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FCC May Hinder AT&T T-Mobile Merger
AT&T may have a hard time convincing the US Federal Communications Commission that the announced T-Mobile acquisition would be in the public’s best interest. Last week, AT&T and T-Mobile announced their plans to merge into one company in a $39 billion deal, which would make AT&T the largest mobile operator in the United States with…
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Apple Will Continue to Display High Growth Through 2012
According to Forrester Research, Apple will continue to showcase record growth and sales through 2012. In a Bloomberg interview, Forrester CEO George Colony stated that the spur in Apple’s revenue that began with the iPhone and iPad will continue as customers continue to buy the company’s new hardware, but also apps and new products that…
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Microsoft Announces Windows Phone 7 Updates for Next week
After a few bumps in the road for the Windows Phone 7, Microsoft has announced that the long-awaited updates will be rolled out next week. Microsoft posted the list of updates on its website which will include the copy and paste feature which allows users to just tap a word from emails, Microsoft mobile documents…
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RIM’s PlayBook Tablet Comes out April 19
Research in Motion announced today that it would launch its PlayBook tablet on April 19 in North American at a price that rivals the iPad 2. RIM’s highly anticipated PlayBook will cost $499 for 16 GB of memory, $599 for the 32 GB and $699 for the 64 GB, reports the New York Times, and…
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Microsoft Suing Barnes & Noble, Foxconn Over Patents
The Microsoft Corporation is taking legal action against Barnes &Noble, Foxconn and Inventec for patent infringement by their Android devices. The patents causing the problem are “a range of functionality embodied in Android devices that are essential to the user experience,” such as the ability to tap through different screens and the interaction of documents,…
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Sprint to Announce HTC EVO at CTIA Wireless 2011
The CTIA Wireless 2011, one of the biggest tradeshows in the mobile industry, will be taking place in Orlando from March 21-24, and Sprint is expected to unveil a slew of new products including the new HTC Evo smartphone. According to rumors by Boy Genius and reported by Eweek the new HTC Evo 3D smartphone…
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HP Expects WebOS to take Over 100 million Devices a Year
In an industry meeting this week, HP’s new CEO announced that the WebOS was ready to take a bite out of the Google Android and Apple iOS market. Leo Apotheker told investors that the WebOS, which it acquired from Palm, will take over 100 million devices a year between notebooks, mobile phones, tablets, laptops, PCs,…
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Android Phone Faster at Loading Webpages than iPhone 4
The latest Android smartphone loaded webpages 52 percent faster than the iPhone 4 which uses iOS 4.3, according to Blaze, a mobile website optimization company. After conducting 45,000 load tests of Fortune 1000 websites using Wi-Fi and 3G; it was found that the Android 2.3 device, a Samsung Nexus smartphone using Chrome loaded pages in…
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Dell Announces ‘Vostro 3000’ and ‘Inspiron R’ Refresh
Dell showcased yesterday its new line of laptops including the new Vostro 3000 line and the new Inspiron R series which both use the new Intel Sandy Bridge Core i-series CPU. The Vostro 3550 series is designed for small and medium businesses, which according to Dell’s Alison Gardner, represent an “incredibly varied and growing market.”…
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Samsung Reveals Galaxy Player Details
In a bid to expand its Galaxy Brand, Samsung has unveiled details about the Galaxy Player, an Android-based Wi-Fi mobile device that allows consumers to do everything but make a call. After month of talking about it, Samsung officially announced the Galaxy player for the first time at the Barcelona Mobile Congress last month, and…