commentary The PlayBook tablet can finally access corporate e-mail. Hallelujah, right? No, don’t expect the legion of BlackBerry faithful to flock to the PlayBook, now that it has the one key feature everybody said Research In Motion should have included in its tablet in the first place. At this point, even the most ardent fan …
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21 February
Booth babes and burlesque: Tech’s tiresome little secret
Technology trade shows are the least sexy places on Earth. The lighting is unrelenting, the endless halls are soul-destroyingly huge, and the parade of grey suits has all the charisma of a robot army. Add to that the unflinching exhalations of dinosaur-sized air conditioning units that flay all moisture from exposed flesh, leaving a cracked and desiccated husk where your …
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21 February
AT&T to take on Nextel’s walkie
AT&T announced today that it is launching a trial program to test out its enhanced push-to-talk services (PTT), which aims to improve communication between work groups in the mobile field service. AT&T will begin a trial program to test its PTT services. AT&T Selected businesses that employ field agents and dispatchers in industries that include utilities, transportation, and manufacturing, will …
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21 February
LightSquared: Going from bad to worse
Things are not looking good for LightSquared, the wireless startup that had planned to build a nationwide wireless broadband network. Today, Reuters reported that the company said it plans to cut 45 percent of its workforce to conserve cash. “This and other cost savings measures will allow LightSquared to continue to navigate the regulatory process as it works with the …
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21 February
Dialed In #211: The Mobile World Congress lowdown (podcast)
Now playing: Watch this: Dialed In Ep. 211: The Mobile World Congress lowdown 34:25 Do you hear that? It’s the sound of our quickening heartbeats as we wait for smartphone after smartphone to show its glossy black face at Mobile World Congress next month. Join us as we take you on a tour of the phones and tablets to expect, …
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21 February
Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G to spark up T
As usual, Samsung was involved in a fair number of product announcements this past CES, but the Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G‘s debut proved the most hush-hush. T-Mobile executives announced it at a small, exclusive event to a knot of journalists, in almost the same breath as the carrier’s mission statement to keep on fighting in the aftermath of the …
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21 February
Panasonic unveils Euro
Panasonic is re-entering the smartphone market outside of Japan, with a new Android smartphone announced for Europe. (Credit: Panasonic) The Eluga will be the company’s first European foray for many years, and will standout from the pack with a 4.3-inch qHD resolution OLED display. Like Samsung’s excellent AMOLED screens, the Eluga’s display looks fantastic in hands-on pictures we’ve seen so …
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21 February
Is the 8GB Nook Tablet worth your $200?
There’s a new line in the sand drawn for 7-inch tablet pricing, and that number is $199. Barnes & Noble and Amazon were already locked in a fierce rivalry in the “bargain tablet” space with the $249 Nook Tablet and the $199 Kindle Fire. Barnes & Noble delivered better specs for that $50 premium (double the RAM, double the storage, …
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21 February
Huawei’s 10
The first images of a 10-inch Huawei MediaPad have surfaced days ahead of Mobile World Congress, where we expect Huawei to make the tablet part of its announcements. Early details suggest an Android 4.0 experience, with an 8-megapixel camera, a microSD expansion slot, and 3G connectivity. There’s no indication what the processor and memory situation may be; however, I’d expect …
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21 February
Living with the Samsung Galaxy Note
I’ve used the massive Samsung Galaxy Note as my sole handset for a week, and life is going surprisingly well. Samsung certainly has high hopes for its unique product, which was first launched globally last summer. Here in the U.S., the device burst onto the American scene with a splashy Super Bowl Spot that depicted the Galaxy Note as having …
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