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Google Android Event Is Finally Arriving

Well, I'm not sure how many of you guys are waiting for this one, but just in case you guys are interested. Google is finally launching its Android event.

The event will be an officially a go tomorrow at 10:30AM EST (that's 7:30 AM for those on the West Coast... unfortunately). The door will be opened at 10:00AM if you're interested. Probably going to need a bunch of passes to get through checkpoints...

HTC Touch Diamond Is Out From Sprint!

I haven't done this in a while, but it's definitely something to be excited about. I'm about to report to you guys that HTC Touch Diamond is ready to go for the public! Sprint is finally now offering it with contracts.

Sprint is sending out HTC Touch Diamond for the retail at $250 (that's after $200instant savings and $100 mail-in-rebate. Of course, you need that 2 year contracts).

This was...

RIP, Sprint SERO

GearDiary has been covering Sprint's SERO plan's story for a long time now. Finally, it seems like an end to the Sprint SERO plan. SERO stands for Sprint Exclusive Referal Offer.

What is Sprint SERO? It pretty much is the employee's plan. What's cool about it is that you pretty get a lot of services for paying very basic minimum. This happened under the former CEO of Sprint. Of course, Dan Hesse came...

HTC Home( Diamond skin)

[size=4][color=#ff0000]1.HTCHome.dll:v2.1.1005.722
2.Installation path of all icons is changed to go to /HTCHome,which didn't influence the system speed.
3.Clock icons have be replaced by DIAMOND.
4.4 home icons：clock、weather、program、WMP
5.Display the Week...

Apple's MobileMe...

Apple's plans to release their new software, MobileMe, has been slightly leaked to the public in the form of two oddly found webpages: 1, 2.

Since those leaks, Apple has released its formal web presentation of the...

Apple patenting cheaper plastic touch panels?

[font=Arial]Apple has been developing touch screen alternatives that would let it offer inexpensive multi-touch panels made out of plastic, as oppose to glass according to a newly-published US patent filing. The new displays would put near-transparent, capacitive wires in rows on one panel and link them to columns on another. The end result would be a significantly cheaper and lighter display no thicker than current iPhone displays. The new displays were submitted just two weeks ago, prior to...

Steve Jobs ranks high among popular CEOs

[font=Times New Roman][size=3]CEO of Apple Inc., Steve Jobs has one of the best employee ratings amongst thousands of corporate CEOs. The survey included over 40,000 worker reviews and some 9,800 companies worldwide. At present, Jobs is rated well by 91%of his employees. In relation, more average ratings included Michael Dell with having a 66% satisfaction rate, Microsofts Steve Ballmer with 55%. Joining Steve Jobs at the high end of the rankings was Intuits Brad Smith who had a 96% rating,...

Apple being cheap with its Engineers?

Slashdots Oren Hurvitz surveyed and discovered that Apple underpays its engineers relative to the market price. The post asks, “Will Apple have to raise salaries to match the market rate, or face defections?”

[i][font=Arial]Cnet's Matt Asay says, essentially, "nah." Apple's high stock price and options benefits are likely a reason many...

FCC holds public hearings on early termination fees

[i][font='Arial Narrow'][font=Verdana]The FCC held public hearings on early termination fees on Thursday. The FCCs Chairman, Kevin J. Martin, would like rules established to ensure early termination fees are in relation to the recovery costs and not abused in a manner to retain unsatisfied customers within a carrier. An example Martin gives is that US$500 phone shouldnt have the same termination fee as a US$50 phone.

Martin also stated that termination fees should be prorated and the contract...

Get your HTC Touch Diamond at CompUSA today

Now your chance to get the HTC Touch Diamond before the official release in the US. CompUSA has one available for the crazy price of just $779. Its unlocked so you can use both AT&T and T-Mobile. Can this phone really be worth $779?
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Review of FunContacts 2.1

I really don't use the built-in contact manager very much so although I have looked around at a few alternatives I have not looked very hard to find replacement application. With FunContact 2.1 I may have found that replacement

[font=Arial]FunContact is designed for touch, although you can use a stylus. You cannot use dpad or a jog wheel. When you touch anything on the screen the program really...

Whispers of Windows Mobile 7

Now this is all slightly shady business, but Kevin Chen, General Manager of HTC Middle East, Africa & CIS, reportedly stated that HTC devices may have Windows Mobile 7 running in early 2009.

The original source site for this information has gone down and replaced with an "account suspended" notice.

The new Windows Mobile 7 is expected to do a lot of things, but Microsoft has yet to confirm any information that has been floating around.

A leaked report stated that the new WM7 will be much...

Twitter for all those Bloggers on the go

[i][size=3][font=Times New Roman]TwitterFone is free service that lets you update your Twitter feed using your voice from any mobile or cell phone. You call it, speak your tweet, and hang up. A short while later, your tweet will be posted on Twitter. Magic! TwitterFone is great for when you're on the go - in the car, on a train, or running between meetings - and don't have WiFi or time to log on to the...

Nokia E Series adds E66 and E71

Nokia officially announced today, the inclusion of two new phones to their E series line that are business focused devices. The two phones share a large number of [font=Times New Roman][size=3]features. Both operate on quad-band GSM/EDGE as well as WCDMA/HSDPA 850/1900. They also features Bluetooth 2.0+EDR with stereo support and Wi-Fi. They...

First Projector Phone

[i][font=Times New Roman][i][font=Arial]You're looking at what's scheduled to be the world's first projector phone from ChinaKing (aka, CKing). The bits of information we scraped off the machine translated text reveals an LCoS-based projector that relies upon a LED light source and manual focus adjustment. This brick (and we mean brick) is supposedly capable of...