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Google Maps Mobile May Become a Full-Fledged Navigation App
PUBLISHED: 10/28/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
Google offers free mapping software for a wide variety of smartphones. If a rumor is correct, this is going to be turned into a full-fledged navigation app, with voice-guided, turn-by-turn directions. UPDATED
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HTC Imagio Review
PUBLISHED: 10/26/2009  BY: Adama D. Brown
The HTC Imagio is a high-end smartphone from Verizon that is one of the first with Windows Mobile 6.5. Adama D. Brown says this multimedia-oriented device is "probably the closest thing to a pure iPhone clone that we've yet seen running Windows Mobile".
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Samsung Intrepid Review
PUBLISHED: 10/25/2009  BY: Jen Edwards
Sprint's first smartphone running the new Windows Mobile 6.5 Pro is the Samsung Intrepid. Jen Edwards brings us a review of this smartphone, which sports a QVGA screen, built-in keyboard, and worldphone capabilities.
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Great Deals Available on the Latest AT&T Windows Phones
PUBLISHED: 10/22/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
The official price for the recently-released AT&T Tilt2 is $300, but it's available for much less at several online retailers. The new AT&T Pure is available for even less: free with contract.
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HTC HD2 Preview
PUBLISHED: 10/21/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
The HTC HD2 is an upcoming Windows phone with a feature set that few of its competitors will be able to match. This starts with a 4.3-inch WVGA capacitive touchscreen and 1 GHz processor. Ed hardy recently got some time with this uber smartphone, and brings us his first thoughts.
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AT&T's First Android Phone May Be the HTC Hero
PUBLISHED: 10/20/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
At this point, AT&T is the only U.S. wireless carrier who has yet to even announce a phone running Google's Android OS. This may remain true until next year, when this company will reportedly introduce a version of the HTC Hero.
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AT&T Tilt2 Launches with Large Screen and Keyboard
PUBLISHED: 10/18/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
AT&T is launching its version of the HTC Touch Pro2 today. Renamed the AT&T Tilt2 by this carrier, this high-end Windows phone offers a WVGA touchscreen, sliding keyboard, mobile broadband, and much more.
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Samsung Omnia II Reportedly Scheduled for Nov. 1 Launch
PUBLISHED: 10/16/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
There can be no doubt that Verizon is going to release the Samsung Omnia II -- this Windows phone with the Verizon logo on it was on public display at last week's CTIA tradeshow. Despite this, the release date remains a mystery.
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More Evidence Emerges that T-Mobile USA Will Offer the HTC HD2
PUBLISHED: 10/14/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
T-Mobile USA customers may soon be able to get their hands on a very high-end Windows phone. An unconfirmed report says this wireless carrier is going to offer the HTC HD2, which will sport a 4.3-inch WVGA capacitive touchscreen and 1 GHz processor.
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Samsung Intrepid Now Available from Sprint
PUBLISHED: 10/12/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
Sprint has begun offering its first smartphone running the new Windows Mobile 6.5 Pro. The Samsung Intrepid has a QVGA screen, built-in keyboard, and worldphone capabilities.
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Analyst Predicts Android Will Outsell iPhone, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile by 2012
PUBLISHED: 10/8/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
Google's Android OS is still getting off the ground, but an analyst for the market-research firm Gartner says that two years from now it will have a larger share of the world market than almost all of its rivals.
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HTC Leo Is Now Officially the HTC HD2
PUBLISHED: 10/7/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
The device code-named the HTC Leo is no longer a rumor. This smartphone has an official name -- the HTC HD2 -- and its impressive feature set has been confirmed, including the 4.3-inch WVGA display and the 1 GHz processor.
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