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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Google unveils Voice in Gmail, allows free calls to U.S. and Canada

Gmail, Google's extremely popular email service, has recently been gaining new features like voice and video chat.  Today Google added another component to the Gmail experience: the ability to make...

Sony Ericsson XPERIA X8 lands at the FCC

Hot on the heels of Sony Ericsson's XPERIA X10 and Vivaz hitting AT&T, a different XPERIA device has hit the FCC.  This time, we're looking at the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X8, which is set to launch...

Sony Ericsson Vivaz coming to AT&T on September 5th for $79.99

AT&T began selling Sony Ericsson's Android-powered XPERIA X10 a little over a week ago, but they aren't stopping there with the SE handsets.  Today AT&T announced that they will begin...

Rumor: LG C900 to be known as Pacific

LG's C900 was one of the first Windows Phone 7 devices we saw in the recent onslaught of leaks, and now today we've learned a little more about the handset.  Speaking with the folks at Boy Genius...

HTC device with T-Mobile 3G and HSPA Plus passes FCC, likely the G2

We've been hearing quite a bit about T-Mobile's new HSPA+ network and the first handset that will take advantage of that network, the G2.  Today T-Mobile's HSPA+ network got one step closer to...

Android's new copy protection cracked, Google responds

About a month ago, we saw Google implement a new security method to help prevent piracy of Android apps.  Unfortunately, it looks like users have already found a way to circumvent Google's new...

HTC T8788 with Windows Phone 7 leaks, headed to AT&T

Boy, the Windows Phone 7 leaks just keep on coming, don't they?  We've seen LG's C900 and E900, Samsung's Cetus and another unnamed WP7 device, and HTC's Schubert.  Today we've got another HTC WP7...

Some iTunes accounts linked to PayPal hacked for thousands

It was almost two months ago that several iTunes accounts were hacked and made to purchase several apps from a certain developer, and now the popular music service is under attack again.  Many users...

Virgin Mobile announces $40 unlimited prepaid mobile broadband

Prepaid carrier Virgin Mobile used to offer several different options for customers looking for mobile broadband, but today they shook up the industry with their newest offering: $40 per month for...

Dell Aero for AT&T available now for $99.99

Dell and AT&T announced their Android-powered Aero smartphone back in March, and now the device is available for purchase.  The Aero, which is on Dell's website but is still missing from AT&...

Samsung posts Galaxy Tab teaser video as more photos leak

Yesterday we saw video of the Samsung Galaxy Tab riding the rails with an anonymous phone company employee, but today Samsung has gone ahead and posted a Tab video of its own.  In what is possibly...

Verizon pushes out DROID 2 update OTA, doesn't fix signal issues

Motorola's new DROID 2 was just released on the 12th, but Verizon and Moto have decided that it already needed a few bugs that needed squashing.  Verizon has begun pushing out an update for the...

Rumor: Verizon phasing out Pre Plus, Storm2, Curve 8530

About a week ago, we heard a rumor about a ton of upcoming Verizon devices, including the Palm Pre 2 and the BlackBerry Storm 3.  Today we've got some photos of internal Verizon systems that seem to...

Motorola DROID getting FRG22D Android 2.2 tomorrow to enable Flash

Verizon's DROID has had the update to Android 2.2 for a couple of weeks now, but owners have been waiting for a second update that will allow them to install Flash 10.1 on their devices.  It turns...

Rumor: T-Mobile G2 launching Sept. 29th with 1 GHz chip, stock Froyo

So we know that T-Mobile's first HSPA+ phone will be the G2, and we even have clear, leaked photos of the device.  What we still don't have, though, is any sort of release info or even any specs on...

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