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HTC Legend review - a more legendary Hero

Russell has put together a review and video of the sleek aluminum-bodied Android 2.1 smartphone known as the HTC Legend for your drooling pleasure. With the latest Sense UI and a AMOLED touchscreen, the Legend is almost too hot to touch. Learn all about it in this review.

Review of the Motorola BACKFLIP for AT&T

The Motorola BACKFLIP, being the first Android smartphone for AT&T, has a lot riding on it. Read our review to see if its atypical QWERTY form factor and MOTOBLUR social networking experience add up to a solid smartphone experience or not.

LG Lotus Elite QWERTY-phone for Sprint review

The LG Lotus Elite is an interesting looking full-QWERTY clamshell messaging feature phone that adds a touchscreen to the design of the original Lotus for Sprint. Todd tests it out for us and shares his thought in this hands-on review.

Review of T-Mobile's HSPA+ webConnect Rocket

We spent a bit of time testing out T-Mobile's webConnect Rocket USB modem on T-Mobile's trial HSPA+ 3G network in the Philadelphia area, and tested the T-Mobile webConnect and Sprint's 4G WiMAX Overdrive as well. Read on to learn of the dizzying speeds we achieved with T-Mobile's webConnect Rocket.

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  Final versions of Opera Mini 5 and Opera Mobile 10 released

  By Michael Oryl on Tuesday March 16, 2010

  Today Opera Software announced that its Opera Mini 5 and Opera Mobile 10 web browsers are now full products, outside of the beta testing phase for most phones. Opera Mini 5 is available for Java-based BlackBerry devices, while the company says the product is still in beta for Android and Windows Mobile handsets. Opera Mobile 10 is available for Windows Mobile and Symbian S60 phones. Opera didn't detail what was added to the final release of both browsers, which are available at m.opera.com.
  source: Opera

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  Review of HTC's Legend, a Hero on a metal-rich diet

  By Russell Jefferies on Tuesday March 16, 2010

  Russell has put together a review and video of the sleek aluminum-bodied Android 2.1 smartphone known as the HTC Legend for your drooling pleasure. With the latest Sense UI and a AMOLED touchscreen, the Legend is almost too hot to touch. Learn all about it in this review. More
  

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  Mog streaming music app set to launch on Android, iPhone

  By Todd Haselton on Monday March 15, 2010

  At the South by Southwest (SXSW) festival in Austin Texas, Mog announced that its Mog All Access for Mobile application will launch on the iPhone and on Android platforms later this year. The service provides streaming music for $10 per month. It has yet to be approved by Apple's App Store.
  source: CNET

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  AT&T adds smartphone touch to feature phones

  By Todd Haselton on Monday March 15, 2010

  AT&T introduced three new services for the four new feature phones it launched today: AT&T Address Book, AT&T Mobile Share, and a revamped interface for text messaging that includes threaded conversations. More
  

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  40 percent of BlackBerry owners would swap to iPhone, 33 percent to Android smartphones

  By Todd Haselton on Monday March 15, 2010 (1 comment)

  According to a new smartphone brand loyalty report by Crowd Science, 40 percent of BlackBerry users prefer the iPhone as their next smartphone device choice. 32 percent of them also said that they'd be willing to swap out their phones for the Google Nexus One on T-Mobile. Meanwhile, 90% of iPhone owners won't change their brand. The report included 1,140 respondents and also found that Android and iPhone users use their devices more often for personal use, iPhone owners are more likely to pay for applications, and Android owners were typically younger and less affluent than BlackBerry or iPhone owners.
  source: Crowd Science, via: Ars Technica

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  Netflix Watch Instantly for Windows Phone 7 Series demoed

  By Todd Haselton on Monday March 15, 2010 (1 comment)

  During the MIX conference in Las Vegas today, Microsoft showed off a Netflix application for Windows Phone 7 Series. The software is the first mobile application of its kind to offer Netflix's Watch Instantly streaming service, typically reserved for set-top boxes and the like. The application will allows user to stream movies from Netflix's Watch Instantly library.
  source: Engadget

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  AT&T's Pantech Link QWERTY feature phone launches alongside Pantech Pursuit

  By Todd Haselton on Monday March 15, 2010

  Today AT&T announced the Pantech Link, a full QWERTY feature phone with aGPS support. The carrier also offered some details on its upcoming Pantech Pursuit phone. More
  

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  Microsoft: "Everyone's Windows Phone 7 Series device is a Zune"

  By Todd Haselton on Monday March 15, 2010 (1 comment)

  At the MIX conference in Las Vegas today, Microsoft demoed some of Windows 7 Phone Series user interface, including the Zune media player, social networking contact features, and some new third-party Silverlight apps, including an Xbox Live 3D game called "The Harvest". More
  

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  Microsoft releases free Windows Phone 7 Series developer tools

  By Todd Haselton on Monday March 15, 2010 (1 comment)

  Today during the MIX conference in Las Vegas, Microsoft released free developer tools for Windows Phone 7 Series application development. It also released some details on a new Windows Phone Marketplace. More
  

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  FCC releases National Broadband Plan details

  By Todd Haselton on Monday March 15, 2010

  A day ahead of its expected release, the Federal Communications Commission has published the Executive Summary of its National Broadband Plan. More
  

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  FCC ready to unveil National Broadband Plan tomorrow

  By Todd Haselton on Monday March 15, 2010

  The Federal Communications Commission will reveal its National Broadband Plan tomorrow. Due to Congress on March 17th, the goal of the plan is to help provide affordable broadband internet services to 93 million Americans. Possible solutions include dedicated spectrum for free wireless broadband for lower income communities, as well as a request for more spectrum from broadcast companies.
  source: Associated Press

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  Apple will replace iPads with dead batteries for $99

  By Todd Haselton on Monday March 15, 2010

  Apple said today that it will replace iPads with failing batteries with brand new iPads for $99 plus a $6.95 in shipping fees, providing that the device needs service "due to the battery's diminished ability to hold an electrical charge." Any data stored on the iPad will be lost. Apple's iPod and iPhone products also offer hard-to-replace batteries, and it has similar programs in place for those devices.
  source: Apple, via: PC World

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  Fandango Mobile Ticket Program launched in 8 markets

  By Todd Haselton on Monday March 15, 2010

  Fandango today announced a new Mobile Ticket program that lets moviegoers show up at the movie theater and use their mobile phones to gain entry. After purchasing tickets, you'll be able to display a barcode that can be scanned at theaters in eight markets, including some theaters in New York City, New Jersey, Houston, Dallas/Plano, San Diego, Bakersfield, CA, San Diego, Sonoma County, and Hawaii.
  source: Fandango, via: Phone Scoop

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  AT&T reveals Samsung SGH-a697 Sunburst touchscreen feature phone

  By Todd Haselton on Monday March 15, 2010

  Today the affordable Samsung SGH-a697 Sunburst touchscreen feature phone was announced for AT&T. More
  

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