Motorola Motorola Mobility’s Moto 360 smartwatch will finally get its official launch. After several teases and a guest appearances at Google’s I/O developer conference in June, the smartwatch will get a proper debut and launch at an event held in Chicago on September 4. In addition, the invitation features images of a G and X …
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The metal-banded Galaxy Alpha. Samsung This was not the usual Samsung smartphone launch. The Galaxy Alpha , one of two high-end smartphones that Samsung has been teasing this summer, made a quiet debut early Wednesday. Samsung announced the phone in a press release posted on its website. While the Galaxy Alpha had the usual run-up of rumors and speculation befitting …
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GSM Arena has a four photos that show off the phone and packaging. Screenshot by Roger Cheng/CNET Samsung’s next jumbo smartphone made an unscheduled appearance on Monday courtesy of leaked photos obtained by GSM Arena. The images show a new leather-like texture on the back, sans the fake stitching of its predecessor, as well as a frame that at least …
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The HTC Desire 610. CNET HTC is bringing the One M8’s more affordable sibling, the Desire family of smartphones, to the US. The HTC Desire 816 will debut on Virgin Mobile on Tuesday for $299 without a contract. HTC will sell the Desire 610 and Desire 816 on its own website. The company also teased more Desire smartphones to come …
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Sprint CEO Dan Hesse at an event in Chicago. Sarah Tew/CNET Dan Hesse was dealt a bad hand when he took the reins at Sprint, stepping into a wireless carrier that was working its way through a messy merger that was costing it customers and tarnished its reputation for quality service. Seven years later, Hesse can list the many changes …
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All of the US telecom chiefs kicked off their careers in the industry with a job at a phone company and worked their way up through the system. Marcelo Claure, the new CEO of Sprint. Sprint Marcelo Claure got his start by being in the right seat on the right flight. Such is the unorthodox journey of Claure, who on …
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Sprint CEO Dan Hesse at an event in Chicago. Sarah Tew/CNET Sprint’s Framily friends and family program offers a good deal — in theory. Framily’s hook is it gives you a bigger discount as you add more members, with the best deal only coming to groups of at least seven. With so many competing carrier options and people on differing …
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Lynn La/CNET Sprint on Wednesday named Marcelo Claure its president and CEO, starting a new chapter for the embattled carrier. Marcelo Claure Sprint Claure, the 43-year-old founder and CEO of wireless supplier Brightstar, takes the reins from Dan Hesse, who served as CEO since December 2007. Claure will officially start Monday. Claure takes over in a time of uncertainty for …
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Former Sprint CEO Dan Hesse. Sarah Tew/CNET Here’s the full text of CEO Dan Hesse’s farewell memo to his employees. He steps down on August 11 and will be replaced by Brightstar chief Marcelo Claure: Dear Sprint teammates, Effective August 11, Sprint board member and Brightstar Founder and CEO, Marcelo Claure, will replace me as Sprint CEO. Marcelo’s experience, deep …
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BlackBerry CEO John Chen at CES. Roger Cheng/CNET BlackBerry has reached a milestone in its attempt to claw its way back from a near-fatal plummet. The company appears to be finished with job cuts and is looking to actually start staffing back up, according to an internal memo sent out Friday by CEO John Chen and obtained by Reuters. A …
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