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AT&T and LTE: Are you kidding me?

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Hey Doc, I don’t care what whose sources either you or Engadget are using to even suggest AT&T has figured it out, specifically that AT&T’s throughput in New York City is the best in the business at 1523kbps which would be several times faster than what I’ve seen routinely in midtown Manhattan during business hours … Read more

AT&T Takes Another Foot Out of its Mouth

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We have certainly criticized AT&T in the past for everything from poor signal to even worse customer service. But, being the fair-minded blokes that we are (no, I’m not a Brit, just seemed like a good fit for us), we must also give credit where credit is due. As reported at engadget.com, tests conducted by … Read more

Push Your Buttons

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My biggest complaint about stepping over to the Fuze from the original Tilt was the loss of all those buttons. I liked those buttons. Damnit. Don’t get me started. Have you heard of AEButton? Well it’s a hard button mapper (hard meaning the buttons you can feel on the phone, not buttons to press on … Read more

Sprint Expands Its “Buyback” Program; Customers Can Trade in Any Eligible Cell Phone, Even from Other Carriers, for Account Credit

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WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sprint Nextel [NYSE: S] CEO Dan Hesse today announced the launch of an expanded wireless buy-back program for wireless devices while testifying at a green telecom hearing on Capitol Hill. Sprint’s expanded Buyback program, intended to boost U.S. wireless recycling rates, now offers an instant point-of-sale credit to current and new Sprint customers who turn in up to three eligible wireless devices, per active line of service. Sprint Buyback now accepts all eligible wireless devices, regardless of manufacturer or carrier, through its expanded program. Customers can take their unwanted phones to one of the more than 1,000 participating Sprint-owned retail stores nationwide. Currently, there are more than 900 wireless devices that are eligible for an instant credit from Sprint. Device credits range in value from approximately $5 to upwards of $300 depending on the make and model of the device being turned in.

The new Sprint Buyback program will allow customers to take advantage of the current value of their unused cell phones and will reduce the number of wireless devices that end up in landfills

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I Left My Phone At Home v1.4.0 Now Available

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There’s a nice upgrade available to I Left My Phone at Home. This is the app that I said was a must have app  and Best Windows Mobile Apps rated it a 5/5. This app lets you log on to a website so that you notify it that you left your phone at home. From … Read more

Launchpad 1.6 and MoTweets 1.6 Beta1 Available

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Just over two weeks ago we told you about Panoramic Software making Launchpad 1.6 available as a Beta and it’s now available as a final release. It’s $3.99 and the change log is: Added Localization for Dutch, Romanian, Norwegian, and Russian New finger friendly Favorites screen Ability to have multiple Favorites pages Ability to add … Read more

Smartphones Weekly Roundup

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After the successful unveiling of Windows Phone 7 Series at MWC2010 every one is excited about WP7 but since we wont get our hands on one of these till Dec2010. We have to check out the WM6.5 devices that will come out before WP7. One such device from HTC is the HTC HD Mini . Our review site brings a new windows phone software I Left My Phone at Home – this app will let you grab your sms and call info remotely. For Windows mobile gamers we review Resco Snake a windows phone accelerometer game .

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Going to MIX10? Want to party?

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The Auri Group is getting ready for MIX10 and hopefully come back with a lot more details on WP7 and its development. In order to get the most out of it, they’re trying to put together an informal party. Wouldn’t it be great to have a Windows Phone Developer Party at MIX? Not “official” by … Read more

WP7 Coming in October?

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on Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 site states that the release date of WP7 is “Holiday 2010.”  I just want to clarify what that likely means. When Windows 7 (desktop) was pre-announced they had a goal of 2009 Holiday.  The actual public release occurred on October 22, 2009. Presumably, when MS uses the phrase ‘holiday’ this … Read more

uCONVERT

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Were you missing an app on which could convert one unit to another and do something more than just that? Here is an answer to your wish. It works and works better than all other apps offering the same functionality. Some of the features it has are here: more than 200 types of conversions in … Read more

Tip: Add and Control Sense Fav People From Outlook

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I was just messing with my phone (trying to figure out something that’s still eluding me) but I reverted back to Windows Default instead of Sense as my UI. And while I was looking through the default Windows contacts pages (which are actually nice in their latest versions) I noticed that my wife’s contact information … Read more