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Shock and awe: The M

I didn’t know the price of the M-Audio M3-8 when I first started listening, I just assumed it was $900 to $1,000 for the pair of speakers. No, the street price is closer to $600 for a pair, around the same price as for one of the reigning wireless champions, such as the Bowers & …

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T-Mobile’s bringing the “Uncarrier” model to Apple’s new iPads and other tablets and offering 200 megabytes of free data a month “for life.” Customers can buy an iPad from T-Mobile with no money down and pay in 24 monthly installments. The 16-gigabyte iPad Air, for instance, normally costs $629. Under T-Mobile’s offer, a customer would pay $26.25 a month for …

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AT&T’s Q3 profit inches up to $3.8B, tops expectations

AT&T added nearly 1 million customers in the third quarter, but only 178,000 of them signed a contract to get a smartphone, as the company’s profits topped Wall Street expectations. The disparity between the total customers added — which includes tablets and connected devices — and the number of post-paid smartphone customers underscores the declines the industry has faced when …

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Former Apple CEO John Sculley is said to be considering buying BlackBerry, according to a report by The Globe and Mail. No, this is not a parody Onion article. The man known for firing Steve Jobs from Apple in 1985 told the Canadian newspaper that while he was not commenting on the matter, he said he has been a “longtime …

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LG Electronics’ third quarter hurt by handset competition

LG Electronics announced Thursday that its third-quarter net income slid 34 percent due to price cuts and marketing costs associated with the launch of its latest flagship handset . The South Korean electronics maker reported net income of 108.5 billion won ($103 million) for the three-month period ended September 30, compared with 156 billion won ($147.7 million) for the year-ago …

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LG Fireweb is the latest Firefox phone

The fire is rising: the LG Fireweb is the latest Firefox phone, but this particular fire is unlikely to spread to our shores. The evocatively-named LG Fireweb boasts a 4-inch screen and a 5-megapixel camera. It runs the Firefox OS mobile phone software made by Mozilla, the people behind the popular Web browser. That comes with access to the Firefox …

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Samsung’s Galaxy S4 Mini on its way to the US in November

Now playing: Watch this: Hands-on with Samsung’s Galaxy S4 Mini 2:37 Samsung’s Galaxy S4 Mini will make its debut in the US next month. Samsung announced the news on Wednesday, saying that the handset will be available on AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, and US Cellular networks. The handset, which comes with a 4.3-inch HD display, will run Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) …

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Nexus 5 preorder pops up on eBay

Consumers eager to grab LG’s next Nexus smartphone can preorder the device from a seller on eBay. Promising the 32GB Nexus 5 for $650, the seller, yoshio_221, seems confident that the phone will launch and that he’ll be able to lay his hands on enough units to satisfy his buyers. As yoshio_221 phrases the offer in his listing: This is …

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Android 4.3 brings Gear support for Galaxy S4, S3 and Note 2

Samsung’s Galaxy Gear will soon work with a host of other Samsung mobiles, as the South Korean tech giant expands the usefulness of its smart watch. The wrist-occupier will soon work with the Galaxy S3, Galaxy S4 and Note 2 smart phones, Samsung has confirmed. Compatibility for these high-profile mobiles will arrive via the Android 4.3 update, which is already …

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