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Software developers say they have hacked into Research In Motion Ltd.’s PlayBook tablet computer, controlling the device’s file system and allowing the PlayBook to run unauthorized applications. The developers who identify themselves as neuralic, xpvqs and Chris Wade, say they have exploited a hole in RIM’s vaunted security system to “jailbreak” the tablet. In YouTube videos they demonstrate how

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Don't buy a new Android smartphone unless you know for sure that it will be upgraded to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. Here's the list. Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, the most significant update to Google's smartphone platform yet, has been available in world markets for a couple of weeks now on the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. The Galaxy Nexus isn't available for sale yet in the U.S., unless you feel

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One of the top selling points for all three of Verizon’s big holiday devices (DROID RAZR, Galaxy Nexus and Rezound) will undoubtedly be their screens. Some have variations of the Super AMOLED display while another has a Super LCD. One is “qHD” while the others are the world’s first “HD” screens. There has been talk of PenTile and hatching and whether or not you can tell a difference between them

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Apple’s design team is certainly one of the top players in the market, and so far, they have done exceptionally well when it comes to the kind of handsets and tablets that they have churned out, not to mention computers. iFixit, with their expertise in taking things and devices apart, managed to get an iPhone 4S of their own, and decided to have some fun with it. It seems that they are about to

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Samsung might seem to be concentrating a whole lot on their Android-powered smartphones and tablets at the moment, but do remember that the South Korean conglomerate does have its own interest in the world of smartphones as well – thanks to their very own Bada platform. Having said that, their latest attempt to further expand the Bada market comes in the form of the Samsung Wave 3 – a flagship

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Tablets are all the rage, and have been for quite some time already thanks to Apple’s effort with the iPad that really made the tablet a mainstream device for the past few years. Well, having said that, Android-powered tablets are definitely something worth looking into, but they are still unable to overpower the might of the iPad as the king of the hill where tablets are concerned. Well, other

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Other countries around the world have already started to enjoy the wonders of the latest Samsung smartphone-tablet hybrid, the Galaxy Note, but folks living in the US still do not have access to that device just yet – officially, anyways. Well, if the leaked photo featured in this post is of any indication, the long and suffering wait might soon be over. What you see is the real deal itself,

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As expected, the “project” that Motorola has prepared for the XOOM is nothing more than a minor tweak here or there. In fact, it’s an “invisible” update that adds improved support for pay-as-you-go customers and nothing more. So if you receive notification to update tomorrow (yes tomorrow), you can relax, as there will be no Ice Cream Sandwich goodness for quite some time. Here is the blurb from

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Over the holiday weekend, Motorola made two new devices official in China:  the Motorola HD XT928 and the Motorola MT917. Both will look familiar as each was photographed just a couple of weeks ago. Now, normally we ignore most of the phone releases outside of the U.S., but these caught our eye for the simple fact that they have 720p HD displays, which is a first for any Motorola device. Each

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There she is, folks. The Samsung Galaxy Nexus - the first Ice Cream Sandwich device on the planet. My GSM (non-Verizon) version arrived about 2 hours ago, which was just enough time to unlock the bootloader and start making it my own. That’s right, the beauty of a Nexus device, is the fact that with 2 simple commands in adb, your phone is completely unlocked and yours to do with as you please.

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In the spirit of Black Friday, we thought we should point out today’s Living Social deal. If you fork out $25, Verizon will give you $50 to spend on accessories or towards the purchase of a new phone. So drop $25, get an extra $25 to spend on new toys. Not a bad deal at all. Buy. Cheers Andrew and Ilan! View the original article here

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The DROID 4 is upon us whether we are ready for it or not. The first pictures of it popped up a few weeks ago followed by signs pointing to it arriving on December 8. We also got confirmation that training has started for some Verizon shops, along with this set of official specs. Who knew we would see it so soon? The D4 will have a 4? screen (LCD or AMOLED?), 1.2GHz dual-core processor, 1GB of

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The BlackBerry Playbook is not exactly the best selling tablet in the market right now, let alone having it fly the best seller flag for manufacturer RIM at the moment. In fact, RIM has gone so far as to offer the Playbook for free to enterprise customers, which is not always a good thing as it reveals your position to your rivals in the market that you are clearly having issues clearing up your

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On Wednesday, we received word that the DROID 4 could be arriving at Verizon stores on December 8. The news was semi-shocking as the RAZR, Bionic and DROID3 have all been released by Motorola and Big Red in the last 5 months. It just seems like overkill. But, we did give you the first photos of the device a few weeks back that clearly show a finished product that is ready to be shipped. And now

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Verizon’s comparison of the Galaxy Nexus to the competition gave me a good laugh today because of one category in particular. See the “User Interface” section? They plan to use the “No OEM customization” as a selling point for this phone, which just so happens to be the number 1 asked for approach to most phones by all Android enthusiasts. It’s fascinating to see a carrier differentiate a phone

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Could we see a white version of the DROID RAZR in the coming months? According to this shot from Verizon, one has at least been entered into their device management system. We have seen all white phones from Samsung, HTC and LG, but this is sort of new territory for Motorola. Sure they had partially white phones with the DROID 2 Global and the R2-D2, but we are imagining white all over this

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