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Sony’s lovely Xperia S may land on AT&T soon

A stunning Android phone that really does look like it arrived from the far future, Sony’s gorgeous Xperia S is likely to hit AT&T’s airwaves. New reports assert that the Xperia S is making its way through FCC approval with a quad-band GSM/UTMS/HSPA radio (850, 900, 1900, 2100MHz). As tech blog Engadget deduces, that sounds …

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New RIM CEO: No, really, there’s ‘a lot of change’ here

Okay, now Research In Motion is all about change. Research in Motion CEO Thorsten Heins RIM That’s according to new CEO Thorsten Heins, who backtracked and clarified earlier comments that he didn’t believe RIM need to make any real changes to the business. In an interview with Crackberry, Heins said that there have been plenty of ongoing changes with the …

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Fingle your friends: The iPad just got too intimate

Now playing: Watch this: Hands-on with touchy-feely new iPad game, Fingle 1:44 Valentine’s Day approaches, and in case you’re one of those odd ducks wondering about the Most Intimate iPad Game, here’s your slam-dunk recommendation: Fingle. Based on my time with it here at the office, it’s earned nothing but awkward blushes. Fingle’s an iPad-only app because you wouldn’t have …

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Sprint offers subscribers a pair of Gameloft ID Packs

Gameloft today announced that it has become the latest brand to join Sprint’s growing line of ID Packs. The two bundles each bring Sprint consumers four of Gameloft’s popular Android games along with direct access to news, updates, and more. Depending on what type of gamer you are, or how powerful your handset is, you can install either the HD …

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Samsung Galaxy S3 could be just a month away

Will they or won’t they? That’s the question on everybody’s lips as conflicting reports clash over the launch of the hotly anticipated Samsung Galaxy S3. We had our fingers crossed the S3 would be revealed in the next month, until reports began to surface that the S3 will be delayed. Now it seems Samsung is still trying to make up …

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Samsung enjoys £2.9bn profit, less than half of Apple’s

Samsung publically enjoyed riding its current wave of success as it highlighted monster profits of £2.9bn in the fourth quarter of 2011 during its annual earnings call. That’s a Scrooge McDuck-scale pool of cash to be sure, but it’s a puddle compared to the ocean of moolah Apple is wallowing in. The Korean electronics giant achieved £26.7bn in total sales …

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EU Commission: Go ahead, Sony, own ‘Sony Ericsson’

Sony’s takeover over of Ericsson’s stake in their decade-long joint venture is well underway. A nod from the European Commission this week removes one more impediment for Sony to dissolve its mobile partnership with Ericsson and assume full control. Sony announced the $1.47 billion deal in October 2011 as part of a bid to more tightly steer the company’s “four-screen …

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Hey, AT&T, quit whining!

I can’t match the sultry tones of Julie London, but if I could I’d croon for AT&T to cry me a river. You see, America’s favorite carrier is a bit peeved at the Federal Communications Commission for squashing its $39 billion dream of acquiring T-Mobile. Not only did the carrier lose its chance to pick over the corpse of a …

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Hang your smartphone nearly anywhere with Bondi

New from the Department of Things I Didn’t Know I Wanted But Now Can’t Live Without: Bondi. This cute little gizmo is designed to hold and hang your smartphone. It has feet at the bottom, “hands” that hug your device, and a hanger-style head. All these limbs can bend any which way, meaning Bondi is actually good for other purposes …

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Sony Xperia S shows off NFC tech in our video

Now playing: Watch this: Sony Xperia S with NFC tags hands-on 1:08 We got our first look at the Sony Xperia S — the first Sony phone to have dropped the Ericsson name — over at CES and we’re cautiously optimistic about its 720p screen, dual-core processor and unusual see-through strip design. Today we went hands-on again, to see what …

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