BlackBerry CEO John Chen at a press roundtable session at the Consumer Electronics Show. Roger Cheng/CNET The always-candid BlackBerry CEO John Chen just upped his company’s chances for survival. Chen, speaking at Recode’s Code Conference in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., said he gives BlackBerry an 80 percent chance for success. That’s a lot higher than …
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28 May
iTunes head Cue and Beats’ Iovine: Apple will put Beats on steroids
Apple’s iTunes head Eddy Cue and Beats co-founder Jimmy Iovine, chat at the Code Conference. Asa Mathat/Recode Beats is about to get a big injection of steroids from Apple. Eddy Cue, Apple’s head of iTunes, and Beats co-founder Jimmy Iovine, talked about the reasoning behind Apple’s plan to buy Beats and gave hints about what the two companies could do …
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28 May
How I achieved total Bluetooth Nirvana, well, almost
Can you really get all your Bluetooth gadgets to play nice together? Sarah Tew/CNET I must confess I have a problem, or more precisely, I believe in technology that has caused me a great many of them. You see, I’ve become obsessed by an outlandish Bluetooth dream, one called Unified Communications, and despite a parade of glitches I’ll do almost …
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28 May
SoftBank’s Masa Son on why Sprint needs T
Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Stephen Shankland/CNET Even SoftBank CEO and Sprint Chairman Masayoshi Son is a fan of T-Mobile CEO John Legere. “I highly admire John Legere,” he said at Recode’s Code Conference in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., on Wednesday, eliciting applause and laughter. Legere, in an email to CNET, responded in kind: “That’s …
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28 May
Does more ‘Sapphire’ production mean larger Apple ‘iPhone 6’?
A rumored 5.5-inch-class iPhone could come with a sapphire screen cover. Apple; screenshot by Brooke Crothers/CNET Sapphire production for future Apple products jumped five-fold in April, according to a report from UBS Securities. The research note (via Barron’s) from UBS Securities’ Steven Chin on Wednesday is centered on GT Advanced Technologies, which is a sapphire material supplier to Apple. Sapphire …
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28 May
Apple’s WWDC kicks off June 2: What to expect
This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple will kick off WWDC on June 2. Apple It’s that time of year again, when the Apple faithful descend on San Francisco’s Moscone Center for the company’s Worldwide Developers Conference. The Cupertino, Calif., electronics giant from June 2 to 6 will give …
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28 May
Cliq case adds three NFC buttons to your smartphone
The NFC-enhanced Cliq case comes in your choice of five colors. Cliq Cases What’s your most commonly used app? Kindle? Calendar? Camera? Sure, you can put its icon on your home screen, but you still have to swipe through the lock screen, navigate to the home screen, and tap the icon. Whew! Exhausting! Related stories Hands-on with the Dimple NFC …
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28 May
HTC One M8 Vogue Edition right around the bend?
HTC could go plastic with the One Vogue Edition smartphone. HTC Source HTC may soon deploy a polycarbonate version of its all-metal flagship One M8 smartphone , or so say the Android gossip hounds. Details of a so-called “Vogue Edition” have surfaced over the last few days suggesting HTC is set to debut the device as early as June. Related …
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28 May
How LG’s G3 plans to break the iPhone
LG’s G3. Nate Ralph/CNET LG turned some heads on Tuesday with the debut of its eye-catching new G3 . But in this game, a good — even great — smartphone simply isn’t enough. It’s the sad reality that unless you’re Apple or Samsung, it is extremely tough to make a dent in the high-end smartphone market. That’s especially true in …
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28 May
‘Tough sell’ LG G3 snubbed by some UK outlets
The LG G3 arrives in 170 countries in coming weeks. Nate Ralph/CNET The LG G3 popped out of the LG cake last night with a dazzling screen, laser-sighting camera and all the high-end features you could ever need — but as industry experts brand the G3 a “tough sell”, it’s been hit with a vote of no confidence from two …
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