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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Matias Duarte is Google's new User Experience Director for Android

As an update to our previous post about Matias Duarte, one of the major contributors to the creation of Palm's webOS, leaving Palm, Engadget has received confirmation that Duarte has joined Google...

Barnes and Noble releases eReader app for iPad

Your eBook options for the iPad just increased by quite a bit as Barnes & Noble has sent out a press release announcing that they have released an eReader iPad app to go along with Apple's...

Palm hosting PDK developer party on June 9, during WWDC

Palm has been struggling to move handsets as of late, but they are definitely pushing for developer support to create apps that will sell Pres and Pixis.  In order to try to bring some of the iPhone...

webOS design chief Matias Duarte leaves Palm, possibly for Google

Palm has lost several key employees since the company put itself up for sale and HP's purchase of Palm doesn't look like it has helped stop the bleeding.  All Things D has reported that Matias...

Verizon DROID Eris users having issues with Android 2.1 update

We're sure that the Verizon DROID Eris users were ecstatic to finally receive the update to Android 2.1 recently, but it sounds like not all is going as planned.  Users are reporting issues with the...

T-Mobile announces Garminfone, available June 9th

T-Mobile sent out a press release today announcing the pricing and availability of the Android-powered Garminfone.  The device will be available online and at select T-Mobile stores and authorized...

HTC Droid Incredible back on Verizon site, ships June 16th

Following up on the news that we posted yesterday about Verizon's DROID Incredible disappearing from the Verizon Wireless site, it seems that the device is back up after a short delay.  Customers...

FCC offers advice to consumers on avoiding ETFs

With multiple carriers raising their early termination fees as of late, the Federal Communications Commission has decided that it would be good to educate consumers on ETFs and how to avoid paying...

Motorola XT502 (Greco?) with Android outed by Bluetooth SIG

It seems that Motorola is pumping out a lot of Android handsets as of late, and another new phone has been outed thanks to the Bluetooth SIG.  The new Motorola XT502, titled Greco by the file name...

New iPhone available in June, AT&T confirms to employees

Not that we really needed it, but it appears that the new iPhone (HD?) is indeed coming to AT&T next month.  Boy Genius Report has stated that AT&T has confirmed to its employees that the...

Zer01 Mobile ordered to pay $43 million to Global Verge

It appears that all of the cries of scam and vaporware about Zer01 Mobile have turned out to be true as the company has been ordered to pay $43 million to marketing firm Global Verge.  Zer01 must...

BlackBerry Bold 9650 Verizon training has begun, launching soon

While Sprint has already launched their version of the BlackBerry Bold 9650 and we've gotten hands-on time with it, Verizon has yet to say anything about their own Bold 9650.  If you're on Big Red...

Motorola Shadow spotted in the wild, specs reported

Following up on the story we posted a few days ago about the Motorola Shadow Getting Started guide, we now have a quality photo of the device in the wild.  The photo was posted by wnrussell over at ...

AT&T Nexus One available again "within the next few days"

We've heard that Google was planning on axing its online phone store, and now some are worried that since the AT&T Nexus One is "temporarily not available," they are actually starting to close...

Android 2.2 update for Nexus One may not be "official" release

While there are probably many of you out there humming along with Froyo on your Nexus One without a problem, you may be interested to learn that that version of Android 2.2 may not be the "official...

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