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Jun

30

2011

Skype for Android brings video calling to Xperia Pro, Xperia Neo, Desire S, and Nexus S

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Skype has been updated to include video calls, but only for a few phones. They are: Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro HTC Desire S Google Nexus S For the rest of us you will find a redesigned interface and you can now use SMS from Skype. For the interface, there is a [...]

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Jun

30

2011

HTC ChaCha and Salsa are now available on O2 UK

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HTC’s new Facebook phones, the ChaCha and Salsa are now available on British network O2. The ChaCha is £209.99 on Pay & Go or free on contract. If you choose 18 months, it will be £26.50 per month or you can take 24 months it is £21.50 per month. The Salsa is £299.99 with Pay [...]

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Jun

30

2011

Samsung announces the Sprint Conquer 4G

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Samsung posted details about the Sprint Conquer 4G. With the Galaxy S II (as the Within) on the way there is no need for anything high end, so for those looking for mid range here are the specs: 3.5-inch HVGA capacitive touchscreen 1 GHz processor 3.2MP rear camera, 1.3MP front facing camera Android 2.3 (will [...]

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Jun

29

2011

The Facebook Phone Is Real – HTC Status officially announced for AT&T

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We reported last week that the HTC ChaCha would be coming to AT&T as the Status. HTC just made it official and we cannot think of a better name for this phone. “HTC Status brings a Facebook experience to people who want to share their experiences with their friends faster and easier than ever before,” said Jason [...]

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Jun

29

2011

Square gets $100 million, valuation now at $1 billion

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Square, a service that lets anyone with an Android or iOS device accept credit card payments, received $100 million from venture capitalist Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. This also brings Square’s valuation to $1 billion. This is the third round of funding. Back in January they raised $27.5 million and the company was valued at [...]

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Jun

29

2011

Android Market reaches 4.5 billion in downloads

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In a recent interview about Google Sites, Ian Carrington, Google’s mobile advertising sales director for northern and central Europe, revealed that the Android Market has reached 4.5 billion downloads. He went on to say,  “A year ago that was one billion, and that first billion took two years to happen,” said Carrington. “The last billion [...]

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Jun

29

2011

Get your LG Optimus 3D on July 1st at select UK Carphone Warehouse locations

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For those looking to order the European LG Optimus 3D, you will have to wait until July 7th, but you can get it sooner if you don’t mind heading to an actual store. There will be 20 Carphone Warehouse stores and 4 Best Buy stores that will begin selling it this Friday, July 1st. Hit [...]

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Jun

29

2011

TAG Heuer introduces LINK smartphone for those who have money to burn.

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TAG Heuer has just unveiled the LINK smartphone. Lets start with the price, $6,700. Now you are thinking that this probably comes with a quad-core and a 1080p screen right? Wrong! Do not expect to be blown away by these specs: Quadband GSM HSUPA enabled 800×480 LCD @16,000,000 colors 256MB RAM 5MP camera Android 2.2 [...]

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