone Channel from the NFL Network. Customers will be able to stream Sunday Night Football and Thursday Night Football, access fantasy football stats, and more. Supported phones and pricing has not yet been detailed.
Read the full story here.

Palm webOS plug-in development kit (PDK) now available

Posted: 09 Mar 2010 06:24 AM PST

Today Palm announced that its webOS plug-in development kit (PDK) is now available to the public. The PDK works with Palm's webOS software development kit (SDK) and allows developers to use C and C++ programming languages with web technologies. The PDK will make it easier for developers that have written 3D games games for other platforms to port them over to webOS. The PDK is available today from developer.palm.com.
Read the full story here.

Vodafone's HTC Magic shipping with Mariposa botnet malware

Posted: 09 Mar 2010 06:00 AM PST

Reports are surfacing that Vodafone in Spain is shipping the Android powered HTC Magic devices loaded with Mariposa botnet malware. The bots were planted by a hacker named "tnls." Vodafone says the attack was an isolated incident and that it is taking appropriate actions to safeguard its customer privacy.
Read the full story here.

Cisco dropping WiMAX hardware development

Posted: 09 Mar 2010 05:52 AM PST

Cisco said recently that it will stop making WiMAX radios, base stations, and modems, and will instead focus on its IP networks that are used by both WiMAX and long term evolution (LTE) 4G networks.
Read the full story here.