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Jan

19

2011

T-Mobile introduces “Drive Smart”, an app to prevent unsafe phone practices while driving

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It’s pretty simple: texting while driving is never a good idea. Thankfully, T-Mobile is taking some initiative with their new “DriveSmart Plus” application, which uses your phone’s GPS to calculate when your phone is going at car-like speeds and will automatically switch into this safe driving mode.

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Jan

18

2011

Notion Ink shipping Adam units to FCC, expects customer shipments a week early

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In an effort to appease all the doubters out there, Notion Ink posted some photos of a batch of Adam tablets that are ready to be shipped to the FCC and CE tomorrow. Furthermore, the company is aiming to ship all currently placed orders a week ahead of schedule. For example, if your current ship [...]

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Jan

18

2011

Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 pinch-to-zoom support expected this week… in Japan at least

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Just yesterday we told you that the upcoming Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc will feature 10-point multi-touch support, a far cry from the Xperia X10′s complete lack of multi-touch support. Well, the X10 won’t have to feel quite so bad as it is finally getting some kind of multi-touch support… well, in Japan at least. Owners [...]

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Jan

18

2011

Is LG planning to debut a $200 Near Field Communication phone at MWC next month?

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Reports are coming in that LG is planning on debuting a $200 Near Field Communication (NFC) phone at next month’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The device, currently dubbed the LG “Pecan”, is supposedly shipping with Android 2.2, although 2.2 does not natively support NFC like 2.3 does. LG is supposedly calling this device a [...]

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