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Palm Pre Experiencing Big Ol’ Backup Failures

6:58AM Adam Frucci | If you’ve been backing up your Pre, you might think that if you, say, drop it in the toilet, you’ll be set to have all your data placed on a replacement. That might not be the case. More »
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Xperia Pureness 2 In Development With Even Less Features

4:03AM Mark Wilson | Electricpig got word that a second gen Xperia Pureness is in the works. But believe it or not, the designers actually want to cut down on the phone’s functionality, even referencing “removing the keys”. [Electricpig]
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Palm Pre Gets Video Recording With Precorder HomeBrew Software

11:49PM Danny Allen | That’s right, 480×320-pixel video recording at 30fps is now go. The homebrew software is only an alpha (so there’s bugs like not being able to preview what you’re recording), but the app works, and is free to download. More »
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Get Your Hands On A BlackBerry Bold 9700 Now

3:30PM Nick Broughall | RIM had a lunch launching the BlackBerry Bold 9700 a couple of weeks ago, but I held off sharing because you couldn’t actually buy the phone yet. Well now you can as Telstra, Optus and Vodafone have all launched the handset. More »
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Apple: It’s Your Own Fault If You Catch An iPhone Worm

11:40AM Rosa Golijan | We’ve told you over and over again that you need to secure you jailbroken iPhone. If you still haven’t listened and were affected by the latest iPhone worm then it is your own fault. Even Apple thinks so. More »
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Your Phone At 48 Degrees Below Zero

6:40AM Matt Buchanan | At –55F (–48C), your phone’s dead, but unlike people, it can be revived. In fact, a Moto Krzr survived a bath in a –314.7F (–192.6C) bucket of liquid nitrogen. More »
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Panasonic Won’t Stop Bragging About Being #1 In Cordless Phones

5:20AM Adam Frucci | Oh, other companies are being hit by this so-called recession? Not Panasonic! It’s headed to the top of the tech world on a pile of cordless phones. They’re gonna ride this wave forever! More »
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The Dumb iPhone That Thinks It’s A MacBook

2:45AM Jesus Diaz | I know I’ve said that dumb mobile phones must die, but what about a dumb mobile phones called iPhone that looks like a white MacBook? Yeah, smash those too. More »
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It’s Official: Samsung Omnia II Is $US200 On Verizon

1:00AM Danny Allen | Last Friday’s tipster was right on the money: The Omnia II lands in the US December 2 for $US200 on contract (after $US100 mail-in rebate). It runs WinMo 6.5, but that sweet-looking 3.7-inch AMOLED touchscreen gets the 3D cube TouchWiz 2.0 UI. More »
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Motorola Droid Prototype Floating Around On eBay?

4:00AM Jack Loftus | eBay, the auction site that’s been no stranger to rare gadgets in the past, could have an interesting new denizen under its roof if this Motorola Droid prototype turns out to be the real deal. More »