Loading ...The HTC Droid Eris is the least expensive Android OS phone released this fall, and now one retailer is selling it for even less: free for those are switching to Verizon Wireless. This device has an HVGA touchscreen, mobile broadband, and more. The official price for the Droid Eris is $100 with a two-year service [...]
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With the current Dodge Viper SRT10 facing the chop—production ends next year with just 500 model-year 2010 cars to be built—Dodge has decided to give it a smokey sendoff with some tweaks to the ACR package which on Tuesday helped set an unofficial production-car lap record at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Meanwhile, rumors continue that [...]
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The SIO To Go app sends realtime alerts to users’ iPhones, notifying of attacks and potential threats to corporate networks. Aimed squarely at enterprise IT departments, the app is networked to Cisco’s Security Intelligence Operations to enable users to receive realtime notifications of attacks on a corporate network. This system uses information from about 700,000 [...]
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Which is safer: technology that disables a cellphone in a moving car, or that makes the conversation completely hands-free? Dede Haskins’s cellphone has been her constant companion for more than a decade. And she has always considered herself a careful driver – even using a hands-free set so she could keep both hands on the [...]
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A bug is causing the smartphone’s autofocus feature to work incorrectly for days at a time, says a Google engineer. The Motorola Droid has sold well and received mostly positive reviews in the press, but a software bug is causing its camera to perform inconsistently, according to a Google engineer. With a 5-megapixel camera, the [...]
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Some readers prefer the convenience of small-screen smartphones to e-readers. Many people who want to read electronic books are discovering that they can do so on the smartphones that are already in their pockets – bringing a whole new meaning to “phone book.” And they like that they can save the $250 to $350 that [...]
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Verizon’s cellphones are designed in such a way that you can almost never avoid getting $1.99 charge on the bill for its mobile Web services, even if you immediately cancel the action. Starting next week, Verizon will double the early-termination fee for smartphones. That is, if you get a BlackBerry, Android or similar phone from [...]
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Ferrari’s new steering wheel inspires us. Ferrari’s new mid-engined supercar, the 458 Italia, has a steering wheel bristling with buttons, switches, and knobs. We wondered what sort of controls could be retrofitted to the steering wheels of more everyday cars. Why stop at turn signals? Why not aim a bit higher?
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Apple has just announced that developers have created over 100,000 apps for the App Store, the official source for iPhone and iPod touch software. At this point, customers in 77 countries have downloaded well over two billion apps, continuing to make it the world’s most popular software store. Apple iPhone 3G S”The App Store has [...]
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