MacBook Pro 17-inch unibody reviewWill previous 17-inch fans find a slam dunk or a dud underneath the unibody exterior?
Amazon’s Kindle for iPhone hits the App StoreSure, Amazon could pit the Kindle squarely against phone- and PDA-based e-book apps, but why not play both sides?
Sprint’s Palm Treo Pro set to make its debut on March 15thWell, March 15th looks like launch
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When you’re dealing with a major signal reception issue on a phone, it’s easy to believe that the problem isn’t gonna go away without retooling the innards and releasing revised hardware — but for North American owners (and would-be owners) of Nokia’s stricken NAM version of the 5800 XpressMusic, there’s new hope. The Nokia Blog is claiming that word from
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A Nokia executive said today that the company has committed to LTE as its preferred network for devices, and plans to launch devices for those networks in 2010. James Harper, senior manager of technology marketing at Nokia, speaking at a PCCA meeting held in Grapevine, Texas, declined to detail what type of devices the handset maker would launch, but said
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The heat is on and Nokia appears to be feeling the burn as much as the next company as it has just announced a new round of cost-cutting measures that will go into effect next week. The Finnish handset manufacturer turned Internet Company revealed today that it will be introducing a new Voluntary Resignation Package that invites employees to voluntarily
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Earlier today, Motorola announced it was selling Good Technology, the wireless email software division it bought for $400 million only 2 years ago, to Visto technologies, the leader in enterprise push email.
This move signals the end of Motorola’s attempt to build a business-specific phone to compete with RIM’s Blackberry (RIMM) and Palm. To some, this is an admission of failure,
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Kindle 2 unboxing and hands-onWe’ve already gotten a chance to play with the Kindle 2, but there’s nothing like getting one delivered to your door and cracking it open.
Sony announces Lilac PSP, Hannah Montana and Assassin’s Creed entertainment packsTired of PSP colors yet? Sony doesn’t think you are — and it also thinks you’re a lady, because it’s squarely targeting
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Australian carrier Telstra says it will open a mobile application store much like Apple’s App Store, joining the frenzy surrounding such mobile app marketplaces (Microsoft, Research in Motion and Nokia all have stores in the works as well). What’s noteworthy is that Telstra is a carrier, so its app store could become the mobile equivalent of a mall, bringing together
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While most folks welcome gaming devices that do more than simply play games, Texas-based Wall Wireless LLC seems to think that’s a bit over the line, at least when it’s not getting a piece of the action. More specifically, the little known company says that Sony, Nintendo, and Nokia are infringing on its patent for a “Method and Apparatus for
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The heat is on and Nokia appears to be feeling the burn as much as the next company as it has just announced a new round of cost-cutting measures that will go into effect next week. The Finnish handset manufacturer turned Internet Company revealed today that it will be introducing a new Voluntary Resignation Package that invites employees to voluntarily
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If these screenshots are to be believed, then an ironic hacker has successfully installed Windows 3.1 onto a Nokia N95 handset. Marchin-PRV used DOSBox to emulate the x86-class processor on the Symbian handset in order to install Microsoft’s 1992 OS. Totally useless, yes… and totally badazz.
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Windows 3.1 running on Nokia N95 is both awesome and depressing originally appeared
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Today, Saul Hansell of the New York Times used two surveys — the Nokia Siemens Connectivity Report and a Pew survey — to write a post titled “Surprise: America is No. 1 in Broadband,” which not only argues that we’re No. 1, but also tries to refute the fact that “Americans are starving for broadband.”
I have several issues with this.
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At the Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona today, the next-generation 4G wireless service finally got some respect, with AT&T saying it will likely deploy the Long Term Evolution (LTE) standard in 2011 rather than in 2012 and Verizon choosing vendors for its upcoming LTE rollout.
Verizon has chosen Ericsson and Alcatel-Lucent (s ALU) as the initial vendors for the
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This thing’s been on quite a journey from concept to production, but here we are — finally, a true successor to Pantech’s quirky Duo on AT&T. The Matrix PRO features HSDPA (up from UMTS), integrated GPS with AT&T Navigator, Bluetooth, a 2 megapixel cam, Video Share support, and Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard, but the real draw lies in the device’s
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Nokia sure is doing a lot of hand shaking over in Barcelona, as shortly after it signed a gentlemanly agreement with Adobe, the Finnish handset maker has decided to equip some of its future devices with Qualcomm chipsets. Right now, details are somewhat vague, though we do know the two are hoping to “develop advanced UMTS mobile devices initially for
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Nokia sure is doing a lot of hand shaking over in Barcelona, as shortly after it signed a gentlemanly agreement with Adobe, the Finnish handset maker has decided to equip some of its future devices with Qualcomm chipsets. Right now, details are somewhat vague, though we do know the two are hoping to “develop advanced UMTS mobile devices initially for
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Nokia sure is doing a lot of hand shaking over in Barcelona, as shortly after it signed a gentlemanly agreement with Adobe, the Finnish handset maker has decided to equip some of its future devices with Qualcomm chipsets. Right now, details are somewhat vague, though we do know the two are hoping to “develop advanced UMTS mobile devices initially for
..read more
Nokia sure is doing a lot of hand shaking over in Barcelona, as shortly after it signed a gentlemanly agreement with Adobe, the Finnish handset maker has decided to equip some of its future devices with Qualcomm chipsets. Right now, details are somewhat vague, though we do know the two are hoping to “develop advanced UMTS mobile devices initially for
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What’s more exciting than seeing Cupcake on a Nokia Internet Tablet? Seeing your Internet Tablet double as a secondary display, naturally! If you’re too cash-strapped to go out and get one of those newfangled USB displays to run your widgets / chat windows / etc. in, and you’re scrambling for reasons to not toss that N800 or N810 on eBay,
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This week, the mobile computing world revolves around the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Among some of the highlights today were the announcement of the second Android phone, as well as Yahoo’s new mobile initiative, and the announcement of a partnership between Nokia and Skype that will bring Skype’s VOIP client to Nokia’s high-end N97 phone.
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Yahoo today announced a
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At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, MySpace just made some major announcements. They’ve announced plans to develop mobile applications for the Nokia S60 as well as the much-anticipated Palm Pre. However, for most of us, the bigger news is the relaunch of the MySpace Mobile web site which will occur this week. Yet even with the updated branding and
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