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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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RIM, Google fire back after Steve Jobs's tirade

Besides shooting down any hope of a 7-inch iPad ever coming to market, Steve Jobs also took the opportunity to talk a little smack about his competition during yesterday's Apple earnings call.  On...

Symbian's Executive Director steps down for "personal reasons"

Nokia may have recently released the shiny new Symbian^3-powered N8, but not all is going well in Symbian World.  Lee Williams, Executive Director of the Symbian Foundation, has decided to leave the...

BlackBerry Storm 3 appears in Verizon systems

The BlackBerry Storm 3 is like of those horror movie killers from the '80s: it's alive, then you think it's dead, and then you learn that it's alive again.  Last month we heard that the Storm 3 had...

Samsung Continuum and LG Vortex coming to Verizon on Oct. 29?

Boy, the next month is shaping up to be a busy one for Verizon.  We've heard rumors that Big Red will be launching four different Android phones and the Pre 2 on November 11th, and now we've got two...

T-Mobile names Philipp Humm as new president and CEO

T-Mobile is doing a bit of executive shuffling, and today the carrier has announced that they have a new CEO.  Philipp Humm has been named T-Mobile's new president and CEO, replacing Robert Dotson,...

Palm Pre 2 and webOS 2.0 official, launching on Verizon "in the coming months"

After leaking several times thanks to French carrier SFR, the Palm Pre 2 is finally official thanks to HP/Palm.  The Pre 2 features a 3.1-inch 320x480 display, 1 GHz processor, 5 megapixel camera...

Rumor: DROID 2 Global, DROID Pro, Citrus, Pre 2 hitting Verizon on Nov. 11

We've already heard that Verizon is planning to release the HTC Merge on November 11th, but now that date may be getting even more jam-packed for VZW customers.  The folks over at Droid-Life have...

iPad won't be coming in a 7-inch model

Ever since Apple released their 9.7-inch iPad, rumors have been flying about a possible 7-inch model to accompany its bigger brother and compete against the wave of 7-inch Android tablets.  However...

PlayBook to come in 64GB option for all of your presentations and media

When Research In Motion unveiled the BlackBerry PlayBook, just about everything we wanted to know about the tablet except, of course, release date and pricing.  While we still don't have that...

Rumor: Verizon iPhone hits "AP" test stage while iPhone 5 is in "EVT" stage

Ever since the most recent Verizon iPhone rumor came to light, it seems like there have been even more iBigRedPhone rumors than ever before.  Today we've got another one for you, so buckle your seat...

Rumor: Verizon tiered data coming Oct. 28th, retains unlimited option

We've known for some time that Verizon was planning to switch to tiered data options, but no one knew exactly when the switch would happen.  Thanks to a leak today, though, it looks like the change...

Motorola asks court to invalidate patents in Apple v. HTC suit

Almost two weeks after Motorola announced that the would be suing Apple, it looks like Moto is getting involved with the iPhone manufacturer once again.  Moto has now entered into Apple's suit...

Rumor: Gingerbread deatils leak, includes redesigned UI and video chat

Ever since we first learned about Gingerbread, rumors have been swirling about just what Google had in store for the next iteration of the Android OS.  The folks over at Phandroid have reportedly...

DROID 2 Walmart recall signals impending DROID 2 Global launch?

With the impending launch of Motorola's DROID 2 Global on Verizon, many have wondered if the CDMA-only DROID 2 would be phased out in favor of its globetrotting sucessor.  It's looking more and more...

Sprint WiMAX coming to NYC on Nov. 1st, LA and San Francisco in Dec.

Sprint's WiMAX network has been in testing in New York City and San Francisco for some time now, but the switch hasn't officially been flipped in those cities.  We've been hearing that the NYC, SF,...

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