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Despite recent fears that demand for the Droid X may outstrip supply, and news that HTC can’t produce enough Incredibles or EVOs as they’d like, Verizon want to assure y’all that they’ll have plenty of stock available for the July 15th launch.

In an article on CNET yesterday, Verizon spokesperson Brenda Raney assured everyone that the Droid Incredible shortages are just an anomaly and that there will be plenty of Droid X action for anyone that wants one.

BGR confirm this, adding that their own sources have said that there is anywhere between 50-100 Droid Xs available per store, as well as 30,000 more per warehouse waiting to be shipped out overnight to any store that demands it.

Sounds pretty good to me. So, how ’bout it: are you gonna go grab one tomorrow?

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By now, we’ve seen plenty of iPad stands—expensive ones and cheap ones, musical ones and ones made of wood. But this pencil and rubber band contraption is kinda like the Baby Bear’s porridge: just right. Or is it? More »










iPad – IPhone – Business – Shopping – Apps

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Plenty of games are well-suited for the iPad’s big, touchable screen, but this preview of Osmos HD, an ambient desktop favorite, is immersive tablet gaming fully realized: just your fingers, some motes, and beautiful physics. Due July 8. [BoingBoing] More »










Zune HD – Games – Video Games – Tablet – Education

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Why hack your Evo? Free Wi-Fi tethering and plenty of other benefits. OK, but how hard is it? Not too bad with the help of a few apps. This step-by-step, “idiot-proof” guide from Android Forums will hold your hand, gently. More »










Android – Handhelds – HTC Evo – Programming – Home

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Oh, Shanzhai, you did it again! This wild iP4 clone looks just like the real thing (presumably they had plenty of time to copy this one over the past few months thanks to a young man who enjoyed beer) and runs the standard garbage OS and processor chip.

It’s English-only and costs about $100. Heck, it’s even got “FaceTime” or at least whatever these guys think FaceTime is.

via Shanzhaiji.cn via ClonedInChina

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Foxconn is getting plenty of attention over working conditions and employee suicides at its factories, but it seems that the electronics manufacturer may have somehow managed to quietly start installing some sort of suicide safety nets along its buildings. More »










Apple – Foxconn – China – Suicide – Shenzhen

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Android and Me has a hands-on video comparison of Droid and Droid 2, along with plenty of benchmarks. It’s not far off from the original impressions we saw, but it’s the best tale of the tape we’ve seen yet. More »










Droid – Android – Motorola – Smartphone – Handhelds

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Two weeks, a lot of candles, plenty of patience, and some love for video games resulted in this incredible pixel-art animation. Watch it and the young pyromaniac in you will giggle. More »










Video game – Animation – Games – Shopping – art

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Yelp has plenty of restaurant reviews and OpenTable lets you make reservations at many of those restaurants. Well, now you can make those OpenTable reservations directly from the Yelp website. A perfectly logical union. [NYT] More »










OpenTable – Food – Recreation – Dining Guides – United States

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There’s plenty to get excited about in Android 2.2 AKA Froyo, but HTC offered some not very surprising reassurance to people who bought their most recent handsets, including the Droid Incredible, the EVO, the Desire, or, soon, the myTouch Slide—you will probably get Froyo! Android Central reached out to HTC and got this response: More »

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