What's Your Favorite Phone of All Time?

Mine? A Motorola StarTAC. For others it's a BlackBerry or Nokia--

Why my favourite phone of all time is an old Nokia - CNET: "...We shouldn't, then, expect a return to those low-fi, durable days. But I live in hope that one day we'll be treated to a phone so complete, so accomplished and so fun, that it emulates the 3210 in spirit, if not in actual hardware. Goodwill hunting Today, the Nokia phone brand seems to be on the brink of vanishing, as boss Stephen Elop has said that, post-Microsoft sale, the famous name "won't be around for long". When I think about the enormous amount of goodwill that quality devices like the Nokia 3210 instilled in my generation's collective consciousness -- particularly in Europe -- that move feels reckless, callous, and downright wrong. To the top-level execs at Microsoft, if you're reading this, please change your minds and keep Nokia's mobile flame aglow...."

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BlackBerry, a Global Slide

A delayed regulatory filing said competition was robbing BlackBerry, the troubled smartphone maker, of customers in its final bright spot, the developing world -- The company attributed its slowdown in those markets to an increase in inexpensive phones based on Google’s Android operating system. But it also cited a factor behind its severe decline in the United States: the relative paucity of desirable software apps for its phones. (source infra)

BlackBerry Filing Describes a Global Slide - NYTimes.com: "The filing suggests that BlackBerry will still go ahead with its plans to lay off about 40 percent of its remaining staff, about 4,500 people, despite the Fairfax bid. The company indicated that it expected to post about $400 million in charges related to those layoffs during its current fiscal year, up from a previous estimate of $100 million."

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Android, BlackBerry, Nokia

Pride precedeth a fall --

BlackBerry - and Nokia's - Fundamental Failing | stratēchery by Ben Thompson: " . . . . In fact, the strategic superiority of the Android option for RIM and Nokia was even then so obvious that I suspect their core failing was not so much strategic as it was all-too-human: pride. Owning an ecosystem seems much more important than owning services or supply chains, even if building said ecosystem completely devalues what you’re actually good at (this tweet captures the waste perfectly)."

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BlackBerry keeps losing customers

Likely BlackBerry future either breakup or liquidation--

BlackBerry keeps losing customers as it tries to turn itself around - latimes.com: "A slew of businesses and government agencies have abandoned BlackBerry phones in recent months, a troubling trend for a company that has been refocusing its attention on business users after watching consumers depart in droves. "Ultimately, we are skeptical that BlackBerry can penetrate the consumer market, and its remaining enterprise installed base is no longer large enough to drive unit sales" beyond August, Kevin Smithen, telecom analyst for investment firm Macquarie Group Ltd., wrote to investors. "We think the likely end game for BlackBerry is a breakup or liquidation at a lower price."" (read more at link above)

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Windows Phone shipments surpassed BlackBerry last quarter

Windows Phone shipments surpassed BlackBerry last quarter
TechSpot
When people think of smartphones, iOS and Android are the first operating systems that generally come to mind. The two have a stranglehold on the market, but there are still smaller battles occurring on the lower end of the sales spectrum between Windows ...

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Going BlackBerry? What You Will Lose

BlackBerry 10: Right For You? - Mobility - Smartphones -: " . . . If you're coming from Android, you're going to lose device choice. True, the Z10 and Q10 offer a small selection, but Android wins hands-down when it comes to the variety of form factors. Android devices are big and small, cheap and expensive, rugged and high class. You're going to lose access to apps. You're also going to lose access to Google's services. Yes, BB10 supports Gmail and Google Contacts and Calendar, but that's it. No Google+, no Google Maps, no Google Drive, no Google Docs, no Google Voice, no Google Search / Google Now. Some Google services, such as Talk and YouTube, have been ported thanks to BlackBerry, but the vast majority aren't there. If your business has "gone Google," switching to BB10 simply doesn't make sense. If you're coming from iOS, you're losing access to 800,000 apps. BlackBerry World has about 70,000, many of which are ported Android apps. The selection just isn't there, yet. You're also losing access to many of the same Google services that are available to Android. You're losing access to an incredible array of accessories. Devices such as the iPhone have more accessories available than any other device on the market. Being so new, BB10 does not yet have such accessories, and there's no telling if, or when, it will catch up. . . . "

Android and iOS “duopoly” monopolizes 92% of global smartphones in Q4 - SlashGear: "In Q4 specifically, Apple had 22-percent of the smartphone OS marketshare, though that was down 2-percent from the same period a year ago. Still, iOS was up 29-percent annually, having shipped nearly 50m smartphones worldwide. Android, in contrast, rose from 51-percent marketshare in Q4 2011, to 70-percent in Q4 2012."

What Softbank Buying Sprint Means To You | News & Opinion | PCMag.com: "The merger has to clear the U.S. government, but regulators won't care. As this doesn't eliminate any U.S. companies, there's no competitive effect, and U.S. politicians aren't paranoid about Japanese control the way they are about Chinese firms. (That's a real change - anyone remember the 1980s?) Softbank may be a UMTS carrier, but Sprint will not switch to GSM/UMTS. That makes no sense from a cost perspective. Rather, Sprint will do what everyone else is doing - try to roll out LTE as quickly as possible with the aim of becoming an all-LTE carrier by 2017 or so."

The Internet Is A 21st Century Utility And We Deserve Better - Forbes: "According to the latest State of the Internet report from Akamai Technologies, the U.S. ranks 9th in the world for connection speed with an average of 7.2 Mbps. That means the U.S. just needs to double its average speed to get close to South Korea at 14.7 Mbps. You might think that the 7.2 Mbps sounds pretty good, but remember that this is an average, not a baseline."

Watch Out Nokia And Blackberry, Here Comes Huawei - Forbes: "Not only will Nokia, Research in Motion and others have to contend Google/Motorola and HTC as well as Sony (SNE), Apple and Samsung vying for market share but two new players gaining traction according to IDC could pressure margins even further. Those two players are Huawei and ZTE, which took the #3 and #5 spot for 4Q 2012 smartphone shipments. While those two companies had respective market shares of 4.9% and 4.3% in the quarter, they were ahead of HTC, LG, Nokia, Research in Motion and a host of others. While Nokia, HTC and RIM shipped the third, fourth and fifth most smartphones during all of 2012, those three companies were absent from the top five for 4Q 2012. "

Report: Amazon dominates Android tablets, US-based Kindle Fires alone are 33% of global devices - The Next Web: "Research from mobile app analytics service Localytics which goes live tomorrow shows that the Kindle Fire is by far and away the most owned Android tablet on the planet. The company estimates that the number of Amazon Fire devices in the US alone represents 33 percent of all Android tablets worldwide — while the US itself is the world’s biggest tablet market with a 59 percent market share."

