Lenovo’s purchase of Motorola Mobility should get a green light from US regulators. But the company will have to agree to certain concessions in the name of US national security. On Wednesday, the Chinese computer maker announced its $2.91 billion purchase of Google’s Motorola mobile phone business and around 2,000 related patents. But like any …
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31 January
Best Buy to give mobile phone buyers a $50 gift card
Best Buy is dangling a new promotion to lure in mobile phone buyers. From Sunday, February 2, through Saturday, February 15, anyone who signs up to buy a new mobile phone will receive a $50 gift card. The terms seem a bit tricky at first glance, but here’s how it all works: You first register your mobile phone number and …
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31 January
Will Lenovo kill the low
Mobile bargain hunters throughout the US gasped earlier this week when they heard the news that Chinese PC-maker Lenovo plans to buy the handset division of Motorola from Google for $2.9 billion. When the Google-controlled Motorola lowered the price of the Moto X last year and then introduced the sub-$200 Moto G, I wondered if these products and the prices …
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31 January
What is 4K UHD? Next
As if 3D TV and LED LCD vs. OLED vs. plasma and 120Hz and the Soap Opera Effect weren’t confusing enough, in the last year we have seen the rise of a new HDTV technology called 4K. Or if you use its official name, Ultra High Definition (UHD). UHD is an “umbrella term” that encompasses higher resolutions (more pixels) than …
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31 January
How to switch to energy
Related stories: 4 things you can do with your old game consoles Use your mobile device with the Xbox One and PS4 How to set up parental controls on the Xbox One Powering on the Xbox One by voice command is a pretty cool feature, though you might feel a little silly doing so at first. Responding to the “Xbox …
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31 January
Five steps for a better
TV factory settings are generally designed to look good in bright, fluorescent retail stores — not your living room. To get the best TV picture, you’ll need to make some adjustments. This guide begins with some of the simpler (but impactful) settings — like disabling unnecessary features and adjusting basic options — before diving into some of the more in-depth …
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30 January
US carrier mergers would face tough time getting DOJ approval
US wireless carriers who have the urge to merge will meet resistance in the form of the Justice Department. In an interview with The New York Times published Thursday, William Baer, assistant attorney general in the antitrust division, said that any merger proposals on the part of the major US carriers would encounter intense scrutiny. Baer cited “much more favorable …
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30 January
Google’s sale of Motorola seals HTC’s fate
Lenovo’s move to buy Motorola Mobility from Google in a deal valued at $2.91 billion is likely to spur an Android ecosystem consolidation wave because smaller players aren’t going to have the scale to compete. The first casualty in this consolidation wave is likely to be HTC. Related stories Best Phones Under $500 for 2022: Pixel 6A, iPhone SE, Galaxy …
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30 January
Lenovo CEO aims for Motorola to dust Apple and Samsung
When Lenovo entered the global PC market by acquiring IBM’s PC business it instantly became a major player with PCs, building on the business-centric ThinkPad with the consumer-facing IdeaPad. Now, the company intends to do the same thing with smartphones. Google unexpectedly announced on Wednesday that it’s selling Motorola Mobility to Chinese PC giant Lenovo for $2.91 billion. While it …
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30 January
Apple, the biggest loser in the Google
Things are about to get tougher for Apple. Google late Wednesday made an unexpected announcement that it’s selling Motorola Mobility to Chinese PC giant Lenovo for $2.91 billion, or less than a quarter of what it paid for the handset vendor just a couple of years ago. During the years Google owned it, Motorola lost money and market share, and …
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