Samsung's Mesmerize, the latest handset in the Galaxy S series, made its debut at the fall CTIA show in San Francisco. CNET takes a closer look with photos and video. Originally posted at CTIA 2010
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Thursday, October 7, 2010
New Palm phone finally on the way? (Ben Patterson)
Ben Patterson - It’s been nearly a year since we saw a new smartphone from the now HP-owned Palm â€" and even then, all we got were relatively minor improvements on a pair of existing handsets. But there’s growing buzz about an actual, all-new Palm phone â€" and perhaps the first of its kind from Palm without a physical keypad.
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Xperia X10 mini wins European mobile phone award
The designers behind the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 mini shared in the phone’s triumph at the recent European Imaging and Sound Association (EISA) awards. The X10 mini was proclaimed the European Mobile Phone 2010-2011, and lauded for its compact size and comprehensive range of features.
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Sprint scoops up Sanyo Zio
Sprint becomes the second carrier to offer Sanyo's Zio Android phone. It keeps the design unchanged, but it adds a welcome improvement. Originally posted at CTIA 2010
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Android Share Gains on Apple iOS, ComScore Says
ComScore said Google Android ran on 19.6 percent of all smartphones through August. Apple garnered a 24.2 percent share, putting Android within 5 percentage points.
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Sprint readies three Android phones with new custom skin service
Sprint says it will soon launch Android phones from Samsung, Sanyo (Kyocera), and LG, al offering a new "Sprint ID" service for downloading UI skins.
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Sony Ericsson Zylo
A Walkman phone by any other name Review The world + dog may be knocking out smartphones like there's no tomorrow but that's not to say the feature phones is dead and buried. The Zylo handset from Sony Ericsson would, once upon a time, have had a W code to show it sat in the Walkman range, but the days of simple delineation between music (Walkman) and camera (Cybershot) phones are long gone, to ...
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Windows Phone 7 Launch: What to Expect
Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 launch event doesn't seem to be much of a mystery, thanks to a pile of leaks and rumors. Care to ignore the Windows Phone 7 haters and get wrapped up in the pre-launch buzz? Come along for a look at what to expect October 11.
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Samsung Vibrant getting OTA GPS fix
Today Samsung announced via Twitter that it has issued an over-the-air software update for the T-Mobile Samsung Vibrant. The "JI6" software update should fix the amount of time it takes the phone to lock onto a GPS signal and will continue to be pushed out during the coming weeks. Read the full story here.
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Fujitsy Clamshell Phone with Two Touch Screens spotted at CEATEC 2010
You feel limited by today's touch screen phones? One touchscreen is really not enough. Fujitsu at least thinks so. The Japanese company showed a clam-shell phone with two full-size touchscreens at...
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Android Atlas Weekly 19: Google TV is here, do you need it?
Google TV is here, Android Sued again, and all the CTIA news you can handle, All that and more coming up on this week's edition of Android Atlas Weekly. $lazy(window.GeckoVideoPlayer, CBSi.lazy.videoPlayer, function(){ loadGeckoVideoPlayer({ parentElement: 'universalVideoid50094001', flashVars:{ autoplay: 'false', adTargetType: 'Page', adPreroll: 'true', contentType: 'id', contentValue ...
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BlackBerry users stick to device as UAE deadline nears
DUBAI, Oct 6 â€" Few BlackBerry users in the UAE are switching to other smartphones even though they face an imminent suspension of services unless maker Research In Motion and the government work out a deal to comply with regulations. Nearly all of the 500,000 subscribers are optimistic a deal will be reached before services are disconnected, with ...
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GPS On Cell Phone Photos Can Put You In Danger
Pictures posted online may contain GPS information, called geotags, that could put you in danger. CBS 2’s Mary Kay Kleist reports.
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Sanyo Zio for Sprint Announced
While Sprint’s on stage, they’re taking their time and making sure that all of their announcements sink in accordingly. While the Sprint ID Packs may be the focus for now, there’s also the fact that Sprint is officially announcing three brand new devices joining the Sprint network. The first up is the Sanyo Zio, which spent some time on another regional carrier here in the States, but now it’s ...
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Windows Phone 7 Adoption Will Take Time--Analyst
Windows Phone 7 will succeed in the mobile phone marketplace, but its success won't come overnight. "Microsoft has a potential hit on its hands," says IDC mobile analyst Ramon Llamas, who tracks the worldwide phone market. Llamas predicts that Redmond's new mobile operating system will "turn around Microsoft's mobile fortunes," provided the company markets the OS both aggressively and effectively.
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Motorola, Apple, Microsoft patent disputes
MOTOROLA is the latest mobile and smartphone developer to issue complaints against fellow tech giants relating to patent infringements.
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Motorola, Apple, Microsoft patent disputes
MOTOROLA is the latest mobile and smartphone developer to issue complaints against fellow tech giants relating to patent infringements.
