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11-11-11 Special: Verizon Droid Razr 4G for $111 on Amazon Wireless

The Droid RAZR, set to be unleashed today, seems to be a popular pick this season, but for those hesitant because of its $299 price tag, we have got a much better deal.  Cashing in on the 11-11-11 date, Amazon Wireless is offering this Verizon device for less than half

Nokia Music app hacked to work with any Windows Phone

Nokia Music, preinstalled on developer-unlocked Lumia phones, has now been ported to work on any Windows Phone device.  As you can see from the video above, the application seems quite happy running on HTC-made Trophy with no hiccups whatsoever.  The app has been hacked by Boz on the smartphonegurus forum

Apple outs iOS 5.0.1 update, fixes battery and other issues

As the dust surrounding the release of the iPhone 4S and iOS 5 started settling, users began to notice that all was not cool in the land of the Apple and several issues with the shiny new OS were uncovered.  The biggest of these was the extremely annoying battery drain,

‘The Making Of’ the Nokia Lumia 800 Documentary Video Now Published

It’s now time to put your loyalties aside for eight-minutes to join Nokia for some good old fashion documentary fun. Nokia has just published the ‘making-of’ documentary for their recent flagship Lumia 800 handset. The film dives right into the decisions that went into creating Nokia’s first Windows phone and gives the viewer an insight into the behind the scenes journey that

MSI Releases Afterburner App for iOS Devices

If you are dying to overclock your MSI motherboard and only have an iOS device, then it looks like you’re now in luck. Micro-Star International (MSI) has released an afterburner app for all iOS devices, which can be picked up  for free via the App Store. It works in similar fashion

Amazon Kindle Fire to Get Android App Love: Tablet Will Ship With Thousands of Android Apps

Amazon confirmed that their wildly popular Kindle Fire tablet will receive some serious Android app love, in anticipation of the tablet’s scheduled ship date next week. The Kindle Fire will ship with thousands of existing Android apps including popular ones like Netflix, Facebook, Pandora, Twitter and many more. Also included are games from Rovio, Electronics

Fido Canada picks up the LG Gossip Pro, goes for $40 on contract

A mid-range phone, the LG Gossip Pro, has what most other Android phones lack – a physical QWERTY keypad – a feature the business segment users vie for.  Canadian carrier, Fido, is now offering this device and its convenience of a physical keypad to its customers, going for a cheap

Jailbreakers Discover Hidden Panorama Mode in iOS 5 Camera App

Thanks to jailbreaking hacker Conrad Kramer, iOS 5 users now have the option to use a hidden panorama mode within the iOS 5 camera app. According to Kramer (AKA Conradev), he set the “EnableFirebreak” key to “Yes” within an iOS preference file, and the hidden panorama setting was unveiled. In other related news, fellow hacker Grant Paul’s

PayPal Android App Gets Updated with Version 3.0, Adds P2P NFC Payment Capabilities

Great news for anyone who hates carrying cash around, as PayPal has released the 3.0 version of its Android app adding peer-to-peer (P2P) NFC payment capabilities. With version 3.0, users can directly exchange money from one NFC-equipped phone to another. So how does the update app work? Here’s how the PayPal blog explains

Sprint Epic 4G most likely getting Gingerbread update on November 9th

The QWERTY-toting Samsung device released on Sprint last September has been munching on Froyo for too long – just ask its users and they’ll tell you better than us.  Anyways, Sprint is planning on changing this and if things go as planned, Epic 4G users across the country should be