Sprint dumps the Nexus One for the EVO 4G

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Ta-da! In light of the recent Verizon dumping of the Nexus One for the Droid Incredible, Sprint has confirmed that they’ll be doing the same, and prefer EVO 4G instead of Nexus One on their lunch menus.  In the end the Sexy Nexy stays exactly how it was intended: as an example to other carriers on what phones they should be outing, and instead Google got Read More →

NPD: Android ousts iPhone OS for second place in US market

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If this is good news for Google and Android, at this rate it could only get…better. According to the NPD Android has surpassed the iPhone and iPhone OS for second place in terms of US smartphone share for the 1st quarter, with the actual numbers being RIM at 36%, Google Android at 28%, and Apple coming at 21%. With Android far behind RIM, and Apple Read More →

New Rumor: New Macbook Air coming this week you say?

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Time to heat up the Apple rumor mill once again. In the latest developments, there should be a new Macbook Air coming this week, with a Core i5 ULV or i3 ULV processor. But there’s also rumor that just like the 13″ MBP, Apple will go for more battery life than power, since the Air is a secondary source of heat, with the first being Read More →

Sony VAIO P: tons of colors, 8-inch screen, accelerometer, and touchpad

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The Sony VAIO P has gotten quite an update to prove that it’s in the “ultraportable” market and not the tablet or dying “netbook” market. Despite being a netbook (really), the VAIO P packs in an 8-inch screen with 1600 x 768 res, accelerometer for browsing sites in different orientations, GPS, 3G, and a touchpad on either side of the LCD, which are both located Read More →

This Week On LaptopMemo: DSLRs & Rumors Rule Edition

This Week On LaptopMemo is for new readers that are coming to the site and ones that are hardcore fans features all of the important reports from the week, including: DSLR showdowns, Google Chrome is scientifically proved to be faster than a potato, the EVO 4G gets covered…again, and more…. Google Chrome Kicks Butt. And Is Faster Than A Potato Cannon, Shows Google Sprint HTC Read More →

Olympus PEN-EP1 gets a coat of silver paint

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This is just another Sunday news post; in other words a perfect Sunday news post. Moving on to the important part of this report, the Olympus PEN-EP1 Micro Four Thirds camera comes in black — and now in “retro” silver. The pros and cons of the EP1 stay the same, as well as the retro look. Along with the price tag, €799 ($1,016 USD). So Read More →

Dolphin Browser HD debuts with new features, urges you to drop your browser

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In the ongoing war of Android web browsers, and while iPhone owners are leaping for joy just because Opera Mini recently got approved, the idea of Android being “open” has had no better example of that freedom than the new web browsers being pushed out for it. For example, the stock Android browser is fast, but Opera Mini is faster, with the cost of actual Read More →

HTC EVO 4G gets FCC approval with WiMAX and everything else

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The Sprint EVO 4G has made a pit-stop at the FCC to well, get certified. What’s awesome is that WiMAX, the EVO itself, and everything needed for a killer Android smartphone has been approved by the feds. The model number, PC36100, is sporting WiMAX on Sprint and Clearwire’s 2500MHz radio bands, along with regular Sprint EV-DO (3G is regular now?). External photos have not been Read More →

Blackberry Bold 9800 slider on video, looks more appealing, sir (video)

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Maybe I could speak for all gadget blogs out there, since I know they’re listening, but the BlackBerry Slider we knew and loved (read: hated) was only a prototype, and shared nothing we knew and actually loved about the Bold series (even though the OS 5 is getting real old). In a nice little outing by my friend (read: acquaintance) Boy Genius, the 9800 appears with Read More →

Sprint Hero and Samsung Moment Android 2.1 update delayed till “Q2 2010″

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There are strange things that companies do, then there’s what Sprint is doing with the Samsung Moment and Sprint Hero. Both devices yearn to be freed from the ever-so-old grasp of Android 1.6 and Android 1.5, respectively. But noooo, Sprint just keeps on delaying the update, again, and again, and again. Hopefully though, as according to Sprint themselves for the thousandth time, is hope: