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Sep

7

2011

Join Sony UK on Facebook today for a little Q&A on Sony tablets

by Robert Nazarian
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Soon you will be able to grab your Sony Tablet S or Tablet P, but you might have some questions or concerns. Today Sony UK will host a Q&A session which will be hosted by their “tablet expert” Omar Gurnah. It starts at 7:30PM BST (2:30PM EDT) on their Facebook page. Just hit the source [...]

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Aug

29

2011

Acer Iconia A500 3.2 update now moved to September 10th

by Jim Farmer
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A friend of mine has the Iconia A500 and loves it. As a Xoom owner, I have to say that the larger bezel and full size usb of the Iconia are functional attractors, but he’s always had to look on enviously at my up to date Honeycomb. Acer told us the Iconia would receive Honeycomb [...]

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Aug

23

2011

Pops for Android Brings Notifications with Onscreen Videos and Animations [video]

by Harold Williams
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Pops for Android brings a new style of customization to your notifications with themes. Each theme includes different animations and videos to signal a notification on your Android device. Pops is constantly updating their gallery of notifications, but users can also create their own from personal photo or video galleries. This may be a gimmick app whose charm will [...]

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Aug

20

2011

HTC Will Hold A London Meet Up Event, Says To Come Out And “See What’s Next”

by Joe Sirianni
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If you’re going to be in the London area in a couple of weeks and want to experience “a few phone treats” then HTC has got a little something for you.   The Taiwanese giant is holding a meet-up event on Thursday, Sept 1st from 6:30pm-11:00pm.  The company issued the public invite via its official UK Facebook page. [...]

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Aug

10

2011

Facebook Messenger comes to Android and contains code for video chat

by Robert Nazarian
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With all the IM apps and the recent addition of Google Huddle, it has become the battle of the messaging apps. Now Facebook is looking to crash the party with Facebook Messenger. Facebook Messenger will be like Google Huddle in that you can send and receive messages within groups. Top Features Message friends, groups of [...]

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Aug

9

2011

[Contest] Motorola’s Lightning Hour Contest gives you a chance to win a Photon 4G everyday for the rest of August

by Robert Nazarian
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Yesterday Motorola just launched a new contest called the “Lightning Hour” which will run through the end of August. The contest will run everyday, and there will be a different task to complete. At a random time each day they will announce the task via their Twitter and Facebook pages, and you will have one [...]

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Aug

3

2011

Poptuit lets you connect and share with the people you care about the most [Video]

by Robert Nazarian
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Our lives move quick, and we are following a lot people from different social networks which can get confusing. Poptuit is looking to change that by giving you the power to truly connect and easily share with all the people you care about the most. You may follow hundreds of people from different sources like [...]

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Jul

18

2011

HTC Status On Sale At AT&T For Only $50 Bucks

by Joe Sirianni
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HTC’s latest social networking device, aka the “Facebook Phone”, is now on sale on AT&T’s website.  The Re branded HTC Chacha, now the “Status” packs a front facing Qwerty keyboard, a compact 2.6-inch touchscreen, Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) and HTC’s Sense UI overlay.  In addition, the device has a dedicated Facebook button which lights up when [...]

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Jul

15

2011

HTC Status arrives at Best Buy Mobile a little early

by Robert Nazarian
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For those of you that can’t wait to get your hands on the new HTC Facebook , ahem, I mean Status, you will be happy to know it is going to launch right on schedule. Shipments started arriving at Best Buy in anticipation of the July 17 launch. Don’t jump in the car just yet [...]

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