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Jabra intros Skype-certified Bluetooth headset
Jabra has introduced a new Extreme-series Bluetooth headset with the 'For PC' suffix that is certified to work with Skype. It ships with a pre-paired USB adapter that connects the headset to computers for VoIP apps or others that can use wireless audio....
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Motorola Contends Apple Infringed Its Patents
Motorola contends that Apple’s iPhone, iPad and MacBook computers infringe patents for a method for distributing message traffic.
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PND-centric Garmin-Asusâ Windows Phone 7 will arrive Q1 2011
Garmin-Asus has confirmed that, while the company expects to release smartphones running Windows Phone 7 , there won’t be any handsets from them using the Microsoft OS until 2011. Speaking at the Singapore launch of the nuvifone A50 and A10 , ASUS business development manager for handheld sales Fei Yen told CNET Asia that while the company has engineers working on Microsoft’s platform at the ...
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Motorola, Apple, Microsoft patent disputes
MOTOROLA is the latest mobile and smartphone developer to issue complaints against fellow tech giants relating to patent infringements.
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LG Optimus S for Sprint Sports Android 2.2
The LG Optimus S for Sprint is one of the world's first mid-range smartphones to run Android 2.2.
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Android phones still behind BlackBerry and iPhone
The Android army is celebrating the latest figures from Nielsen that show the Android mobile operating system is top dog. But Android fans might want to hold off on the balloon drop. Google's Android isn't really top of the heap just yet.
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Sony Ericsson Uprates Handset Repair Center
UK based Anovo says that it has been awarded repair level 4, the highest level of repair accreditation, by Sony Ericsson.
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Sprint unveils $49.99 Android LG Optimus
Sprint Nextel pushed falling Android smartphone prices even lower on Wednesday, introducing the LG Optimus S for $49.99.
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Verizon Says 4G Wireless Coming To Northeast
Verizon Wireless said Wednesday that its new wireless broadband network, which offers higher data speeds initially for laptop users, will be live before the end of the year in the cities on the Boston-to-Washington stretch as well as in California, Chicago, Miami, Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, Seattle and other areas.
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Parrot 7" Widescreen Bluetooth Digital Photo Frame for $35 + free shipping
eXpansys offers the Parrot 7" Widescreen Digital Bluetooth Picture Frame, model no. DF7630, for $39.99. Coupon code "FBPARROT" cuts it to $34.99. With free shipping, it's $10 under our June mention...
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Sprint scoops up Sanyo Zio
Sprint becomes the second carrier to offer Sanyo's Zio Android phone. It keeps the design unchanged, but it adds a welcome improvement. Originally posted at CTIA 2010
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Motorola, Apple, Microsoft patent disputes
MOTOROLA is the latest mobile and smartphone developer to issue complaints against fellow tech giants relating to patent infringements.
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Windows Phone 7 Launch: What to Expect
Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 launch event doesn't seem to be much of a mystery, thanks to a pile of leaks and rumors. Care to ignore the Windows Phone 7 haters and get wrapped up in the pre-launch buzz? Come along for a look at what to expect October 11.
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BlackBerry users stick to device as deadline nears
Few BlackBerry users in the UAE are switching to other smartphones even though they face an imminent suspension of services unless maker RIM and the government work out a deal.
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Android tops U.S. smartphone sales, says report
Android is now the most popular operating system among U.S. smartphone buyers in the past six months, with 32 percent share, and has grown to represent 19 percent of smartphones used in the U.S., says The Nielsen Company.
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Sanyo Zio for Sprint Announced
While Sprint’s on stage, they’re taking their time and making sure that all of their announcements sink in accordingly. While the Sprint ID Packs may be the focus for now, there’s also the fact that Sprint is officially announcing three brand new devices joining the Sprint network. The first up is the Sanyo Zio, which spent some time on another regional carrier here in the States, but now it’s ...
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Preview: LG Craze
LG is the current king of the prepaid landscape slider. If you have kids and they want a phone, you might want to consider the LG Craze.
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Samsung Electronics posts operating profit of $4.3 bln
Samsung Electronics, global memory chip tycoon, on Thursday announced its preliminary earnings guidance for the third quarter of 2010, posting a lower-than- expected operating profit.
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Sprint ID Lets You Customize Android
Sprint's new software for Android phones lets users download preprogrammed packages of apps and content.
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Sprint 4G network launch 'very soon' in O.C., L.A.
Sprint is on the verge of formally activating its 4G network in Los Angeles and Orange County. I’ve got a report of 4G service being spotted in both Garden Grove and Fullerton using Sprint’s HTC Evo 4G. However, I haven’t had the same luck yet...
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Verizon Wireless Names 38 LTE Launch Cities
Verizon Wireless today said that its Long Term Evolution network will blanket 110 million people across 38 major markets and 60 airports by the end of the year
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