Alex Wagner

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Alex Wagner

Editorial Director of News and Content for PhoneDog Media. Arsenal, beer, video games. Can be followed on Twitter at @alw. I participate in the Amazon Associates program, which means I may earn a commission from purchases made through affiliate links.

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Second Samsung 3G patent complaint against Apple rejected by German court

Well, this may not be the news that Samsung had been hoping for as we head into the weekend. Just one week after a German court rejected a Samsung patent complaint against Apple, the same court has...

Wi-Fi-only XYBOARDs now shipping straight from Motorola

Earlier this month Motorola put its Wi-Fi-only XYBOARDs up for pre-order on its website, offering customers an early crack at either an 8.2-inch or 10.1-inch slice of Honeycomb. Now the Android-...

Google wants Android developers to ditch the Menu button and use the action bar instead

Android handsets have been known for their four navigation keys — Menu, Home, Back and Search — ever since they first arrived. With the arrival of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and its spiffy new...

Motorola DROID 4 appears at $199.99 in new Verizon MAP leak

Verizon introduced several new phones at CES earlier this month, and with today's arrival of the Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX, just about all have made their way onto shelves. The exception is the DROID...

HTC to release fewer devices in 2012, plans to focus on a handful of "hero" products

Quick! Can you name each and every device HTC released last year? Doing so would be quite a task, but it looks like it'll become easier in 2012. After Motorola CEO Sanjay Jha revealed earlier this...

RIM 2012 roadmap surfaces, reveals specs for 3G BlackBerry PlayBook and new Curves

Earlier this week, some details on RIM's device plans for 2012 surfaced, outing info on a 3G-enabled PlayBook and some BlackBerry 10 devices. The RIM leaks continue today, as the company's full...

HTC Rezound software update detailed by Verizon

Own an HTC Rezound? Then you'll be thrilled to hear that an update will soon be headed your way. Verizon recently updated its support documents for the Rezound to show that an update will be "coming...

Nokia reports "well over" 1m Lumia phones sold to date, outs $250m payment from Microsoft

Earlier today Nokia released its Q4 2011 earnings report, and contained within it were a couple of interesting tidbits related to the company's Lumia handsets and Windows Phone. Nokia kicked off its...

AT&T posts Q4 2011 numbers, touts smartphone sales totaling 9.4 million

It was just a couple of days ago that Verizon was the carrier to kick off a string of Q4 2011 earnings reports, and today AT&T has continued that trend with a release of its own. The carrier's...

ZTE Optik tablet coming to Sprint with Android 3.2 Honeycomb, $99.99 price tag

Been jonesing for a new tablet on Sprint? It looks like you may soon be getting just that. A newly-leaked Sprint document that's being passed around has revealed the ZTE Optik, an Android 3.2-...

Android 4.0 leaks for GSM RAZR, offers early peek at the Motorola flavor of Ice Cream Sandwich

Motorola has already announced that several of its handsets, including the DROID RAZR, will eventually be bumped up to Ice Cream Sandwich. What we don't know about these updates — besides exactly...

Samsung Galaxy S III may not debut at Mobile World Congress

Although we've yet to hear anything official about the Samsung Galaxy S III making its debut at Mobile World Congress next month, many folks have assumed that such an event is going to occur,...

Motorola sues Apple, claims iPhone 4S and iCloud infringe on its patents

Most of the Apple-related legal news that's come up lately has involved Samsung, including a couple of new lawsuits and a decision by a Dutch court that the Galaxy Tab 10.1 doesn't infringe on an...

HP makes Open webOS official, complete version 1.0 expected in September

A little over a month ago, HP ended months of rumors claiming that it may be selling or licensing webOS by announcing plans to open source the software that it had bought along with Palm. Today the...

HTC Titan II reportedly set to land at AT&T on March 18th, Sony Crystal tablet may also be coming

Earlier today a rumor claimed that Nokia's Lumia 900 is heading for AT&T on March 18th for $99.99. That's all well and good, but the Lumia 900 isn't the only new Windows Phone device that AT...

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