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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Nokia Ovi Store reaches 3 million downloads per day

Nokia hit a bit of a rough patch recently, losing several top executives and watching as Symbian lost ground to competing platforms like Android.  When it comes to apps and the Ovi Store, though,...

Gingerbread now rumored to arrive on December 6th

Gingerbread, Gingerbread, Gingerbread.  The next version of the Android OS has been a hot topic as of late, and just about everyone has an opinion of when it'll launch.  First we heard that it would...

Acer intros 7 and 10.1-inch Android tablets and 4.8-inch Android smartphone [UPDATED]

Acer had a big press conference today, and several of their newly-announced products are sure to make mobile phone lovers, especially those of us that dig Android, extremely excited.  First up, Acer...

Skyfire 3.0 for Android: You got Facebook in my browser!

Skyfire has appeared on multiple platforms in the past, and most recently made news with their huge launch on the iOS App Store.  Today the browser is making news again, this time as version 3.0...

Verizon calls for overhaul of U.S. telecom laws

Verizon's got a problem with the current U.S. telecom laws, and they're not being shy about it.  The carrier just issued a press release wherein Tom Tauke, Verizon's EVP of public affairs, policy...

WiFi-only Galaxy Tab priced at $499.99, then delayed by Samsung

Samsung's Galaxy Tab seems to be selling pretty well, but I have a feeling that there are more than a few of us waiting for a cheaper, WiFi-only model before taking the plunge.  Unfortunately, it...

Motorola Olympus with Tegra 2 processor leaks?

Rumors of a dual-core Nexus S have been floating around recently, but today a different, but still exciting, dual-core handset leaked.  What you're looking at is said to be Motorola's dual-core...

Rumor: iPad 2 launching in April with mostly unchanged specs

The news that Apple is making a new iPad is nothing new to those of us that follow the mobile industry, but what we're not so sure about is just when that new device will launch.  The latest...

AT&T claims to have fastest mobile broadband by a "wide margin"

AT&T may be the only major carrier without any sort of "4G" network right now, but they still have the fastest speeds around (according to them).  Today AT&T announced that a “comprehensive...

Black Friday: Best Buy Mobile sales

We've already seen the carriers step up with some great Black Friday deals, but you know that Best Buy isn't going to stand by and have all of the fun.  There will be some deals to be had at Best...

LG Optimus M bringing Android to MetroPCS on November 24th

Samsung isn't the only manufacturer to send one of its Android phones to just about every carrier imaginable, as LG is doing just that with their Optimus smartphone.  Three of the four major...

Black Friday: U.S. Cellular offers $150 credit

U.S. Cellular already let us know that it would be offering some great Black Friday sales on Android smartphones, and now the carrier is sweetening the deal with another offer.  Beginning today and...

Nexus S continues to treat us with its presence in the wild

It was just a little over a week ago that actual photos of the Nexus S began popping up, and now another image of the device has turned up.  The Nexus S has been appearing in public photostreams on...

Samsung Galaxy Tab: 600,000 sold worldwide in first month of availability

Ever since Samsung launched the Galaxy Tab, considered by many to be the first Android tablet to compete with the iPad, we've all been wondering just how well Samsung's device is being received by...

Black Friday: Buy a T-Mobile smartphone, get one free

Thanksgiving is nearly here, and after you're done filling up on turkey and mashed potatoes, T-Mobile is kicking off Black Friday with a great buy one, get one deal for family customers in the...

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