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27 July 2010 ~ Comments Off

Samsung Captivate vs. iPhone 4

I know everyone and their cousin gets tired of the iPhone vs. Android fanboy slugfest, but that’s not what we’re about this time.  Allyson, one of our pals over at TiPb, took some time to compare the Samsung Galaxy S Captivate against her iPhone …

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24 July 2010 ~ Comments Off

Apple can’t hold the Droid X right either

Look. We’re really not going to get dragged back into this whole Antennagate thing. Because let’s face it: Asking Apple to test somebody else’s phone is like leaving a bottle of Campari in the same building as a certain Crackberry.com founder. (O…

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23 July 2010 ~ Comments Off

Samsung UK: Frustrated with iPhone 4? We’ll give you a free Galaxy S

In recent weeks, you may have heard of something called "Antennagate" flying around the web. In short, there is an issue with the iPhone 4′s antenna, causing some to suddenly lose bars and drop calls. Many users who have had this issue have (…

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16 July 2010 ~ Comments Off

Steve Jobs calls out HTC Droid Eris during his explanation of ‘Antennagate’

Apple CEO Steve Jobs led a news conference today to explain what he’s now dubbed "Antennagate" — and he called out a couple of other smartphones to show that the iPhone 4 isn’t the only one to drop signal strength when held. On the Andr…

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16 July 2010 ~ Comments Off

Steve Jobs calls out HTC Droid Eris during his explanation of ‘Antennagate’

Apple CEO Steve Jobs led a news conference today to explain what he’s now dubbed "Antennagate" — and he called out a couple of other smartphones to show that the iPhone 4 isn’t the only one to drop signal strength when held. On the Andr…

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10 July 2010 ~ Comments Off

Fring fraks Skype access, iPhone blamed

Yeah, so by now Fring users likely have noticed that Skype access has been pulled. And, you guessed it, we have the iPhone to blame. Fring recently updated its iPhone version, which allows cross-platform chatting (see our demo with Rene from TiPB) and…

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09 July 2010 ~ Comments Off

Marty Mobile — inventor of the cell phone — says Android ‘every bit as good’ as iPhone

When we saw Martin Cooper — the inventor of the cell phone, by the way — on C-SPAN in March, he was telling us how he gave up his iPhone for the Motorola Droid. Fast forward to today, and he’s continuing his praises of everybody’s favorite smar…

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08 July 2010 ~ Comments Off

Fring updated so Android and iPhone can play together

The Fring app for the iPhone got an update today (see our previous Android-related hands-on) that lets it play nice with Android (and Symbian, too). That means us Android users can have video chats with our misbegotten friends who shelled out for the …

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07 July 2010 ~ Comments Off

Evo vs. iPhone video author keeps his Best Buy job, but doesn’t want it back

This saga of the hilarious Evo vs. iPhone videos produced by a Best Buy employee just got even better. When last we heard, Brian Maupin, 25, had been suspended by the retailer while it conducted some sort of investigation. His job hung in the balance….

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02 July 2010 ~ Comments Off

Google CEO: Not trying to beat Apple, Nexus One served its purpose

The death of Google’s phone store was a bit of a shock when was announced back in May. Well, OK. It was a shock to those of us who know and love the Nexus One. But that’s a lot of what the problem was. Most normal people aren’t going to buy a phone sig…

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