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Sprint HTC Touch Pro2

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Start saving your pennies, Sprint customers. The carrier announced on Monday that it will finally release the HTC Touch Pro2 on September 8 through its Web site and telesales, but like the T-Mobile model, it’ll cost you a hefty $349.99 with a …

Testing a rugged phone like the Sonim XP3 Quest is always fun. It’s not every day that you get to throw a handset down the stairs as part of the review. With …

RIM BlackBerry Storm

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Verizon Wireless is offering a buy-one, get-one-free deal on its BlackBerry selection and has lowered the price of the RIM BlackBerry Storm even further to $49.99 (with a two-year contract and an instant rebate).

This is the second price drop for the …

Now you can type in landscape mode!

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The WebOS Internals crew on Friday released a virtual keyboard patch for the Palm Pre.

The patch modifies the operation of the onscreen keyboard that WebOS uses to insert symbols with the slider keyboard. The patch works well, but has at least one hang-up: You can’t use it for all text entry areas. It can be used to type a URL in a Web browser, but not to fill in forms on Web sites. Even with this issue, it’s better than not having a virtual keyboard, at least until Palm releases an update that includes one.

While there are a lot of steps to installing homebrew apps and patches, they are not difficult to perform. People new to the homebrew scene should just follow the instructions.

To install the patch, follow the steps that PreCentral posted on its blog. To install WebOS Quick Install, follow the steps in its forum.

Requirements: Palm Pre with developer mode enabled, WebOS Quick Installer or command line access to the phone.

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Nokia 3710

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Passionate cell phone geeks know that the Federal Communications Commission holds a treasure trove of information on upcoming handsets. This week the highlights are the Nokia 3710 and the Samsung SCH-M720.

Because the FCC has to certify every phone sold in the United States, not …

Originally posted at Dialed In Podcast

Another day, another cell phone study from J.D. Power and Associates. This time, it’s not customer service–T-Mobile, Alltel, and Verizon Wireless tied for that honor earlier this month–but a survey of the all-important call quality.

Just like last year, Verizon was the overall winner this time around. …

Samsung Jitterbug J

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Usually when we recommend people get the Samsung Jitterbug J, a cell phone designed for seniors, we have to include a warning that the Jitterbug service might not be available in their area.

GreatCall, creator of the Jitterbug handsets, made deals with several …

Nokia wants you to chat up a storm with its new N900.

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With its new N900 handset, Nokia is playing up the Linux angle.

Part cell phone, part computer, the N900 takes advantage of Nokia’s Linux-based Maemo operating system to offer multitasking, Web browsing, a touch screen, …

Originally posted at News - Wireless

The gang is back together once again and it looks like our couple weeks of calm is about to be over. Motorola has announced a September 10 event here in San Francisco to reveal its new Android products, and we think we have a pretty good idea of what we …

Originally posted at Dialed In Podcast

As with any good touch-screen phone, the display on the T-Mobile MyTouch 3G will lock after a few minutes of inactivity. It’s definitely a needed feature, unless you enjoy it when your …