Verizon’s new integrated messaging allows access to text and mulitmedia messages over a variety of devices. Verizon If you’re tired of having to tap out texts on your tiny cell phone screen or keyboard when your nearby laptop offers the ease of a full-size QWERTY keyboard, Verizon Wireless has a new app that may be …
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Now playing: Watch this: 4G networks: How they’re tested 1:53 AT&T has announced today that it’s added support for new cell sites in downtown San Francisco, a city notorious for its infamously stringent network-building rules. Coverage in San Francisco has been a thorn in AT&T’s side since the carrier’s exclusive iPhone launch back in 2007, when the carrier received sharp …
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OK, BlackBerry, it’s go time. After several delays, broken promises, and doomsday prognostications, BlackBerry’s next-generation smartphone, the BlackBerry Z10, hits U.S. stores tomorrow. For a company still eyeing a comeback in the brutally competitive smartphone business, the U.S. launch of the device represents a particularly critical turning point. Despite the BlackBerry falling from grace here, the U.S. is still the …
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Digital wallet operators, like Google, PayPal, and others, should be charged a fee for offering such a service, according to Visa CEO Charlie Scharf. Speaking at the Barclays Emerging Payments Forum yesterday, Scharf said “it is totally appropriate” for credit card companies to charge digital wallet operators a fee on all transactions, according to Reuters, which was in attendance. Scharf’s …
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Last week at this time, the Galaxy S4 had just made its debut at Samsung’s wacky unveiling in New York. We’ve explored the new flagship smartphone in almost every detail, but our friends Luke Westaway and Andrew Hoyle at CNET UK channeled their creative sides with these awesome videos that take a closer look at the Galaxy S4 while building …
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Today, MetroPCS and Huawei announced their latest collaboration, the Huawei Premia 4G. Related stories: Feds approves T-Mobile and MetroPCS merger LG Spirit 4G now available from MetroPCS T-Mobile reportedly plans layoffs ahead of MetroPCS merger Powered by Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, the Huawei Premia 4G is the carrier’s second smartphone to feature 4G LTE connectivity. Hardware details include a …
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The Samsung Galaxy S4 costs £156 to make. The S4’s bill of materials (BOM) — the actual cost of the components in the phone, not what you’ll pay for it — adds up to $236, according to the phone-prodding teardown specialists at analysts IHS. That’s a significant increase over the BOM of the S4’s predecessor, the best-selling Galaxy S3, due …
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Time to don your favourite sceptic’s hat and grab a big pinch of salt — Samsung’s next palm-stretching phone-cum-tablet, the Galaxy Note 3, is apparently set for a September launch. That’s if an anonymous insider speaking to SamMobile is to be believed. The cheeky tipster explained that the Note 3, along with the Galaxy Tab 3, is due to be …
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Now playing: Watch this: BlackBerry Z10: Not your father’s BlackBerry 3:41 BlackBerry’s app store now has more than 100,000 apps, just in time for the launch of its BlackBerry Z10 smartphone. The Canadian smartphone maker said developers have created more than 30,000 new apps over the past seven weeks since it unveiled its new operating system and devices. Related stories: …
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With its newest smartphone set to go on sale tomorrow, BlackBerry received some good news today when the Pentagon said it intends to continue supporting the company’s smartphones. Related stories BlackBerry Z10, fully reviewed BlackBerry plans Z10 launch event Road Testing the BlackBerry Z10 Defense Dept. reportedly in deal for more than 600K iOS devices “The department is aware of …
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The Google Play marketplace could be getting a visual overhaul soon. The folks over at Droid Life yesterday published photos of what they claim, is the latest version of Google Play, 4.0. The screenshots that the Android-focused site published show off several alleged design tweaks, including what appears to be a streamlined design aimed at making pages in the mobile …
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Samsung has lifted the lid on its new super phone, the Galaxy S4. While its design might not look much different from the older S3, a lot of noise has been made over the eight cores it uses in its processor. Before you get too excited about infinite power from eight whole cores though, there are some things you should …
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BlackBerry is cooking up something CEO Thorsten Heins says he’s “very excited about”: another flagship smartphone that may hit during the holidays. “There’s one new product I’m really excited about, but I can’t really share it,” Heins told CNET in an interview today. Heins confirmed that the company would have a midtier device later this year, and another “exciting” device …
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A free iPhone sure sounds like a sweet deal. But when that iPhone is already three years old, is it really such an awesome deal? That’s the question I answer in this edition of Ask Maggie. A reader writes to me about an awesome offer from Verizon Wireless. She can get a new iPhone for nothing. All she has to …
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