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Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Nokia puts Windows Phone future on display


On Wednesday, the Finnish cell phone maker will kick off its Nokia World Event in London where CEO Stephen Elop is expected to provide an update on the company's progress in its close strategic relationship with Microsoft, as well as take the wraps off the first smartphones that will use Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 OS.

Android Fragmentation: Finally a Fix?

Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0) is a big step towards fixing the Android fragmentation problems.  Tablets and cell phones will be running the same operating system, similar to Apple's iPhone/iPod Touch and iPad.  However, based on how manufactures have acted in the past 3 years of Android (wow, only 3 years, it seems like we've had smartphones forever, at least to me), I doubt we will see too many upgrades.

Saturday, October 22, 2011

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Android Ice Cream Sandwich: The complete FAQ


Google unwrapped its new Android Ice Cream Sandwich operating system at an event in Hong Kong this week. The OS is a massive step forward for Android, bringing a revamped design and staggering number of fresh features into the platform.

Sprint To Offer Unlimited Data with iPhone 4, 4S


Sprint Nextel Corp.is keeping its unlimited data plans for iPhones, which will run between $99 and $399 a device at Sprint, a company spokeswoman told the Kansas City Business Journal on Wednesday.

T-Mobile Lists HTC Radar 4G, LG DoublePlay as Coming Soon



The website for T-Mobile USA is now listing the HTC Radar 4G and the LG DoublePlay smartphones as coming soon, with the former running Windows Phone 7 Mango while the latter is sporting the Android operating system.

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Samsung and Google unveil Galaxy Nexus smartphone

Samsung Electronics unveiled its Galaxy Nexus smartphone Wednesday, the first to use the latest version of Google's Android operating system.

BlackBerry maker shows new phone, tablet software

 BlackBerry maker Research In Motion unveiled a new operating system Tuesday in hopes of grabbing some attention away from the iPhone and Android phones.

Motorola Brings Back the Razr

Remember the Razr? It's back.

Telefonica, Verizon Soon to Offer Virtualized Android Phones

Telefonica and Verizon in a few months will become the first operators to offer Android phones running VMware's mobile hypervisor, the companies announced Wednesday at the VMworld 2011 Europe conference in Copenhagen.