In less than two weeks, Sprint will formally activate its 4G WiMax service in New York City. As I’ve already told you, building out a 4G network in a dense urban environment like Manhattan isn’t easy. Even once you have all the permits in hand–which is a mess in itself–you still have to install enough …
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Nokia’s earnings returned to the black in the third quarter thanks to smartphone sales, but it also announced 1,800 layoffs. The Finnish mobile phone maker said today that it took home a profit of 529 million euros ($741 million) in the third quarter compared with a loss of 559 million euros in the year-ago quarter. Revenue rose almost 5 percent …
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Android 2.2 Froyo will finally reach the Samsung Galaxy S in early November, for unlocked handsets in the UK. Unfortunately, those of you locked to a network will have to wait another few weeks for the upgrade to Google’s mobile operating system. You’ll need to run Samsung’s Kies software on a PC, connecting your Galaxy S with a USB cable. Samsung …
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The iPhone is no longer the undisputed sultan of the touchscreen kingdom, with worthy challengers arriving almost daily. HTC has it in a pincer movement with the HTC Desire HD, HTC HD7 and HTC 7 Mozart, while the Samsung Galaxy S and Nokia N8 are also taking a swing. Join us as we pit them against each other in a battle royale. HTC …
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Topics in this guide Basic Navigation Everyday Apps IE and the Marketplace Core Apps Windows Phone 7 (WP7) marks a fresh start for Microsoft’s mobile system strategy. In some ways WP7 is an amalgam of the popular systems available for smartphones today, as well as featuring concepts that are refreshingly unique. This guide is an in-depth first look at the …
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There’s a new Palm handset! It’s the Palm Pre 2, and it’s… very similar to the old Palm Pre. Oh well. However, we do get excited about the RIM BlackBerry Style, cheaper prepaid plans, 4G in the Big Apple, and yes, even the Verizon iPhone. Also: A special report on the new FaceTime for Mac. Now playing: Watch this: Dialed …
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HTC, Motorola, Acer and Asus are set to show off Android 3.0 Gingerbread tablets at the Las Vegas CES trade show in January next year, according to a report from Taiwanese website Digitimes. According to the source, we should also see a Gingerbread version of the Samsung Galaxy Tab in the new year. Google has just notified partners that Android …
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As the reviews of AT&T’s first Windows Phone 7 devices (Samsung Focus, HTC Surround) roll in, T-Mobile wanted to remind people that it, too, has a Windows Phone 7 smartphone in the wings. The carrier announced on Wednesday that the HTC HD7 will be will be dropping on November 8 for $199.99 with a two-year contract and after a $50 …
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CHICAGO–Clearwire is getting near 100Mbps downloads on its LTE-based trial wireless network in Phoenix, a company executive said today. During a keynote presentation here at the 4G World trade show, Michael Sievert, Clearwire’s chief commercial officer, shared initial speed test results on a trial network the company has built in Phoenix to test the next generation of a 4G technology …
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A blogger by the name of Richy Rich has posted photos claiming to be of the forthcoming Verizon CDMA iPhone, possibly taken in a Vietnamese repair shop. The iPhone appears to be in Device Verification Testing (DVT) phase, adding visual evidence to recent reports that Apple is testing a version of the iPhone that will run on Verizon’s CDMA network …
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