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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Verizon sold as many as 500,000 iPhone pre-orders, analyst claims

Verizon broke its first day sales records with the CDMA iPhone last week, that much we know. What isn't clear is exactly how many phones were sold before Big Red stopped accepting pre-orders. A...

Alien Dalvik allows non-Android phones to run Android apps

Nokia's N900 has proven to be a pretty versatile little device, taking every hack thrown at it with aplomb, which includes getting ports of various versions of Android. Today the N900 has another...

LG G-Slate stars in a quick video walkthrough

T-Mobile finally took the wraps off the G-Slate about a week ago, and now a short video walkthrough of the device has appeared online. It's not really clear where the clip came from, but hey, I'm...

Kyocera Echo bringing dual-display Android fun to Sprint this spring

Just like we expected, Sprint announced the Kyocera Echo at its magical event tonight in NYC. Launching some time this spring for $199.99 with a two-year contract and mail-in rebate, the Echo has...

Best Buy gets retail exclusivity on HTC ThunderBolt, still won't announce a launch date

Even though the HTC ThunderBolt is set to launch as soon as next week, we still don't have official word from Verizon as to when the official launch will be. Today Best Buy announced that it has...

Android poised to surpass BlackBerry as top U.S. platform

Last month we finally saw Android surpass the iPhone in terms of U.S. smartphone subscribers, and now Google's green robot has set its sights on RIM's comScore crown. At the end of December 2010,...

T-Mobile to offer all smartphones free Feb. 11th and 12th

Valentine's Day is coming up fast, and some of you may still need a gift for a loved one in your life (or maybe you just want to treat yourself). Thanks to T-Mobile, you'll soon be able to nab a...

Samsung Galaxy S 4G to be priced at $148.88 by Wal-Mart

T-Mobile has been revealing the Samsung Galaxy S 4G little by little, first making it official and then sharing its specs and a vague February launch window. There's still no solid pricing info on...

Texas Instruments' new OMAP 5 processors can at speeds run up to 2GHz

If you're big into performance and having the fastest processor around, you'll want to sit down for this news. Texas Instruments announced their OMAP 5 platform today, which includes two Cortex-A15...

Kyocera Echo is a dual-touchscreen Android phone destined for Sprint? [UPDATED]

Sprint's big event with David Blaine is going down tonight (and we'll be there covering it live), but a new report claims to know exactly what the carrier has up its sleeve for tonight. According to...

Rumor: Android 2.4 debuting in April on the ViewPad 4

Android 2.3 has only been around for about a month and a half and is still only available on one handset, but a new report claims that Android 2.4 is coming sooner than some may have expected....

White iPhone 4 price tag spotted at Best Buy

While thousands of eager Verizon customers wait for their iPhone 4 to arrive this morning, we're seeing leaks that confirm that AT&T customers will soon be able to get a new version of the...

Motorola XOOM launch and pricing info confirmed by Best Buy ad leak

We've been going back and forth on the Motorola XOOM's launch date and pricing just about ever since it was announced, but thanks to another Best Buy leak, it seems that we can finally settle on all...

Sony Ericsson XPERIA Play official at last, announcement coming Feb. 13th

Sony Ericsson's XPERIA Play is one of the leakiest phones in recent memory, originally appearing way back in October 2010. Today the handset is finally official, though, as SE has sent out invites...

T-Mobile to purchase spectrum from Clearwire for its move to LTE?

We've heard in the past that T-Mobile will eventually be moving to LTE, and now it appears that they're about to take one of the first steps toward deploying its next 4G network. According to two...

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