Guy Eymin Petot Tourtollet's Wi-Fi-Blocking Wallpaper
Businessweek
Now Guy Eymin Petot Tourtollet, 46, scientific director of the French pulp and paper research institute Centre Technique du Papier, has invented a snowflake-patterned wallpaper that blocks Wi-Fisignals, while still allowing FM radio and emergency ...

Bring Your Own Hassles -- How to manage the explosion of employee-owned devices | MoFo Tech - JDSupra: "Make it easy: “Don’t make it too difficult for employees to comply with the rules, or they’ll actively try to circumvent them,” advises Christine Lyon, a Palo Alto, California-based Morrison & Foerster partner who focuses on privacy and employment law. Train, train, train: “You need to create a culture in which everyone understands it’s in both the individual’s and the institution’s best interest not to have a data breach,” says Daniel Westman, managing partner of Morrison & Foerster’s Northern Virginia Office. "

TeleGeography's gorgeous map of the global Internet.: "At first glance, the lines appear to mirror long-proven global trade routes, with major hubs in global capitals like New York, Amsterdam, and Mumbai. But Mauldin notes that there have been no new cables across the Atlantic since 2003. The growth today is in historically under-served regions like Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America. Nor are all the hubs located in the big cities you’d expect. That phalanx of cables converging on Brazil, for instance, lands not in Sao Paolo or Rio de Janeiro but Fortaleza, simply because it’s an easier hop from the Northern Hemisphere. Another surprisingly popular destination is Djibouti, whose appeal becomes more clear when you consider the relative business-friendliness of its neighbors at the mouth of the Red Sea: Somalia, Eritrea, Yemen."

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Unlocking Smartphones Rendered Illegal by Librarian's Baffling Decision: "So why has the Librarian of Congress made this rather inconsistent ruling on unlocked phones? The way the LoC reads the DMCA, unlocking the phone circumvents the technological protection of the software in the device. How this came to be interpreted this way is a mystery, since the only purpose for unlocking a phone is to change carriers, not to steal the software. What’s even more of a mystery, given the reasoning of the LoC is that jail breaking is OK, even though that effectively unlocks the phone. But perhaps the most mysterious of all is how the DMCA came to be applied to phone unlocking. Or at least it’s a mystery until you realize that the major carriers have been lobbying the Librarian of Congress for years. The bottom line for all of this is that basically very little has changed for individual owners of mobile phones. . . . "

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BlackBerry and Nokia - collapse and stagnation

BlackBerry, Nokia: Recovering or collapsing? By the numbers | ZDNet:The pattern is clear: " . . . BlackBerry smartphone shipments are going down significantly quarter-on-quarter. BlackBerry has cumulatively shipped, in the nearly two years the device has been on sale, around 1.49 million PlayBook tablets. By comparison, even in Apple's worst iPad selling quarter—the third quarter of 2010—the Cupertino, Calif.-based company sold double that with 3.27 million iPads. And that's just in one quarter alone, and the first quarter the iPad was on sale, where nobody knew if they should buy one or not. Nokia is a tale of two fronts: a smartphone unit—which includes the Windows Phone-powered Lumia range, but is not limited to it—and a feature phone unit, that is slowly being wound down. Nokia sold 4.4 million Lumia smartphones during the fourth-quarter of 2012, at the last earnings report. Compare this to previous quarters and Lumia sales figures remain stagnant at best. Nokia sold 4 million Lumia smartphonesduring the second-quarter of 2012, and a meager 2.9 million Lumia smartphones during the third-quarter. What's likely going to happen is that Lumia and other 'smart device' sales will remain flat or slightly above or below by a few percent quarter-on-quarter, while at the same time feature phones that sit close to smartphone 'status' will continue to dwindle, particularly in emerging markets. By comparison, according to Strategy Analytics, Samsung sold 55 million smartphones during its third quarter. Apple sold 26.9 million iPhones during its fourth quarter. . . . "

iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple opinion and news | The Loop: "BlackBerry also announced that Alicia Keys would be the new Global Creative Director. A celebrity endorsement is not what people want, they want a better product. The new BlackBerry received an average response from media, some early reviews were just bad. BlackBerry needed to give users a reason to switch back from the iPhone or Samsung product they currently own — they didn’t do that. At most, they may have caught up to where everyone else already is, but they needed to do more if they planned to get back all of those customers."

Home Depot abandoning BlackBerry platform in favor of Apple's iPhone and iOS: "People familiar with the big-box retailer's plans said the company has already begun the process of abandoning the Blackberry platform for Apple's iOS, specifically for store managers and all corporate level employees. A representative for the home improvement chain confirmed the news to AppleInsider, saying the move will displace roughly 10,000 Blackberry smartphones. "We are replacing our current base of BlackBerry technology with iPhones," the representative said, clarifying that the move applies only to store managers, district managers, other corporate-level staffers, and field ops."

End of XP support: Why so many CIOs are still not ready | TechRepublic: "The reason for the inertia in preparing for the end of support for the OS is attributed to a lack of a business case, which was cited as the key barrier by 79 per cent of the XP organisations polled. The legacy software infrastructure of XP includes a number of business-critical applications, some of which the IT department may not even be aware of, and other programs that are seen as too costly to migrate, according to Avanade."

Comcast, Verizon Wireless, and Time Warner Cable. When Will the Rest of Us Get Google’s Gigabit-per-Second Service? | MIT Technology Review: " . . . a Google spokeswoman says the company “expects to operate profitably” and that Google Fiber is neither a loss leader nor a PR stunt. If that’s true, then why isn’t it being made available everywhere? The answer is that there are no compelling business incentives for the established players, says Blair Levin, a former U.S. Federal Communications Commission chief of staff, who helped write the National Broadband Plan and is now executive director of Gig.U, a consortium of universities trying to deploy very fast networks in local neighborhoods. In parts of the country, slower-speed copper, fast-download cable, and a few fiber networks are already built out. The cable distribution giants like Time Warner Cable and Comcast are already making a 97 percent margin on their “almost comically profitable” Internet services, according to Craig Moffet, an analyst at the Wall Street firm Bernstein Research. As Levin points out, “If you are making that kind of margin, it’s hard to improve it.” And most Americans have no choice but to deal with their local cable company. . . . "

The (Not So) Evil Strategy Behind Everything Google - Forbes: "Perhaps the most ambitious way that Google is making the experience of the internet faster is its ambitious Fiber program that it has rolled out in the Kansas City area. For a one-time fee of $300, customers can get free internet at acceptable current speeds (5GB down, 1 GB up) for a guarantee of seven years. The real action happens at $70 a month for gigabit internet and $120 a month for gigabit internet (“a connection speed 100 times faster than today’s broadband,” according to the website) plus about 200 TV channels."

