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Review of HTC's Legend, a Hero on a metal-rich diet
Mog streaming music app set to launch on Android, iPhone
AT&T adds smartphone touch to feature phones
40 percent of BlackBerry owners would swap to iPhone, 33 percent to Android smartphones
Netflix Watch Instantly for Windows Phone 7 Series demoed
AT&T's Pantech Link QWERTY feature phone launches alongside Pantech Pursuit
Microsoft: "Everyone's Windows Phone 7 Series device is a Zune"
Microsoft releases free Windows Phone 7 Series developer tools
FCC releases National Broadband Plan details
FCC ready to unveil National Broadband Plan tomorrow
Apple will replace iPads with dead batteries for $99
Fandango Mobile Ticket Program launched in 8 markets
Press Release: MasterCard Introduces 'ATM Hunter' for BlackBerry Smartphones
AT&T reveals Samsung SGH-a697 Sunburst touchscreen feature phone
AT&T intros Samsung SGH-a687 Strive QWERTY feature phone
Review of Motorola's unique BACKFLIP Android smartphone for AT&T
Sprint Nextel releases Motorola i890 push-to-talk phone

Review of HTC's Legend, a Hero on a metal-rich diet

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 11:00 PM PDT

Russell has put together a review and video of the sleek aluminum-bodied Android 2.1 smartphone known as the HTC Legend for your drooling pleasure. With the latest Sense UI and a AMOLED touchscreen, the Legend is almost too hot to touch. Learn all about it in this review.
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Mog streaming music app set to launch on Android, iPhone

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 02:26 PM PDT

At the South by Southwest (SXSW) festival in Austin Texas, Mog announced that its Mog All Access for Mobile application will launch on the iPhone and on Android platforms later this year. The service provides streaming music for $10 per month. It has yet to be approved by Apple's App Store.
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AT&T adds smartphone touch to feature phones

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 01:48 PM PDT

AT&T introduced three new services for the four new feature phones it launched today: AT&T Address Book, AT&T Mobile Share, and a revamped interface for text messaging that includes threaded conversations.
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40 percent of BlackBerry owners would swap to iPhone, 33 percent to Android smartphones

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 12:25 PM PDT

According to a new smartphone brand loyalty report by Crowd Science, 40 percent of BlackBerry users prefer the iPhone as their next smartphone device choice. 32 percent of them also said that they'd be willing to swap out their phones for the Google Nexus One on T-Mobile. Meanwhile, 90% of iPhone owners won't change their brand. The report included 1,140 respondents and also found that Android and iPhone users use their devices more often for personal use, iPhone owners are more likely to pay for applications, and Android owners were typically younger and less affluent than BlackBerry or iPhone owners.
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Netflix Watch Instantly for Windows Phone 7 Series demoed

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 11:08 AM PDT

During the MIX conference in Las Vegas today, Microsoft showed off a Netflix application for Windows Phone 7 Series. The software is the first mobile application of its kind to offer Netflix's Watch Instantly streaming service, typically reserved for set-top boxes and the like. The application will allows user to stream movies from Netflix's Watch Instantly library.
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AT&T's Pantech Link QWERTY feature phone launches alongside Pantech Pursuit

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 10:58 AM PDT

Today AT&T announced the Pantech Link, a full QWERTY feature phone with aGPS support. The carrier also offered some details on its upcoming Pantech Pursuit phone.
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Microsoft: "Everyone's Windows Phone 7 Series device is a Zune"

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 10:01 AM PDT

At the MIX conference in Las Vegas today, Microsoft demoed some of Windows 7 Phone Series user interface, including the Zune media player, social networking contact features, and some new third-party Silverlight apps, including an Xbox Live 3D game called "The Harvest".
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Microsoft releases free Windows Phone 7 Series developer tools

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 09:48 AM PDT

Today during the MIX conference in Las Vegas, Microsoft released free developer tools for Windows Phone 7 Series application development. It also released some details on a new Windows Phone Marketplace.
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FCC releases National Broadband Plan details

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 08:55 AM PDT

A day ahead of its expected release, the Federal Communications Commission has published the Executive Summary of its National Broadband Plan.
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FCC ready to unveil National Broadband Plan tomorrow

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 08:06 AM PDT

The Federal Communications Commission will reveal its National Broadband Plan tomorrow. Due to Congress on March 17th, the goal of the plan is to help provide affordable broadband internet services to 93 million Americans. Possible solutions include dedicated spectrum for free wireless broadband for lower income communities, as well as a request for more spectrum from broadcast companies.
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Apple will replace iPads with dead batteries for $99

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 07:54 AM PDT

Apple said today that it will replace iPads with failing batteries with brand new iPads for $99 plus a $6.95 in shipping fees, providing that the device needs service "due to the battery's diminished ability to hold an electrical charge." Any data stored on the iPad will be lost. Apple's iPod and iPhone products also offer hard-to-replace batteries, and it has similar programs in place for those devices.
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Fandango Mobile Ticket Program launched in 8 markets

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 07:40 AM PDT

Fandango today announced a new Mobile Ticket program that lets moviegoers show up at the movie theater and use their mobile phones to gain entry. After purchasing tickets, you'll be able to display a barcode that can be scanned at theaters in eight markets, including some theaters in New York City, New Jersey, Houston, Dallas/Plano, San Diego, Bakersfield, CA, San Diego, Sonoma County, and Hawaii.
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Press Release: MasterCard Introduces 'ATM Hunter' for BlackBerry Smartphones

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 07:24 AM PDT

New MasterCard Application Helps BlackBerry Smartphone Users Quickly Find the Nearest ATM Anywhere in the World
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AT&T reveals Samsung SGH-a697 Sunburst touchscreen feature phone

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 07:03 AM PDT

Today the affordable Samsung SGH-a697 Sunburst touchscreen feature phone was announced for AT&T.
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AT&T intros Samsung SGH-a687 Strive QWERTY feature phone

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 06:49 AM PDT

Today AT&T launched the Samsung SGH-a687 Strive, a budget friendly feature phone that sports a vertical slider form factor and a full QWERTY keyboard.
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Review of Motorola's unique BACKFLIP Android smartphone for AT&T

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 06:34 AM PDT

The Motorola BACKFLIP, being the first Android smartphone for AT&T, has a lot riding on it. Read our review to see if its atypical QWERTY form factor and MOTOBLUR social networking experience add up to a solid smartphone experience or not.
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