Lance Whitney

Apple ups lead over Android among business users

The iPhone and iPad continue to outshine Android devices among businesses both large and small, says a report from cloud storage company Egnyte. Among the 100,000 Egnyte customers tracked for the new report, iOS has carved out an increasingly higher share while Android’s slice has dipped of late. Egnyte sells online storage, file sharing, and …

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Galaxy S4 to offer eye

Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy S4 will offer a Smart Scroll feature, at least according to a series of screenshots leaked by blog site Sammobile. Images posted on the site show a settings screen for Smart Scroll, a feature that allows users to scroll through the screen and perform certain tasks merely by moving their eyes up and down. Citing information from …

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Sprint unveils shared data plans for small businesses

Sprint now offers small-business customers a way to pool their mobile data usage and trim costs. Introduced on Friday and available only until June 13, the new plans are geared for businesses with up to 30 mobile devices. The plans cover smartphones, tablets, mobile hot spots, and USB dongles and require the standard two-year contract. The smartphone plan allocates 20GB …

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Nokia ‘Catwalk’ phone aims to top Lumia 920

Nokia’s much-rumored “Catwalk” phone apparently purred its way into last week’s Mobile World Congress courtesy of a special invitation-only session. Attending the session was Russian blogger Eldar Murtazin who got a chance to peek at and play with the phone. In a blog out today, Murtazin said that Nokia is gearing up the Catwalk as an enhancement over the Lumia …

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Sprint rolls out 4G LTE to nine more markets

Sprint has added nine cities to its burgeoning 4G LTE network. The carrier said today that it launched LTE coverage for Altoona, Pa.; Asheville and Statesville, N.C.; Columbus and Elkhart/Goshen, Ind.; Hammond, La.; La Crosse, Wis.; San Juan, Puerto Rico; and Temple, Texas. In addition, Sprint expanded its LTE network in four cities in Puerto Rico: San German, Yauco, Salinas, …

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T-Mobile USA managed to grab more customers last quarter, but that achievement didn’t translate into higher revenue. For the fourth quarter, the company saw a net gain of 61,000 customers, compared with a net loss of 526,000 customers a year earlier. The overall news, however, was mixed. The number of prepaid customers grew for the sixth quarter in a row, …

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U.S. Cellular adds Samsung 4G Galaxy Note 10.1 to its lineup

U.S. Cellular subscribers can now add Samsung’s 4G Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet to their shopping lists. As of today, the 4G Note 10.1 is available at U.S. Cellular retail outlets and the carrier’s online store. The tablet sells for $499.99 when paired with a plan offering 2GB or more of data per month. The Note is the latest Samsung 4G …

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Android wins U.S. smartphone lead back from iOS, says report

Android has pulled ahead of Apple’s iOS in U.S. smartphone sales, according to data out today from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech. During the three months ending with January, Android scored 49.9 percent of all U.S. smartphone sales, a 6.4 percent gain from the same period last year. Over the same time, iOS took second place with a 45.9 percent cut of …

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Samsung invite confirms Galaxy S4 March 14 launch event

Samsung will unveil its new Galaxy S4 smartphone at a launch event on March 14. The news was tweeted by Samsung this morning via an invitation announcing the event, dubbed “Samsung Unpacked 2013 Episode 1.” The tweet says Samsung wants people to “come and meet the next Galaxy,” and further teases the new device with the numeral 4 in the …

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Feature phones still outshine smartphones in key countries

Smartphones may be hot in the U.S. and U.K, but feature phones dominate in such countries as India and Russia, according to the folks at Nielsen. Released today, Nielsen’s “2013 Mobile Consumer Report” found that smartphone owners make up the majority of mobile phone users in nations such as the U.S., the U.K., South Korea, and China. But in other …

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