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I will say that since having received the Pre Plus and Pixi Plus review units—I am enjoying using the Pixi Plus quite a bit more than I originally expected. Given that I started to search around trying to find the best price available. Well, it seems that depending on where… Continue Reading »

Motorola chose to announce some pretty exciting information via Facebook earlier today.  Rather than issuing a formal press release, Motorola has stated the Motorola Droid will be receiving an Android 2.1 upgrade sometime this week.  Unfortunately, it is not known whether all Droid users will be lucky enough to upgrade… Continue Reading »

The Nexus One is a strange device.  It is the only cellphone of any kind that has two Early Termination Fees, one from the carrier (currently only T-Mobile), and one from Google itself.  That alone was enough to get the FCC asking Google about why it charges an ETF for… Continue Reading »

Finally, some real photos of the HTC Legend have surfaced. They look pretty similar to renders which were previously released. It looks like the Legend will sport a pretty durable build, as can be seen from the back photo. The aluminum-like exterior looks like it will be very comfortable and… Continue Reading »

The folks over at Pocket-lint scooped up some really interesting info about the upcoming announcement of Inbrics’ Android-based M1 MID, scheduled to be revealed at the Mobile World Congress next week. The M1 is really a little bit of everything. It is a “smartphone-like device” sporting a 3.7-inch AMOLED touchscreen… Continue Reading »

The folks at Verizon Wireless were kind enough to send me a Palm Pre Plus and a Palm Pixi Plus to play with for a little while. And because of them sending out a few review units, I will in-turn be able to offer some hands-on posts about my use… Continue Reading »

This week on TechVi’s BottomLine Gadgetell’s JG Mason and Appletell’s Jake Gaecke faced off on the tech stories of the day.  From Facebook doppelgangers to the iPad to Amazon pricing to the Zune phone, TechVi’s Bottom Line will get you caught up on the latest in the tech world. Watch:… Continue Reading »

There are many services available that allow users to share files over the Internet, such as documents, photos, videos, and music.  These services become much more efficient and popular if they create an app to be used on smartphones such as the iPhone, Palm webOS, BlackBerry, or Android phones.  Well,… Continue Reading »

It seems Google has finally updated Google Maps to feature multitouch support.  Since the Droid runs on Android 2.0, the capability for multitouch was always there, but the program was never written to encompass multitouch.  If you own the Motorola Droid, go to the Android Market app and find the… Continue Reading »

Welcome to this weeks look back at the dumbest moves in tech I could find.  The thrum of iPad talks are dying as we enter the Apple waiting game for a few months while hot phones are expect to show up in Barcelona later this month.  Here are the nominees… Continue Reading »