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The forthcoming HTC Droid Eris Android 2.1 update has been leaked ahead of its official release and has also been ported to the functionally identical Sprint Hero with near complete functionality. The beta build does require a full wipe and restore and features the updated HTC Sense user interface along with other improvements with varying [...]

Nokia has officially announced the Nokia 5230 XpressMusic as the Nuron for T-Mobile after initally being leaked in an employee roadmap last month. The Nuron features quadband GSM/EDGE and dual-band 1700/2100 3.6Mbps HSDPA radios, as well as Bluetooth with stereo audio support and FM radio.
It features a 3.2-inch, 640 x 360 resistive touch display with [...]

TiVo has announced its newest series of digital video recorders in the Premiere Series 4 HD DVR set top boxes.
The lineup features full HD support for the TiVo interface, additional video content from Netflix, Amazon, YouTube, Blockbuster, and will be getting Pandora and FrameChannel support as well.

The default remote that ships with the Premiere [...]

Sprint has announced that it has opened up enrollment in its Total Equipment Protection program to all customers regardless of the original purchase timeframe of their device for the month of March.
For an additional $7 monthly fee on top of the monthly rate plan, the Total Equipment Protection program features free express delivery on replacement [...]

An official Adobe employee has confirmed on the official developer forum that the Flash platform developer has decided to end development of Flash 10.1 for Windows Phone Classic 6.5, citing the lack of “support [for]some of the critical APIs that we need”, despite having previously committed to deploying Flash 10.1 on current generation hardware running [...]

Skype is pulling its Skype Lite Java app and Skype for Windows Mobile applications for download from its site, with the full featured client to stop functioning by the end of the year.  Skype states that it is pulling the applications due to performance compared to the iPhone and Symbian versions, but the answer [...]

Sprint has announced an update to its Overdrive 3G/4G Router/Modem which addresses Wi-Fi radio operation and throughput, improved Windows XP compatibility, enhancements to the OTA update functionality and a fix for an issue where the router would stay offline after being updated.
The update can be found here and installation instructions for OTA or PC updates [...]

SanDisk has announced that it has begun shipping its latest memory card series utilizing its SDXC memory standard in the SanDisk Ultra series.
According to SanDisk, the XC memory standard allows for cards up to 2 TB of storage, a 15 MB/sec throughput rate and can store up to 9 hours of HD video with the [...]

The standards body for the CompactFlash memory card format in the CompactFlash Association has announced its newest set of card specifications in CompactFlash 5.0.
The new pecifications include the following improvements:

48 bit Addressing which will allow capacities up to 144PB
Efficient data transfer supporting 32MB per transfer versus 128K per transfer.
Improved Data Set Management Command/Trim to allow [...]

During a recent Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet hearing, CEO Dan Hesse has confirmed that handset vendors working with Sprint must comply with its new environmental design specifications, according to a transcript of his given testimony to the commitee.

“Moving forward, every handset vendor who manufactures handsets to operate on Sprint’s networks [...]