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Samsung, Google holding Ice Cream Sandwich event Oct. 18

After delaying its original CTIA press conference, Samsung and Google have rescheduled their Ice Cream Sandwich event for October 18 in Hong Kong. Festivities will kick off at 7 p.m. PT/10 p.m. ET, and it will be live-streamed on Android’s YouTube channel. At that time, we expect to hear more about the next version of Android and hopefully see the …

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CTIA Day 2: Hands on everything

The interesting thing about CTIA’s fall show is that you never know what you’re going to get. We all expected it to be small this year, and it is, but it turned out far busier than we imagined. (Here’s a look at Day 1.) Ever since Google and Samsung pulled out of their big, not-so-secret secret event, we expected a …

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RIM, you’re dead to me now

Commentary I can’t believe you did this, RIM. I’ve stuck up for you for years. When the iPhone came out, I said, “Looks great, but what kind of security does it have?” When Google and its posse of handset makers started selling quite lovely smart phones, I said, “OK, sure, but what about network reliability?” And when Microsoft came out …

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Archos 80 and 101 G9 reviews: Bad timing

The tablet business is pretty cutthroat (just ask HP), and with the release of the Amazon Kindle Fire just weeks away, it’s only going to get scarier out there for would-be iPad competitors. The timing of a tablet release is crucial, but does rushing a tablet to market to beat the wave of upcoming competition do more harm than good? …

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Samsung Galaxy W to arrive in U.S. as T

T-Mobile is having a hard time keeping its upcoming smartphones under wraps. Yesterday, it was the LG Doubleplay and today it appears we have the official press images of the forthcoming Samsung Exhibit II 4G. Based on early details, the handset looks to be a rebranded version of Samsung’s new Galaxy W series. Specifications are said to include Android 2.3 …

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Senators aim to cut through 4G baloney

A bill introduced in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday would compel wireless carriers to be more forthcoming about what exactly customers can expect from services marketed as 4G. The bill from Minnesota Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken, along with Connecticut’s Richard Blumenthal–all Democrats–is similar to the “Next Generation Wireless Disclosure Act,” which was introduced in the U.S. House of …

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T

Now playing: Watch this: T-Mobile SpringBoard 1:36 “Not another 7-inch tablet!” you say. Well, hold that thought and feast your eyes on the T-Mobile SpringBoard, first announced at CTIA. Manufactured by Huawei, the SpringBoard is a dual-core “4G”-capable tablet with high build quality (its resemblance to the HTC Flyer is suspiciously close). The Honeycomb 3.2 device also has an HD …

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Apple gets Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 banned in Australia

Apple has scored another point in its legal battle against Samsung, with an Australian judge decreeing that the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 be temporarily banned from sale. “I am satisfied that it is appropriate to grant an interim injunction,” Justice Annabelle Bennett ruled, which means Samsung can’t flog its 10.1-inch tablet down under until the patent battle is resolved. Apple …

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HTC Sensation XL with Beats Audio: Hands

Now playing: Watch this: HTC Sensation XL with Beats Audio 1:33 SAN DIEGO–As the HTC Sensation XL is currently only available in Europe and Asia, we leapt at a chance to take a look at it here at CTIA in San Diego. It does seem a lot like the Android version of the HTC Titan, with its large and imposing …

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