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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Report shows Motorola DROID is still the most popular Android device

There are a ton of Android devices on the market, but which one is the most popular?  According to the folks at advertising network Chitika, the Motorola DROID is the king of the Android hill as of...

Samsung named No. 1 Android provider, sells 1M Galaxy Tabs and ships 3M Galaxy S phones

Many critics have said that the Samsung Galaxy Tab is one of the first real competitors to the iPad, and new sales numbers for the device show that consumers seem to agree.  Samsung has announced...

HTC exec talks Windows Phone 7, Android, and the possibility of a tablet

Back in October, HTC said that they liked both Android and Windows Phone 7 equally, but how do they feel about the two now that Microsoft's OS finally launched?  According to VP of HTC's Asia sector...

Sprint supports a possible T-Mobile investment in Clearwire

We've heard rumors of T-Mobile investing some cash into Clearwire a couple of times in the past, but how would Sprint feel about one of their competitors investing in their WiMAX provider? ...

HTC responds to HD7 death grip claims

Just a few days ago, we saw videos of the HTC HD7 suffering from the same death grip signal woes that plagued the iPhone 4 earlier this year, and now HTC has stepped forward with their response to...

Competitors respond to Verizon's LTE launch

Yesterday Verizon announced the details of its upcoming LTE launch and, just like with T-Mobile's branding of their 4G network branding, their competitors have chimed in on the matter.  First up we...

Gingerbread spotted on video in a Google tutorial

December has officially arrived and we're still here waiting for a Gingerbread surprise from Google to go along with our cup of egg nog.  Luckily, a YouTube video demoing Voice Search, posted by the...

Motorola CEO Sanjay Jha says tablets and 4G smartphones are coming, hints at VZW iPhone

The Credit Suisse 2010 Technology Conference probably isn't the first place you'd expect to learn some juicy mobile info, but thanks to Motorola co-CEO Sanjay Jha, that's exactly what we got.  ...

AT&T gets into the holiday spirit with the 12 Days of Gifting sweepstakes

It's now December and we're officially in the thick of the holiday season.  Many people are in the giving mood, and now AT&T joining in on the fun with their "The Perfect Holiday - 12 Days of...

RIM acquires design firm The Astonishing Tribe to work on PlayBook and smartphone UIs

While it's certainly functional, many don't think of the UI on RIM's BlackBerry devices as the prettiest around.  It seems that RIM is taking steps to change that, though, as the Waterloo-based...

Android 2.x now present on 83 percent of all active devices

Love percentages and pie charts filled in with varying shades of green?  We've got just what you need today, my friend, because Google has released the latest Android distribution numbers.  As of...

NVIDIA talks multi-core CPUs for mobile devices, says quad-core chips are coming

Sure, the LG Star, Motorola Olympus, and all of those upcoming dual-core Tegra 2 phones sound pretty awesome, but how would you like to have a quad-core processor in your handset?  According to the...

Samsung intros NFC chip with embedded flash memory that could end up in Nexus S

Last month at the Web 2.0 Summit, Google CEO Eric Schmidt coyly showed off the Nexus S and mentioned that the device, as well as Gingerbread, would support near field communication for mobile...

ChevronWP7 unlocking tool pulled as devs talk homebrew with Microsoft

Not long ago, Windows Phone 7 was blessed with its own jailbreak/unlock tool.  Titled ChevronWP7, the app would allow users to sideload apps that normally wouldn't make it into the official Windows...

Dell Venue Pro available now with $99.99 price tag and Dec. 9th ship date

Yesterday we briefly saw the Venue Pro appear on Dell's site with a December 14th launch date and $149.99 price tag before it was unceremoniously yanked. Today the Venue Pro has reappeared on the...

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