If you read CNET’s coverage of CES, you’d know I’m pretty excited for the company’s new Atrix 4G and Droid Bionic. So I was even more interested today when Motorola Mobility CEO Sanjay Jha announced potential release dates for the dual-core Android handsets. Jha dropped the news during the Q&A session that followed the company’s …
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Remember the Dynatac? You’ve come a long way, Moto. CNET Though it battled a crowded field, Motorola emerged from CES 2011 as the clear winner in wireless. Its Xoom tablet won CNET’s Best of CES award; it introduced the dual-core Droid Bionic and Atrix 4G; and its laptop dock was the most innovative smartphone accessory we’ve seen in a long …
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Samsung spilled details about a new Android handset on its Web site today, though it conveniently left out any carrier or release information. But no fear, as the device’s model number tells us quite a bit. The SCH-i100, or Samsung Gem, should be headed to Verizon Wireless or U.S. Cellular. We know that by the “SCH” in its model number. …
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Moments after T-Mobile CEO Philipp Humm mentioned the upcoming Samsung Vibrant 4G at a press conference in New York, T-Mobile and Samsung confirmed the news in a press release. The statement doesn’t say much, which makes us think that Humm got ahead of himself in spilling the beans about the Vibrant. T-Mobile won’t confirm specs or a release date at …
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Almost three years after we first saw Modu at Mobile World Congress, the tiny phone maker will close down next month. According to the Israeli news site Ynet, Modu raised $123 million and owes $21 million to an Israeli bank in addition to unpaid employee salaries. Modu caught a lot of attention at Mobile World Congress in 2008 when it …
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Keynotes at technology trade shows can be hit or miss. Sometimes you’re privy to an hour of juicy news (Verizon at CES 2011) and other times you get only dancers, emcees in wolf hats, and an exec boasting about his fabulous company (Samsung at CES 2011). CTIA 2011, however, promises a good show. On March 22 the opening day keynote …
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Anyone who’s attended CES knows that getting a cell phone signal during the show’s peak hours is never a sure bet. With 140,000 phone-wielding people crammed into a square half mile, you can go several hours without making a call, accessing your e-mail, or even sending a tweet. Since it’s rather ironic that you can’t use your cell phone at …
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U.S. Cellular announced today that it’s pushing Android 2.2 Froyo to its Samsung Acclaim smartphone. You can’t get the update over the air–you’ll have to actually connect your phone to a PC–but that’s a small price to pay for all the goodness that Froyo brings. Here are a few of the highlights as listed on U.S. Cellular’s site. Fully integrated …
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After a few episodes where Bonnie Bear had to stand in for the real Bonnie, we actually got to see and hear our favorite New Yorker this week. She was on hand to bring us the latest Sprint and Samsung news before Jessica and Nicole hashed it out over the BlackBerry Playbook. Elsewhere in the podcast, Kent threatened to use …
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Shortly after CNET first heard that iOS 4.3 would bring the new hot-spot feature to all iPhones, Apple confirmed the rumor when it released the update’s beta version to developers. iPhone Atlas’ Joe Aimonetti will follow up with a list of new iOS 4.3 features shortly, but the hot-spot option is sitting pretty inside the Settings menu of our updated …
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