The HTC One M8. Sarah Tew/CNET HTC is losing one of the principle architects of its flagship phone. Scott Croyle, head of design at HTC, will take a new advisory role to work on projects both in and outside of the company, a company spokesman confirmed to CNET on Friday. The Verge eariler reported on …
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Nokia’s headquarters in Espoo, Finland, is known as Nokia House, or NoHo, and is the centerpiece of an industrial park on the bay. It’s about a 10-minute drive from the center of neighboring Helsinki. Roger Cheng/CNET You never forget your first cellphone. Mine was the Nokia 5190. By today’s standards, it was bulky and embarrassingly lacking in features. It made …
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CNET Verizon’s first quarter as sole owner of Verizon Wireless was a mixed one. Verizon posted a first-quarter profit of $3.95 billion, or $1.15 a share. In the year-earlier period, it reported a profit of $2 billion, or 68 cents a share. Excluding one-time items such as an after-tax gain from an asset sale, it posted per-share earnings of 84 …
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Verizon’s Droid Maxx. Sarah Tew/CNET Verizon said on Thursday that it plans to expand its Edge monthly installment and upgrade program to its retail partners this quarter. The company expects the adoption rate of Edge to double in the second quarter as retail availability widens, according to Chief Financial Officer Fran Shammo, who spoke to investors on a conference call …
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More people are signing up for Next to get early upgrades for phones like the new HTC One M8. Sarah Tew/CNET T-Mobile may have started the trend of making its customers pay for their own devices, but AT&T is running with it. AT&T said 40 percent of its smartphone gross customer additions and upgrades went with its Next monthly installment …
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Apple TV. CNET Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook laid out some impressive numbers in making the case for why Apple TV is no longer a “hobby.” In total, Apple has sold 20 million units of the media-streaming box. Last May, Cook revealed that the company had sold 13 million units. By comparison, Roku has sold 8 million of its streaming-video …
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An AT&T store in Manhattan. CNET/Marguerite Reardon AT&T wants to get into show business. The company said on Tuesday that it was partnering with media holding company The Chernin Group to create a joint venture that would acquire, invest in, and launch online video services. The two companies have committed $500 million in funding for the venture. It’s the latest …
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AT&T’s lab store in the company’s Mobility headquarters in Atlanta. Roger Cheng/CNET AT&T managed just fine in the face of increasing competitive pressure from T-Mobile. The first quarter marked the first period in which T-Mobile’s aggressive plan to pay up to $350 in early termination fees to cover switching costs would take effect, and whether AT&T would be able to …
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The HTC One M8 Google Play edition. Sarah Tew/CNET HTC is looking for a little of that Samsung Electronics marketing magic. The Taiwanese smartphone maker has hired Paul Golden, the former head of marketing for Samsung’s US mobile division, as an adviser to HTC Chairwoman Cher Wang, CNET confirmed. The hiring was first reported by Bloomberg. HTC could use the …
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AT&T’s lab store located in its Mobility headquarters in Atlanta. Roger Cheng/CNET ATLANTA — AT&T wants its stores to earn the same reputation for quality as the Ritz-Carlton hotel chain, which prides itself on offering five-star service. That goal would have been laughable less than two years ago, when Consumer Reports called AT&T the worst wireless provider in the country. …
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