Chinese telecom giant Huawei took more than an hour before addressing the elephant in the room. The CEO of Huawei’s consumer business, Richard Yu, spent a bulk of his CES keynote on Tuesday talking up the features and the US availability of its Mate10 Pro smartphone. The company was widely expected to announce that AT&T …
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Political pressure may have interfered with a second deal by Chinese tech giant Huawei to sell its phones in the United States, this time with Verizon Wireless. On Monday, news emerged that AT&T pulled out of a deal to sell the Huawei Mate 10 Pro, and The Information reported the deal had been a victim of congressional pressure. Now, on …
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Chinese phone maker Huawei has long sought to break into the US market through a partnership with one of the big US national carriers. CES 2018 appeared to be that time, with the industry widely anticipating Huawei to announce the availability of the Mate 10 Pro in the US with AT&T as its retail partner. AT&T will not be part of …
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If you have one of the many Android Wear watches compatible with Android Wear 2.0 (full list in link), you’re in for a treat. With Android Wear 2.0, and the more recent Android Wear update bringing the platform in sync with Android Oreo, Google redesigned the interface and added new features that are aimed directly at competing with the Apple Watch, and …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. T-Mobile’s John Legere. Is his company satisfying customers? James Martin/CNET When you’re loved, do you keep it to yourself, for fear the love will wane? Or do you boast about it from the highest mountain top because, well, that’s just who you are? T-Mobile seems …
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Next stop for the 5G hype train: Reality? The next generation of cellular technology promises a massive boost in speed, more ubiquitous coverage and a responsiveness quick enough to handle remote surgery or autonomous vehicles. It’s supposed to be the fuel that drives all other innovations at CES 2018. Despite the numerous company announcements and field trials from the wireless …
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Samsung’s foldable phone for 2018 is pretty much a done deal — the head of Samsung mobile said so — but will you really want one? That will depend, for one thing, on what we mean by “foldable.” We’ve seen one Samsung patent application for a handset that bends at the middle so the top of the phone can touch …
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Whether you have a kid who is finally of the age you deem it appropriate he or she has a phone, or your spouse is overdue for an upgrade, the holidays make for a good occasion to get a new phone. But instead of activating the phone right away, potentially revealing your intentions, there’s a way to keep a phone …
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President Donald Trump’s FCC has put the kibosh on controversial Obama-era net neutrality regulations. At its monthly meeting Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission, led by Republican Chairman Ajit Pai, voted to repeal regulation passed in 2015 that prevented broadband companies from blocking or slowing access to websites or services. The rules also prohibited broadband companies from offering paid-priority services that …
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T-Mobile is getting into the the television business with the acquisition of Layer3 TV, a TV tech company. The new service will launch next year, according to T-Mobile CEO John Legere. The wireless carrier is billing the service as a breakthrough for people who “love their TV, but … hate their TV providers.” The service will combine streaming TV and …
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