Wednesday 13 October 2010

Smackdown: Windows Phone 7 Phones vs. iPhone 4 vs. Droid X

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October 13, 2010
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Smackdown: Windows Phone 7 Phones vs. iPhone 4 vs. Droid X Can the new Windows Phone 7 devices compete with heavyweights like the iPhone 4 and the Droid X? We take a look at the specs of each new phone and put them head-to-head with the reigning champions.
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Video: Hands-on With the Windows Phone 7's Gaming Features At the launch of the first handsets to run Windows Phone 7, we had a chance to get a tour of the OS's gaming features.
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Windows Phone 7 Shows Why Device Exclusivity Sucks Windows Phone 7 launched with ten devices, but thanks to device exclusivity users will be restricted to a couple choices and may not be able to get the smartphone they really want.
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Two Google Apps Help the Blind Navigate WalkyTalky and Intersection Explorer pair Google Maps and GPS technology to help blind and visually impaired navigate.
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Palm Pre 2 Details Start to Slip Out The phone is expected to have a 1GHz processor and 512 MB of RAM, which puts it on the par with the iPhone 4 and is a big improvement over its predecessor.
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Remains of the Day: There's a Trademark for That Apple's trademarking its famous iPhone catchphrase, the mythical Verizon iPhone gets a cool new mythical capability, and another edition of iPhoooooones innnnnnn...
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Apple Heads off iPhone 'Glassgate' Apple is reportedly working behind the scenes to avert another wave of iPhone 4 complaints, this time about breaking glass panels.
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The Week in iPhone 4 Cases: Man Versus Nature This week's iPhone 4 case roundup is indicative of the centuries old conflict between man's technological progress and the natural world.
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Lite Brite for iPhone Over the past decade, Barbie, Lego, and Nerf have all made their products transition from hand-held toys to the video game medium. Now, the 1990's toy Lite-Brite from Hasbro has been adapted for the iPhone by Electronic Arts. Regardless of the nostalgia factor, some toys just shouldn't be iPhone games.
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Expenditure for iPhone Expenditure from Shape is a simple little app that helps you track and organize your finances with a minimum of fuss. But the $2 offering lacks some of the features of its free competitors, even if is a little easier to use.
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Smackdown: Windows Phone 7 Phones vs. iPhone 4 vs. Droid X Can the new Windows Phone 7 devices compete with heavyweights like the iPhone 4 and the Droid X? We take a look at the specs of each new phone and put them head-to-head with the reigning champions.
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PCWorld Reviewers' Favorite Files: September 2010September is a time for change, even when it comes to software. PCWorld reviewers reveled in an Android-friendly update to a venerable media player and a network manager with a new free version. They even found new ways to lay out photo pages, organize e-book libraries, and set up virtual machines. Couldn't your PC stand a little freshening up?
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