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Startup promises to cut the noise on feature phones

Startup Audience currently specializes in improving audio quality for higher-end phones–the iPhone 4 and 4S, most notably–but now it’s going down market. The company sells small chips that process phones’ microphone signals with technology it calls EarSmart designed to identify the person speaking and filter out everything else. It’s good for voice calls, obviously, but also for newer uses, such …

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ZTE Era joins ICS gang, Kis and Acqua stick on Gingerbread

The ZTE Era comes packing Ice Cream Sandwich and a quad-core processor, the company announced this morning at Mobile World Congress, while its new Kis and Acqua phones pootle along on Android Gingerbread. So there’s plenty to choose from at the new-look ZTE buffet. But which is for you? ZTE is showing it can mix with the big boys, with …

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