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by Jason Giacchino on March 10, 2010
In what has been a trend of late in taking a chapter out of the book of Apple, Google went ahead and released its own Apps Marketplace while simultaneously demonstrating how external Web application...
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by Jason Giacchino on March 8, 2010
Further complimenting recent studies that have discovered many smartphone users are using their handset for social services, popular Internet service Skype has released software for Nokia's Symb...
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by Jason Giacchino on March 3, 2010
According to Quantcast perhaps Apple's immensely popular iPhone OS isn't immune to competition after all.
According to the results of a recent study, Quantcast revealed that iPhone OS, wh...
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by Jason Giacchino on February 24, 2010
For a long time the only way to witness the Olympics was to attend in person. Then television came along and viewers didn't have to leave the comfort of their home to enjoy the show. These days ...
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by Jason Giacchino on February 15, 2010
After much hype, hoopla, anticipation and speculation, Microsoft has unveiled the latest version of its Windows mobile-phone operating system, adding video game and music features in a bid to stop o...
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by Jason Giacchino on February 12, 2010
If you think getting whacked a $150 fee for trying to cancel a T-Mobile contract for the new Google Nexus One smartphone is pricey, imagine the poor customers only yesterday who had to pay $350 to i...
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by Jason Giacchino on February 5, 2010
With the new year in full swing, electronics firms are finally taking a moment to review their earnings from last year. While many major firms (such as Panasonic) have shown lackluster results, Sout...
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by Jason Giacchino on February 3, 2010
Motorola and Verizon are teaming up on their first handset to include "MotoBlur": a feature that syncs in-phone data with posts, messages and photos from Facebook, MySpace and Twitter and ...
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by Jason Giacchino on January 29, 2010
Just when you think web advertising couldn't get any more converged, Google announces that will now allow advertisers to embed phone numbers into mobile ads so that customers can simply click to...
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by Jason Giacchino on December 16, 2009
When it comes to operating systems in general (but particularly the mobile ones), standardization is key to success. Some of the industry's leaders (RIM, Apple, Windows Mobile) boast a standardi...
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by Jason Giacchino on December 11, 2009
Let’s face it; Apple has changed the very way the mobile industry operates with the stunning success of its iStore for purchasing applications. Nokia (and several other companies) have taken note...
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by Jason Giacchino on November 27, 2009
In an era where handset makers are venturing into PC production, we have the opposite effect going on with Acer.
Until now the company has relied largely on Microsoft's mobile Windows operating...
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by Jason Giacchino on November 9, 2009
Verizon Wireless today launched the LG Chocolate Touch, a touch screen music phone with surround sound Dolby Mobile for a richer and clearer listening experience.
The handset comes standard wit...
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by Jason Giacchino on November 6, 2009
In effort to boost publicity of the Android platform, Verizon Wireless plans to sell the HTC Droid Eris, a Google Android equipped wireless device, today for $100.
The Droid Eris is nearly iden...
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by Jason Giacchino on November 2, 2009
Verizon’s highly-anticipated answer to the iPhone is set to go on sale this week for $200.
This new handset, called the Motorola Droid, will run Google's Android 2.0 operating system, offering ...
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by Jordan Grodecki on October 30, 2009
The Motorola DROID is a little phone I have been following with great interest; based upon the latest version of Google's Android, it packs some serious tech specs and a design I am personally a f...
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by Chris Matier on August 24, 2009
I would cry if I broke my phone. I seriously baby the thing; it is one of the drawbacks of owning an iPhone. I am so afraid of breaking it that I never truly enjoy it. The Sonum XP3 is a rugged, fu...
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by Jordan Grodecki on July 31, 2009
Motorola, after posting a suprise profit this year, compared to the losses of those previous, is hot on it's feet talking about pairing it's hardware with Google's clever little Android ...
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by Jordan Grodecki on July 31, 2009
Motorolla, after posting a suprise profit this year, compared to the losses of those previous, is hot on it's feet talking about pairing it's hardware with Google's clever little Android...
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by Jordan Grodecki on July 31, 2009
Motorolla, after posting a suprise profit this year, compared to the losses of those previous, is hot on it's feet talking about pairing it's hardware with Google's clever little Android...
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by Jordan Grodecki on July 31, 2009
Motorolla, after posting a suprise profit this year, compared to the losses of those previous, is hot on it's feet talking about pairing it's hardware with Google's clever little Android...
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by Chris Matier on June 30, 2009
I love living in the United States, but for a technology buff and gadget head, it can be frustrating at times. Korea gets the most fantastic cell phones, and Japan has mobile television on everything,...
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by Jordan Grodecki on June 29, 2009
This little blury snapshot has turned up on the web, adding to the already persistant rumours of Dell entering the smartphone market, with an obviously dell branded handset pictured running Google...
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by Chris Matier on June 19, 2009
This is officially my third iPhone in as many years. I know it maybe a sickness, and I can accept that. Let me tell you, the 3G S is worth it; it really is. Granted, the upgrade fees have been expensi...
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by Chris Matier on May 22, 2009
There is a secret to successfully launching an electronics product, and Palm knows it. The secret is simple; you simply hype the heck out of product and then fail to deliver any to stores which will c...
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by Chris Matier on April 29, 2009
When it comes to smartphone typing, I am all thumbs, or maybe I am not thumb enough. Which ever the case, I can barely work my way around a competent email on my iPhone let alone type an entire docume...
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by Chris Matier on April 27, 2009
When you are Apple, how do you keep selling iPhones? Seriously, Apple has sold over 21 million iPhones. At some point, they are bound to reach market saturation. Sure, the Apple trick of annual update...
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by Chris Matier on April 14, 2009
There have been exactly zero mobile phones that have come out since I bought my iPhone that have tempted me away from my device (iPhone 3G not withstanding). This might just change on May 17th. Yes,...
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by Chris Matier on April 2, 2009
Many phone manufacturers have started to beg, borrow, and steal from the iPhone when it comes to hardware and UI design. But with the new Snap, HTC seems to be taking a shot over Research in Motion...
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by Chris Matier on March 31, 2009
There have been a few dozen iPhone killers released into the wild, and so far, my iPhone seems pretty safe. Palm PRE aside, there is no serious contender out now or even on the horizon. That fact has ...