Mozilla lit up Mobile World Congress in Barcelona last year with its flashy debut of Firefox OS, the light, browser-based mobile operating system intended to sweep across emerging markets as a low-cost Android alternative. Related stories: All about Firefox OS Geeksphone Keon pros and cons Emerging markets: The smartphone battleground While several handsets did see …
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Sprint appears to be paving the road for a merger with T-Mobile. Masayoshi Son, CEO of Sprint parent SoftBank, and Sprint CEO Dan Hesse recently met with officials from the Justice Department to gauge their views on a deal between the two wireless carriers, according to The Wall Street Journal. They were reportedly met with skepticism. Related stories When Does …
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During a conference call, Lenovo has confirmed that Google will be retaining Motorola’s Advanced Technology and Projects division, including the Project Ara modular smartphone. (Credit: Motorola) The Verge is reporting that the Projects group — helmed by former DARPA director Regina Dugan — will be moved to the Google campus in Mountain View and integrated into the Android team. The …
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AT&T may still have its eye on a merger with UK telecom provider Vodafone, according to a report from Bloomberg News, which cites people familiar with the situation. Even though the Dallas-based carrier stated earlier this week that it is not interested in buying Vodafone Group, which offers telecom services in 21 countries, the company is still interested in Vodafone …
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Feeling a bit of iPhone 5S envy? After all, that built-in fingerprint sensor is pretty cool. Small wonder, then, that rumors point to a similar sensor in the Samsung Galaxy S5. But you don’t have to wait for that phone or abandon your current one just to reap the benefits of biometric security. Now, there’s an app for that. ICE …
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The holidays proved to be a boon for the tablet market. Worldwide shipments of the iPad, Kindle, Galaxy Note, and other tablets grew to 76.9 million in the fourth quarter of 2013. That’s 62.4 percent growth over the previous quarter. For the full year of 2013, tablet shipments totaled 217.1 million, up from 144.2 million in 2012 — which equals …
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Earlier this week LG confirmed that the G Pro 2 will make its debut in February. Presumably launching at Mobile World Congress in late February, there’s little else to know about the smartphone…officially. Related stories: LG to unveil G Pro 2 smartphone in February LG Optimus G Pro 2 could debut at MWC, report says T-Mobile adds curvy LG G …
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Yang Yuanqing may not yet be a household name outside of China, but within the space of a week, he has closed a couple of multibillion deals to turn Lenovo into one of the technology world’s most important hardware companies. Not that Lenovo was a shrinking violet until now. The company already was the world’s biggest personal computer maker after …
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You’ll have to wait a little bit longer for that KitKat goodness to come to the HTC One. In a letter to customers posted on its site, HTC Americas President Jason Mackenzie said that the company would be a week or two late in delivering Android 4.4, known as KitKat, to the HTC One. Related stories When Does My Phone …
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A decline in smartphone sales at Verizon Wireless and AT&T is the primary culprit for iPhone sales that some on Wall Street have deemed disappointing. That’s according to Raymond James analyst Tavis McCourt, who calculated that 80 percent of the shortfall could be attributed to the two larger carriers, which sell the iPhone. Related stories When Does My Phone Unlock? …
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With Lenovo buying Motorola from Google, it instantly became the number three smartphone vendor globally. Lenovo’s Vibe X smartphone. (Credit: Lenovo) At least, that’s according to analyst firm Strategy Analytics. On its blog the company notes that taken together, Lenovo and Motorola have a 6 per cent global market share when it comes to smartphones — based on the firm’s …
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Let’s face it, Motorola’s freshest crop of smartphones is pretty impressive, but still misses the mark. Even with Google’s vast financial resources and software know-how, Moto devices haven’t exactly sold like hotcakes. Now that Google has decided to hand off Motorola Mobility into the eager palms of Chinese hardware giant Lenovo, Moto could enjoy a much-needed course correction. I know …
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If you want to get your hands on the Motorola Moto X, today’s the day. Motorola’s flagship phone, brand new to Britain, joins the budget Moto G on shop shelves today. Phones 4U has an exclusive on the white version of the X for the next three months. The Moto X will be available in black from other outlets, who …
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Jason Cipriani/CNET Back in August 2012, Netflix announced a new feature called Post-Play. The thought behind the feature was to make it easier for those of us who binge on a steady stream of episodes from the same TV series. With Post-Play, Netflix will automatically begin playing the next episode, without requiring any interaction from the user. Every two episodes …
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Nokia likely will aim its much-rumored Android phone at budget-conscious consumers, at least based on its reported specs. In a tweet posted Tuesday, leaker @evleaks revealed the alleged, major features for the Nokia X, which goes by the codename Normandy. Assuming the information is accurate, and @evleaks usually is reliable, the phone will offer a dual-core 1GHz Snapdragon processor, a …
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