If you’re feeling a bit like George Costanza in the Seinfeld episode “The Wallet,” chances are you have a few too many scraps and cards stuffed into your carryall. Luckily, we live in the digital age, where much of the information you need to keep on your person can be stored in your mobile phone. …
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24 January
Moto is back (and that’s a good thing)
Remember the Dynatac? You’ve come a long way, Moto. CNET Though it battled a crowded field, Motorola emerged from CES 2011 as the clear winner in wireless. Its Xoom tablet won CNET’s Best of CES award; it introduced the dual-core Droid Bionic and Atrix 4G; and its laptop dock was the most innovative smartphone accessory we’ve seen in a long …
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24 January
Top 5 features iPhone 5 must have
Love it or hate it, there’s no denying Apple manages to remain ahead of the curve when it launches its new smartphone each year. (Credit: Apple/CBSi) The iPhone 4, for all its “Antennagate” woes, delivered a higher resolution screen than any other phone in the market at the time, introduced a backside-illuminated image sensor to its camera and managed to …
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24 January
Report: RIM to separate personal from work data
Research In Motion will soon debut software that can segregate the personal from the professional. RIM Set to launch in two months, the BlackBerry Balance software will be able to separate personal e-mail, apps, and other content from those used on the job, Jeff McDowell, RIM’s senior vice president for business and platform marketing, said in a Reuters interview published …
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24 January
Apple creates App Store Twitter account
Though the App Store has several methods for keeping track of the newest and most noteworthy Apps, Apple has decided that a dedicated Twitter account would further promote some of its favorite applications for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. Screenshot by Joe Aimonetti/CNET The @AppStore account has just been verified by Twitter as officially as the first post, “Welcome to …
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24 January
Sony Music Unlimited cloud service floats apps for iPhone and Android
Sony’s new Music Unlimited service will be getting iPhone and Android apps to allow people to listen to their cloud music collections on the go, the company has announced. It’s contrary to expectations that Sony might restrict the service to its own devices, such as Sony Ericsson phones, Walkmans, the PlayStation 3 and Bravia TVs. “When you provide these services, …
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24 January
True cost of a smartphone: Price plan comparison
As anyone who has bought one can tell you, the cost of a smartphone is more than just the initial price of the device. You also have monthly payments to deal with, for voice minutes, text messages, and of course, data. You can choose to either be frugal if you can squeak on by with the bare minimum or you …
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24 January
More info uncovered for MetroPCS’ first LTE Android phone
The Samsung Forte should end up as MetroPCS’s first LTE smart phone. Flickr New details have emerged for what appears to be MetroPCS’s first LTE smartphone. Previously known by its model number, the Samsung SCH-R910, the Android-based handset made its first appearance only two weeks back. Based on a recently uncovered Flickr photostream, the phone looks like it will carry …
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24 January
Huawei sues Motorola over sale to Nokia
Chinese telecom equipment maker Huawei is suing Motorola, claiming the American company will illegally transfer its trade secrets in the proposed sale of its wireless business unit to Nokia Siemens. Huawei filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in Illinois. The company seeks to stop Motorola employees and information associated with Motorola’s UMTS and GSM equipment businesses from being …
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24 January
World of Goo oozes onto iPads
If you never had the pleasure of playing World of Goo on your PC, Mac, or Wii, you missed out on one of the most original and endearing games in recent memory. Now you can get Goo to go: World of Goo just landed on the iPad. The question is, how does it compare with its desktop and console counterparts? …
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