OSX bug--rdar://13128709: OSX apps (TextEdit) crashing in spell-checker (I think).: "Community bug reports OSX apps (TextEdit) crashing in spell-checker . . ."

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Samsung trashes BlackBerry users

RIM takes on Android, as Samsung trashes BlackBerry users in new advert
Pocket-lint.com
A war between BlackBerry and Android is about to ensue, as RIM works to outshine Google and Samsung bashes BlackBerry business users. RIM has announced itsBlackBerry Live conference for 14-16 May, the same time as Google's I/O conference takes ...

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Sony Xperia Tablet Z smiles for the camera in leaked video
Android Community
Sony made a pretty big splash at CES this year with their new Xperia Z smartphone, but they decided to wait a few days before revealing its tablet sibling. Earlier this afternoon we reported on the just announced Xperia Tablet Z, and now we have some ...

App Deals Of The Day: Android, iPhone, iPad, Windows Phone
Lifehacker Australia
Track expenses on your Android phone with SlyMoney, Aussie! Camera free on iOS to celebrate Australia Day, Orphion now free on iPad (normally $5.49), GoPro Control for free on Windows Phone, plus lots more. Deals end without warning, so be quick or ...

iPhone 5 compared to upcoming BlackBerry Z10 smartphone on ...
By Jordan Kahn
German-language blog telekom-presse.at posted images and video of BlackBerry's upcoming Z10smartphone today said to be running a beta of BB 10. In the video (and images below), ... The Z10 is expected to officially launch at RIM's upcoming BlackBerry event on Jan. 30 and is rumored to be ...Review: Mophie Powerstation Duo charger, a must have for mobile iOS device users · Reuters claims Sharp has all but stopped producing iPad Retina displays. Please enable JavaScript ...
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Samsung's JK Shin apparently confirms 8-inch ... - Android Central
By Phil Nickinson
Last year in Barcelona, Samsung managed to out the Galaxy Note 10.1 on the side of a building at Plaça de Catalunya, a day ahead of the official announcement. Looks like we'll have no such slippage for Galaxy Note 8.
Android Central - Android Forums,...

BlackBerry's Next Smartphone Is Just As Fast As ... - Business Insider
By Kevin Smith
11 Apps That Will Make You Wish You Had An Android Phone ... On the software side, Tech Presse was using a beta version of BB 10 and they remarked that the Blackberry was just as fast and at times faster than the iPhone 5. Physically ... BlackBerry is a line of mobile e-mail enabled smartphones created by the Canadian developer Research in Motion (RIM). .... Samsung exec confirms 8-inch Galaxy Note coming to MWC 2; RIM CEO Says Licensing BlackBerry 10 Is "Conceivable ".
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Samsung exec confirms 8-inch Galaxy Note coming to MWC
By Jamie Rigg
Seeming as the Korean news outfit also got word on the S III mini from Samsung's mobile chief before anything was official, we've got no reason to doubt this scoop. If this addition to the Note range is the mysterious GT-N5100 we saw ...
Engadget

AppSurfer adds tablet apps to web-based try-before-you-buy ...
By John Koetsier
Major topics include the iPhone, Android, iPad, BlackBerry, Palm webOS, Windows Phone 7 and Symbian. Some of the companies it covers includes Apple, Google, Microsoft, RIM, Palm, Nokia,Samsung, HTC and Motorola. VentureBeat ...
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BlackBerry 10 Phones DOA says Analyst

BlackBerry 10 Phones Will Be ‘DOA,’ Analyst Says - Bloomberg: "“We believe BB10 is likely to be DOA,” James Faucette, a Pacific Crest analyst in Portland, Oregon, said in a report. He has the equivalent of a sell rating on the shares. “We expect the new OS to be met with a lukewarm response at best and ultimately likely to fail.”"

As Nexus 10 hits the marketplace, new life is seen for Android tablet apps
CNET
Start with the rise in Android tablet sales. New IDC estimates released yesterday showed that the best-selling iPad's market share slipped from 65.5 percent in the second quarter of this year to 50.4 percent this quarter. The reason is that Android ...

HTC Experiences Lackluster Smartphone Sales in October
Tom's Hardware Guide
HTC Sense was great, used to be their advantage, but now, Samsung has caught up with TouchWiz and nothing really differs from one Android to another (or WP8 phones) except the hardware. They have been touting their One X camera...but it didn't turn out ...

HTC, Verizon To Unveil HD Phablet
InformationWeek
The screen easily outclasses every other smartphone available today, including category leaders such as the Samsung Galaxy Note II. The Note II's 5.5-inch display has 1280 x 720 pixels, giving it 0.92 million pixels and a pixel density of just 267 ...

Xbox Smartglass app arrives for iPhone, iPad
CNET
You can use the keyboard on your iOS device to type on your Xbox 360. You can swipe across your phone or tablet to move across the screen on your console. Controls pop up on your mobile device to play, pause, stop, rewind, and fast-forward videos and ...

Microsoft Office for iOS, Android said to arrive in 2013 -- will this help or ...
Computerworld (blog)
Windows RT tablets ship with a free version of Office as does Windows Phone 8. That gives those platforms some competitive advantage over iOS and Android smartphone and tablets. Today, if you want Office on a tablet or smartphone, you've got to buy a ...

The Daily App: GasBuddy For Android, Blackberry, iOS
CRN (blog)
GasBuddy for Android, Blackberry and iOS is a free gas finder app that not only lists the closest and lowest-priced gas stations but also helps weed out the closed ones. GasBuddy's like named developers, based out of Brooklyn Park, Minn., created the ...

CRN (blog)

Linkpost | 11.7.2012
Houston Chronicle (blog)
Apple Says Samsung's Galaxy Note, Jelly Bean Infringe Patents – Apple wants to add the largeAndroid device and the Android 4.1 operating system to patent suit. In this case, Samsung has already asked to add the iPhone 5 to its own infringement claims ...

How makers of phones and tablets are faring
CBS News
Oct. 18: Google Inc. says its Motorola Mobility device-making business suffered an operating loss of $527 million, more than tripling from the same time last year, when it was still an independent company. Google is ... s new phone software, Windows ...

Smartphone, tablet sales to top 1 billion in 2013: Gartner
Times of India
She said tablets will be a key to mobility for workers, with 13 million tablets used for business this year, rising to 53 million by 2016. Gartner estimates that 56 percent of smartphones purchased by businesses in North America and Europe will be ...

