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Article | 3/10/2012 PlayBook OS 2.1 update boosts security, management

Research in Motion Wednesday released a BlackBerry PlayBook OS update that adds full device encryption to secure personal data stored on the device...

Article | 2/10/2012 Samsung Galaxy S III display outdoes iPhone 5's, teardown reveals

Samsung Galaxy S III's display is thinner and has a greater range of colors than that of the Apple iPhone 5, according to a IHS iSuppli teardown analy...

Article | 26/09/2012 iPhone 5 with LTE: Customer gets near-50 Mbps download speed

LTE wireless data speeds are impressing new iPhone 5 and Android phone customers all across the U.S., but some of the speeds are mind-blowing. ...

Article | 26/09/2012 RIM's stock price jumps on news of increased subscribers

Research In Motion's stock price jumped more than 6% Wednesday after CEO Thorsten Heins addressed developers and said, among other things, that Bla...

Article | 25/09/2012 RIM reassures, woos BlackBerry 10 developers

RIM CEO Thorstein Heins Tuesday reassured some 1,500 developers at the BlackBerry Jam Americas conference that the company's BlackBerry10 smartphon...

Article | 23/09/2012 Troubled Apple Maps app sparks attack ad from Google's Motorola

Motorola Mobility, a division of Google, has created an ad that mocks the troubled Apple Maps application in iOS 6.

Article | 19/09/2012 Galaxy Note set to be deployed to 17,000 American Airlines flight attendants

American Airlines Wednesday said it plans to deploy 17,000 first-generation Samsung Galaxy Note devices to flight attendants for use onboard its pl...

Article | 19/09/2012 Latest Samsung attack ad mocks crowds waiting for iPhone 5

A new attack ad by rival Samsung pokes fun at Apple customers who wait in line outside stores for the iPhone 5.

Article | 19/09/2012 LTE is top of mind for iPhone 5 customers

Apple's iPhone 5 goes on sale Friday, and many buyers are hoping to take advantage of its faster LTE network speeds.

Article | 19/09/2012 Did Ballmer pick HTC over Nokia as his fav for Windows Phone 8?

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer gave a ringing endorsement to two new HTC smartphones running Windows Phone 8 on Wednesday, raising questions about the...

Article | 17/09/2012 Kindle Fire HD teardown shows it's easy to fix, except for display

The new 7-in. Kindle Fire HD tablet by Amazon, starting at $199, scored a 7 out of 10 rating from iFixit for its repairability by do-it-yourselfers...

Article | 17/09/2012 Samsung 5-inch Galaxy S4 smartphone coming in February, report says

Samsung will announce a 5-inch Galaxy S4 at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next February, according to company officials and executives at parts s...

Article | 14/09/2012 iPhone 5's lack of NFC doesn't matter, survey shows

Apple apparently made the right decision to omit NFC from the iPhone 5, given that 68% of U.S. consumers prefer to buy good using cash and credit c...

Article | 13/09/2012 iPhone 5: Why no NFC?

Apple left out near-field communication technology (NFC) in the new iPhone 5, a decision that one NFC backer said could be Apple's loss. But several m...

Article | 10/09/2012 Does the iPhone 5 need LTE wireless to succeed?

When Apple announces its next iPhone as expected Wednesday, analysts predict it will have faster LTE wireless capability along with other improveme...