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Motorola Photon 4G

iPhone 4S: How Does it Compare to the Photon 4G?

Sprint may not have the selection of premium devices available from Verizon, but they do have the iPhone 4S and the Motorola Photon 4G. If you are a Sprint customer and you are wondering what the difference is between these two $200 devices, you are in the right place.

iOS 5 Untethered Jailbreak Update: Pod2g, MuscleNerd and Their Progress

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At the end of 2011, all the iDevices owners who want jailbreak are keeping their eyes peeled on the untethered jailbreak. In this regard, Pod2g and MuscleNerd, two stars among jailbreak hackers, recently made a lot of progress. The latest news from jailbreak world is that the French Hacker pod2g has decided to pull all his energy on the A5 jailbreak and gave the task of releasing A4 jailbreak to the Chronic Dev team.

RIM Now Faces Legal Challenge on 'BBM' Trademark

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Research In Motion, still smarting over having to change the name of its yet-to-come operating system, faces a similar trademark challenge to its popular instant-messaging service BlackBerry Messenger.
Toshiba Thrive

Toshiba Thrive vs iPad 2: And the Winner is?

Toshiba Thrive is not the sexiest 10-inch tablet out there, but it's got a few things the iPad doesn't. It's about $100 cheaper than iPad at Best Buy, and you get 16 gigabytes of on-board storage with it. iPad 2 starts at $500 for the 16 gigabyte version, and it's about twice as thin as the Thrive, though the screen is slightly smaller
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Next Generation Space Telescope Mirrors Pass Crucial Test

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is one step closer to completion after the primary mirrors passed a crucial test, the space agency announced Dec. 21. Webb is the successor to the Hubble Telescope, and once in place, it will be able to peer into the very earliest galaxies at the edge of the known universe.
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iPad 3: Top 10 Best High-Resolution Tablets

Watching videos and movies on your table computer should be fun and the images displayed shouldn't have to suffer from poor resolution. The screen is already smaller than a laptop or HDTV, so why sacrifice image quality as well. iPad 3 is rumored to ship with twice the resolution of iPad 2.
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Russian Communications Satellite Falls after Launch

A Russian communications satellite fell to the ground on Friday soon after it was launched, adding to a string of disasters that have haunted the country's space industry, Russian news agencies reported on Friday, quoting military sources.
Asus Eee Pad Transformer

Galaxy Tab 10.1 vs Asus Eee Pad Transformer: Android Tablet War

Tablet computers make great gifts, and the Galaxy Tab 10.1 and Asus Eee Pad Tranformer Prime are two of the best. Both have been out for over six months now, so they can be found for around $400. Not a bad price for a 10-inch device. Both have front and rear-facing cameras, good resolution and run the Android system.
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Gardens of Time Tops Facebook's 2011 Top 10 Most Popular Games Rankings

The social network giant Facebook has revealed its top 10 most popular games of 2011 list on Wednesday, and the Gardens of Time has topped the ranking, followed by The Sims Social and CityVille, according to Facebook.com. Facebook said people were fond of playing hidden object, simulation, and casino-related games with their friends in 2011.
Dead Space

$200 BlackBerry PlayBook is Back: Six Must Have PlayBook Apps

BlackBerry PlayBook tablets first went on sale for $200 back in early November and they didn't take long to sell out of stock at Best Buy and RadioShack. Now, Research In Motion, the company that makes BlackBerry, has replenished supplies in time for last minute holiday shoppers, and after you get one you'll need some apps.
Amazon Kindle Fire

Kindle Fire Compared to Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus: Which is Better?

Now that Amazon is in the computer hardware business, it's only natural to wonder how their tech measures up to a heavyweight like Samsung. In order to tell if the Kindle Fire is better than the Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus, potential buyers should think about what it is they want to do with the device.
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Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime vs iPad 2: Features Compared

Asus Eee Pad Tranformer Prime may be the best Android Tablet out there, but it's not so good people who want an iPad 2 are going to change their mind. Unless they are very open minded and have done more research than most, they may not even hear about the Transformer Prime.
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Angry Birds available on RIM's PlayBook

It took seven months, but Research In Motion has finally delivered on a promise made by co-founder Mike Lazaridis. Angry Birds is available on RIM's PlayBook tablet.
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Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus: Five Ways $200 BlackBerry PlayBook Tablet is Better

Even though BlackBerry PlayBook cannot access the Android Market for apps, it's still better than the Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus. That might be PlayBook's biggest drawback because it's got the same size screen as the Galaxy Tab, better front and rear-facing cameras, better battery and even has a mini HDMI port so yo can plug it into your HDTV and watch in 16:9 format.
Exo-planets KOI 55.01 and KOI 55.02

Two More Alien Planets Discovered: The Smallest Ones Yet

Only one day after NASA announced the discovery of the first earth sized planets orbiting a distant star, scientists working on a different project have said they have found two even smaller alien worlds. Using the same Kepler instrument as the NASA discovery, a team of researchers focusing on another distant star found two rocky planets they weren't even looking for.
Droid Razr

Droid Razr: Does it Make a Better Holiday Gift Than HTC Rezound?

Perhaps you've seen the commercials with the secret spy dude trying to get his hands on the new Droid Razr, or the young men listening to his new Rezound with Beats Audio ear buds that literally blow things up as he walks past. Whether or not you've seen the commercials, you're interested in knowing which of these devices make a better gift, and we aim to help you.
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iPad 3: Wait a Few Months or Buy a Sony Tablet S?

iPad 3 should be available by March or April 2012, so in the meantime, 10-inch tablets like the Sony Tablet S may be they type of device that could hold you over until then. iPad 3 could come out with predictable updates like 4G, Siri and better resolution, but it could also surprise with 3D gestures or even a rimless build for a larger screen area.
An artist's rendering shows a planet called Kepler-20e. The surface temperature of Kepler-20e, at more than 1,400 degrees Fahrenheit, would melt glass.

NASA Finds Earth-Size Planets Outside Solar System

NASA's Kepler mission has discovered the first Earth-size planets orbiting a sun-like star outside our solar system, a milestone in the search for planets like the earth, the space agency said on Tuesday.
U.S. astronaut Donald Pettit (L), Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko (C) and Dutch astronaut Andre Kuipers, members of the International Space Station (ISS) crew, wave before the launch of the Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft at Baikonur cosmodrome, December 21, 20

Multinational Crew Blasts off for Space Station

A trio of astronauts blasted off aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket on Wednesday on a mission to bring the International Space Station back up to full manpower after an August cargo launch accident disrupted flights.

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