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Can new smartphones rekindle the BlackBerry fire?
'Not dead yet' could well be the new BlackBerry marketing theme, as the world prepares to hear about two new two new BlackBerry 10 smartphones to be announced Wednesday. Read More


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Products of the week 1.21.13
Our roundup of intriguing new products from companies such as Eset and SolarWinds Read More

iPad 5 rumor rollup for the week of Jan. 21
Confusion reigns about the iPad 5, which recently was predicted to be released in both the spring and fall of 2013. Only in the iOSphere is this depth of confusion liberating. Read More

Samsung Galaxy S 4 buzz still white-hot, but could that mean we're ignoring the HTC M7?
Events have unfolded and rumors have broken -- entirely coincidentally, I'm sure -- in a way such that the upcoming Galaxy S 4 from Samsung has never been far from the front pages. The device is unquestionably the most anticipated Android phone ever, and the appearance this week of apparent photographs pulled from Picasa accomplished the task of keeping the Galaxy S 4 squarely in the forefront of the Android world's attention span. Read More

Q&A: What the FCC's Wi-Fi expansion means for you
Mobile devices like the iPhone 5 are embracing the 5 GHz band, and that trend will expand as 802.11ac radios become prevalent even on smartphones starting in 2013. Read More


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RIM's just-released BES 10 a key to enterprise mobile management
Research in Motion Wednesday released an important part of its attempted comeback plan: BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10, which is designed to manage the fast-growing, and increasingly diverse mobile device population in the enterprise. Read More

Why mobile apps will continue to 'cannibalize' PC internet usage
Apple's earnings announcement highlights the shift in the computing and internet application platform from PCs to smartphones and tablets. Read More

iPhone accounted for nearly 84% of smartphone sales at AT&T last quarter
While the fine folks on Wall Street are bearish on Apple due to lower than expected iPhone sales, they are seemingly ignoring the fact that the iPhone is fast becoming the most popular handset on every single US carrier where it's available. Recently, Verizon released its earnings from Q4 2012 and revealed that iPhone activations increased by 47% year over year as Apple's smartphone comprised 63%... Read More

Firefox OS smartphones: Everything you need to know about the hardware
The Mozilla Foundation (in partnership with GeeksPhone) has just revealed that the first "Developer Preview" phones will be shipping with the new, Open Source, "Firefox OS" very, very shortly - possibly as early as just a few weeks from now. A few things worth noting: Read More


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AT&T to buy Verizon spectrum for $1.9 billion
AT&T will buy mobile spectrum in the 700MHz band from Verizon Communications for US$1.9 billion, AT&T said Friday. Read More

Intel rolls 'Yolo' smartphone into untapped foreign markets
Intel, in partnership with integrated communications provider Safaricom, announced a new entry-level smartphone designed for developing markets this week, dubbing the device the "Yolo." Read More

Air Force software turns warplanes into wireless routers in the sky
A software upgrade called Net-T effectively turns U.S. military aircraft into giant airborne wireless routers, allowing ground forces to share information with each other and with their allies overhead. Read More

Google X phone, tablet spur speculation
With speculation swirling that Google is preparing to come out with what's been called the Google X phone and a Google X tablet this spring, analysts say the company is pushing the hardware envelope. Read More

First look: Facebook's new Graph Search
The social network's getting even more social. Read More

 
 
 

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