A new data network arrived on the scene today. LightSquared will be a wholesale only, net-neutral 4G-LTE network that combines with satellite to provide nation-wide broadband wireless access
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LightSquared, wholesale 4G-LTE + satellite network coming soon
It was heralded as a game changer when it was released nearly six years ago, but now it’s being let out to pasture without a path back to the barn. It’s Windows XP Service Pack 2 and last week, Microsoft released the last security patches it’s ever going to release for that version of its operating system.
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So long XP SP2, it was good to know you
The Wall Street Journal has reported that Nokia are now on the search for a new CEO to replace Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo who joined Nokia in 2006 and says that the replacement maybe in position before the months end. WSJ reports that Nokia has already started interviewing at least two US based executives for the position even though Nokia have not released an official statement as yet. Even with a massive market share Nokia’s grip on the market has been slipping over the past months after posting disappointing results in May.
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Nokia Seeking New CEO
“Oh God; a car just ran down my iPhone 4! I only got it yesterday!” Hey, relax there! You’re iPhone 4 is fine, fine ! It’s just the new look for iPhone 4 cases from our friends at USBFever. One of the things I love about the case industry these days is how imaginative they’re getting
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It seems that demand for the Motorola Droid X is way higher than Verizon and Moto have anticipated. And, although there have not been major stock issues at launch, the smartphone has been backordered online , with Verizon now saying it will ship it by August 3. That’s the exact date when the HTC Droid Incredible should be shipped, too. So if you want a high-end Droid at the moment, you’ll have to be happy with the original Moto Droid, which is still available (for $149.99 on contract).
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Like the Droid Incredible, the Motorola Droid X has been backordered to arrive in August
A number of the larger game developers on the iTunes App Store have been a little slow updating their games for the new iOS4 operating system. However Gameloft have now updated their Splinter Cell Conviction App with both iOS 4 multitasking and high-res graphics designed specifically for the iPhone 4’s HD retina screen. Splinter Cell Conviction for the iPhone attempts to bring the same visual game play style to the hand held mobile device, with a third-person perspective, cover, and even Sam’s mark-and-execute abilities. Let hope as time goes on more and more developers will update their games and to take advantage of the iPhone 4′s new HD screen, updated CPU and memory.
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Splinter Cell Conviction Updated For iPhone 4
Today Vodafone UK announced that it is now offering the BlackBerry Pearl 3G, Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 mini pro, and the LG Optimus smartphones to its customers. The Sony Ericsson and LG models run on versions of the Android smartphone OS. All three devices are available free on contract. Read the full story here.
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Vodafone UK now selling BlackBerry Pearl 3G, Sony Ericsson X10 mini pro, and LG Optimus
Ben Heck chose to make his Bill Paxton pinball machine the old fashioned way, using actual flippers and tunnels and whatnot. But there’s also another, less complicated way to make a pinball machine – by running an emulator on a computer.
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hot touch arcade emulator: fake pinball machine accepts real coins
Section: Audio , Portable Audio , Web , Online Music/Video As of this morning you can now get your news by way of Slacker Radio, that is as long as you are a Slacker Plus subscriber. The good news is that current Plus subscribers will have two ways to get their news—one by selecting the ABC News station from within the News category and two by having news headlines read on your current station each hour. As for number two, that can be added on a station by station basis by selecting the Fine Tune option for the station you choose. “Slacker listeners have access to reporting and in-depth audio coverage on the ABC News station from a team of ABC News anchors and correspondents, including Diane Sawyer and George Stephanopoulos
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Slacker brings ABC News to Slacker Plus
As a child, Robert Burden was amazed by the action figures he had – G.I. Joe s, WWF wrestlers, Star Wars characters. Now that he’s all grown up, Burden makes paintings of his childhood love in an attempt to re-capture the awe that he felt as a youngster (and to make a few bucks as well)
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star wars painting: the colors are strong in this one
On an unofficial Twitter account today, a VZW Tech Support employee stated that the much-anticipated, much-improved Froyo update will be available for both the Motorola Droid and the HTC Incredible by late July/early August. After the VZW Twitter account confirmed BGR’s news about the Froyo update for the Incredible, Droid Life enquired about a Froyo update for the Droid. The response was “Should be around same time as Incredible, but I’m aiming for early August.” So, what about the legitimacy of this account?
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VZW kinda confirms Froyo for Incredible and Droid coming early August
According to Stuff.TV Apple may intend to charge for the iOS 4 update for the Apple iPad which is due to be available probably about September this year. Stuff.TV have said that Apple could possibly charge as much as £5, about $9.99 for the iOS 4 update which would bring multitasking and a range of new features to the Apple iPad, although personally I think this rumor should be taken with a pinch of salt. Apple has previously charged for major updates to the iPod Touch, but this is something they removed in iOS 4 which was offered as a free update to iPod Touch owners. It could be possible that Apple may charge a fee for iPad users to update to iOS 4, although we suspect they wont, I guess we shall have to wait until later in the year to find out. Stuff.TV
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Apple To Charge For iOS 4 Update For iPad?
