Once upon a time, in the not-so-distant past, Verizon was still in phase one of its LTE lineup, which consisted of nothing but 4.3-inch slate phones with questionable battery life and very little to stand out from the rest of the competition. Now that we’re seeing the second generation of devices coming into the 4G fold, Big Red appears to be pushing choice — not just in terms of size and feel, but price as well. The Pantech Breakout was the first to, well, break out of the mold, offering a smaller form factor for a much more reasonable cost. It was nothing to write home about, but the fact that it existed gave us hope that we’d see a slew of phones in the same price range, finally making high-speed connectivity a more affordable option.

Shortly afterward, the Samsung Stratosphere sneaked up and snatched the spotlight away from Pantech, offering the very first QWERTY keyboard on an LTE-capable device for a cost similar to that of the Breakout. But when we first saw the phone, something felt eerily familiar: it looked almost exactly like the Epic 4G, a Galaxy S-era device that was released on Sprint’s WiMAX lineup nearly a year and a half ago. Looks are one thing, but what about the internals? Does the brand new Stratosphere perform like an old phone, or does it give a completely fresh perspective on a 2010 classic? Read on for the full scoop.

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Where have all the split-keyboard phones gone? It’s been roughly seven years since the days of the Nokia 6820, a messaging device with an innovative form factor, but handsets with a similar mold have become extreme rarities in the market — if they even make it to the market at all (remember the MotoSplit?). LG’s hoping to gain some ground in this area by officially announcing the DoublePlay, a unique Android 2.3 handset with dual touchscreens and split QWERTY. Here’s the scoop: the DoublePlay’s powered by a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon CPU and offers a 5MP rear-facing camera capable of capturing 720p HD video. Where it gets interesting, however, is in the DoublePlay’s design — it uses a 3.5-inch display on top, sliding out to reveal a 2-inch internal screen sandwiched in between both halves of the keyboard. As it turns out, both screens can be used separately or in tandem with each other, depending on your needs. No pricing or availability was specifically announced, but the presser appears to coincide with the 2011 National Texting Championship beginning October 26th, so the phone will likely launch around the same time. Perhaps we have a device here that’ll be a legend in another seven years?

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Oh yeah, we’re here, live at the f8 developers conference in San Francisco, and we’re going to give you a blow by blow of what’s in store for all you Facebook-loving folks. The streets is talking and the rumor mill’s churning at full bore about what we can expect, but Mark Zuckerberg’s keynote is mere minutes away, and all will be revealed soon. So, check back here to get the scoop on all the new social-networking goodies as he dishes them out.

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I kinda yawed a little when I read Spencer Ackerman’s scoop on the FBI’s bigoted, brain-dead Islam training. You think this is bad? As a soldier and former first responder, I?ve been sitting through this dreck for the better part of a decade.

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Man can’t live alone by themselves. He needs those required materials that would help him live in a normal life. Apart from those vital needs such as foods, clothes, shelter and the like another thing that man needs is money; for him to buy other materials that he require. However, man can only make money through having a job or putting up his own business or any income generating activity. Talking about jobs, there are some jobs that require man to seek help from individuals machinery and gadgets for them to execute appropriately their jobs. One of the most delicate jobs in this aggressive world is to be employed under a construction business. Man ought to be dependent enough to those tools and machinery since this kind of job needs a strong foundation to make successful and safe.

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Would you look at that, HTC’s latest worst kept secret is live on Vodafone UK’s website. So here’s the scoop: 4.3-inch QHD (540 x 960 pixel) SLCD display, 1.2 megapixel front-facing camera augmented with an 8 megapixel shooter with LED flash around back, 1.2GHZ (dual-core) processor, 4GB of internal memory with an extra 8GB supplied on memory card.

Developing…

[Thanks, Chris H.]

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