Exclusive: Microsoft Office for iPhone, iPad, and Android revealed ...
By Tom Warren
Microsoft's Office for iPad, iPhone, and Android is a reality. Although Office Mobile has been rumored and reportedly spotted in the wild, Microsoft has remained persistently quiet about its plans...
The Verge - All Posts

Apple Accuses Samsung's Version of Android and the Galaxy Note ...
By Jordan Golson
Continuing the seemingly endless patent lawsuits between Apple and Samsung, Apple today argued that Samsung's Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet infringes on its patents, as well as Samsung'simplementation of the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean operating system on its devices. Apple has also ...Andrew Liao, an Apple attorney, told Grewal today that the Galaxy Nexus is the only phone with Jelly Bean that Apple seeks to add to the patent complaint. ... iPad Mini Already Installed in Car Dashboard ...
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Google Nexus 4 Smartphone Review - Walt Mossberg - Personal ...
By Walter S. Mossberg
Google's new Nexus 4 Android smartphone has some nice features and an attractive price tag, but the improvements are modest. ... The phone, which features a new version of Android, hits the market at a time when Apple has had early success with its iPhone 5, and as Nokia and HTC are bringing out devices with a fresh version of Microsoft's phone software, Windows Phone 8. I found theNexus ... It has some nice features and carries on Google's recent tablet tradition of low pricing.
AllThingsD

LG Nexus 4 review | Android Central
By Phil Nickinson
The Nexus 4 is the best phone yet from Google's premier Android line - but that doesn't mean it comes without compromise. ... The Nexus 4, LG's first phone in Google's premier line, easily is the best "stock" Android phone thus far, and it's the best in the Nexus line since HTC's Nexus One. The hardware is ... But some prominent features Android 4.2 are missing, as we explain in the software section of this review. ..... (Also, user switching in Android 4.2 for the Nexus 10 tablet is inactive.) ...
Android Central - Android Forums,...

Xbox SmartGlass now available for iOS, including iPad and Forza ...
By Rik Henderson
Xbox SmartGlass for iOS is now available as a free download from iTunes and, unlike its Androidequivalent, features support for tablets - the iPad family.
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AT&T will spend $14B to pump up wireless, wireline networks
CNET
The company has already increasingly relied on more smartphone customers with pricier data plans, connected devices such as tablets, cellular-connected dog collars and medicine bottles, bundled television, Internet, and phone services under U-Verse ...

LG Nexus 4 vs. Samsung Galaxy S3: Does LTE really matter?
CNET
If you are an AT&T customer, LTE definitely makes a difference. To me going from 3G to 4G wireless service is like going from an old dial-up connection for Internet access in your home to using abroadband connection. You will be amazed at how much ...

Magid on Tech: Internet Governance Forum to tackle issues about online safety ...
San Jose Mercury News
I'm in Baku, Azerbaijan, at the Internet Governance Forum (IGF), a United Nations-sponsored "multi-stakeholder" forum to discuss a wide variety of issues regarding Internet governance. Unlike many U.N. forums, IGF is attended not just by government ...

Internet Connected TVs To Hit 596 Million By 2017
Hollywood Reporter
LONDON – The number of TV connections to the Internet will hit 596 million by 2017, up from 105 million at end-2010 and the 212 million expected at end-2012, according to fresh research. our editor recommends. Study: Global Online TV, Video Revenues to ...

Hollywood Reporter

Internet Usage Shoots Up 122% Over Past Year: Study
Multichannel News
Fueled by Netflix and other real-time streaming media, North American Internet users more than doubled the amount of monthly data they consume over wireline networks in the last year -- to the equivalent of 81 hours of video per month, according to a ...

Multichannel News

US Election: Political 'Porn' for Chinese Internet Users
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Chinese Internet users flocked to the country's social-media sites on Wednesday to follow and comment on the U.S. presidential election, with many drawing contrasts with Beijing's much more predictable – and much less democratic – leadership change ...

Wall Street Journal (blog)

Mastercard previewing smartphone internet payment system with in-person ...
Engadget
Mastercard is already a big fish in the still tiny NFC contactless payment pond, and now it wants to take that same technology to a veritable ocean -- internet sales. The plastic purveyor is tag-teaming with ING in the Netherlands for PayPass-based ...

Smartphones hog the most data on public Wi-Fi networks
ZDNet
These deployments will be in parallel with 4G LTE deployment, and over 70 percent of operator respondents expect to continue investing in both technologies. "These findings show that public Wi-Fi is now a crucial part of the mobile experience and this ...

ZDNet

UK Scientists to Make Broadband 2000 Times Faster
Wall Street Journal (blog)
By Nick Clayton. A team of scientists are working to develop technology which would massively boost the speed of home broadband without a similar increase in price. They say they have already been able to send 20 gigabits of data a second down a fiber ...

US Cellular takes hit on LTE devices, profits halved to $35.5 million ...
By Daniel Cooper
The cause of this reduced profitability is said to be down to higher subsidies on LTE devices, which represented a full 50 percent of the company's smartphone sales in the quarter. While the carrier has reversed the trend of losing customers, ...
Engadget

Microsoft Just Scored 12 Million Wi-Fi Hotspots for Windows Phone
By Kyle Wagner
Microsoft just hammered out a deal to get Windows Phones access to 12 million Wi-Fi hotspots from its new partner Devicescape.
Gizmodo

Investments in Wireless and Wireline Broadband Networks and IP ...
“This is a major commitment to invest in 21st Century communications infrastructure for the United States and bring high-speed Internet connectivity — 4G LTE mobile and wireline IP broadband — to millions more Americans,” said Randall Stephenson, AT&T chairman and chief executive officer. ....With a powerful array of network resources that includes the nation's largest 4G network, AT&T is a leading provider of wireless, Wi-Fi, high speed Internet, voice and cloud-based services.
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Sam Gordon is the next Internet sports superstar - SBNation.com
By Mike Rutherford
Meet your new Internet sports sensation. Her name is Sam Gordon, she appears to be somewhere between 7-10 years old, and she plays football. It would be interesting enough if Sam were a kicker, a lineman (girl?), or just on the team in ...
SBNation.com - All Posts

Cisco Blog » Blog Archive » The World's Wi-Fi Laboratory
By Stuart Taylor
The world's oldest subway system – affectionately known as The Tube – even allows you to connect to the Internet as you await your train hundreds of feet below historical London. Visitors from around the ... a broadband provider. Equally, most of the major U.K. mobile operators offload some of their data traffic to one of these nearly pervasive Wi-Fi networks to cope with explosive mobile data traffic and to provide an LTE experience, in a market that, until very recently, has not had LTE.
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Pentagon drops RIM exclusivity; eyes up iPhones, Androids

Pentagon drops RIM exclusivity; eyes up iPhones, Android phones
ZDNet
On the same day the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency, a division of the U.S. Homeland Security, said it was looking to ditch the BlackBerry smartphone from its employees hands in favor of Apple's iPhone, the Pentagon had similar ...

