LG’s smartphone lineup for the rest of the year has found its way online, and as one might expect, there’s plenty of Android on the horizon. Pocketnow has obtained the images and details for at least six devices scheduled to drop between now and December. Based on these early specifications, it’s becoming increasingly obvious that …
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T-Mobile USA began selling a Micro SIM card today, necessary for people who want to bring their iPhones or iPads over to its network. T-Mobile’s Micro SIM card. T-Mobile USA It’s an awkward offer as T-Mobile is openly encouraging iPhone customers–of the AT&T variety, and not Verizon Wireless–to switch carriers. At the same time, AT&T is attempting to acquire T-Mobile …
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22 July
Users of Facebook iPhone app irate over buggy update
Many Facebook users who rely on the site’s iPhone app are in an uproar over problems with the latest update to the application. Released June 29, the 3.4.3 update to Facebook’s iPhone app was supposed to fix various bugs. But it seems to have done the opposite. Since its debut, the latest version has picked up almost 19,000 one-star reviews …
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22 July
Verizon swings to profit on 4G LTE, iPhone strength
Verizon Communications swung to a second-quarter profit as consumers flocked to its speedier 4G service, the carrier said today. Verizon reported a second-quarter profit of $1.61 billion, or 57 cents a share. A year earlier, the company posted a loss of $1.19 billion, or 42 cents a share due to charges made related to its job cuts. Revenue rose 2.8 …
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22 July
Lowell McAdam to take over as Verizon CEO
Lowell McAdam gets a new title on August 1. Sarah Tew/CNET Verizon Communications said today that Lowell McAdam will officially take over as chief executive on August 1. McAdam takes the reins from longtime Chief Executive Ivan Seidenberg, who will retain his chairman title. McAdam was widely known as the heir apparent when he was promoted to president and chief …
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22 July
AT&T customers try to block merger with T
Talk about a David and Goliath story. The New York-based law firm of Bursor & Fisher is working with some AT&T customers in the hopes of blocking AT&T’s proposed $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile. The firm is working on behalf of a small group of AT&T customers to demand arbitration from the company, which is the second largest wireless phone …
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22 July
CNET 100: Molly Wood’s favorite Android apps
Editors’ note: Over the past two weeks, 10 CNET personalities have showcased their 10 personal favorite Android apps as part of the CNET 100. With each post, you can read why they hold the apps so dear and you have the opportunity to vote for your own favorite title. Next week, we’ll collect the full list of 100 apps and …
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22 July
CNET’s favorite Android apps (CNET 100)
After focusing on iOS in 2010, this year the CNET 100 series tackled the top apps in the Android Market. On each of the 10 business days from July 11 to July 22, a different personality offered his or her 10 favorite Android apps. With each post, you have the opportunity to see what makes that title so special and …
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22 July
New Verizon CEO eyes next iPhone in the fall
Verizon’s Lowell McAdam (left) and Apple’s Tim Cook (right) at the company’s launch event for the Verizon iPhone. Sarah Tew/CNET Incoming Verizon Communications Chief Executive Lowell McAdam said he expects the next iPhone to launch in the fall, although even he isn’t sure. “You will have to ask Apple that, but we expect that probably sometime in the fall, and …
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22 July
Get a Powermat iPhone 4 wireless charger for $19.99
Inductive chargers combine coolness and convenience like few other gadgets. Just lay your phone on a special pad and presto, it recharges–no dock, no wires, no fuss, no muss. Unfortunately, they tend to be expensive. The Energizer Qi system I reviewed a few months back, for example, was $90 for the pad and $35 for the special case that makes …
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