Posted on July 17th, 2010 by ElectroGeek
The EVO 4G from Sprint has been a great phone so far during initial testing except for the fact that it sucks power like an air conditioner on a 105 degree day if you let it. I put together a few power saving tweaks that will help preserve your precious EVO 4G go-go juice. You [...]
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Posted on May 19th, 2010 by ElectroGeek
An update is now available for T-Mobile’s BlackBerry Bold 9700. This brings stability improvements and other small enhancements to one of RIM’s flagship smartphones.According to T-Mobile, BlackBerry OS 5.0.0.586 offers better performance in many areas of the device: the built-in optical trackpad, BlackBerry Messenger client, Visual Voicemail, the SMS app, and voice calls over 3G.
Available [...]
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Posted on May 12th, 2010 by ElectroGeek
Verizon Wireless and LG Electronics MobileComm U.S.A. have launched the first U.S.-destined Android smartphone from LG, previously promoted with the movie & Iron Man 2.& The mid-range LG Ally offers a 3.2-inch touchscreen, slider QWERTY keyboard, 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1, S-GPS, and a 3.2-megapixel camera, says Verizon.
Earlier this month, the LG Ally was briefly [...]
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Posted on May 4th, 2010 by ElectroGeek
The HTC Droid Incredible debuted last week at $200 with contract, but new Verizon customers can get it for $50 less. This Android OS smartphone is well supplied with high-end features: large, high-resolution screen, 1 GHz processor, 8 MPx camera, and more.
Wireless carriers regularly offer special deals to new customers, hoping that discounts on phones [...]
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Posted on April 24th, 2010 by ElectroGeek
Nokia and Intel are collaborating on a joint operating system called MeeGo, and while the news was announced in February, new details have slowly been emerging.
MeeGo is a combination of two operating systems: Nokia’s Maemo, an open source development platform used on the N900 mobile computer and Intel’s Moblin project, a netbook and embedded platform.
MeeGo [...]
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Posted on April 17th, 2010 by ElectroGeek
A Twitter co-founder has promised that there is going to offer an official Android OS app for using this social-networking service. This follows on the heels of announcements of official iPhone and Blackberry Twitter apps.
Although Evan Williams made this commitment this week, he didn’t give any details on when the software will be released.
However, it [...]
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Posted on April 13th, 2010 by ElectroGeek
Although it has yet to be officially announced, the HTC Incredible is easily among the most buzzed about smartphones of the season. A complete list of specifications for the high-end Android OS model that has leaked online is likely to increase the anticipation.
Some of the product information had been previously released in unconfirmed reports, like [...]
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Posted on April 13th, 2010 by ElectroGeek
HTC has become a major player in the world’s smartphone market by offering devices using Windows Mobile and Android, operating systems licensed from other companies. Now HTC is considering the idea of releasing models with its own OS.
Cheng Hui-ming, HTC’s chief financial officer, discussed the possibility in an interview with Bloomberg. “We continue to assess, [...]
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Posted on April 10th, 2010 by ElectroGeek
Although Apple CEO Steve Jobs gave the world its first official look at iPhone OS 4.0 this week, he apparently didn’t reveal all its features. People combing through the developer version of this OS have found that it will include video conferencing software.
iChat Software…
Buried in the next version of Apple’s mobile operating system is a [...]
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