Last week I asked you whether you consider the carrier or the cell phone first when you’re buying a new handset. In my experience, I expected most respondents to say that the carrier was top of mind, but I was surprised by just how many people fell into that camp. Of the 4,443 respondents (at …
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26 October
Top 5 things I love about Windows Phone 7
Bonnie Cha/CNET The period between Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 launch event and our first reviews hitting the Web was a bit of a blur to me. There was a lot to cover, many workshops to attend, numerous phones to be tested, blah, blah, blah. But now that the dust has settled, I thought it would be a good time to …
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26 October
Garmin, Asus nix handset deal
Garmin and Asus said today they won’t introduce any new co-branded Nuvifones going forward, but will support the handsets already in consumers’ hands. It remains to be seen what this means for Nuvifones, which combine a mobile phone with GPS device. Regardless, Asus won’t be making them, according to a statement. At the least, the Nuvifone line is being rethought …
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26 October
More photos emerge of PlayStation phone
The tale of the not-yet-announced PlayStation phone continued today after Engadget posted photos of a Sony Ericsson slider handset sporting full gaming controls and the Android OS. Sony Ericsson has yet to confirm the existence of such a device, but the photos certainly look like the real thing. From the outside, the GSM smartphone shares only a passing resemblance to …
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26 October
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T-Mobile USA wireless subscribers will soon be allowed to use their smartphones as modems to bring Internet access to other devices including laptops, a T-Mobile representative confirmed today. The blog the Boy Genius Report first reported the news, citing an internal memo from T-Mobile that outlined the new plan. According to the memo, starting November 3, smartphone subscribers with an …
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26 October
Verizon rumored to launch Droid Incredible HD on November 23
Is this the Droid Incredible HD? Boy Genius Report Back in August, the Boy Genius Report posted the first images of what was said to be an Evo 4G-like device destined for Verizon. Described as polished and being at the “very upper-end of the market,” the images of the phone revealed a sleek handset with a 4.3-inch touch screen, an …
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26 October
Orange rated the worst network by iPhone users, 3 the best
Orange spends a fortune telling you to turn off your phone during a movie, but new customer research suggests it should probably put a little more focus on its iPhone services. The company was rated the lowest in terms of customer satisfaction for iPhone users, with 15 per cent planning to move to a different network, according to YouGov’s iPhone …
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26 October
Dell Venue Pro SIM
Dell’s first foray into smart phones, the Venue Pro, has shown up priced and tagged with a release date, together with a load of new specs. The Windows Phone 7 handset with Qwerty keyboard will be available for £500 on November 8, on the Expansys website. This is the only Windows Phone 7 mobile currently offered SIM-free. Microsoft has kept …
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26 October
New Apple Store app makes reservations
When the Apple Store app first arrived on iPhones, it was little more than a shopping portal for Apple goods. With the latest update, however, new features have arrived to make this app a keeper for any Apple customer who frequents a retail store. The biggest of these is a retail store button that can not only book Genius Bar …
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26 October
Adobe works up new ad format for smartphones
Adobe Systems is working with several digital ad companies to create a new format for mobile ads that can tap into Flash or HTML5. EyeWonder ad Adobe Announced today at the Adobe Max developers conference, the collaboration will define two full-screen ad formats in a bid to create a new industry standard for mobile device ads. Though geared toward devices …
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