Nokia not blocking multiple users on Android phones
CNET
Google earlier this week unveiled Android 4.2, an updated version of Jelly Bean that will come with the company's new line of Nexus devices. One of the big features of the OS is the ability to add multiple user accounts. However, it will only work on ...

A smartphone for Christmas: Samsung or Apple?
The Guardian (blog)
My son recently bought a Google Nexus 7 tablet and my wife was highly impressed. I thought that was Christmas sorted, but she says a smartphone would suit her better as the bottom-of-the-range Android she uses is struggling to get by. I thought I could...

The Guardian (blog)

Samsung Says Tablets to be New Growth Engine
Wall Street Journal (blog)
After a slow start in ramping up its tablet business Samsung Electronics Co. , the biggest smartphone maker by shipments, has signaled it will aggressively push out new models to expand in the market. Google: Google has two new Nexus devices it ...

Wall Street Journal (blog)

Apple slapped for Samsung statement, but come on, give peace a chance
Computerworld (blog)
The UK court may have reprimanded Apple for its Samsung statement but I already know it's likely I'll always feel Apple [AAPL]is justified in thinking Google was inspired by many of its iOS ideas when it came to development of the Android OS. That's my ...

Archos 80 Cobalt tablet runs Android ICS with an 8-inch screen
TG Daily
The Archos 80 Cobalt boasts a slightly larger screen than the budget Android tablet norm at 8-inches, but its retail price will ultimately help determine the fate of the device. Interestingly, the 8-inch 1024 x 768 display sports an aspect ratio of 4:3 ...

Apple offers up to $1 per device for Motorola Mobility patents
InfoWorld
The patents in question are considered vital to the UMTS, GPRS, GSM and 802.11 standards in which they are used, so Motorola Mobility is required to license them to competitors on "fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory terms," often referred to by ...

Samsung spills UK launch date for Galaxy S III Mini
ZDNet
According to Samsung, the device will launch on 8 November with free games preinstalled — The Sims 3 and Bejewelled 2, to be specific — as well as 50GB of free Dropbox storage for the next two years. The S III Mini is pitched as a more compact ...

Smartphone, tablet markets saturated
Squamish Chief
If you've been looking to finally upgrade your old cellphone, or get into the tablet market, be ready to wade through an almost endless field of choices and options available to electronics consumers today. To be honest, there are almost too many hand ...

Q3 Smartphone Shipments Exceed 157m, with Samsung Cementing Place as ...
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RIM's recent results - which run to a different financial schedule - nevertheless hint at continuing problems for the Canadian firm with just 7.7 million quarterly smartphone shipments. MeanwhileSamsung's Android competitors including HTC and Motorola ...

Apple statement on Samsung tablets ruled non ... - Android Central
By Alex Dobie
When Apple issued its legally-mandated statement, indicating that Samsung had not copied the iPadin its Android tablet range, we speculated that the British High Court might be displeased at the tone and content of the company's message.
Android Central - Android Forums,...

Concept: iOS icons get a Windows Phone Live Tile and Android ...
By Matt Brian
What would Apple's iOS look like if you took WP8's Live Tile approach, mixed it a bit with Android'swidgets? We're sure it would look a little like this. ... Concept: iOS icons get a Windows Phone Live Tile and Android widget makeover [Video]. 442 ... As the smartphone wars rage on, both Google and Microsoft have iterated their own mobile operating systems to differentiate themselves from their rivals. Microsoft might be on the receiving end of a lawsuit over the use of Live Tiles in its ...
The Next Web

Archos 80 Cobalt Android ICS tablet not a head turner » Phone ...
By Gary
In the last week or so we have seen the tablet PC market getting even more crowded than it already is with a number of new products being announced by Apple and Google among others. Not all of the new ... There is a two megapixel camera on the back of the device, while there is only 8GB of on board storage, but luckily this can be expanded by via the micro SDHC port, which is a nice feature on an Android tablet that many Nexus 7 owners would like to see. While the Archos 80 ...
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Google removes Nexus Q from Android landing page | Expert Reviews
Now, however, it seems unlikely that the Nexus Q will even see the light of day. The company'sAndroid product landing page, updated to reflect the launch of the Nexus 4 smartphone and Nexus 10tablet, no longer features the Nexus Q at all.
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Samsung Galaxy S III Mini gets a launch date in the UK | Android ...
By Dave LeClair
Samsung recently announced the Galaxy S III Mini, and it was not exactly met with praise and love from the phone buying public. Still, it's based on the ultra.
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Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 with 4G LTE hits Sprint on November 11th for $550
Engadget
As for the tablet itself, it's otherwise identical to the WiFi-only model, including a 10.1-inch 1280 x 800 display, a 1.5GHz dual-core processor and Android 4.0 for an OS (no word on upgrades just yet).... Sprint Mobile Broadband Passes for tablets ...

Internet rolls into Bangladesh villages on a bike
San Jose Mercury News
Dozens of "Info Ladies" bike into remote Bangladeshi villages with laptops and Internet connections, helping tens of thousands of people—especially women—get everything from government services to chats with distant loved ones. It's a vital service ...

Chinese Internet Firms Agree to Code of Conduct
Wall Street Journal
BEIJING—China's Internet search companies and a government-sponsored trade group agreed to a code of conduct on Thursday to moderate tensions in the increasingly competitive search environment in the fast-growing market. The Internet Society of ...

Wi-Fi Is Back—Starbucks Opens In the Aftermath
Wall Street Journal
"Yesterday we were getting Wi-Fi through the window of a closed Starbucks, so I'm glad we can actually sit inside this time," said Christina Eckes, a 35-year-old New York University employee from Amsterdam, who was camped out at a Starbucks on the ...

One month until they regulate the Internet
Fox News
A U.N.-sponsored conference next month in Dubai will propose new regulations and restrictions for the Internet, which critics say will censor free speech, levy tariffs on e-commerce, and even force companies to clean up their “e-waste” and make gadgets ...

Photos on Internet show second Chinese stealth fighter prototype undergoing ...
Washington Post
BEIJING — China has test flown a second model of a prototype stealth fighter, aviation experts said Thursday, in a sign of its aircraft industry's growing sophistication. Photos posted to the InternetThursday showed the radar-avoiding aircraft ...

