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Review: Using Your Phone As An Xbox Controller

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11:30AM December 12, 2011 | Nick Broughall

Last week was a big week for Xbox fans. The latest dashboard update completely overhauled the user experience on the games console, iOS users got a dedicated app for Xbox Live and Windows Phone 7 users got the ability to control their Xbox using their smartphones. But how well does that work? We tested it out. More »


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Fujitsu’s Windows Mobile Mango Phone Could Arrive Early

1:00AM July 18, 2011 | Jack Loftus

Nikkei is reporting that the very first Windows Mobile “Mango” handset to hit the market could arrive earlier than the purported Fall launch window, courtesy Fujitsu. More »


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You Won’t Have To Say The Word MOTOBLUR Anymore

2:09PM June 10, 2011 | Kelly Hodgkins

MOTOBLUR will soon be gone. Not the Android overlay, but the term itself. More »


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Google Finally Fights Back Against Android Fragmentation

12:30AM April 1, 2011 | Brian Barrett

Openness has always been Android’s beauty and its curse. Google’s mobile operating system is available to any manufacturer that wants a slice, meaning you see it everywhere! It’s also historically been a place for hardware specialists and carriers to flex their software muscles, leading to custom alterations – skins – that often leave an elegant smartphone solution ugly, unusable, or both. More »


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Samsung Reboots With Super-Thin, Super Sharp Galaxy S II

5:05AM February 14, 2011 | Jack Loftus

Not that this is any surprise given the massive leak of photos and impressions that preceeded today’s big Mobile World Congress event, but Samsung has officially pulled the trigger on an impressive reboot of the Galaxy S. More »


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Possible Palm Devices Revealed In WebOS 2.0 Code

10:15AM November 8, 2010 | Jack Loftus

A bevy of potential Palm handset codenames have been revealed in a snippet of WebOS 2.0 code this weekend. If you’re curious, have a look at what we won’t be officially calling five Palm devices if they officially launch in the future: More »


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Optus Adds The Motorola Quench To Their Android Lineup

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2:54PM May 19, 2010 | Nick Broughall

Thirsty for Android, but not sure where to look? Optus and Motorola want you to look at them with their new Quench handset. And yes, that is probably the worst opening line to any post you will ever read on Gizmodo. More »


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“No Replaceable Batteries In WinPho7 Handsets” Was A Joke

5:33AM April 2, 2010 | Brian Barrett

Apparently the original post which cited Microsoft’s mandate of no replaceable batteries in Windows Phone 7 Series handsets was an April Fools’ joke. Ha… ha? Sincere apologies to Microsoft and to all of you for having fallen for it. More »


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Nokia N8-00 XML Entry Details Symbian^3, NHD Display

2:30AM March 29, 2010 | Jack Loftus

The leaked Nokia N8-00 hardware we spied just days ago got a bit more official today thanks to some intrepid XML file sniffing over at Nokia.com. More »


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Motorola “Opus One” Android Phone Offering Nothing But A Tease

3:00AM December 7, 2009 | Jack Loftus

The boys at BGR got a hold of a mysterious Motorola phone called the Opus One this morning. Details are sparse, but the source (described as “new”) says the phone is the company’s first Android iDEN handset. More »