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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Sprint's Galaxy S II to be named "Samsung Epic Touch 4G," arrive in September?

Up until now, Sprint's Samsung Galaxy S II has been going by the name "Galaxy Within" as per an accessory leak from back in May. However, it turns out that that may not actually be the Sprint Galaxy...

NVIDIA Kal-El quad-core processors to begin powering tablets this fall, phones early next year

Back in February, NVIDIA introduced us to its new Kal-El quad-core processor platform and said that we could begin seeing the new CPU powering tablets as soon as August. Well, August is finally here...

Samsung Stratosphere set to rocket into Verizon's lineup with 4G LTE connectivity?

Hey Verizon customers, we've got a device name that you may want to pay attention to going forward: Samsung Stratosphere. This mystery handset already has a support page ready and waiting to go live...

ITC votes to investigate Apple's complaints against Samsung [UPDATED]

Oh boy. Time for another chapter in the ongoing and ever-growing legal battle between Apple and Samsung. In a statement issued today, the International Trade Commission said that it's agreed to...

Samsung Conquer 4G training underway at Sprint

We haven't heard much about the Samsung Conquer 4G ever since it popped up on — and promptly disappeared from — Samsung's website back at the tail end of June, but it looks like Sprint is finally...

Sharp FX Plus officially arrives at Walmart with Android 2.2 in tow

After leaking out a couple of times last month and making its way around the blog world, the Sharp FX Plus for AT&T has finally been made official. For sale exclusively at Walmart, the FX Plus...

Motorola DROID X2 Gingerbread update now up for grabs

Last week Verizon declared that the Motorola DROID X2 Gingerbread update was rolling out to users in the wild, but no DX2 owners were actually able to get the update on their handsets. It looks like...

BlackBerry Bold 9900 may be landing on T-Mobile on August 31st

Neither RIM nor the carriers have given us details on exactly when the BlackBerry Bold 9900 will be hitting U.S. operator shelves, but as is often the case, a leak has emerged to fill in some of the...

Motorola Pax for Sprint breaks cover again, reportedly packing a dual-core processor

Remember that Motorola XPRT-like handset for Sprint that we saw leak out in late June? That sucker's back in the headlines today, and if its rumored specs are legit it could become a portrait QWERTY...

Motorola DROID Bionic, HTC Vigor, and more appear on new Verizon MAP list

It's been a while since we've seen a new Verizon minimum advertised price (MAP) list leak out, but that changes today, and boy is this one a doozy. The latest MAP list leak contains four devices,...

Microsoft and Nokia teaming up to hold Windows Phone-focused event on August 17th [UPDATED]

Well what do we have here? It seems that Microsoft and Nokia have sent out invitations for a joint party taking place on August 17th at the gaming-focused Gamescom conference in Cologne, Germany....

Nokia 500 and its 1GHz processor made official as Symbian Belle gets unofficially shown off on video

Heads up, Symbian fans: not only did Nokia introduce a new Symbian Anna-powered handset today, but an eight minute clip of the next iteration of Symbian — also known as Symbian Belle — has been...

T-Mobile to require data plans for all smartphones beginning August 8th? [UPDATED]

Back when we first heard about T-Mobile's spiffy new Value plans, it was said that any customer buying a phone for full retail wouldn't be required to sign up for a data plan. It doesn't look like...

Kyocera Echo Gingerbread update now making its way into the wild [UPDATED]

Right on schedule, the Kyocera Echo on Sprint has begun getting its update to Android 2.3 Gingerbread. Alongside the usual Gingerbread goodness, this update includes Swype 3.0, some security patches...

Motorola MB865 tipped to feature AT&T LTE by internal tracking code

Last month we saw a mysterious Motorola Android handset leak out with an AT&T logo and 8-megapixel camera, and many thought that the device could be an Atrix 4G successor. Not much else is known...

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