There’s a species that’s quickly going extinct in the wireless world, and it’s quite troubling. Of course, we’re talking about the unlimited data plan, and Virgin Mobile is the latest carrier to get rid of theirs. You know who else is in trouble? RIM’s co-CEOs Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis, as the two have six …
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13 July
RIM announces new BlackBerrys
RIM CEOs Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis announced at this week’s annual shareholder meeting that the company plans on releasing seven new OS 7 BlackBerry smartphones in the near future. They didn’t go into specifics, but we assume the handsets would include the phones that have been announced, like the Bold 9900 and the Bold 9930. We also suspect the …
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13 July
CNET 100: Stephen Shankland’s favorite Android apps
Editors’ note: Until July 22, 10 CNET personalities are showcasing 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’ll get the opportunity to vote for your own favorite title. Then after the series ends, we’ll collect the full list of 100 apps …
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13 July
Apple patent hints at gesture
Set your faces to ‘excited’, data-transfer fans. Apple patents have emerged that suggest you may soon be able to use physical gestures to transfer files between your iOS devices. Another patent, also unearthed by Patently Apple, deals with 3D gesture recognition on touchscreen gadgets. Rather than share files over the Internet or iTunes, you could soon be able to use pouring …
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13 July
Vultures are circling RIM management
Research In Motion’s co-CEO structure is under fire, and the vultures are starting to circle. After BlackBerry product miscues and a vacuum of new devices, RIM’s fate is increasingly looking murky. RIM’s shareholder meeting is worth a listen just to gauge the line between the realities of co-CEOs Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis. In many respects, the shareholder meeting yesterday …
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13 July
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T-Mobile USA said today that it has extended its faster wireless network to an additional 56 markets as it looks to keep pace in the speed game even with the looming takeover by AT&T. T-Mobile The network, which T-Mobile last year rebranded as 4G, covers 152 markets and reaches 170 million people, which the company said exceeded its previous goal …
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13 July
The Move: Stick your iPhone to your clothes
Look, ma, no hands! Also, no tape, no straps, no Velcro, and no magnets. A new Kickstarter project is raising funds for a device called The Move that magically attaches your iPhone or iPod Touch to your clothing. The idea behind The Move is one of those why-didn’t-I-think-of-that inventions. Place The Move behind your clothes. Set your iPhone on the …
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13 July
Channel 4 News app breaks on iPhone and iPad
Now you can gaze into the steely blues of Jon Snow on the go, thanks to the Channel 4 News app for iPad and iPhone. The app’s extra-big photo galleries could have been inspired by the Guardian’s EyeWitness, but there’s more than just eye-candy on this app. It will offer the ability to catch up on the last seven days …
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13 July
Virgin Mobile bids farewell to unlimited data too
Virgin Mobile, the prepaid arm of Sprint Nextel, said today that it is moving away from a fully unlimited data plan and will begin to slow the connection speed of its more excessive bandwidth-hogging customers in October. This fall, exceed 2.5 gigabytes of data in a month and Virgin Mobile will throttle your connection speed. Virgin Mobile Virgin said that …
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13 July
Toshiba Thrive review: Heft earned?
The Toshiba Thrive is a Honeycomb tablet. Just check out those icons if you’re in doubt. Josh Miller/CNET Tablets are generally expected to be “thin and light” small computers with unobtrusive interfaces. Some tablets are thinner and lighter than others, however. While we’ve praised tablets like the iPad 2 and Galaxy Tab 10.1 for their sleekness, and dinged the HP …
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