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Sprint offering instant credits for phone trade-ins

Sprint offering instant credits for phone trade-ins

Feb 28, 2010

Saying that it hopes to boost the practice of phone recycling (with customer conquests a welcome side effect, we’re sure), Sprint is now expanding its Buyback Program to cover over 900 devices with an instant credit when you trade them in to any of over 1,000 participating corporate-owned retail locations. Naturally, Sprint isn’t about to hand you a...

LG’s 15-inch 15EL9500 OLED TV sets sail for Europe, scheduled to arrive this May

LG’s 15-inch 15EL9500 OLED TV sets sail for Europe, scheduled to arrive this May

Feb 28, 2010

We’ve had only tantalizingly brief (or is it briefly tantalizing?) chances to see LG’s glorious OLED television, but each and every time it’s left us with the feeling that our lives are poorer for not having one in our homes. Sure, that says as much about our tech addiction as it does about the 3mm-thick displays, but at least the...

Palm webOS 1.4 update hits Verizon’s Pre Plus and Pixi Plus

Palm webOS 1.4 update hits Verizon’s Pre Plus and Pixi Plus

Feb 28, 2010

According to a little late night tweet from Palm — and the update screen on our device — the stacked new webOS 1.4 update is making its way out into the world for the company’s Verizon-flavored devices. That’s right, Plussers — video recording (and editing) is just a small download away. So why are you still reading this? Palm...

Exclusive: First Windows Phone 7 Series partner device unveiled (with video!)

Exclusive: First Windows Phone 7 Series partner device unveiled (with video!)

Feb 28, 2010

digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/microsoft/The_very_first_Windows_Phone_7_device’; Microsoft’s Aaron Woodman just pulled off a little surprise here at The Engadget Show: he brought out LG’s Windows Phone 7 Series pre-production prototype! The QWERTY slider is the first branded Windows Phone 7 Series device the world’s ever seen, and...

Mac support for Windows Phone 7 Series: ‘maybe’

Mac support for Windows Phone 7 Series: ‘maybe’

Feb 28, 2010

Speaking on The Engadget Show today, Microsoft’s Aaron Woodman didn’t commit to supporting Mac OS with Windows Phone 7 Series, but he certainly didn’t close the door on the idea either. There are apparently “internal discussions” going on as to whether support will move beyond Windows proper, but one thing’s for sure: seeing...