4G: The business benefits
ComputerWeekly.com
It has been a long and somewhat slow journey to get here, but this week the UK finally saw the launch of a 4G network by mobile operator EE. Formed from the merger of T-Mobile and Orange, EE has rolled out the faster broadband connectivity across 11 ...

The Kremlin's New Internet Surveillance Plan Goes Live Today
Wired
On the surface, it's all about protecting Russian kids from internet pedophiles. In reality, the Kremlin's new “Single Register” of banned websites, which goes into effect today, will wind up blocking all kinds of online political speech. And, thanks ...

Internet restrictions in Russia ready to go live
Telegraph.co.uk
Law enforcement agencies will be able to block websites with content considered harmful to children under new legislation. Lawyers, politicians and internet experts are split on how the law will be enforced, sparking a debate on whether it will ...

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Cell Phones, Internet After Hurricane Sandy: What You Need To Know
By The Huffington Post News Editors
Verizon, which provides Internet and telephone services and is the largest wireless carrier in the United States, was hit extremely hard in New York and New Jersey. According to Reuters, flooding from the storm damaged telecom equipment in ...
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Post-hurricane, New York's internet industry runs on diesel | The Verge
By Adrianne Jeffries
Why put a data center in New York City? It's common for internet companies to build data centers in safe places, with lots of open space to protect privacy, and a local government eager to subsidize construction. Facebook built its first data ...
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Comcast Offers Up Its Wi-Fi Hot Spots For Free To Anyone In States ...
By Mary Beth Quirk
First AT&T and T-Mobile took a cue from the acts of generous individuals in helping out our neighbors by offering to share their networks for customers in the path of the storm, and now Comcast has announced it'll offer up free WiFi to those in need in ... This free Internet access should come as a relief to plenty of people, as the Federal Communications Commission said yesterday that about 25% of cable customers are without service in 10 states after Sandy rolled through on Monday .
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US Cellular bringing LTE to 30 additional markets on November 5th ...
By Mark Hearn
With 4G LTE capable smartphones such as the Samsung Galaxy S® III, Samsung Galaxy Metrix™ and the Samsung Galaxy Note™ II, customers have the ability to talk and access the Internet at the same time. Additionally, U.S. Cellular offers ...
Engadget Mobile

Russian 'internet blacklist' goes online — RT
By RT
The Russian law aimed at the protection of children from harmful web content – the so-called internetblacklist – has come into effect. From now on, authorities will be able to force certain web pages offline, even before a trial.
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Android tablets: Training wheels for Windows 8 tablet makers
ZDNet
Most of the major Android tablet makers have announced Windows RT models very similar to those already being sold with Android. Samsung, Asus, Acer, and Lenovo together account for many of the Android tablets on the market, and all have announced ...

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Nexus 7 claimed to be best-selling Android tablet ever
SlashGear
The Nexus 7 has eclipsed other Android tablets like the ASUS Transformer series andSamsung's Galaxy Tab, as well as the budget-friendly tablets like the Kindle Fire HD and the NOOK Tablet from Amazon and Barnes & Noble, respectively. But even the ...

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How the Samsung Galaxy S3 finally helped me fall in love with Android
San Jose Mercury News
As the iPhone changed the world, I clung desperately to my BlackBerry for several years. Before that, when the iPod was revolutionizing music, I still ... And that became a gateway for me becoming a deeper Apple users: a Macbook, Apple TV, and iPad. We ...

Motorola Mobility GT-3 ABR Transcoder Breaks Gigapixel Barrier
Sacramento Bee
HORSHAM, Pa., Oct. 15, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- At the SCTE Cable-Tec Expo, Motorola Mobilitywill introduce the Motorola GT-3 ABR Transcoder—the industry's only 3-gigapixel ABR transcoder. The Motorola GT-3 uses the latest silicon technology and ...

Samsung Galaxy S3 Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update arrives in Sweden
Ubergizmo
The Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update for the Samsung Galaxy S3 has reared its head again in Europe, where approximately three weeks ago, it turned up in Poland, but has now arrived in Sweden. For folks living in Europe, you might want to keep your fingers...

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BYOD Accelerates Rise of Smartphone and Tablet Leaders
Wireless Week
BYOD is boosting the ascendancy of iOS and Android devices. Previous preferences for or insistence on RIM's BlackBerry, with its associated BES infrastructure, has been substantially eroded or eliminated by sheer force of popular demand for iPhones, ...

What If Google Allowed Android And Motorola To Share Secrets
Fast Company
Google considers Android, its smartphone and tablet operating system, an extension of its primary business, advertising. It gives the software to device makers such as Samsung and HTC for free, in the hopes that those firms' customers will flock to ...

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Amazon in talks to buy TI mobile chip arm: paper
Reuters
Com Inc is in advanced talks to buy the supplier of processors for its Kindle tablet computer, Israeli financial newspaper Calcalist reported on Monday, in what could mark a step in the company's ambitions in the smartphone sector. The report said any ...

Microsoft announces Xbox Music streaming service for Windows Phone 8 ...
Mobile Burn
In an effort to combat Spotify, Xbox Music will also stream music on Windows 8, Windows Phone8, Android and, Apple iOS devices. Microsoft announced that Xbox Music will deliver an "all-in-one" music streaming solution that challenges Pandora, Spotify, ...

Expect Google To Grow 21% YoY In Third Quarter: Citigroup
ValueWalk
The September quarter is Google's first full reported quarter with Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc (NYSE:MMI). That's why Citigroup Inc. (NYSE:C) researchers Mark Mahaney and Rohit Kulkarni expect the Q3 results to be messy. However, Citigroup maintains ...

