Tuesday, July 6, 2010

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Video: Samsung Restore for Sprint - video unboxing and feature tour

Posted: 05 Jul 2010 07:14 PM PDT

The Samsung Restore is a very eco-friendly QWERTY keyboard equipped messaging phone for Sprint. It is full of tips for keeping green, and is made up, in part, from recycled materials and is itself over 80% recyclable.
Watch the video here.


HTC pushing out update for Touch Pro2 and HD mini handsets

Posted: 05 Jul 2010 04:42 PM PDT

HTC has released updates for its Touch Pro2 and HD mini Windows Mobile smartphones. The update fixes some problems relating to the stability of SMS transmissions. The updates are available now for the HTC Touch Pro2 and the HD mini. For more, check out our full review of the HTC HD mini smartphone.
Read the full story here.


Apple App Store accounts hacked by rogue developers, users reporting hundreds of dollars in charges

Posted: 05 Jul 2010 10:29 AM PDT

It is being widely reported that many Apple iPhone App Store accounts have been hacked and are being used to purchase expensive applications from a a group of rogue developers.
Read the full story here.


Report: Apple dropping restocking fee on iPhone 4

Posted: 05 Jul 2010 10:14 AM PDT

After Apple said in a press release that dissatisfied customers could return their iPhone 4 smartphones within 30 days for a "full refund", Computer World reports that an Apple rep has confirmed that returns are possible without having to pay Apple's typical 10% restocking fee.
Read the full story here.


Best Buy sells an Android-powered Samsung Intercept for Sprint a week early

Posted: 05 Jul 2010 07:32 AM PDT

It appears that an overzealous Best Buy employee has sold a shiny new, and as-yet unreleased, Samsung Intercept for Sprint to a lucky consumer. The device is thought to launch officially on July 11 and is considered to be the successor to the Samsung Moment.
Read the full story here.


Palm issues webOS 1.4.5 update for France's SFR (or maybe Sprint); Verizon and AT&T not mentioned

Posted: 05 Jul 2010 07:24 AM PDT

HP and Palm recently issued a new webOS update, 1.4.5, that offers minor fixes and enhancements to the existing webOS used on Palm's Pre smartphone. The update includes a fix for podcast downloads, text input, and also addresses several security issues, but appears to only be available for devices on France's SFR network at this time, in spite of the URL and page title stating Sprint.
Read the full story here.


LG launches Optimus Android 2.2 models, shows upcoming Optimus One and Optimus Chic

Posted: 05 Jul 2010 06:20 AM PDT

Today LG announced a new lineup of Android powered devices, Optimus. The first two models shown are the Optimus One and Optimus Chic, both of which will run Android 2.2 (Froyo) when they are released later this year.
Read the full story here.


Google to offer subscription tools to developers, pushing Android into India and China

Posted: 05 Jul 2010 05:50 AM PDT

Google's Andy Rubin spoke, in an interview, of Google's plans to offer more tools to developers to help combat Apple's iPhone App Store as well as the company's hopes for expanding into the emerging markets of India and China.
Read the full story here.


LG confirms Android-based Optimus "Tablet PC" for Q4

Posted: 05 Jul 2010 05:27 AM PDT

Today in a Korean language press release LG announced that it will launch an Android-powered tablet PC during the fourth quarter of 2010 as part of its new Optimus line. The company provided no other details of the upcoming device. The company said the following of the new device: "Running on the Android Platform, LG's tablet will deliver vastly superior performance than other similar devices currently on the market while still managing to be thinner and lighter than competing devices."
Read the full story here.


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