The Logic Black Friday deal of the day is for a Lenovo IdeaPad U460 14-inch laptop (model 087723U), featuring Intel Core i3, 4GB RAM, and 500GB HDD standard. Lenovo IdeaPad U450p now on sale for $899 – $100IR – $150 coupon code = $649 with FREE Shipping.
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Deal of the Day – $250 off Lenovo IdeaPad U460 Core i3-i5 14-Inch laptop
It doesn’t take much to break a phone screen. I know plenty of people — and I’m sure you do, too — with the tell-tale mark of a dropped phone dividing their screens into so many pieces of shame. Samsung feel your pain, fear, and shame, and want to do something to help you out. Samsung have created an “unbreakable” AMOLED (the source suggests that it isn’t of the “super” variety, unfortunately) invinci-screen that should be in mass production by 2012. I’m sure you hear “unbreakable” bandied about all the time, so I think you should watch the demonstration video where they put the screen up against a hammer.
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Video: Samsung’s new unbreakable AMOLED screen vs hammer.
Samsung is spreading the Galaxy Android fever not only via the high-end Galaxy S , but also with the help of more affordable smartphones, like the i5800 Galaxy 3. Already available in the UK (as Samsung Galaxy Apollo i5801 ) and coming soon to France (as Galaxy Naos and Galaxy Teos ), the Galaxy 3 is now being launched in Germany, where it should hit the shelves before the end of this month. The Galaxy 3 i5800 features Android 2.1, a 3.2 inch HVGA capacitive touchscreen display, HSDPA, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, A-GPS, Bluetooth 3.0, 3.5mm headset jack, 3.2MP autofocus camera, and MicroSD card support (up to 32GB)
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Samsung Galaxy 3 (i5800) launched in Germany, costs €299
With all the talk in the last few days surrounding the flaws in the design of the iPhone 4 antenna, it is easy to begin to overlook the positive impact that the iPhone in all its guises has had on the mobile industry as a whole. The iPhone is mainly responsible for kick-starting the whole mobile application industry, delivering bright, colourful applications that were easy to browse, purchase and install. Apple do receive criticism for the way they control the whole App Store experience, but the quality control is something that helps deliver a consistently high level user experience across all applications. Apps come in many forms, from games to useful utilities, and businesses are starting to see the benefit of giving access to their content on the move, and recently British Airways updated their iPhone app, and have also made it accessible to users of Android devices and RIM BlackBerry handsets, too.
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British Airways Updates Mobile App
Why should the military have all the fun? The ArduPilot Flight Kit contains just about everything you need to convert an ordinary radio controlled model plane into a UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) just like on the late night news.
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ArduPilot Flight Kit – create your own unmanned aerial vehicle, just like the big boys
The Mozilla Foundation is now offering $3,000 to anyone who discovers security vulnerabilities within its software. The Mozilla Security Bug Bounty Program was established back into 2004 with just a $500 reward to bug finders. The new reward now covers the following Mozilla software: Firefox, Thunderbird, Firefox Mobile and any other Mozilla service which could allow a hostile takeover of any of these applications.
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Mozilla Offers $3,000 For Bug Reports
Here’s another good reason for you BlackBerry fan boys out there to get even more excited for the release of BlackBerry OS 6.0 . Salamondrin put its new webKit browser to the test and compared it with the iPhone 4 mobile Safari and the HTC Droid Incredible’s browser, and the results were quiet impressive. The BlackBerry OS 6.0 managed to trump both the iPhone 4 and HTC Droid Incredible in the HTML5 performance test scoring a remarkable 208 (out of 300). The iPhone 4 scored just 185 while the HTC Incredible only got 151.
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BlackBerry webKit browser beats iPhone 4, HTC Droid Incredible browser in HTML5 test
If you’re thinking the Droid 2 is the only new QWERTY Droid that Motorola’s getting ready to launch via Verizon you might be wrong. Some blurry photos (and a video) of what seems to be a Motorola handset with a portrait QWERTY keyboard (a la Palm Pre) have appeared somewhere in China. The handset’s boot screen looks like the one of a Droid (the well-known red eye is there), so what we have here could be a Droid mini or something like that. Motorola has recently launched two phones with portrait QWERTY keyboards ( Flipout and Charm ), and Verizon had a mid-end Droid before (the HTC Droid Eris ), so I’d say there are considerable chances for this mini Droid to be real and, as assumed, headed to Verizon. Until more details are unearthed, here you have some photos and the promised video of the device: Via Android and Me , Mobiflip.de , Hiapk Similar Posts: Verizon’s HTC Droid Eris shows up in press and hands-on photos Motorola FlipOut to be launched by Orange UK.
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Motorola “mini Droid” for Verizon caught in photos and on video?
Joe Belfiore ( Corporate Vice President, Windows Phone Program ) chats to Joshua Topolsky about WP7 ( via Engadget ) You might also like these : Engadget WP7 hands on with Samsung Taylor Prototype windows phone game : GemDrops [ VIDEO ] Threaded Email in Windows Mobile 6.5.3 Windows Phone 7 gives commands to a robot Cannon windows phone app : Group SMS Check out more : Windows Mobile Software | Windows Phone Games
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Joe Belfiore interview about WP7