Say it with Skype this Mother's Day

You know the saying – if momma ain't happy, ain't nobody happy. Mother's Day is just around the corner – this weekend, in fact, so you might want to drop by mom's place and give her a big hug and a peck on the cheek, having booked a delicious dinner menu at the local restaurant as well. For those who cannot be physically there with their moms this May 13th, you can always rely on the age old tradition of a greeting card. However, in order to keep up with the times, why not use a far more advanced method known as Skype.

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Kickstarter talks to us about product 'pre-orders,' won't force refunds when creators flake

Kickstarter has proven an incredibly effective venue for connecting project creators with monetary support - inventors pitch directly to consumers, indie filmmakers meet indie producers and food trucks get the financial push necessary to take their restaurants to the road. With the latter two, backers don't necessarily expect goods in return, save for an overvalued t-shirt, bumper sticker or film credit. When it comes to electronics, however, funders are often promised a first-off-the-line gadget - one that may never arrive at their door.

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How would you change the LG DoublePlay?

It's almost baffling to see a modern Android smartphone with such an archaic design in a world more accustomed to the Galaxy Nexus. Still, LG's late-2011 DoublePlay has a slide-out physical keyboard and that dinky second screen which reminds us of a phone that's years out of date. However, when we reviewed it, we found it to be very useful, even if it lacked a front-facing camera and weighed a metric ton okay, 190 grams. But how about you.

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Sony Xperia U and LG Optimus L7 headed to Fido Canada

Not long after the Sony Xperia S, now a new Xperia smartphone is about to be released in Canada: the Xperia U. According to Mobile Syrup, Fido will launch the Xperia U sometime soon. Unfortunately, there's no word on the price of the new handset. However, it will definitely be lower than the price of the Xperia S, which costs $499.99 off-contract.

Unwired View, Sony Xperia U and LG Optimus L7 headed to Fido Canada

Sprint Samsung Galaxy Nexus now just $149.99 with contract

It's nowhere near as cheap as we've recently seen Verizon's version of it, but Sprint's Samsung Galaxy Nexus can now be bought for less than it has been going for since it launched. Sprint hasn't cut its price, though, so the savings come courtesy of Amazon (as they usually do).

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Xcom Global opens international MiFi rental / service center in New York City

Serving jetsetters at LAX just wasn't enough for Xcom Global. Engadget's personal favorite when it comes to snagging international data before leaving the States is now opening up shop in the Big Apple - a wise move for increasing its presence in a market where loads of humans are doing business in nations other than the United States. Xcom's calling its new venue a "satellite customer service center," enabling flyers to swing by before they depart JFK (or LGA, we guess) and pick up a global MiFi.

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Infant version of Android gets a walkthrough on Google's Sooner development phone

No, that's not a QWERTY feature phone you're looking at - it's Google's earliest Android development device, the Sooner. While the HTC-sourced phone itself hasn't been a secret, the build of Android on this particular specimen, obtained by Steven Troughton-Smith, is something few eyes outside of Mountain View have seen. As Mr. Smith notes, this isn't the first public build of Android that was detailed in November 2007 (M3), but rather an earlier version from May of that same year.

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