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Switched On: Android's tablet troubles -- Engadget
By Ross Rubin
Alas for Google, sales of Android tablets have been lackluster and several PC-centric licensees -- including Acer, Dell, Lenovo, Sony, Toshiba and even Android standard-bearer Samsung -- are hoping to improve their standing in the tablet ... The Nexus 7 served to raise the profile of Android tablets, but hasn't moved the needle dramatically and of course has had almost no impact on where the real volume has been in terms of the iPad and the hybrid-honed ambitions of PC vendors.
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Move Over, LG: Sony's New “Nexus X” Smartphone Reportedly ...
By Chris Velazco
XperiaBlog happened upon photos of a Sony-made “Nexus X” smartphone on Picasa (where more than a few devices are outed ahead of schedule), which jibe well with an earlier report claiming Google was working on Nexus hardware with a ... The so-called Nexus X naturally appears to run an untouched version of Android unlike its cousins, though exactly which is nearly impossible to discern since it's far from final — the missing Google search bar and app labels attest to that.
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Google Nexus 7 is retailers best selling Android tablet ever | Android ...
By Dave LeClair
Carphone Warehouse announced that in the short time it has carried the Google Nexus 7, it has quickly become its best-selling Android tablet. This is not them calling it the best-selling Android tablet currently; it is the best-selling one in the ...
Android Community

Sony Nexus X smartphone images leaked
By Dan Graziano
And now alleged images belonging to Sony's (SNE) Nexus X smartphone were uploaded to Picasa on Sunday that show on-screen navigation keys and an unskinned version of Android. It has been reported that Google will announce its ...
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Samsung once again pushing out Jelly Bean ... - Android Central
By Alex Dobie
Samsung has once again started rolling out the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update for its flagshipsmartphone, the Galaxy S3. The update first landed in Poland a few weeks back, before being sent out to Korean S3 owners last week. However, the ...
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FBI issues Android warning - Apple 2.0 - Fortune Tech
By Philip Elmer-DeWitt
Two malware attacks illustrate the dangers of a wide-open development environment Illustration via Marco Ramilli FORTUNE -- Developers often complain about the hoops Apple (AAPL) makes them jump through to get their wares into the ...
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Americans Paying More for LTE Service
New York Times
BERLIN — Does LTE, the superfast wireless service based on Long Term Evolution technology, cost too much in the United States? A recent study by the research arm of the GSM Association, a group based in London that represents mobile operators, ...

Optus shows fastest speeds in Sydney 4G test
Sydney Morning Herald
If you happen to live in Marrickville and use Optus for your 4G smartphone, you're in luck. Optus customers in the inner-west suburb have among the fastest mobile internet download speeds in Sydney, a road test by Fairfax Media, publisher of this ...

Cavium to Showcase LTE Small Cell, Wireless HD Video and OTT Applications ...
Sacramento Bee
Now celebrating its 12th year, the event is the only place to meet the entire broadband industry in one place at one time. ... This cost-effective LTE plus WiFi solution scales from 16 to 64 simultaneous LTE users and supports numerous LTE frequency bands.

Kiwis' internet smartphone usage tops 2.5m
National Business Review
BUSINESSDESK: Smartphones users are in the majority for the first time in New Zealand, with more than half of all Kiwis using their mobile phone to access the internet, government figures show. The number of mobile broadband subscribers rose 34% to 2.5 ...

Voice over LTE now 'ready for widespread commercial deployment'
GigaOM
After Qualcomm and Ericsson announced the handover of a voice call from the '4G' standard to 3G back in February, Huawei and T-Mobile Austria – and Qualcomm again – have revealed a much smoother transition that should actually lead to commercial ...

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Aeronet to deploy TD-LTE in 2013 following 2.5GHz spectrum award
TeleGeography
Aeronet Wireless Broadband, a provider of fixed broadband services to business customers in Puerto Rico, has been given access to 2.5GHz band wireless spectrum under a long-term lease transfer by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). ... and ...

Airspan achieves LTE certification in Russia
FierceBroadbandWireless
"This also enables customers wishing to deploy 4G in the 3.x band today, to deploy a WiMAXnetwork, build a customer base and migrate to LTE when approved by the Russian Ministry," said the company. "Airspan is aggressively pursuing a central role in ...

Skydiver's 24-mile, 9-minute outer space jump a spectacular Internet hit
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
This image provided by Red Bull Stratos shows pilot Felix Baumgartner of Austria as he jumps out of the capsule during the final manned flight for Red Bull Stratos on Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012. In a giant leap from more than 24 miles up, Baumgartner ...

LG to Roll Out Android 4.1 to Optimus LTE II, Optimus G by Year's End
By Matt Brian
LG has detailed its Android Jelly Bean upgrade process, alerting customers that the Optimus LTE II and Optimus G will be the first devices to receive it. ... SKOREA-US-IT-INTERNET-GOOGLE · What Google+ Needs to Do to Kill Facebook ...
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The UN Is About To Tax The Internet – Dick Morris TV: Lunch Alert ...
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Watch the video and also please read the column below today's video entitled “US Ambassador:Internet Fee Proposal Gaining Momentum”. Tune in! Sign The Petition Against A UN Imposed Tax On... “We support efforts to grow broadband markets–not just divvying a static pie of revenue between operators and governments,” Kramer said in a speech in Washington hosted by the Telecommunications Industry Association. Democrats and Republicans in the United States are united ...
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BlackBerry: Fresh, sleek, and misguided

BlackBerry's new look: Fresh, sleek, and misguided
CNET
Think of it this way: a once-mighty tech company, elbowed out of the smartphone revolution by Apple and Android, making a new push to get back into the game. Amid high ... "Always delightful, wonderfully personal, and will help you get in, out, and ...

Google and Asus rumored to be working on $99 Nexus Tablet
CNET
I'm highly skeptical that this rumor will come true, at least in the time frame that Digitimes seems to think it will, but if it did it would break the tablet market wide open. At $99, a quality Android tabletlike the Nexus 7 could become an impulse ...

USSD attack hit SIM cards and Samsung Android devices
Computerworld
IDG News Service - A variation of the recently disclosed attack that can wipe data from Samsung Android devices when visiting a malicious Web page can also be used to disable the SIM cards from many Android phones, researchers say. Ravishankar ...

Samsung teases Galaxy Note 2 launch party on Oct 24
CNET (blog)
The Note 2 smartphone has a 5.5-inch screen, Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, an 8-megapixel camera, and will be the first U.S. phone to pair a quad-core processor (Samsung's Exynos brand) with 4G LTE. Five carriers will get the Galaxy Note 2 by mid-November, ...

20 Best iPhone, iPad, Android and Windows Phone games this week
The Guardian (blog)
It's been another big week for new smartphone and tablet games, with some big brands and indie surprises doing battle on the app stores. ... EA's latest football game came out on iOS a couple of days before the console version this week, promising ...

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BerryMover helps BlackBerry owners transition to the Android platform
ZDNet
Summary: We are seeing more and more people adopt Android and iOS and departing the BlackBerry ecosystem so this handy utility from PocketMac seems to fill a niche for retaining your data. Matthew Miller. By Matthew Miller for Smartphones and Cell ...

Rumored HTC One X+ found with T-Mobile branding
CNET
Powered by Android 4.1 Jelly Bean and running HTC's Sense 4.5 UI, the One X+ is expected to feature a quad-core Tegra 3+ AP37 processor running at 1.6GHz. As one of the first models on the market to offer both 4G LTE and a quad-core chipset, the One ...

