Motorola’s ridiculously comfortable Oasis headset announced: October 3rd for $80
If you don't actually want to be able to feel that you've got a Bluetooth earbud hanging off the side of your head, you might want to take a look at the Motorola Oasis, a new boom-style headset announced today. Though it lacks the HX1's so-called "stealth mode" that uses bone conduction to practically eliminate every sound other than your voice, the Oasis is still rated for 12mph of wind resistance and uses dual mics to cancel spurious noise
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T-Mobile USA fires up first solar-powered cell site in Pennsylvania
A solar-powered cell site? In Pennsylvania ? Say it ain't so! Rather than heading to Death Valley or southern Nevada , T-Mobile USA has selected the bustling metropolis of Chalfont, Pennsylvania for its first US-based solar cell site.
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WebOS 2.0 gets fresh round of screenshots; new Palm phones and Touchstone certified?
The name of certification firm T
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Verizon’s Mobile Recovery: like ‘Find my iPhone,’ but for VZW Android, webOS and BlackBerry handsets
Fancy the idea of having Big Brother track your handset if it goes missing, but aren't so keen on owning an iPhone , ponying up for MobileMe and signing a deal with AT&T ? Fret not, fretful one, as Verizon Wireless has just launched an extension of its Total Equipment Coverage program that essentially provides the same services, but for VZW-branded BlackBerry, webOS and Android phones. The full list of compatible phones is down there in the source, and the best news is that the Mobile Recovery app is offered free of charge to those already ponying up $10 per month for TEC.
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Microsoft prepping Windows Phone 7 for an October 21st launch? (update: US on Nov. 8?)
We'd heard October .
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iPhone 4 hits UAE and Qatar, but without FaceTime installed
The iPhone 4 launched this weekend in Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, but buyers wound up with a surprise -- their handset's front-facing cameras couldn't do FaceTime . The National reports that the video chat feature is missing from phones sold at UAE carriers Etisalat and du, as well as those from Vodafone Qatar.
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T-Mobile to bundle Wi-Fi Calling app with future Android devices?
Yesterday, we saw that LG's Optimus One might ship with WiFi calling , and that's all well and good, but a new leak suggests the Optimus was just the tip of a UMA iceberg to come.
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Microsoft prepping Windows Phone 7 for an October 21st launch?
We'd heard October . We heard Europe in October . We heard next month .
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HTC Mondrian stars in unfinished AT&T ad campaign, jump-kicks lesser smartphones? (video)
Would you believe that after months of leaks , this is the first time we've allegedly seen the HTC Mondrian ? It's true -- though from this angle, it's a dead ringer for the Mozart , which looks just like the Shubert , too.
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