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HTC screwed up and forgot to send us the embargoed press release. They’re in the process of groveling at our feet for forgiveness right now.
And, we have to apologize to you, in turn. Because HTC didn’t send us the details, it will take us awhile to give you a full report. Developing…

Some of you are wondering what the status is on T-Mobile Cashback. We delayed both Verizon Cashback and T-Mobile Cashback to make sure they would both work great from day one.
But, to make really sure everything works properly, we’re rolling out Verizon Cashback today, and T-Mobile Cashback will launch tomorrow.
Stay tuned, and be sure to [...]

PhoneNews.com Cashback went offline early this morning, we hope to have it patched and back online later tonight. We’ll keep you updated.
Don’t worry if you placed an order, but didn’t fill out the cashback form. You can just fill it out when finish tweaking things.
Update: We’ve pinpointed a couple of issues. We could fix them [...]

When we started offering full RSS feeds, we did so because we had great partners at FeedBurner. Over the past several months, FeedBurner has been acquired and integrated into Google. We’ve migrated all our services over… but, there is a problem.
With the decline in the economy, Google has really done a number on RSS feed [...]

Because the staff is all moving around, mostly due to CES, cashback payments from PhoneNews.com Cashback may be delayed today. We just wanted to give folks a heads up, we’ll have cashback payments at the normal speed later today, hopefully before the evening.

We’re still integrating CentralGadget.com into the MechaWorks network of sites. Why does that matter to you? Well, we’re still shaking up the coverage… so hang in there while we’re sorting things out.
Ideally, we’re going to have all mobile news on PhoneNews.com, with key mobile news on CentralGadget.com. But, especially with the brutal back-to-back Macworld and [...]

We’re not going to beat a dead horse, but after weeks of delays, the Crunchies named nominees. We weren’t included. However, with only nine days left to vote, we’re far from alone in pointing out that something fishy is going on.
The Crunchies has erased all discussion on their web site of the concerns about the [...]

Later today, we’ll be requiring registration on the Phone Encyclopedia to edit it. As the Encyclopedia has grown, so have the spammers and botnets. Controlling the spam and junk edits on the Phone Encyclopedia is taking too much of our time.
The Phone Encyclopedia does require separate registration from the Forums. So, you will have to [...]

This week of the year, we usually slow down the news to a crawl, so that we can celebrate the Christmas holiday.
This year however, we’ll still be working behind-the-scenes to improve the site, and other MechaWorks sites with some general improvements. Late last week we deployed WordPress 2.7, and we’ll be rolling out some code [...]

Okay, maybe it isn’t all WordPress 2.7’s fault, but we are delaying the launch of a new site (which, as we’ve already hinted, is an extension of PhoneNews.com).
When will it roll out? We’re aiming for the later half of this week. It’s close. In the mean time, enjoy the upgrading to WordPress 2.7. Sorry, there [...]