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Homebuilt meat smoker texts your phone when the meat is ready!

September 2, 2010

MAKE Magazine / Phillip Torrone

Homebuilt meat smoker texts your phone when the meat is ready! - Gadget Freak Case #170: Smoking Permitted, but Bring a Roast...

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LG's E900 and E720 handsets hit the FCC, one with AT&T-compatible frequencies

September 2, 2010

Engadget Mobile / Sean Hollister

We knew LG's C900 QWERTY-packing Windows Phone 7 handset was sliding towards an AT&T finish line, but it's looking like the company's E900 slate phone might play for Team Blue as well -- here's ...

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Samsung: 'we are prioritizing our Android platform'

September 2, 2010

Engadget / Donald Melanson

Samsung may be one of the big players that Microsoft is pinning its hopes on for Windows Phone 7, but you wouldn't know that from listening to the company at IFA.

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Verizon Adds New Prepaid Data Plans for Select 3G Phones

September 2, 2010

PCM Breaking News

Verizon Wireless on Thursday introduced two new monthly pre-paid data packages for users with 3G smartphones and multi-media phones.

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New York Times article on the News of the World and phone hacking

September 2, 2010

Liberal England / Jonathan (noreply@blogger.com)

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Cell phone ringing in mailbox causes evacuation in Columbus

September 2, 2010

toledoblade.com Sports Headlines

ASSOCIATED PRESS COLUMBUS, Ohio — Authorities say a cell phone ringing inside a mailbox caused a downtown disruption in Ohio's largest city.

Daily Giz Wiz 1170: The EnGenius SN-900 Long Range Phones

September 2, 2010

TWiT.TV - Netcasts you love from people you trust / leolaporte

From the depths of Dick's gadget warehouse comes the EnGenius SN-900 Long Range Phone. Download or subscribe to this show at twit.tv/dgw.

Check Out This Awesome RSS Reader for Windows Phone 7

September 2, 2010

ReadWriteWeb / Marshall Kirkpatrick

Windows Phone 7 will be available in time for the Holiday Season, Microsoft says, and today the company unveiled a beautiful new RSS reading app built by an award winning team of Microsoft 2010 ...

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Woz and Jobs: phone phreaks

September 2, 2010

/ Jason Kottke

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Tutorial: Automating your Android Phone with SL4A

September 2, 2010

LinuxPlanet

Back in Part 1 we learned how flexible and script-able Android is, and installed the SL4A scripting layer. Today Paul Ferrill teaches more about how to write custom Android scripts.

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Twitter for the iPad Says Hello!

September 2, 2010

BoomTown / Kara Swisher

BoomTown does not plan to get into the endless so-and-so launches an Apple iPad app news cycle, because it is not really news, except to the more breathless fanboy tech bloggers.

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Cell phones and American adults

September 2, 2010

Pew Internet and American Life Project: Front Page

Adults make just as many calls, but text less often than teens.

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MP demands judicial inquiry into News of the World phone-hacking claims

September 2, 2010

Guardian Unlimited World Latest / James Robinson

Former Labour minister writes to Downing Street calling for investigation with subpoena powers after New York Times storyThe Labour MP Tom Watson has called for a full judicial inquiry into ...

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Palm reveals WebOS 2.0

September 2, 2010

Gear Live / Andru Edwards

If there were an award for most underrated OS than Palm’s webOS would certainly be giving an acceptance speech.

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Samsung favors Android, marginalizes Windows Phone 7

September 2, 2010

MacNN

Samsung will downplay its Windows Phone 7 devices in favor of Android and its in-house Bada platform, its mobile marking head YH Lee said in an interview Thursday.

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Verizon Offering Prepaid Package for 3G Phones

September 2, 2010

Phone Scoop - Latest News / Philip Berne

Verizon Wireless today began offering a prepaid data package for use on 3G capable phones, including a wide range of smartphones and 3G feature phones.

