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Dubious: Apple thinks iPod touch is “#1 portable game player”

Apple CEO Steve Jobs has called the iPhone and iPod touch platforms "the number one portable game players" on the market, boasting that "the iPod touch outsells Nintendo and Sony's portable game players combined." Whether you believe this ... continue

Philly woman has surgery to fix ‘BlackBerry thumb’

In addition to kind of sucking compared to iPhones, it turns out that using a BlackBerry all the time can cause you to require surgery to get tendons removed from your hand. Actually, the culprit in this case ... continue

[VIDEO] Sony takes potshot at iPhone in new PSP ad

The iPhone and iPad have helped Apple make a splash in the gaming market, so it's interesting to see how the big established names in the games industry react. Nintendo has simply dismissed the Apple devices as "not ... continue

CDMA iPhone Currently Undergoing Engineering Tests

John Gruber of Daring Fireball has revealed that Verizon is currently undergoing a battery of engineering tests on the CDMA version of the iPhone. Codenamed "N92" the phone is currently undergoing engineering verification tests (EVT) which is one ... continue

Android Sales Surge Past iPhone Sales In The 2nd Quarter

The Apple iPhone may get most of the attention, but new figures out from Nielsen show that phones running Google's Android Operating System are winning where it counts: sales. According to figures from Nielsen, sales of Android ... continue

Switching To Android: Two Weeks In

A funny thing happened on the weekend. I attended a small meet up for a podcast published by the Lifestyle PodNetwork and as is usual at such events, people were tweeting, checking in on Foursquare, and other ... continue

Apple PR moves to squelch jailbreaking joy among the faithful

Well that didn't take very long did it. Early this morning Leander Kahney from the Cult of Mac blog was contacted by Apple PR over this silly idea of jailbreaking the iPhone in light of the new DMCA ... continue

[VIDEO] Obama to appear in Madden NFL 11

In slightly-bizarre-but-still-sort-of-cool news, IGN's latest Madden NFL 11 videos reveal that President Obama himself will be appearing in EA's football game. The video below shows the cut-scene (complete with treacly commentary from Gus Johnson) you get for clinching ... continue

Jailbreaking your iPhone totally cool according to new DMCA rules

Exceptions to the DMCA announced today have decreed that jailbreaking of iPhones is no longer an illicit activity to be carried out under the cover of night, among a few other bones thrown to the consumer. James H. ... continue

Samsung’s Galaxy S campaign on Twitter is sneaky, underhanded but damn it’s clever

They say all is fair in love and war but those two things pale in comparison to the the current smartphone battlefield where even the slightest victories can be worth millions. Of course the uncontested winner at this point is ... continue

Apple show once more it has a warped sense of what is disgusting and pornographic

Sure, news about Apple taking down, or refusing to include apps in its iPhone App Store because they are deemed as being of questionable moral standing but their newest take down borders on gatekeeper stupidity. While I am ... continue

iPhone details free case program, adds app

Waited in a long-ass line for the new iPhone only to find that you can't use it to make or receive phone calls due to the sucky antenna engineering? There's an app for that. Apple posted details of ... continue

Antennagate Gets The WTF Taiwanese Animated Treatment

Antennagate has been given the WTF Taiwanese animated treatment, complete with Steve Jobs supporting a reality distortion field. The animated clip, designed by the same people who created the now infamous Tiger Woods animated recreation, includes Steve Jobs ... continue

Switching From iPhone To Android: Why I Did It And First Impressions

I finally bit the bullet today and did something I've been thinking of doing for a long time: I've made the switch from an iPhone to an Android phone, specifically the HTC Desire. The iPhone 4 isn't available ... continue

Hut hut! Madden NFL 11 demo coming July 27

A downloadable demo for Madden NFL 11 will be made available to Xbox 360 and PlayStation owners on July 27, according to publisher EA. As previously revealed, the demo will pit the Indianapolis Colts against the New ... continue

Apple Acquires Mapping Company Poly9, Google’s Days On The iPhone Numbered

Apple has acquired mapping company Poly9 in a move that many consider to be another step by Apple to remove Google products from the iPhone. Quebec, Canada based Poly9 creates 3D map software for use in a ... continue

Consumer Reports unlikes iPhone 4 because of hardware flaws

Consumer Reports has joined the cacophony of iPhone 4 critics, officially unrecommending the phone for purchase after meticulously testing the device in one of their doo-dad testing labs. A blog post today on ConsumerReports.org confirms the reception/signal bars issue that ... continue