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Article | 28/01/2011 Microsoft shipped 2 million copies of Windows Phone 7
A Microsoft executive said this week the company shipped more than 2 million copies of its revamped operating system, Windows< Phone 7, in the most re...
Article | 28/01/2011 Nokia's profit drops, faces need to change faster
Nokia reported an increase in sales for the fourth quarter, but profit declined as the company continues to struggle in the high-end smartphone segmen...
Article | 27/01/2011 Tablets using Marvell's Moby design in India soon
Tablet computers built to Marvell's Moby reference design should launch in India in the first half of this year, an executive of the company said on T...
Article | 27/01/2011 Mobile phone e-mail use jumps 36%
As the number of smartphones continues to grow, e-mail usage on mobile phones is also soaring and has become mainstream in the U.S., according a study...
Article | 27/01/2011 Google previews tablet-optimized Android 3.0
Google Wednesday released a preview of the software development kit for Android 3.0, which has been designed specifically for mobile devices with larg...
Article | 26/01/2011 Google Voice number porting: Pros and cons
If you've ever wanted to wrestle your phone number away from the carriers, now's your chance.
Article | 26/01/2011 Dual-Boot Windows Phone 7 and Android on the HTC HD2
You may have heard that the HTC HD2 can be hacked to run both the Windows Phone 7 OS and the Android OS. But now it can run both...at the same time!
Article | 26/01/2011 Verizon posts strong earnings ahead of iPhone launch
If carriers were like sports teams, Verizon could be described as having a lot of momentum heading into its iPhone showdown with AT&T.
Article | 27/01/2011 Thanks to iPad, iOS Dominates
When 2010 began, the iPad was nothing but a collection of rumors and speculation.
Article | 27/01/2011 Motorola Mobility posts strong Q4 but warns about Q1
In its first earnings report since becoming a standalone company, Motorola Mobility said it was profitable in the fourth quarter of 2010 and shipped m...
Article | 27/01/2011 Late to smartphone party, LG suffers in tough 2010
LG Electronics executives were quick to criticize the performance of its handset division last year, from an excessive focus on emerging markets to a ...
Article | 26/01/2011 Car gadgets threaten drivers' privacy
For many drivers, the cockpit of their car is a sanctum sanctorum, a place where privacy is sacrosanct. That's becoming less so, however, as high-tech...
Article | 26/01/2011 Personal femtocell to cut roaming costs on iPhone, Android
Femtocell maker Ubiquisys has developed a new type of small base station for 3G mobile phones that it calls an attocell. Plugged into a laptop PC with...
Article | 25/01/2011 Judge sides with Apple, RIM against Kodak
Eastman Kodak's patent claim against Apple and Research In Motion concerning camera-phone image previews is invalid, according to an initial determina...
Article | 25/01/2011 Creative accessories for the iPad
Accessories that add personality and functionality to Apple's iPad are swarming the market. M-Edge offers customizable cases for the iPad and Zaggmate...