Saturday, December 4, 2010

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Man says Motorola DROID 2 exploded in his ear

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 11:57 AM PST

A Texas man named Aaron Embry claims that his Motorola DROID 2 exploded in his ear while he was talking on the phone. The injury required stitches.
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Google envisions Star Trek future with speech synthesis firm purchase

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 11:09 AM PST

Today Google announced that it has acquired Phonetic Arts, a synthetic speech company. Phonetic Arts works on creating "natural computer speech" from samples of recorded voice clips. It could be used in Google's products that speak to users, such as its Google Translation software and its navigation instructions that are built into its Google Navigation product on Android smartphones. "We are excited about their technology, and while we don't have plans to share yet, we're confident that together we'll move a little faster towards [a] Star Trek future," Mike Cohen, manager of Google's speech technology team said, referring to the way Star Trek characters were able to speak freely with their computers. Details on the price of the acquisition were not announced.
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Samsung: 3 million Galaxy S Android smartphones shipped in U.S.

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 10:41 AM PST

Today Samsung announced that it has shipped 3 million of its Android powered Samsung Galaxy S smartphones in the United States. Galaxy S phones are available on the big four carriers (Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, and Sprint), as well as some smaller carriers.
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HTC responds to HD7 "death grip" complaints

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 08:01 AM PST

HTC has responded to various YouTube reports claiming that the T-Mobile HD7 has a similar death grip as the iPhone 4. Some users say the phone drops its signal strength when held a certain way. Read on for HTC's response.
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Chrome to WP7 browser plugin now available

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 07:53 AM PST

A new Google Chrome browser plugin called Chrome to WP7 is now available. The plugin was developed by Dave Amenta and allows users to send links and text from the Chrome browser directly to their Windows phone 7 powered smartphone. The Chrome to WP7 application is also now available in the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace. Anything pushed to the phone will show up as a "toast" notifications and lists your most recent text and shared links. Once opened in WP7, you'll have the option to email or open the text or link.
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Beezz Twitter app to offer Live Tile notifications on WP7

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 07:48 AM PST

According to Boy Genius Report, the Beezz Twitter application on Windows Phone 7 will begin offering Live Tile notifications either later today or tomorrow. The current native Twitter application does not offer live tile notifications if someone sends a reply or a direct message, so this could be useful for Windows Phone 7 Twitter users out there.
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Verizon and Pantech intro UML290 4G USB modem

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 07:07 AM PST

Today Pantech and Verizon officially announced the details on one of new 4G USB LTE modems, the Pantech UML290. The UML290 should be available on December 5 when Verizon customers can begin using its 4G network.
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LG to build phones using more eco-friendly materials by 2012

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 06:48 AM PST

Today LG announced that it will move to use the more environment friendly eco-magnesium metals in its products by 2012. LG says the decision will reduce greenhouse gas emission by a factor of approximately 24,000 during the die casting process without affecting the final product. Eco-magnesium creates very little greenhouse gas during its production and its use in mobile phones should reduce carbon dioxide emissions by four kilograms for every LG handset LG makes.
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Chinese government responds to new China Unicom iPhone resale rule

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 06:43 AM PST

Unnamed Officials from China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology have responded to China Unicom's new iPhone resale rules which state a user's account will be frozen if an iPhone is used on a rival network.
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U.S. Cellular intros three new prepaid plans

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 06:31 AM PST

U.S. Cellular has announced that it is now offering three new prepaid monthly plans that range in price from $29 to $49.The $29 prepaid plan includes 200 minutes with unlimited text messaging. The $39 prepaid plan includes 400 minutes, unlimited text, and 5GB of data for web browsing. The $49 prepaid plan offers 1,000 minutes as well as unlimited text messaging.
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