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Dropped calls, begone: AT&T expands feds' Wireless Priority Service to Canada January 31, 2010 at 7:59 AM American carriers have had Wireless Priority Service in place for several years now, giving government officials and first responders improved access to potentially overloaded networks in the event of an emergency or high-density gathering — but historically, that service has been restricted to Am… Mobile Technology VisualBoyAdvance turns your Palm Pre into a Game Boy emulator January 31, 2010 at 3:35 AM A certain UK bank operates a delightfully dorky advertising campaign whose slogan is “we give you extra.” Well, in the case of mobile software communities, that’s exactly the case. From jailbroken iPhones to PS One-emulating HD2s to multitouch-enabled browsing on the Nexus One, the one group of peop… Mobile Technology Inmarsat's new phone trialed en route to June launch, definitely won't be mistaken for a RAZR January 31, 2010 at 2:34 AM If you live your life one oil rig, one Siberian gas field, or one Antarctic base at a time, odds are you’re precisely the target demographic for Inmarsat’s new handset being rolled out later this year. Oddly, despite the company’s decades-long history of providing satellite phone service, the IsatP… Mobile Technology Firefox for Mobile makes Maemo its first home January 30, 2010 at 10:44 PM As if you needed any more evidence of the tech supremacy of your Nokia N900 or N810, here’s Firefox making its official mobile debut on the most righteous Maemo OS. Available for download right now, version 1.0 will come with a pretty sweet feature named Weave Sync, which harmonizes your bookmarks,… Mobile Technology Virgin Mobile Canada lights up HSPA+ network, iPhone 3GS, Bold 9700 in tow January 30, 2010 at 9:11 PM Well, it’s a bit earlier than the invitation to the big launch event suggested, but it looks like Virgin Mobile Canada is now officially part of the HSPA+ club, and it’s now also selling a couple of new phones you might be interested in. Naturally, the network will give you coverage in line with t… Mobile Technology Xperia X10 officially headed to T-Mobile in Germany this April January 30, 2010 at 5:23 PM Announced to the world in early November last year, the Xperia X10 has been Sony Ericsson’s paper flagship device for a good few months now, and unfortunately the latest official word seems to confirm that the wait will be even longer. NTT DoCoMo has already stated it’ll launch the handset in Japan … Mobile Technology iPad UI gets ported to the iPhone and iPod touch January 30, 2010 at 3:54 PM At this particular point, 50-something days away from the earliest iPad deliveries, we doubt too many people are up in arms about the iPad’s ability to act as a jumbo iPhone. On the other hand, if we told you you can take pretty much the entire iPad experience and distill it down to your iPhone OS … Mobile Technology