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PPCGeeks REVIEW: The HTC Incredible
Hello Users! Courtesy of Verizon Wireless, we here at PPCGeeks.Com took a moment and got in depth with the HTC Incredible, a luxury Android 2.1 smartphone. Since late April, the Incredible has been making eyes bulge and mouths water as they took look at the sleek, light, and FAST device, featuring more RAM and a…
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Google Closing Down Phone Web Store – Changes Coming
We all knew the Nexus One was a project by Google to help change the wireless industry as we know it. They were hoping to make things more open, similar to how GSM operates. By selling an unlocked phone, they were hoping to be able to offer it on every major US carrier, but that…
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Sprint & Verizon Touch Pro 2 WM6.5 Causes ‘Sleep Of Death’
Many of our forum users have reported issues after upgrading to the official Windows Mobile 6.5 release for their Touch Pro 2’s. The one that seems the most common is being referred to as the “Sleep Of Death”. This seems to occur randomly, but what happens is when the phone goes to sleep, after a…
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Sprint’s Samsung Moment Finally Getting Android 2.1 Now
While there’s been no official announcement from Sprint, people are reporting that if you download the update executable from Sprint’s website that you’ll end up with Android 2.1. The download page still shows the update is dated 2/19/2010. There’s some discussions going on in our forums about it too. Have you tried it? What was…
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Ten Bucks for Being EVO-Cool
John Taylor who is a spokesperson for Sprint/Nextel on public policy has clarified through his blog that the $10 monthly charge that is on EVO plans is not because of the 4G; it’s because it’s the most awesome phone ever! “This is specific to the device. It’s not related to whether you are using 3G…
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HTC Takes Off Their Gloves!
HTC has taken off their gloves and have responded to Apple’s lawsuits by filing a complaint today with the International Trade Commission to halt the import and sale of the iPhone, iPad and iPod in the United States. Earlier this year Apple filed a similar action against HTC for infringement of over 20 patents that…
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Sprint’s HTC Evo 4G To Debut June 4th
For those of you drooling over the upcoming Sprint Evo 4G Android phone, you don’t have to wait much longer! Sprint has officially announced its availability on June 4th for $199 on contract of course. There’s no mention of required plans to get that price either. Sprint has also announced the ability to do video…
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Android 2.2 450% Faster Than Android 2.1…Sometimes
The folks over at AndroidPolice are lucky enough to have a Nexus One running Froyo, Android 2.2. You’ve probably seen the slight changes to the homescreen, heard about Flash 10.1 finally coming to Android, make more RAM available for the Nexus One, possibly activate the FM Receiver/Transmitter in the Nexus One, and that it will…
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Rumor: Sprint Giving Up On Nexus One Too?
With the recent announcement of Verizon giving up on the Nexus One in favor of its HTC Droid Incredible, it looks like Sprint may be doing the same thing in favor of its upcoming HTC Evo 4G. Even though Sprint had an official press release back in March, announcing the Google Nexus One is coming,…
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Android “Shakes Up” Smartphone Market according to NPD Group
The leading market research company, The NPD Group, has announced that Android has surpassed Apple’s OS market (primarily being the IPhone) to be now only behind RIM in the mobile market. Based on unit sales to consumers last quarter, the Android operating system moved into second place at 28 percent behind RIM’s OS (at 36…
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Wireless Market Share By Carrier & Devices
ComScore, a leader in measuring the digital world, has released their latest study yesterday, which shows common trends in the US Wireless Market for the first three months of this year. According to the study, Verizon holds the most market share at 31.1%, while At&t is second with 25.2% and Sprint and T-Mobile both had…
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The Pocket PC Geeks Podcast for 05/06/10!
The PPCGP, All the Mobile News You’ll Ever Need! Episode 22, for 05/06/2010!
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Verizon HTC Droid Incredible Update Available
Even though the Verizon HTC Droid Incredible wasn’t released too long ago, they’re already pushing out an OTA update which offers “improved functionality for composing and sending business email”. The update is about 3.5MB and can be installed over the air. For instructions on how to do this, please see this PDF from Verizon.
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The SHACK to have EVO Preorders This Month!
Just in from the rumor mill! Despite the heart-wrenching news of the EVO’s release being pushed back to Labor Days, this just emerged from the bin of news, that being THE SHACK (Aka, Radioshack for us older ones) will be accepting pre-orders this month, according to employees and customers whom have seen billboards promoting such…
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Changewave Researches the Big 4 Carriers – The Results are in! (Updated 5/7/10)
Changewave, a major researching institution of the United States, has recently created a study the judges the dropped call, carrier retentions, and overall customer satisfaction over the big four carriers in the US: T-Mobile, AT&T, Verizon & Sprint. This also includes a study on the probability of switches to occur if the Iphone were to…
