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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Android Market now has over 80,000 apps available

A couple of days ago we reported that BlackBerry's App World had just passed the 10,000 app milestone, and today Android had its number of apps revealed for all to see, as well.  In the press...

Apple eases iOS development rules, posts App Store Review Guidelines

When Apple announced iOS 4 way back in April, they decided to make the walls of their proverbial "walled garden" a little higher by only allowing developers to write their apps in C, C++, or...

BlackBerry Torch sales are slow, according to one AT&T exec

Research In Motion and AT&T teamed up to release the BlackBerry Torch a little under a month ago and, according to one AT&T executive, the device isn't selling quite as well as hoped. ...

Rumor: T-Mobile to get iPhone 3GS later this year

We all know by now that rumors of Apple's iPhone appearing to a network that isn't AT&T show up all of the time, often coming from a "person familiar with the situation."  Most of the time,...

Rumor: Verizon to use Bing for search in all future Android devices

As you may have noticed in the photo of the Samsung Fascinate up above, the device comes preloaded with Bing search rather than Google.  This is nothing new, as phones have shipped in the past with...

Apple iOS 4.1 now available, brings proximity sensor fix and Game Center

Apple said at their recent music event that iOS 4.1 would be coming this week and, lo and behold, it's arrived on schedule.  Among the usual bug fixes and enhancements, iOS 4.1 also resolves the...

Google launches Instant, coming to mobile devices this fall

Google used its Search On event today to announce the newest addition to their catalog of services, Google Instant.  Instant begins bringing up search results while you're typing your query, rather...

Qualcomm 1.2 GHz dual-core Snapdragon coming Q1 2011, 1.5 GHz in late 2011

Dual-core processors seem to be all the rage lately, and today Qualcomm let out some information regarding both their 1.2 GHz and 1.5 GHz flavors of chips.  Unfortunately for you true speed freaks...

T-Mobile launches "Kids Are Free" promotion

T-Mobile has been known to introduce promotions that are radically different than the norm in the wireless industry, and today they've got a new offer that's sure to attract some new customers. ...

T-Mobile G2 keyboard photos leak, shortcut keys cause speculation

We've seen all kinds of T-Mobile G2 leaks over the past month or so, but one aspect of the device that hasn't really gotten much of the spotlight is the keyboard.  That changes today, as we've got...

Rumor: HTC HD3 set to launch on T-Mobile on November 17th

HTC's aging HD2 has recently gotten a new lease on life thanks to some intrepid hackers that ported the Android OS onto the Windows Mobile-powered handset.  Unfortunately, the HD2 is about to feel a...

BlackBerry Curve 3G 9330 to hit Verizon on September 16th

A few days ago we saw that Verizon would be launching the new BlackBerry Curve 3G 9330 in two colors: charcoal gray and fuchsia.  Unfortunately, we didn't get any kind of release information for the...

BlackBerry App World reaches 10,000 apps milestone

BlackBerry launched their App World on April 1st of last year and, a year later, the storefront for everything BlackBerry has hit a milestone.  According to a tweet sent out today by BlackBerry...

CBS Interactive and GameHouse to offer NCIS mobile game and contest

Games based on TV shows and movies are nothing new in the world of app stores, but it's not everyday that a game uses unique writing and contests to help itself stand out.  The folks at CBS...

webOS 2.0 screenshots emerge, showcase several new features

It wasn't long ago that we first laid eyes on webOS 2.0, and now we wouldn't be able to stop the news from pouring in if we tried (not that we would).  Today a flurry of screenshots from the webOS 2...

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