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Palm Pre Now Available for $80
PUBLISHED: Thursday, November 19, 2009
The giant webstore Amazon.com is now offering the Palm Pre at well below the regular price for those who are switching to Sprint to get this webOS-based smartphone. The Pre has a sliding design, with a capacitive touchscreen, keyboard, and mobile broadband.

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Mysterious Firmware Update Released for Sprint's HTC Hero
PUBLISHED: 11/19/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
Sprint and HTC have released a system software update for the HTC Hero. However, they have done so without revealing any of the changes that are included.
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Sprint's Samsung Moment and HTC Hero Now Selling for Just $100
PUBLISHED: 11/17/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
Thanks to an electronics retailer, both of Sprint's Android-powered smartphones are available for well below their suggested prices. Sprint is asking $180 each for the HTC Hero and Samsung Moment, but those who go to Best Buy will pay $80 less.
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Palm Pixi First Impressions Review
PUBLISHED: 11/16/2009  BY: Jen Edwards
The new Palm Pixi is in many ways a successor to the Palm Centro: small, inexpensive, and useful. Jen Edwards says the second webOS-based smartphone -- which debuted from Sprint this weekend -- is a fun little device that's very well priced.
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Palm Pixi Video Preview
PUBLISHED: 11/15/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
The Palm Pixi is debuting today, and Brighthand has a video overview of this new device, the second with Palm's webOS. This smartphone has a slimmer design than its predecessor, and a smaller screen, but offers virtually all the features at a lower price.
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Palm webOS 1.3.1 Brings Yahoo Calendar and Contacts Synchronization
PUBLISHED: 11/14/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
Palm is releasing a new version of the system software for the Palm Pre and Pixi. webOS 1.3.1 brings additional support for synchronizing with Yahoo's services, as well as a number of bug fixes and enhancements.
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Palm Pixi Selling for Just $25
PUBLISHED: 11/12/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
The Palm Pixi, the second webOS-powered smartphone, is set to be released exclusively by Sprint this weekend. The official price is $100, but one online retailer has undercut that by a wide margin for some customers. UPDATED
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New Study Warns that Cell Phone Use May Slightly Increase Cancer Risk
PUBLISHED: 11/4/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
An extensive study overseen by the World Health Organization has found that cell phone use may cause a slight but measurable increase in several types of tumors, some of which are dangerous.
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Samsung Moment Review
PUBLISHED: 11/3/2009  BY: Jen Edwards
Sprint's second Android-based smartphone, the Samsung Moment, features a 3.2-inch AM-OLED screen, a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, an optical joystick, fast processor, and Wi-Fi. Jen Edwards brings us a review.
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Most Popular Smartphones of October
PUBLISHED: 11/2/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
At the beginning of each month, Brighthand publishes a list of the smartphones and other mobile devices that readers have shown the most interest in during the preceding four weeks.
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Samsung Moment Now Available from Sprint
PUBLISHED: 11/2/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
Sprint has released its second Android-based smartphone, the Samsung Moment. This new model features a 3.2-inch AM-OLED screen, a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, an optical joystick, fast processor, and Wi-Fi.
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HTC Hero Getting an Android 2.0 Upgrade
PUBLISHED: 10/29/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
Google officially unveiled Android 2.0 earlier this week, and Verizon has already announced a model that will use it -- the Motorola Droid. Not to be left out, HTC has promised an OS upgrade for the HTC Hero.
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Palm Pixi Will Debut in Mid-November for $100
PUBLISHED: 10/26/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
The Palm Pixi, the second webOS-powered smartphone, will hit store shelves in a few weeks. As expected, this smartphone will have an entry-level price, making it more affordable than its predecessor, the Palm Pre.
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