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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iOS 4.3's Safari speed boost missing from web apps

When Apple announced iOS 4.3 earlier this month, they explained that Safari would be getting a major speedboost thanks to its new Nitro JavaScript engine. Unfortunately for anyone using in-app...

Rumor: Sprint LTE upgrade, called "Project Leapfrog," has begun

Earlier today we learned about Sprint Direct Connect, the carrier's iDEN replacement, and now a rumor has emerged claiming that Sprint has already begun another network upgrade. According to...

Alleged iPhone 5 cases begin appearing online

Lately we've been seeing some leaks that purportedly show off the iPhone 5 and its iPhone 4-like design, and today more possible evidence of the iPhone 5's form factor has come to light. Cases that...

Android 2.2 now gracing over 60 percent of devices with its presence

Normally Google updates its Android OS distribution numbers at the beginning of the month, but for March, they decided to wait until the middle of the month to give up figures. Of course, with the...

Sprint Direct Connect is iDEN's successor, launching with an Android device later this year

Sprint has reminded us time and time again that iDEN will be going the way of the Dodo in 2013, and today the carrier announced the tech that will replace it. Sprint's Direct Connect is a new push-...

HTC Shooter leaks with qHD display and Gingerbread, could be EVO 3D

Yesterday we saw a few new HTC product renders leak out to the world, and today the HTC mysterious device leaking fun continues. A heretofore unknown device called the HTC Shooter has been spotted...

White CDMA iPhone 4 icon spotted deep inside iTunes 10.2

Apple has said in the past that the white iPhone 4 is coming sometime this spring, but there's been no indication on whether or not it'll only it the GSM model that gets a frosty makeover or if...

Samsung teases 8.9-inch Galaxy Tab on video

We're only a few days away from CTIA and Samsung's special "What's your Tab life?" event where they're expected to unveil an 8.9-inch Galaxy Tab, and today the company has released another teaser...

WiFi-only Motorola XOOM coming March 27th for $599

This news shouldn't come as much of a surprise to anyone following Motorola XOOM news lately, but today Moto dropped some official knowledge on when we can expect the WiFi-only flavor of its tablet...

Samsung 8.9-inch, HTC 10-inch tablets star alongside other unreleased slates in Staples leak

Yesterday we saw leak that gave up a ton of new information on upcoming tablets, including pricing for the HP TouchPad, and revealed that HTC has a 10-inch Honeycomb tablet in the works. Now another...

T-Mobile makes sending calls and texts to Japan free [UPDATED]

Following up on our story yesterday on U.S. carriers offering free communication to Japan, T-Mobile has announced that it will also be offering its subscribers free texting and calling to recipients...

Verizon makes up 12 percent of total U.S. iPhone market

We're still waiting on Verizon or Apple to give us an idea of how many CDMA iPhones are out about here in the U.S., but the folks at ad firm Chitika have stepped in to try and give us a VeriPhone...

Nokia awarded tablet-related design patent

There's been a couple of rumblings of a Nokia-branded tablet in the past, but today the Finnish firm got a U.S. patent for a tablet design that looks positively N8-ish. The patent was applied for on...

Nokia C7 spotted deep inside T-Mobile's inventory system

Nokia may be making the move to Windows Phone 7 in the future, but folks with a Symbian itch to scratch will be glad to know that T-Mobile is gearing up to release the new Symbian^3-powered C7...

HTC Pyramid, Prime, and Ignite renders break cover?

HTC Pyramid front Earlier this morning we saw three new Motorola handsets leak out, and now we're continuing the fun with some new HTC products. First up is the beefy HTC Pyramid, which Chinese site...

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