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NEW YORK–It’s baaaack. Motorola brought back its Razr line but in a more powerful package, with the introduction of Motorola Droid Razr for Verizon Wireless. Measuring just 7.1mm thick, the Droid Razr is made from Kevlar fiber and features a 4.3-inch Super AMOLED Advanced qHD touch screen with scratch-resistant Corning Gorilla Glass. Despite its thin …

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Samsung Galaxy family album

Tonight, Samsung and Google introduced the newest member of the Galaxy line of Android devices, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. As the first smartphone to run Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, the Galaxy Nexus will offer such new platform features as a fresh “magazine-style” user interface with a new font style called Roboto; an enhanced notification bar; more camera and video …

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T-Mobile made it official today and introduced the LG Doubleplay, a unique Android Gingerbread smartphone with dual touch screens. The Doubleplay features a slider design with a main 3.5-inch touch screen on front and a secondary 2-inch touch screen located in the middle of the split QWERTY keyboard. T-Mobile and LG say that the displays can work in tandem and …

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Samsung, Google holding Ice Cream Sandwich event Oct. 18

After delaying its original CTIA press conference, Samsung and Google have rescheduled their Ice Cream Sandwich event for October 18 in Hong Kong. Festivities will kick off at 7 p.m. PT/10 p.m. ET, and it will be live-streamed on Android’s YouTube channel. At that time, we expect to hear more about the next version of Android and hopefully see the …

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Motorola, Verizon to debut Droid Razr Oct. 18?

Well, Monday just got a little more exciting around here. We just received an invitation from Motorola and Verizon Wireless to come “celebrate the next big innovation from Motorola Mobility” at an event on October 18 in New York. The words “Faster. Thinner. Smarter. Stronger” are also emblazoned on the invite, so perhaps we’ll finally see that rumored Droid Razr? …

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Dialed In 194: CTIA preview (podcast)

The CTIA Fall 2011 show kicks off on Tuesday, and Nicole and Jessica are in sunny San Diego to bring you all the latest announcements and hands-ons with new devices. Lucky for us (and you), Jessica had a few spare minutes between prepping the show and devouring some sweet desserts to call into dreary San Francisco to give us a …

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Smartphones for world travelers (roundup)

The T-Mobile MyTouch 4G Slide is a world phone that has a great camera to boot, so you can capture photos of your travels. Josh Miller/CNET If you’re in the U.S. and frequently travel overseas for business or pleasure, a smartphone with world-roaming capabilities is a good thing to have in your travel kit. The smartphone part of the device …

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The T-Mobile MyTouch and MyTouch Q will be available this holiday season. T-Mobile T-Mobile introduced the newest members of its MyTouch family of smartphones last night, the T-Mobile MyTouch and T-Mobile MyTouch Q. Unlike past models, such as the T-Mobile MyTouch 4G Slide and T-Mobile MyTouch 4G, the smartphones are made by LG instead of HTC and are aimed directly …

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iPhone 4S vs. the competition

There was a lot of anticipation leading up to today’s Apple iPhone 4S announcement, so much so that it practically took down the Internet. Whether you were happy with or disappointed by today’s news, the fact is, the 4S is Apple’s next iPhone, so what does this mean for you and for the competition? If you’re a current iPhone 4 …

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iPhone 4S First Take

As expected, Apple introducedthe iPhone 4S at its “Let’s Talk iPhone” event on October 4. The news was underwhelming and disappointing to many who were also expecting an iPhone 5. There’s also the fact that the iPhone 4S looks almost identical to the iPhone 4. However, there’s more than meets the eye, as Apple made a number of changes under …

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