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Video: Motorola BACKFLIP for AT&T review

Michael Oryl — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:59:54 +0000

I meant to post this yesterday, but the business side of this web stuff got in the way (tax season approaches, you know). In any case, here are my two videos of the Motorola BACKFLIP for AT&T. I’m currently working on a full written review for MobileBurn.com, but I can share the videos and some [...]

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Video: Motorola CLIQ XT / QUENCH review

Michael Oryl — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:41:48 +0000

Another of our MobileBurn compatriots, Todd Haselton, has put together a video of the new Motorola CLIQ XT for T-Mobile USA that he’s currently reviewing. The CLIQ XT is very much like an original CLIQ that has lost its keyboard and gained a new touchpad controller and camera flash. Video: Motorola CLIQ XT / QUENCH review [...]

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Video: HTC Legend review

Michael Oryl — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:30:31 +0000

Lots of video to put up today, as the floodgates have once again opened in our review queue over at MobileBurn.com. The first up are Russell Jefferies two videos of the HTC Legend that he received late last week. This beauty of a phone sports a solid aluminum/aluminium body, and optical joystick, and a sweet [...]

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Motorola & Microsoft to launch Bing search and maps on Android in China

James Tromans — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:29:23 +0000

After the Motorola and Google relationship that seemed to have developed when the Motorola Droid hit the market, we’re quite surprised to hear that Motorola and Microsoft are going to hit up China with Bing Search and Maps. In short, Motorola are going to provide the hardware to run Android OS. Instead of bundling with [...]

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HTC DROID ERIS put on EOL list, Incredible the slated replacement?

Kelly Hodgkins — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:50:21 +0000

According to a rumor out of BerryScoop, the Verizon Wireless DROID ERIS is slated to be placed on the dreaded end of life list starting April 1st. The source notes that the HTC Incredible is slated to launch in the same time frame and may be the chosen replacement for the semi-successful ERIS. Though it [...]

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Opera Mini 5 Beta available on Android

James Tromans — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:30:09 +0000

Opera Mini is probably the most popular mobile web browser out there. It makes sense that Android has now received the anticipated upgrade to Opera Mini 5. To put things into perspective, Opera Mobile 4 was made available for Android just over a year ago and since then it has been widely used as an [...]

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LG launches KH5200 Android smartphone for Korean market

Michael Oryl — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:45:06 +0000

LG is launching its first Android smartphone for the Korean market, the KH5200, on South Korean carrier KT. But don’t get too excited, this isn’t really anything new. In fact, this just appears to be a re-badged GW620, which we’ve all seen before. It features a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, a small’ish 3-inch HVGA resolution touchscreen display, [...]

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Rumor: Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 going Froyo

James Tromans — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:52:34 +0000

For those based in North America, the wait for the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 must seem like a lifetime. The device is a nice piece of kit, don’t get us wrong, and the huge screen certainly is a plus point. However, with the Motorola Droid running Android 2.x+ and other phones set for release soon [...]

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Vodafone Android Phone comes with Mariposa Malware

James Tromans — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:13:59 +0000

An article at Internet Storm Center published yesterday warns of Malware on the HTC Hagic. Panda Security came across the infection when one of their employees baught a brand new Vodafone Android device and plugged it into their Windows based computer. Analysis of the malware revealed that it was a Mariposa bot client. In a [...]

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Motorola BACKFLIP backfires on AT&T

Kelly Hodgkins — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:39:49 +0000

The Motorola BACKFLIP debuted this weekend on AT&T and the first impressions of this uniquely designed handset are not so favorable. Folks that picked up AT&T’s first Android handset have been shocked to discover that the device has been crippled by the nation’s second largest wireless provider. According to information posted at the xda-developers forums, [...]

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