HTC 8X vs One X, Windows Phone 8 Android melee
Phones Review
If you're a fan of HTC devices then you may be particularly interested in today's look at the HTC 8X vs. HTC One X in a Windows Phone 8 and Android melee. The 8X is due for release in November while the One X has already been available for some months ...

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Nextel and Motorola Launch the Motorola MASTER Android QWERTY Phone
MobileTechReview.com
Motorola Mobility and Nextel today announced the new Motorola MASTER now available in Chile. The Android-powered Motorola MASTER comes with the tools you need to stay connected, productive and secure, like a touch screen, a contoured QWERTY ...

A $99 Nexus 7 is rumored, but what might a price ... - Android Central
By Phil Nickinson
Before anyone has a nerdgasm over the prospect of a $99 tablet, remember that you don't see prices like that without compromise. ... Would a $99 Android tablet and the Google Play Store as it stands today revolutionize the tablet industry? ..... of an iPad during the worst of the recession, is the biggest reason that consumers are willing to pay the same amount every time,(most would pay even more)why it holds it resale value+luxury status, and why people are taking Apple+iOS more ...
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GFI Max Preps iOS, Android, RIM Mobile Device Management ...
By Joe Panettieri
GFI Max is preparing mobile device management (MDM) capabilities for Apple IOS (iPad, iPhone),RIM Blackberry and Google Android smartphones and tablets.
MSPmentor

LG sues Samsung over OLED display patents, Galaxy devices once ...
By Kevin Krause
Samsung has once again come under fire for patent infringement, but this time Apple has nothing to do with the claims. Instead, fellow Android smartphone maker and local rival LG is suing Samsung for allegedly infringing on OLED display ...
Android Phone Fans

Google rumored to launch $99 Nexus 7 tablet | Android Community
By Craig Lloyd
A Nexus 7 tablet for under $100 would be an amazing feat, and coming in at a fifth of the cost of aniPad, we're sure that a lot of people would scramble for a Google tablet. However, Apple is also rumored to release a cheaper 7-inch tablet of ...
Android Community

How To Create a Full Android Phone or Tablet Backup Without ...
By Chris Hoffman
Android includes a built-in way to back up and restore the contents of your phone or tablet. All you need is a computer and a device running Android 4.0 ... You can now connect your Android smartphone or tablet to your computer using a USB cable. You'll need drivers for your device installed on your ... If you have a Samsung android, you can backup and restore easy using free Kies software, if not then this method looks like a good approach. September 27, 2012 12:16 pm. N0s7rum ...
How-To Geek

Kuwait Internet firm blasts price cuts, infrastructure
Reuters
DUBAI (Reuters) - Ageing fixed-line infrastructure is to blame for Kuwait's low broadband penetration, and price cuts ordered by the government this week will do little to boost subscription numbers, an executive at a top Internet provider told Reuters.

Dish Debuts Satellite Broadband Service for Rural Clients
Businessweek
(DISH), the second- largest U.S. satellite-television provider, introduced a nationwidebroadband-Internet service called DishNet that's aimed at rural customers. The service will start at $39.99 a month for download speeds of 5 megabits per second ...

Internet to get porn search engine
Politico
The Internet is about to go through the biggest domain expansion in its history with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers considering more than 1,900 applications for domains such as .cloud, .bank and .blog. When ICANN approved...

Politico

Congress Listens To Complaints Of Out Of Tune Royalty Rates For Internet Radio
Forbes
It turns out that many Internet radio providers are contending with nightmare rates, paying half their annual revenues or more in performance royalties. Cable and satellite providers, by contrast, pay only about 15 percent and 7.5 percent respectively.

Former Internet darling Myspace reboots
Detroit Free Press
NEW YORK -- "Who am I to say I want you back? When you were never mine to give away." Those are the opening lines of a song that accompanies a "New Myspace" promotional video. The once-mighty social network is trying to stage yet another comeback ...

AT&T Announces 4G LTE MiFi Liberate Mobile Hotspot
MobileTechReview.com
ATT announced it will be the exclusive carrier of the new MiFi Liberate, the first mobile hotspot with a touchscreen display. MiFi Liberate will easily to connect up to 10 Wi-Fi devices, and lets users view data usage, manage connected devices, change ...

Internet tax an opportunity to help Main Street
The Daily News of Newburyport
Massachusetts is among the states hungrily eyeing the potential tax windfall it would get if big Internet retailers like Amazon were forced to apply state sales taxes to its merchandise. We agree with our state's Democratic leaders' contention that it ...

Dressy Jessie Photos: Internet's One-Woman Costume Party Makes Waves on ...
ABC News
Loading... Alert icon. Sign in or sign up now! Alert icon. Loading... Published on Sep 26, 2012 by ABCNews. Jessica Mooney has become an Internet celebrity after posting videos of her creative outfits. For more GMA, click here: http://gma.yahoo.com/ ...

Dish Network launches nationwide satellite broadband service with ...
By Daniel Cooper
27, 2012 – DISH (NASDAQ: DISH), a leading national provider of satellite TV, is expanding the availability of its broadband service with the launch of dishNET, a high-speed Internet service via satellite nationwide. Available Oct. 1, dishNET offers ... Ideal for rural residents underserved, or unserved, by wireline broadband, dishNET offers 4G-level speeds that are about 50 percent faster than the typical residential broadband connections in American homes. The affordable, reliable ...
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Internet Explorer 10 Tops New 'Robohornet' Speed Test - Webmonkey
By Scott Gilbertson
Robohornet is a new set of browser benchmarks that attempts to measure how browsers do with not just JavaScript, but HTML rendering, CSS animations, DOM manipulation and JavaScript. Want to stress-test your browser of choice?
Wired: Compiler

More Are Watching Internet Video on Actual TVs, Research Shows ...
By By JENNA WORTHAM
More people are now watching Internet video -- everything from cat videos to streaming prime-time shows -- on big-screen televisions than on computers, according to a new report from the NPD Group, a market research company. Read more.
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A Social Internet of Things. How Should Objects 'Talk' to Each Other?
By Jamillah Knowles
In London, the Imagination agency hosted an event entitled 'Socialising the Internet of Things' with Dr Jon Rogers, course director of Product Design at the University of Dundee, Mark Coyle Editor, BBC London 2012, Online and Dave Patten, ...
The Next Web

Intel Confirms LTE 4G Support for Future Atom Mobile Chips
TechCrunch writes that Intel product marketing director Sumeet Syal said that the current Medfield generation does not support LTE at this time, but first LTE-capable chips would be shipping this year and ramping up in2013. Also confirmed is ...
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