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What Ever Happened To Garmin's NuviFone? [video]

It looked like it could be the ultimate iPhone-killer, but delay after delay has kept it from market. Some reports say it will be ready soon, while others suggest it's been abandoned all together. Will we ever see Garmin's [GRMN] ...READ»

Is Apple Planning A "Mac Nano?"

A Chinese company says it's producing a case for an upcoming iPhone Nano. Bits of code inside the latest version of OS X suggest a new Mac Mini. Are they one in the same?READ»

Which Tech Company Is Apple Investing In?

Apple [AAPL] recently bought 8 million new shares in a little-known graphics technology company this week. That company, UK-based Imagination Technologies Group [LON:IMG], makes a mobile video technology that could give the iPhone 3G ...READ»

Sprint's Golden Hour Cometh

AT&T [ATT] and Verizon [VZ] are today's behemoths in the mobile service provider marketplace. But with its fast network, forward-thinking technology, and value-oriented plans, the next decade of cell users could all belong to the ...READ»

Palm's New OS To Go Nova at CES, Possibly on New Hardware

Palm was once king of the PDA, but the rise of the smartphone and Windows-powered PDAs led to its crown slipping a long way. But this year the hot-hardware Centro smartphone helped bring Palm more success, and now there's news that ...READ»

ChaCha's Mobile Text Search on AT&T One-Ups Google's

ChaCha's text search for mobile is set to debut on AT&T, and while the kinks definitely need working out its results are superior to Google's similar service. But it'll never replace texting your friends.READ»

• Can ChaCha's Humans Compete with Google's Algorithms?
• Search Engine Showdown

What BlackBerry Addiction says About Obama's Brain

Giving up the CrackBerry will make the president-elect more productive, but neuroscientist Sam Wang says that he shouldn’t give it up completely. Here’s why…READ»

• How Obama Won it With the Web
• How to Build a Brand Like Obama
• The Brand Called Obama

Tech Watch: Who's Afraid of the Touchscreen BlackBerry?

Gadget nuts everywhere await the arrival of RIM's first touchscreen device. Will the Storm be a bellwether device, or just another flavor of BlackBerry?READ»

Tech Watch: Hackers on Obama's Network, Hookers on Craigslist

The campaigns of both Barack Obama and John McCain were attacked by hackers. Who are the suspects? Craiglist is tightening security on its personals section to shutdown solicitations. And AT&T may be embracing the functionality of jailbreak apps for the iPhone.READ»

Tech Watch: Cheap Nationwide WiFi

Lots of news stories have been trampled by Election Day coverage, but none more nerdily exciting than Tuesday's FCC decision to open up “white space” – or space in the 700MHz range of the wireless spectrum – for unlicensed wireless use. Imagine a new Bluetooth frequency that could rove hundreds of miles, instead of just a few feet.READ»

Tech Watch: E-Ink, Sonos, and Linux on Lenovo: Multimedia Life Gets Lighter

Listening to music gets easier just by using your iPhone or iPod Touch to remote control the Sonos multi-room music system, which controls all of the music around your house. And, electronic paper gets closer to real broadsheet displays. READ»

Attack of the Green Tech Geeks

Jetsons-style applications, from companies like RecycleBank and Agilewaves, that measure just what we're consuming have become the hottest trend in sustainable business. Such systems give people information that rivals what Wal-Mart has of its supply chain. But can the energy savings trump the privacy hit?READ»

• New Ways to Measure Energy
• High-Tech Ways to Go Green at Home

Big News From BlackBerry

Today we have the privilege of recognzing two signifcant achievements for RIM [RIMM], the maker of BlackBerry devices. Both are long in coming, much-needed, and potentially dangerous for companies trying to dominate the touchscreen ...READ»

Nokia Planning More Touchscreen Phones?

Consumers that checked out a Nokia [NOK] podcast on its new S60 Symbian operating system this week might have noticed that it featured press photos of an as-yet-announced touchscreen device. On the heels of the release of the Finnish ...READ»

Nokia Expands Email Abilities; Buys OZ Communications

Around the smartphone industry, RIM [RIMM] is traditionally known as the email specialist. Now it appears that Nokia [NOK] might be trying to gin up a little competition for the Canadian Blackberry-maker by purchasing OZ ...READ»

Android's Free Software Deterring Developers?

Now that Google's [GOOG] Android is out in the wild, will developers flock to the platform? That's a question that tech pundits have been debating breathlessly, and a new announcement by EA Games [ERTS] might shed more light on the ...READ»

Nokia "Tube" Coming October 2

Without a true finger-operable touchscreen phone, Nokia [NOK] has been a little bit behind the industry eight ball. The company has made repeated promises to release an iPhone competitor called the "Tube," but it's been ...READ»

Blackberry Javelin Is Coming

RIM [RIMM] is following up the successful product life of the Blackberry Curve with an even better successor: the Javelin. Not only is it an improvement on its predecessor, but it even has an edge over the new Blackberry Bold with a ...READ»

Blackberry Goes 'Lifestyle'

Today Blackberry maker RIM [NSDQ:RIMM] announced a handful of new smartphone applications for the Blackberry platform aimed at making the devices more palatable to non-business customers. Partering with Internet giants like ...READ»

BlackBerry Kickstart Details Leaked

While spy shots and info about the BlackBerry Kickstart have been leaking out of RIM [NASDAQ:RIMM] for a while, this week online retailer Expansys made a mistake on its website that fills in many of the remaining details of the ...READ»

Palm Announces Treo Pro

Palm [NASDAQ:PALM] didn't do such a hot job of keeping this thing under wraps, but that doesn't make it any less interesting to the smartphone community. The Treo Pro unfurled its red carpet months ago when a whole littany of leaked ...READ»

Google's Android Gets Closer

A curious day of news from Web giant Google [NASDAQ:GOOG], whose rumored GPhone arrived for approval at the FCC. But even more interesting is fresh dirt on the Android operating system that should make the GPhone a contender in the ...READ»

New Lenovo Handset Features Fingerprint Scan

Lenovo [OTC:LNVGY] is releasing their first mobile phone, and apparently the company has seen fit to add a little perk heretofore unheard of in mobile handsets: a biometric fingerprint scanner. The P960, as they're calling it, makes ...READ»

BlackBerry Javelin Leaked

RIM [NASDAQ:RIMM] is capitalizing on the BlackBerry's increasing popularity by cranking out new models Asus-style. Next up is apparently the BlackBerry Javelin, a non-3G smartphone that seems to be a value-proposition model for the ...READ»

Touchscreen Blackberry Thunder Coming October?

Those wiley nerds at the Boy Genius Report are pretty confident that the Blackberry Thunder -- RIM's [NASDAQ:RIMM] full-screen answer to an unnamable touchscreen uber-success made by a certain Californian company -- is slated to be ...READ»