Jan 27, 2012

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Android’s automatic backup and restore servi...

I will admit that I grew somewhat tired of Android last year. I had been through way more than what most would consider a healthy number of phones, and the majority of those were Android-powered. And as many of you know, I’m a purist. I like my Android in vanilla flavor, and a large portion of those Android phones were skinned to the teeth with over the top animations, cartoonish icons, etc. In other words, they weren’t my favorite software-wise and eventually pushed me to the limit, to the…


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Jan 27, 2012

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Wi-Fi-only XYBOARDs now shipping straight from Mot...

Earlier this month Motorola put its Wi-Fi-only XYBOARDs up for pre-order on its website, offering customers an early crack at either an 8.2-inch or 10.1-inch slice of Honeycomb. Now the Android-powered slates have actually begun shipping, meaning those of you that’ve been on the fence will now be tempted by the “Add to Cart” button. Pricing remains the same as we mentioned a few weeks ago:

8.2-inch XYBOARD, 16GB: $399.99
8.2-inch XYBOARD, 32GB: $499.99
10.1-inch XYBOARD, 16GB:…


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Jan 27, 2012

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Samsung Galaxy Note Video Review Part 2

Aaron reviews the giant Samsung Galaxy Note , a hybrid between a smartphone and tablet.  Galaxy Note offers a 1.4 GHz dual-core Exynos CPU, 5.3-inch Super AMOLED HD (800×1280) display, 8-megapixel camera with 1080p HD video recording, 2-megapixel front-facing shooter, a large 2,500 mAh battery, and Android 2.3 with TouchWiz 4.0.  It’s coming soon to AT&T (with 4G LTE on board), but you can purchase the international version online at various retailers. It’s a big phone,…


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Jan 25, 2012

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Map shows where T-Mobile is gaining spectrum from ...

So we know that T-Mobile is set to gain $1 billion worth of AWS spectrum licenses from AT&T as a part of the breakup fee from the death of AT&T’s proposed acquisition of T-Mobile. What we don’t know, though, is exactly where in the U.S. this spectrum is located. That changes tonight, as a GigaOM reader has dug through the spectrum transfer application that AT&T recently filed with the FCC and prepared the handy map you see above that shows the locations of the spectrum that T-Mobile will be…


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Jan 25, 2012

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Huawei Ascend II Written Review by Sydney

Huawei ‘s U.S. offerings have never been particularly impressive. The original Ascend was a severely underpowered, cheap smartphone that barely offered enough performance to scrap by as a modest low-end phone in the market that existed a year ago, when it was released. Back then, a single-core 528 MHz processor and a 3-megapixel camera, though considered weak, were still enough to garner a decent amount of attention in the budget smartphone market. A year later, a 600 MHz processor,…


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