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Sprint And HTC Unleash 4G Smartphone Super-predator

Sprint and HTC have leaped ahead in the race for 4G, with today's unveiling of HTC's new, Sprint-powered EVO 4G smartphone, likely to be the first smartphone in the U.S. able to run on a 4G network when it hits stores this summer.

It looks to be a brute of a phone — big, and [...:]

iPhone Wipes The Floor In Robot Touchscreen Accuracy Test

Not content with their DIY touchscreen analysis experiment back in January, the team at Moto Labs have gone one better, and repeated the test with more handheld devices and a fairer test environment.

This time they used a robot to trace a pattern in a drawing application on the screen of a variety of mobile devices. [...:]

Daily Deals: $849 20″ iMac, App Store Freebies, MagSafe Adapters

We've reached mid-week with a number of Mac-related deals. First up is about nine iMacs from the Apple Store, including a $849 model with 20-inch screen and a 2.66GHz processor. Next we have a new batch of App Store freebies, including "Squism," a puzzle game. We round out our top trio of deals with [...:]

Analyst: Apple 'Uniquely Positioned' to Enter the HDTV Market

Less than a week after a report leaked that Google is deeply involved in creating a TV service, a prominent Apple analyst now says Apple could revamp the HDTV market in the next two to four years.
Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster told investors Tuesday Apple is "uniquely positioned" to enter the HDTV market with [...:]

Classic OS X Shoot-Em-Up "Warblade" Coming to the iPhone

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Ported and expanded from the popular Amiga shareware game Deluxe Galaga by the original author, Edgar Vigdal, the 2D space SHMUP Warblade features well over 100 levels, multiple power-ups and dozens of enemies. Without a doubt, its one of the best Galaga-inspired arcade shooters on OS X… and now it's heading to the App Store.
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MiFi Mobile Wireless Hotspots Now Stream Media to iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch

Novatel have just announced some fantastic new functionality for their wonderful MiFi series of mobile WiFi hotspots: live iPhone and iPod Touch media streaming.
Using any application that supports UPnP/DLNA media steaming for the iPod Touch (e.g. PlugPlayer), the latest update will allow you to stream music and movies to your Apple handset from the MiFi's [...:]

Eye-Fi's Latest SD Card, the X2 Pro, Automatically Syncs Your Pics With iPhoto

In an endless sea of interchangeable memory cards, Eye-Fi has managed to stand out from the crowd by infusing their line of postage stamp sized SD cards with WiFi capabilities… and looking hip while doing so.
Their latest card, the Eye-Fi Pro X2, is a lightning-fast, Class 6 SD card that will wirelessly sync you photos [...:]

Eye-Fi's Latest SD Card, the X2 Pro, Automatically Syncs You Pics With iPhoto

In an endless sea of interchangeable memory cards, Eye-Fi has managed to stand out from the crowd by infusing their line of postage stamp sized SD cards with WiFi capabilities… and looking hip while doing so.
Their latest card, the Eye-Fi Pro X2, is a lightning-fast, Class 6 SD card that will wirelessly sync you photos [...:]

Hearst Picks Skiff as Preferred E-Reader

The phone has not been completely eclipsed by Apple's iPad when it comes to reading your daily newspaper or magazine. Tuesday, publishing giant Hearst Corp. inked a deal with Samsung, naming the cell phone maker its "preferred e-reading service partner."
Samsung's smart phones, such as its newly introduced Galaxy S, will include software from Skiff allowing [...:]

Weekend iPhone Gaming Reader Picks: Hookchamp, iJumpman And More

On Friday, we started something new here at Cult of Mac: we asked you what iPhone games you were playing that we might recommend for our weekend gaming feature.
On our part, we recommended Space Miner: Space Ore Bust, a humorous, lite RPG spin on Asteroids.
Here's some of the games you recommended that [...:]