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Ûber-green Reclaim might be taking center stage today, having found itself a home with Sprint, but Samsung had a couple other forward-thinking comments that we think are worth highlighting. For starters, the Now Network should expect to carry a high-end, AMOLED device from the phone maker in the fourth quarter of this year. That description, however, fits the bill for any number of Sammy phones currently in the works — if we had to take a shot in the dark, we’d be anxious to know what screen technology is inside the oft-rumored InstinctQ. Looking ahead to 2010, Reclaim product manager mentioned to NY Times that it’ll be launching an Android device “for well under $100” next year — looks like the HTC Click is gonna have itself some competition, after all. Hey Sammy, you know what’d be great? A smartphone that was Android, AMOLED, and under $100 — we can dream, can’t we?

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High-end Samsung AMOLED phone coming Q4 to Sprint, sub-$100 Android phone due out next year originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:39:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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As of this week, callers can now text their requests for fire, police, or ambulance, to the emergency call center in Black Hawk County, Iowa — both a nationwide first and a definite improvement for deaf and hard-of-hearing residents who have thus far had to rely on TDD devices. Unlike voice calls, however, the 911 operator can’t get your location from a text message, meaning that the caller must first respond to a request for their city or zip code before the call gets routed. Currently, only i wireless subscribers (a local carrier affiliated with T-Mobile) can use the service, but plans are afoot to bring other carriers on board as well. Other future upgrades include the ability to accept video and picture messages. All the operators ask is that you refrain from sending them those silly chain text messages — that sort of thing can be really distracting when you’re busy saving lives.

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Iowa 911 call center now accepting texts; Twitter and Facebook status updates can’t be far behind originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:07:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Nagoya, Japan’s ramen robot army isn’t satisfied just making delicious noodles. Some have recently acquired knife fighting skills (I am not making this up) to entertain and delight customers.

I warned you that this day would come. Accept your robot overlords.

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For many users, any game that ends up installed on an iPhone is something of an after-thought: It sits there, quietly, waiting for a spare moment in the dentist’s waiting room or on the train. But CTA Digital, a company known for its various game controllers, has a vision of the future that includes people lugging around little plastic steering wheels with an iPhone-sized hole in the middle. We don’t know how much this “Basic Steering Wheel for iPhone and iPod Touch” will actually bring the “feel of driving a real vehicle” to Ferrari GT, but the guy in the video sure looks like he’s having fun. Allegedly works with most horizontally configured racing games, and includes adapters for the iPhone, iPhone 3G, iPod Touch, and iPod Touch 2G. See for yourself after the break.

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This article was written on August 01, 2008 by CyberNet.

Welcome to the WrapUp by CyberNet. This is a collection of news stories and tips that we have collected over the last few days, but never got around to writing about. Don’t forget to send in your own tips, or just leave a comment on this page if you think you’ve got something we should include.

–News–

Tethering App Appears for iPhone
A program appeared in Apple’s App Store last night that would allow users to wirelessly tether their iPhones. Doing this makes it possible to get Internet access on a laptop by going through your phone, and this type of thing is against AT&T’s terms. Needless to say the program quickly disappeared from the App Store, but this isn’t against the terms for all carriers. So it looks like for right now the program is available.

The Pirate Bay Supports Tagging
The Pirate Bay is aiming to make it even easier to find the best torrents by letting users add tags to the files. You can then browse files according to tags, which will definitely be helpful.

Mars Phoenix Tastes Water
The Mars Phoenix mission looks like it is becoming rather successful. NASA scientists have now said that they have now “touched and tasted” water on Mars, giving an indication that sustainable life may have been possible at one time.

Firewire Getting Even Faster
USB 3.0 is slated for release in the next couple of years, but Firewire is trying to beat them to the punch. Two new specs of Firewire will provide 1.6Gb/s and 3.2Gb/s of bandwidth, which is pretty darn fast.

Google Snatches a Big Email Client
Google has taken away the NSW Department of Education away from Microsoft as one of the single largest clients in the world. The new $9.5 million three-year contract will give Google 1.3 million new email users to manage.

White iPhones are Cracking?
Yikes! It looks like some iPhone 3G’s are already starting to get cracks/stress fractures on the plastic backing. Luckily Ashley and I don’t see anything like this on our black iPhone 3G’s yet.

–Tips, Tutorials, and Reviews–

Export iPhone Text Messages to a Spreadsheet
Been wanting to backup those text messages on your iPhone? This guide will walk you through how to do just that, but unfortunately you’ll need to have a Jailbroken iPhone in order for it to work.

Dark Firefox Themes
Like living on the dark side? This is a list of the top 10 Firefox themes that have an abundance of black in them. Some of them are definitely cool looking, but I don’t know that I’d be able to use them regularly.

Installing KDE 4.1 on Ubuntu 8.04
The new KDE 4.1 includes all kinds of great new stuff, and Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) users will surely appreciate this step-by-step guide that will walk you through getting the latest version.

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