BGR Giveaway: Saddleback leather gadget sleeves
Saddleback Leather Co., a San Antonio based purveyor of leather products, has sent us a few items to give away to you, our beloved readers. The company …
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Newly found jailbreak exploit will work on iPhone 4, iPad, and new iPod touch
Lord of the Devs — MuscleNerd — has confirmed that the latest jailbreak exploit discovered by pod2g will indeed work beyond the iPhone. In a tweet, …
Amazon to sell Kindle at Best Buy this holiday season
Today, Amazon announced a partnership with big box retailer Best Buy to make the Kindle e-reader available in retail stores for the holiday season. In …
Google responds to Apple's iOS statement: "great news for everyone"
Shortly after Apple announced that they would be easing developer restrictions for the iOS platform, Google published a statement giving their proverbial thumbs up. In a blog …
Google Maps for Android updated, walking navigation and new search bar included
Today, Google announced that it would be updating its Google Maps application for the Android operating system to include voice-guided walking navigation and a new, …
Photos of Samsung GT-i8700 running Windows Phone 7 emerge
Gizmodo was sent in several images of what appears to be a very close-to-finished prototype of the Samsung GT-i8700 Windows Phone 7 handset. The device looks to …
Google Voice widgets for Android made official
A few weeks back, we told you about Google Voice widgets for Android that were extracted from a leaked T-Mobile G2 ROM. Today, Google has made …
AT&T spends over $3.5 billion on network in first six months of 2010
You can say what you want about the quality of AT&T’s network — and we know you will — but at least they are trying. …
ARM officially announces Cortex-A15 processor for portable devices, smartphones
Today, chip maker ARM announced the Cortex-A15 MPCore processor; a processor that “delivers a 5x performance improvement over today’s advanced smartphone processors, within a comparable …
App Store review guidelines published, comical
Apple has published the recently announced App Store Review Guidelines, and to be honest… the document is pretty comical. Here are a few excerpts from …
Apple relaxing restrictions on iOS third-party development tools
Today, in a rather surprising press release, Apple announced that it would be “relaxing some restrictions put in place earlier this year” for iOS developers. …
Windows Phone 7 launching on October 11?
Pocket-lint is reporting that “multiple sources familiar with the matter” have informed them that Microsoft plans to officially announce its new mobile operating system — …
T-Mobile officially announces G2, pre-orders begin "later this month"
Early this morning, T-Mobile officially announced their first HSPA+ device, the G2. The G2 will pair “a large 3.7-inch screen with a unique hinge design …
T-Mobile uses binary to let you know G2 news is "coming soon"
T-Mobile, in an attempt to be coy, has tweeted that G2 news is coming soon (G2newscomingsoon) in binary. The taunting tweet comes just one week before HTC is …
iTunes Store: applications to overtake songs in number of downloads this year
Aysmco is reporting that iOS application downloads on Apple’s iTunes store should overtake the number of song downloads sometime this year. The report is based …
iOS 4.1 bootrom exploit found, new jailbreak method on the way
Almost in unison with Apple releasing iOS 4.1, iOS tinkerer pod2g announced a bootrom exploit that will allow the jailbreaking community access to the innards …
Netflix inks deal with Nu Image/Millennium to stream first-run content
Fresh off of their deal last month with Epix, Netflix has announced a new, long-term agreement with Nu Image/Millennium Films that will bring more first-run content to …
iOS 4.1 available for download
For those waiting, the time is here. Apple has officially released iOS 4.1 into the wild. Get your 30-pin dock connector and iPod Touch or …
Google announces 'Google Instant', predictive search results as you type
Today, at Google’s search event, the Mountain View company announced a new search service titled Google Instant. Google details that over one billion users use the company’s …
Bloomberg: OnStar to include Facebook integration
Since the safety of talking and texting while driving has been highly publicized, we wonder how well received Facebook’ing while driving will be. Bloomberg is reporting …
Nokia N8 available for pre-order, end of September release
Nokia has made their unreleased, flagship N8 handset available for pre-order in the U.S. via shop.nokia.com. The device, which will retail for $549, has a …
UBS: 2011 iPad sales to total 28 million, iPhone 52 million
UBS analyst Maynard Um has raised his stock price target for Apple, Inc. to $350 from $340. The move comes as Um predicts upwards of …
T-Mobile launches "Kids Are Free" promotion
Today, T-Mobile announced a new, cost-saving feature for those that have family plans and progeny called Kids Are Free. As T-Mobile explains, “With Kids Are Free, new …
Happy Fascinate Day to you… and a friend
If you’ve been patiently waiting to get yourself a Samsung Fascinate from Verizon Wireless, the day hath cometh. Oh, and it might be a good idea to …
iPod Shuffle gets taken down to tiny screws
The gang over at ifixit have taken Apple’s newest iPod Shuffle and given it a proper tear down. The fourth-generation Shuffle doesn’t contain any mysterious secrets — we’re …
Wirefly selling EVO 4G handsets via Facebook again
Two weeks ago, we told you about Wirefly selling the ever-so-elusive HTC EVO 4G handset via Facebook. Well, the company has just sent us a …
Internet Explorer 9 gets short UI walkthrough video
It looks like video of the yet-to-be-released Internet Explorer 9 has surfaced on the web. The browser, which is scheduled to launch in beta next week, is …
HP files civil complaint against former CEO Hurd
HP has filed a civil complaint against embattled CEO Mark Hurd, alleging that the former chief can not fully perform his newly assigned duties with employer Oracle without divulging …
webOS 2.0 screen shots emerge
What do we have here? Chinese website wibozi.com has posted a plethora of screen shots — 24 to be exact — of the highly anticipated webOS …
Google adds missed call notification emails to Voice
If you rely heavily on Google Voice, as we do, but don’t have an Android handset — preventing you from leveraging the superb Voice app — …
