Tuesday, December 28, 2010

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Sprint activates 4G WiMAX network in San Francisco

Posted: 28 Dec 2010 04:57 AM PST

Today Sprint announced that its 4G WiMAX network is now availabale to customers in the San Francisco Bay Area. Sprint offers two phones that run on its 4G WiMAX network, the Samsung Epic 4G and the HTC EVO 4G. Its 4G network is now available in 71 U.S. markets including Boston, Chicago, New York City, and Los Angeles.
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IBM predicts holographic projectors on phones in 5 years

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 11:01 AM PST

IBM has published this years "Next 5 in 5" list, which highlights new technologies that the company feels will make a big impact within the next 5 years. Holographic projectors and air-breathing batteries are two that are particularly related to the mobile space.
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iPhone Dev Team shows beta jailbreak for iOS 4.2.1

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 08:20 AM PST

The infamous iPhone Dev Team has released a beta version of an untethered jailbreak for iOS 4.2.1 devices. The beta is currently only available to iPhone 4, iPad, and fourth generation iPod touch users, and it is not for the faint of heart. Jailbreaking an iOS device allows its user to install applications that have not been approved by Apple's App Store.
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Apple 8GB iPhone 3GS being offered by China Unicom contract-free

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 08:09 AM PST

China Unicom is now offering Apple's uberphone, the iPhone, to its users without need for a contract. A spokesman for Unicom's parent company stated that it would start offering the 8GB 3GS iPhone with no contract for CNY3,999. The company declined to comment when asked if it would also offer the iPhone 4 contract-free in the future.
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HTC 7 Pro Windows Phone 7 QWERTY smartphone to launch in January

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 07:57 AM PST

The HTC 7 Pro is a QWERTY smartphone that offers the Windows Phone 7 OS and sports a 5 megapixel camera, Wi-Fi, and a 1GHz processor, among other top-notch trimmings.
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California mine to supply needed rare earth minerals to high tech industries

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 07:53 AM PST

It appears that the Department Of Energy is pushing for the U.S. to, once again, mine its own "rare earth" minerals, which are key to the manufacturing of many different types of high tech components, such as those found in cell phones. Most of these minerals are currently imported to the U.S. from China, but China has begun to flex its muscles in this area and has been making the materials more expensive and harder to comeby. As a result, Molycorp is reopening one of its rare earth mineral mines in California. Rare earth mines, such as the one in California, fell out of fashion in the U.S. because of the environmental damage they can cause.
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Skype publishes iPhone video chat document, quickly removes it

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 07:05 AM PST

VoIP provider Skype recently published a FAQ page that detailed features of a new video chat client for Apple iPhone and iPod touch devices, something that could very well be announced at CES next week in Las Vegas.
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UK Samsung Galaxy S and Canadian Vibrant, Fascinate get Froyo updates

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 06:28 AM PST

Samsung has started rolling out the Android 2.2 Froyo smartphone OS to its Galaxy S smartphone in the UK, as well as the Galaxy S based Vibrant and Fascinate in Canada.
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ShopSavvy for Windows Phone 7 now available

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 06:06 AM PST

ShopSavvy, a phone application designed to help people with comparative shopping, is now available in the Microsoft Windows Phone 7 Marketplace. The popular price comparison app uses barcode scans taken with a smartphone's camera to provide pricing information for the product from both local and online retailers. The app is available now free for WP7 devices in the Marketplace.
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