The LG Dare may seem like just any other touch-screen phone, but I’m here to tell you that it has quite a few surprising features that made us sit up and take notice. First, it …

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This shiny new iPhone 3G might actually be an expensive brick unless activated in an authorized store.
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More signs are emerging that Apple is taking new steps to restrict iPhone hacking with the release of the iPhone 3G.
AppleInsider got its hands on a memo sent to AT&#…

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We got a treat late last Friday. It didn’t involve naked midgets, knives or blindfolds as we’d hoped, but instead it was something far, far more enjoyable: a Sony Ericsson W760i.
And how welcome it was too. After having just checked out the Motorola Rokr E8 …

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The terms “easy to use” and “mobile phone” should go hand in hand, but they rarely do. We’re regularly driven to tears when in a phone comes in boasting more features than Inspector Gadget’s trenchcoat, but requires a forensic decoding of the instruction manual just …

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Break the law, get a free headset?

It might sound a little odd, but online retailer Headsets.com has decided to make that idea the focus of a new marketing and educational campaign related to the new hands-free legislation that takes hold Tuesday in California and Washington.

In effect, if …

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It will cost you north of the border.
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If you think AT&T’s iPhone 3G service plans are expensive, just consider what Rogers is forcing on our Canadian friends.

Friday, the carrier announced its service plans for the iPhone 3G, none of which include unlimited data use. …

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Anyone can have a Bluetooth headset nowadays and, unfortunately, it often seems like everyone does. But there’s one way you can separate yourself from the loquacious crowd–with a model branded specifically for your favorite game.

Just as Metal Gear Solid 4 got its own headset, SOCOM Confrontation…

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As home phones are continually threatened with extinction, manufacturers have tried to add functions that appear to bring them closer to their mobile counterparts. But perhaps there’s a much simpler tactic: paint them in bright colors.

Following a trend that’s become commonplace for most mobile handset …

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Viigo's flagship RSS reader is now only one data destination of many.
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Another Yahoo department has cause for concern. Up until last week, Yahoo Go was top dog in the mobile widget arena, pulling everything from weather, news, and finance to local listings, Flickr photos, and …

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Logic Instrument got FCC approval nearly two years ago for its “Tetra T-Pad” rugged smartphone, but not much has been heard about it since then. Perhaps the French manufacturer thought better of trying to sell a phone that costs about $2,600 on the American market.

That’…

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Viigo's flagship RSS reader is now only one data destination of many.
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Another Yahoo department has cause for concern. Up until last week, Yahoo Go was top dog in the mobile widget arena, pulling everything from weather, news, and finance to local listings, Flickr photos, and …

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When Frank Sinatra died, his fans knew he wasn’t coming back. When Elvis died, his fans simply refused to believe he wasn’t coming back. Mostly because they’re a demented bunch. But when Nokia’s Xpress-On covers seemed to have kicked the bucket, their fans
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