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Sprint Epic 4G stars in epic video, touts its epic features

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Sprint sure love touting their 4G network (WiMAX)! The latest addition to their 4G-capable lineup is the modestly named Sprint Epic 4G. The Epic 4G is a Samsung Galaxy S phone but unlike most others, this one comes with a QWERTY keyboard.

They say a picture is worth a thousand words – so here’s a promo video of the Sprint Epic 4G, which shows you just how epic the Epic 4G is… Read more »

Samsung Dives into Wave and Galaxy S with remote lock/wipe service

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Remote lock/wipe functionality is a nice thing to have because it gives you a peace of mind – if you ever lost your phone, you can make sure no one else can get to your private data or even use the phone itself.

Samsung’s free Dive service for the Samsung I9000 Galaxy S and the S8500 Wave can do just that and also helps locate your phone… Read more »

Nokia N8 can play 720p video through HDMI, 5.1 channel audio too

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Nokia is pretty proud of the multimedia capabilities of the upcoming Nokia N8 – they’ve shown off the video and still image capturing capabilities of the 12MP shooter, but now they’re boasting about the multimedia playback prowess too…

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Nokia N8 poll: picking accessories for a 12MP cameraphone

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Nokia Conversations asks: what accessory would you buy for the Nokia N8? Some of the options are, uh, odd – phone jewelry, a tripod. Were they unable to come up with better suggestions? Or perhaps that’s their subtle way of saying that the Nokia N8 has it all…

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HTC HD2 triple-boots WinMo 6.5 with Sense, Android 2.1 and Ubuntu

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We probably won’t seen a GSM version of the HTC EVO 4G. Not officially anyway – the ever resourceful people from XDA Developers are busy porting Android and Ubuntu (yes, Ubuntu) on the HTC HD2, which WiMAX connectivity aside is identical to the EVO 4G…


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Microsoft Kinect specs revealed, only two players can play at once

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Geeks have a soft spot for technical specifications – and now revealed for the first time, the Microsoft Kinect tech specs are bound for some geeky attention. A quick fact, the Kinect controller will be able to track you when you’re between 1.2 and 3.5 meters away from it. How’s that for starters?


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Asus 1215N features dual-core Atom, ION and Optumus, strikes fear into the hearts of other netbooks

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Asus announced the 1215N netbook – though calling it a netbook seems derogatory. Asus have crammed as much new technology as they could possible fit into the 12” frame of the 1215N – a high-res screen, a dual-core Atom, NVIDIA ION, Optimus, USB 3.0 and Bluetooth 3.0, Wireless N plus even more…


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Verizon lets you cancel Droid Incredible pre-orders and swap it for a Droid X?

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Gadget manufacturers seem to be having plenty of trouble with device shortages these days. Verizon’s Droid Incredible from HTC seems to be the latest victim – apparently, if you’ve pre-order one, you can cancel that and opt for a Motorola Droid X. Or you can wait for an Incredible if you like…

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Samsung N230 netbook boasts 14 hour battery life, smartbooks beware

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One of the advantages of ARM-based netbooks, or “smartbooks”, is supposedly the battery life. The Samsung N230, which runs an old-fashioned x86 chip begs to disagree – it offers 7 hours battery life with the small battery and up to 13.8 hours with the big one…


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First games to use iPhone 4 gyroscopes impress on video

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When the iPhone 4 was first announced, I wasn’t quite sure what the big deal about the gyroscope was. What can you do with it that can’t be done with an accelerometer? Well, now I know – it’s amazingly accurate, which leads to fun-looking games like Eliminate: Gun Range…


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FCC documents reveal AT&T bound Sony Ericsson Vivaz, no word on launch date or price

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Symbian phones are not very big in the US, but maybe the Sony Ericsson Vivaz can win a few customers over – the 8MP cameraphone with 720p video capture powers is headed to AT&T…

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Firefox 3.7 claims title of fastest GPU-accelerated browser, beats Internet Explorer 9

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Firefox has been staying out of the JavaScript race for the most part. But now it seems it has found a new racetrack – hardware accelerated graphics.

The four most popular browsers on Windows go head to head in the FishIE Tank <canvas> test – and guess who came out on top. Firefox 3.7 and Internet Explorer 9, that’s who. GPU accelerated web browsers rock! Read more »

iPhone 4 in low supply everywhere, in Europe there’s not even enough to fulfill pre-orders

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We already wrote about the lucky guys who got their iPhone 4 a couple of days early, but they pre-ordered. If you didn’t but want one, well then we have some bad news – in its launch week the iPhone 4 will be rarer that unicorns in stores.

A tip dropped in our inbox says Carphone Warehouse, for instance, is rather under-stocked for launch day – they’ve got barely enough to fulfill half the reservations. As for those who didn’t even reserve one, well, we won’t lie to you – your chances don’t look good. Reports around the Internet suggest the situation is similar in other European locations and even US stores aren’t looking too good… Read more »

Around 3 million iPads in 80 days – Apple manages the third million in just three weeks

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One, two, three… million iPads sold already. iPad sales reached the two million mark in the end of May and now, barely over 20 days later, another million iPads have found their way to their happy owners. By the looks of it, sales are picking up the pace…

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Atom D525 and D425 available, Intel gets further into wireless with Wireless Displays

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Intel just announced the D525 and D425 Atom processors for nettops. Intel is primarily known for their processors but they do other stuff as well. In related news, Intel’s Wireless Display technology is now available on over 25 new systems. …

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