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It was expected, and now it is official: Verizon will offer the same $30 unlimited 3G data plan it currently offers on other smartphones for the upcoming iPhone 4. At the same time, mobile hotspot costs were detailed as well. Here is what Verizon CEO Lowell MacAdam said to the Wall Street...
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Some say the best smartphone is a jailbroken iPhone, but one problem (aside from the obvious, that jailbreaking, although legal, voids your warranty) is the issue of reinstalling all your jailbreak-only apps if you update and re-jailbreak. The latest version of Cydia can help with that...
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Mobile payments couldn't possibly be hotter right now. It's a trend that has caught on in my European and Asian nations, but the USA seems content with their old fashoned payment methods. But it feels like the future is finally catching...
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If you were one of the lucky ones grandfathered in when AT&T changed to tiered data plans, you may be using your iPhone 4 more than ever before. The only trouble with that is the battery; Apple made great strides to improve the battery life on the iPhone 4 compared to the 3GS, but using it...
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We've heard plenty from tablet and smartphone manufacturers at CES about their upcoming 2011 products. Apple has remained nearly silent about its own plans, but Taiwanese sources have surreptitiously reported that the next-generation iPhone 5 will pose a threat to the best-laid plans of...
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Even those of you who really have been living under a rock or in a cave are undoubtedly aware that Apple's iPhone is coming to Verizon. Some of you already have February 10, 2011 circled on your calendar, the day this long-anticipated partnership between Apple and Verizon will finally take...
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Blue Coat announced the K9 Web Protection Browser for iOS. This free Web browser designed for Apple iPads, iPhones, and Web-enabled iPod Touch devices provides for a family-safe browsing experience. In addition to protecting from content that is not appropriate for children such as...
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Nearly four years of pent-up demand by users who wanted a Verizon iPhone means Verizon is bound to sell millions of the devices. That success may not exactly be a good thing for Verizon, at least short-term: the subsidies involved may be so high as to cut significantly into Verizon's profits...
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Wow. Wow. Three little letters, and just one single word. It's actually difficult to think of any other way to express how we feel about this launch. From day one, when the original iPhone launched on AT&T, people immediately began...
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Android, iOS and yes, even Windows Phone 7 devices have been labeled app phones instead of smartphones, because there'a an app for just about anything. There are also cases for just about anything, as demonstrated by this iPhone case...
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The well-publicized alarm bug that affected iOS devices earlier has cost a young woman her waitressing position, according to an open letter to Apple CEO Steve Jobs that was published on the Huffington Post. There are a few things missing...
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A woman may have her dog to thank for catching a burglar. It's not, however, because the dog himself caught the burglar, but instead because the iCam application she used on her iPhone to monitor her dog clued her into a burglary. The iCam app runs on both Android and iPhone. Claire, who did...
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Apple iPhone users have been waiting a long time for this, and just in time to call up your best friend on New Year's Eve and communicate via video instead of just voice, Skype has delivered video calling to the iPhone. Before now, Skype was only useful for VoIP calling and messaging. Skype...
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If you have been running out of cool ways to use your iPhone, check in with Ryan to see if he has any ideas for you. Ryan has turned an old mini-fridge from his days at college days into an iPhone-controlled beer-firing cannon. Among the features are that you can select from 4 types of beer...
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If there's one automotive company that's really making a play to integrate with those on the cutting-edge of tech, it's Ford. The company made a big stand when they announced that Microsoft's SYNC system would be behind their in-car NAV and entertainment options, and that has been rapidly...
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The cell phone has almost become an extension of the human body as of late. Whether it's texting, tweeting, Facebooking, web-surfing, picture-taking, it has become more and more evident that Americans use their phone to do just about anything and everything. Ubiquitous would be a word that...
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NavFree has launched an iOS navigation app, which isn't in and of itself unusual. However, the app is free, and includes 1.6GB of offline data, which is unusual, particularly for gratis. NavFree USA (Europe is coming; U.K. and Ireland are...
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Navmii, a publisher of GPS location-based applications, announced a free navigational app for the iPhone and iPad. The new NavFree USA provides many of the features you'd expect from a turn-by-turn navigational app including the ability to...
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TomTom's GPS app was the first third-party navigation application to be revealed for the iPhone, and having that leg-up on everyone else has definitely helped the company out. Over time, lots of rivals have appeared, but the "original" has done a lot to keep itself current. The newest update, pushed out today to iTunes, takes the TomTom iPhone...
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In a recent blog post, Sony said that it plans to launch the official PlayStation App "very soon." The upcoming app will work with iPhone and iPod touch devices running OS 4 and above, as well as most Android devices with OS 1.6 and above. Sony didn't go into a whole lot of detail, but did say...
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The iPhone has become a GPS replacement for many, and smartphones in general are quickly becoming powerful and smart enough to handle navigation duties. But if you have someone riding shotgun, there's obviously a lot of benefit to having a...
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Apple's iPhone has grown into something far more robust than just a smartphone. Thanks to the blossoming App Store, nearly anything is possible with it now. Using it as a remote control has been a concept embraced since the early days of the app store, even by Apple themselves. But to really...
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