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Motorola Xoom Rooted Tablets Will Get 4G LTE - Motorola, via its forums, has confirmed that owners of the Motorola Xoom who have tinkered with the operating system and have rooted or unlocked their tablets can get the hardware updated to the 4G LTE modem. Moto does not guarantee that it will work and suggests that owners "re-Xoom" the tablets to the original Android 3.0 Honeycomb firmware. The Wi-Fi Xoom is expected to cost $529 at Sam's Club.
Original iPad Clearance by Apple, AT&T & Best Buy - The new iPad 2 is slated for release on Verizon, AT&T and Apple on March 11. To clear out current inventory, Apple, AT&T and Best Buy have all reduced the prices of iPads. At Best Buy you see these prices - Wi-Fi iPad 16B/$399, Wi-Fi iPad 32GB/$499, and Wi-Fi iPad 64GB/$729, while AT&T prices are iPad 16GB/$529, iPad 32GB/$629 and iPad 64GB/$749.
Best Buy New Ad Shows ThunderBolt Price - For the second week in a row, the Best Buy Sunday circular shows that the HTC ThunderBolt is priced at $299 with a contract or $749 without. Various sources suggest a March 10 launch date. Read all ThunderBolt by HTC news.
Google Fights Malware - "Malicious apps" that Android discovered last week will be remotely removed from affected Android phones and have been removed from the Android Market. Law enforcement has been contacted. Google will also push out a security update that will fix the problems caused by the malware. Google will take steps to prevent such malware from ever appearing in the Android Market again.
BlackBerry Protect Beta - BlackBerry has released a new app that manages BlackBerry security, including remote wipe, lock, backup data, remote loud ringing, data restoration, and GPS tracking to find lost smartphones. BlackBerry Protect users must have a BlackBerry ID. The service is controlled via a web-based service.
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