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Available Today: Verizon Wireless Offers New Prepaid Data Package on 3G Smartphones and Multimedia Phones

September 2, 2010

Yahoo! Finance: Telecom Services - Domestic Industry News

[PR Newswire] - Verizon Wireless today announced it will be expanding its portfolio of prepaid offerings to include a new 3G Prepaid data package that lets customers access unlimited data on select 3G ...

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Apple, LG, Nokia top green phone makers

September 2, 2010

Electronista | Gadgets for Geeks

A new IDC study today has put Apple at the top of environmental friendliness for phone makers. It managed to challenge other, ostensibly greener companies through the scale of its iPhone efforts.

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Test Your App on a Real Windows Phone in Toronto, Calgary and Montreal

September 2, 2010

Global Nerdy / Joey deVilla

Pre-manufacturing Windows Phone 7 devices are incredibly hard to come by, but we’re working on ways for you to test your WP7 apps on the real thing.

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Fresh phone-hacking claim against News of the World

September 2, 2010

guardian.co.uk From the Observer: Observer / Jason Deans

Press Complaints Commission confirms it was told two months ago that journalist was under investigation over new claimThe News of the World is facing a fresh allegation of phone hacking against one of ...

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Twitter App for iPad Puts New Focus on Design

September 2, 2010

New York Times / By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER

Twitter has a new app for the iPad -- and along with it, a new approach to design and usability.

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Samsung focusing on Android and bada, sees only "specialized" demand for Windows Phone 7

September 2, 2010

MobileBurn.com / Michael Oryl

Reuters is quoting a Samsung exec as stating that "We are prioritizing our Android platform. Android is very open and flexible, and there is a consumer demand for it.

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HTC 7 Trophy gets approved (probably for Europe)

September 2, 2010

WMExperts / Malatesta

And yet another HTC phone gets "approval" though less is known about this one at this time.

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Windows Phone 7 released to manufacturers

September 1, 2010

Macworld: The Mac Product Experts / Matt Hamblen

Windows Phone 7 has been finalized and released to manufacturers, Microsoft announced Wednesday.

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Sharp shows phone with 3D cameras, 3D displays

September 2, 2010

Electronista

At the IFA expo kicking off tomorrow, Sharp will show off a cellphone with a glasses-free display and a camera that can capture 3D images.

LXer: Automating your Android Phone with SL4A

September 2, 2010

LinuxQuestions.org / LXer

Published at LXer: In the first installment of this article we looked at getting Google's Scripting Layer for Android (SL4A) downloaded and installed on your Android phone. We examined the basics...

Verizon 3G phones now available with pre-paid plans

September 2, 2010

AfterDawn.com

Verizon has announced new monthly pre-paid data packages for users that have 3G smartphones and "multimedia" phones. For $30 per month, Verizon is offering unlimited data.

Tower of Ugly: Should a 55-foot tall cell phone...

September 2, 2010

Curbed SF / Sally Kuchar

Should a 55-foot tall cell phone tower be built in Los Altos? This is NIMBYism at its finest.

Using an NES controller on an Android phone

September 2, 2010

Hack a Day / Mike Szczys

[Sk3tch] rigged up a way to use an original NES controller with Android. He bought the controller and a breakout board for it at DEFCON.

Now You Can Shout at Your Phone Productively…Android Adds Voice Check-In For Foursquare

September 2, 2010

SocialTimes / Katy Gathright

Ever have the urge to shout at your phone? Want to grab that coveted “mayor” badge in Foursquare? Now you can do both at the same time if you have an Android 2.

Andy Coulson's government job under renewed attack

September 2, 2010

guardian.co.uk UK news / Nicholas Watt

PM under pressure to sack director of communications following new allegations in New York Times over unlawful phone hackingDavid Cameron was tonight facing renewed pressure to sack Andy Coulson as ...

DIY Meat Smoker that SMS Texts your CellPhone!

September 2, 2010

zedomax.com / max

Here’s another fabulous idea for making your cooking easier and more precise, a DIY meat smoker that SMS texts your cellphone when the meat reaches a certain temperature, all monitored by a PID ...

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