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Motorola announces Droid Razr

Now playing: Watch this: Motorola Droid Razr (Verizon Wireless) 2:56 Motorola has officially announced the Droid Razr, which combines the power of the Droid branding with the iconic slimness of the Razr. Motorola says it is 7.1mm thin and is built out of Kevlar fiber and Corning Gorilla Glass, both of which contribute to the …

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Samsung Galaxy Nexus first pictures emerge

Fancy seeing what the next flagship Android phone will look like? You just did. That phone sitting just above these words is the Samsung Galaxy Nexus SC-04D. The Galaxy Nexus, previously known as the Nexus Prime, is the hotly anticipated new Samsung smart phone that will introduce the next generation of Android software, known as Ice Cream Sandwich. Ice Cream …

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BlackBerry owners want to switch, but not to iPhone

Disgruntled BlackBerry owners are planning to ditch their BlackBerrys in droves. Surveys show nearly two thirds of customers could move to Android or the iPhone after a week without Internet, email and BlackBerry Messenger. Only 32 per cent of 4,000 BlackBerry owners polled by Kelkoo stood by their troubled phone. The rest want to jump ship when their contract comes …

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BlackBerry BBX OS: What it really is

This morning when RIM announced BBX, the next-generation operating system that will power BlackBerry smartphones and tablets, the BlackBerry-maker offered few details about what the OS does, how it will propel RIM forward, and when we can expect to see it on working devices. It’s been known almost since RIM first announced the QNX-based PlayBook last year that the platform …

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iPhone 4S vs. 4: Does the ‘S’ stand for speed?

The “S” in iPhone 4S can stand for anything you want it to, be it Siri or Steve or super. However, after finally spending some time with the iPhone 4S this week, I’m choosing to believe that the S does in fact stand for speed, but you probably already knew that, given the title of this piece. The iPhone 4S’ …

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RIM to Android developers: C’mon in, the water’s fine

Struggling BlackBerry maker RIM knows it has to change if it’s to hold the interest of developers–and that means making the new operating system, BBX, a friendlier place for Android developers to play. That’s the subtext at the BlackBerry Developer Conference in San Francisco today, which played out in live demos of Android games that have been ported over to …

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Droid Razr hands

The Razr is back, and it’s better than ever. Motorola has done the smartest thing it’s done in years with the Droid Razr, which combines sheer Droid brawn with the legacy of Razr design. We had the opportunity to get hands-on with the phone, and we can’t deny that the Droid Razr’s ultralight design has an immediate wow factor. We …

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Galaxy Nexus just hours from launch

After much anticipation, some online hype, and a brief delay, later today we’ll finally find out just what Samsung and Google have in store for the Android community. Now that we’re in the home stretch, let’s take a look at what we expect to see at the Galaxy Nexus unveiling, which takes place at 7:00 p.m. PT tonight (Wednesday morning …

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Ice Cream Sandwich adds tons of new features

After Samsung launched its Galaxy Nexus at the flashy Android event across the Pacific in Hong Kong, Google execs took the stage to announce Ice Cream Sandwich, the next version of the mobile operating system. Also, called Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich is clearly designed to unify the Android experience. And as Matias Duarte, Google’s senior director of Android user …

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