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When it comes to Swype and their crazy drag-through-letters-to-type alternative keyboard of the same name, there’s only one problem: it’s really, really tough to give up once you’ve gotten used to it. Alas, I’ve gotta deal with the withdrawal symptoms each and every time I jump from an Android device back to my iPhone, due to restrictions inherent to iOS . . . → Read More: iOS Hacker Begins Porting Swype To (Jailbroken) iPhones

Hello friends! Welcome to this week’s edition of Because You Can! Why would you want to take a super huge telescoping SLR lens and attach it to your iPhone? . . . → Read More: This Case Lets You Attach An SLR Lens To Your iPhone

If you’ve been just dying to blast out some tweets from the official BlackBerry Twitter client but were afraid that the Beta client might make your handset explode or something, two things: 1) You’re kind of a strange one, and 2) It’s go time! This morning, Twitter for BlackBerry had its Beta tag peeled off, and it was bumped from the BlackBerry App World (BlAppWorld!) Beta Zone into the full-fledged store. . . . → Read More: Twitter For BlackBerry Ditches The Beta Tag

Judge Phyllis Hamilton, who is presiding over the Amazon-Apple “app store” war , certainly meant it when she said she would “probably” reject Apple’s request for a preliminary injunction . And that’s exactly what she did. . . . → Read More: Apple Loses Preliminary Injunction In Amazon “App Store” Scuffle

Even though Verizon tried to pull a fast one on us by skipping pre-order altogether, we were still accurate when we originally pegged the Droid 3 arrival for today, July 7 . That’s right folks, the Motorola Droid 3 is available now from Verizon , and she’s a beauty. Big red lists the phone for $459.99 off-contract, and $199.99 with a new or upgraded two-year contract. . . . → Read More: Motorola Droid 3 Hits Verizon’s Shelves For $199.99 On-Contract

Have you always wanted to rock RIM’s wonky-lookin’ BlackBerry Style 9670, but weren’t sure enough about the big ol’ clamshell form factor to lock into a contract? Good news: It’s going pre-paid. . . . → Read More: Boost Mobile To Nab The BlackBerry Style 9670 (RIM’s Crazy Huge Flip Phone) This Month

Earlier today we received word from a tipster that Virgin Mobile will be switching up its plan rates in the near future, likely sometime this month. The new rates add $10 to the price of the 300-minute plan (was $25, will be $35), $5 to the 1200 minute plan (was $40, will be $45), while dropping the price of the unlimited everything plan from $60 to $55. Virgin Mobile offers unlimited text, email, data, and web with all of its plans, and luckily, that won’t change along with the new pricing. . . . → Read More: Virgin Mobile To Switch Up Plan Prices, Drop $10 Monthly BlackBerry Fee?

Hey You, Pokédork! The every-geek’s guilty-pleasure license is coming to iOS and Android. . . . → Read More: Nintendo To Bring Pokemon To iOS And Android This Summer

One of Android ‘s advantages is its versatility , as a Japanese company called SKR Technology [JP] now demonstrates: SKR has developed a 32-inch digital signage display that runs on Android 2.3 and that supports multi-touch. The display, which is a prototype but ready to be commercialized in September, features a USB and an HDMI port. It produces pictures in full HD resolution. . . . → Read More: Video: Japanese Company Shows 32-Inch Multi-Touch Display Powered By Android

When Verizon and Motorola announced the Droid Bionic back at CES, we swooned a little. . . . → Read More: The Droid Bionic Might Finally Be “Coming Soon”, For Real