Posted on 24 July 2008 by Brenda Stokes
It can be a scary time when your cell phone goes missing. First of all, it's an expensive item and you'll be out cash. You'll also be out a phone, which, in this day and age can feel like a crisis. Even so, we're overlooking on of the most terrifying aspects of losing a cell phone--your data.
I mean, cell phones ...
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Posted on 24 July 2008 by Brenda Stokes
Well, it looks like it's finally over, folks. Yes, I'm talking about the Nokia and Qualcomm patent feud that feels like it's been going on for the past century. Okay, so really they've only been fighting since April of 2007 but it sure has felt like a long time!
But now it's over without much fanfare. Basically, both sides agreed after ...
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Posted on 24 July 2008 by Vincent Nguyen
Samsung INNOV8 also known as the i8510 is the company's latest smartphone sporting Symbian S60 OS. The Innov8 takes the form of a slider handset having a 2.8-inch QVGA LCD capable of displaying 16 million colors.
The Samsung Innov8 is a photographer's dream phone; featuring a massive 8-megapixel autofocus camera that offers image stabilization and blink, smile, and face detection, ...
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Posted on 23 July 2008 by Chris Davies
HP's iPAQ range used to be the doyenne of the PDA world, back when cellphones were cellphones and anything more complicated than an alarm required a standalone PocketPC (or Palm, depending on your preference). Years later, and the PDA in general is a much-diminished force; the line between smartphones and cellphones has blurred and customers expect to be able to ...
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Posted on 23 July 2008 by Brenda Stokes
This morning, AT&T announced growth in its wireless sector during their report on quarterly finances. In fact, AT&T experienced 1.3 million new subscribers in the last quarter alone, bringing the total up to 72.9 million.
They are experiencing positive growth all around, especially when compared to this same time last year. AT&T wireless had a 91% boost in operating income, bringing ...
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Posted on 23 July 2008 by Brenda Stokes
Opera's State of the Mobile Web report was released today and it offers several insights into the top Opera-running phones in the industry. It shows listings by country and what phones have the most data transfer. When looking at the world as a whole, six out of the top ten phones are from Nokia, yet if you look just at ...
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Posted on 23 July 2008 by Brenda Stokes
The Openmoko Neo Freerunner will be distributed by Koolu, a Canada-based company set on bringing these open handsets into the mainstream. What's interesting is Openmoko is generally respected for what they do. Their Linux-based handsets are innovative but there's just one problem: no one is buying them.
To help remedy that, Koolu has signed on to bring the Neo Freerunner ...
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Posted on 23 July 2008 by Brenda Stokes
On Monday, the Motorola V750 Adventure made it official: it is now a part of the Verizon Wireless network. And it's rather impressive. It's slim, sleek and has all of the features you crave. For instance, it actually meets military specs so this cell phone can take a real beating. Not that you'd want to throw it around or anything, ...
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Posted on 22 July 2008 by Brenda Stokes
The highly anticipated Samsung i788 seems to be right around the corner now with an estimated release date sometime in October and a brand new name: Blackjack III.
But this is no Blackjack, well, at least not as we know them today. The Blackjack I and II were thinner, for starters. It also has a pointer device instead of a ...
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Posted on 22 July 2008 by Brenda Stokes
The 5th edition of the Symbian S60 platform has been long-awaited, but it looks like you can finally get a bird's eye view of what the new OS will offer. However, initial response has been a bit lackluster, with many noting how very much the S60 with Touch looks like the regular old S60.
Likewise, at this point in time, anyway, ...
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