Verizon and Motorola may boast that the Motorola Droid Razr Maxx, on sale beginning today, has a boosted battery capable of lasting a full day and night. What they won’t tell you is that the Razr Maxx was an accident. A Motorola engineer was playing with the idea of packing on a higher capacity battery …
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AT&T ended 2011 on a down note, posting a massive, $6.7 billion loss in the fourth quarter due largely to a change in how it accounts for its employee pension benefits and the breakup fee it was required to pay after scrapping its bid to buy T-Mobile USA. The Dallas telecommunications giant posted a fourth-quarter loss of $6.7 billion, or …
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Clearly, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson had some things to get off of his chest. Stephenson made a rare appearance during the company’s quarterly financial conference call today, using part of his time to blast the Federal Communications Commission, which he accused of “picking winners and losers” in how it regulates and approves deals. “The rules are so fluid, you can …
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Could the wireless carriers actually be addicted to the iPhone? By now, it’s well understood that the iPhone is a double-edged sword for the wireless carriers. On one side, Apple’s smartphone is a pricey device to carry, requiring an unusually high subsidy that carriers must pay to keep it affordable enough for the masses. On the other, it leads to …
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Motorola Mobility swung to a fourth-quarter loss thanks largely to expenses related to the pending takeover by Google. The mobile devices and set-top box maker reported a loss of $80 million, or 27 cents a share, mirroring a year-earlier profit of $80 million, or 27 cents a share. Revenue rose slightly to $3.44 billion. Excluding its merger-related costs, charges taken …
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Research In Motion is prepping a slimmed-down product lineup for this year, as it puts its resources behind its next-generation BlackBerrys coming in the second half, according to an apparently leaked product lineup. Could another PlayBook be coming? RIM RIM plans to release two BlackBerry Curves in the next few months, Boy Genius Report said in a report today. In …
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The wife of late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs and the co-founder of Instagram are among the notable guests for tonight’s State of the Union address by President Obama. The presence of Laurene Powell Jobs and Instagram co-founder Mike Krieger signals that at least a part of the State of the Union will focus on technology, which President Obama has long …
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It appears Clearwire’s got some of its confidence back. The 4G WiMax service provider has released select preliminary results from its fourth quarter, including revenue that was double that of a year ago–$362 million, compared with the year-ago $181 million. The upswing was primarily driven by growth in its wholesale business. The figure exceeded analysts’ average estimate of $355 million …
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Apple suffered another legal setback after a Dutch court sided with Samsung Electronics, ruling that the Galaxy Tab 10.1 does not infringe upon the iPad’s design. At least in the Netherlands, Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 is safe–from a design standpoint–from Apple’s lawyers. Samsung A court in The Hague, Netherlands, dismissed an appeal by Apple, its latest attempt to get Samsung’s …
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It wasn’t just consumers and Wall Street that had a problem with Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie; it turns out they weren’t so popular with Research in Motion employees either. That’s according to a survey of more than 120 reviews from RIM employees taken by Glassdoor, a career-focused site that provides a glimpse at jobs and companies. According to Glassdoor, …
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