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The Google Phone Is Coming to Change the Game

[Update: Could the Google phone be a data only, VoIP-driven device, rather than a standard phone? TechCrunch has a source that thinks so, and suggests that AT&T is already bidding to provide data services. (If you can't beat 'em, ...READ»

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KIDS PHONES   |  Comment

If Your 9-Year-Old Doesn't Have a Cell Phone, He's Not Socializing Enough

One in five kids have their own cell phone by the time they are 8 years old, according to Nielsen's latest survey.READ»

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U.N.   |  Comment

Cell Phones to the Rescue, for Iraqi Refugees

The U.N. will soon be giving out food vouchers, via SMS.READ»

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2009: The Year Mobile Web Use Exploded

Mobile Web usage has been on the upswing ever since the iPhone leaped onto the stage. But new data form Opera suggests it's not just the iPhone that's delivering the Internet to smartphone users. Opera, in its Opera Mini format, is ...READ»

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3 in 4 New Phones on AT&T Are iPhones

AT&T just revealed its quarterly finances and among the statistics lies one incredible fact, that demonstrates exactly how much the company's future hinges on Apple: 74% of new "integrated device" activations were ...READ»

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Will 3-D Displays Spiff Up Cell Phones?

Three-dimensional display tech is coming to all sorts of gear, from TVs to strange desktop prototypes from Sony. And now, thanks to 3M and thin-film tech, it could be making it onto the tiny LCD of your favorite cell phone. The ...READ»

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Verizon Getting Some Motorola Droid, and iPhone Action?

An iPhone-trashing video that promotes Motorola's Droid phone has surfaced on the Web, and it teases with a few details about the device. But as more Droid data pops up, there's another surprising rumor: Verizon's testing a CDMA ...READ»

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$834 Million Quarterly Loss Puts the 'Noooo' in Nokia

Nokia's just posted its third quarter financial report, and it's absolutely abysmal: An $834 million loss. But that's not all--there's still more bad news.READ»

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Cisco Buys Mass-Data Movement Experts to Speed Your Smartphone

Spend-happy Cisco systems has opened up its purse yet again, and shelled out some $2.9 billion for a company you've probably never heard of: Starent. What will interest you is that this should improve future smartphone ...READ»

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Samsung's 12-Megapixel Digital Camera Also Makes Phone Calls

Back in February, rumors of a 12-megapixel Samsung smartphone surfaced. I was totally down on the device, worried about how badly the idea could go wrong. Now the SCH-W880's surfaced, and it appears to have allayed nearly all my ...READ»

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xpPhone Smartbook Is Real, Set for Global Release

Back in June we reported on what could be considered as the first real smartbook device--a hybrid smartphone/netbook machine that could be the next big thing in mobile computing. Now it looks like the xpPhone's ready for the ...READ»

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Infographic of the Day: Which Cellphone Provider Is Best for You?

Flowing Data lines up the four major carriers--and the results reveal a bit about each one's business.READ»

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LG Plans to Spam the Smartphone Market: 13 Phones Due 2010

LG's smartphone division is planning something a bit special--a press release just unveiled three new Windows-powered phones due very soon. And that's just the tip of the iceberg: ten more are due in 2010. The only phone from the ...READ»

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Samsung's TouchWiz App Development Kit Hobbles Into the Light

Samsung's a big player in the smartphone game, some might say surprisingly so since it's not really grappled the whole smartphone apps-equals-success meme. Until now that is: Its TouchWiz software development kit is out. And it's... ...READ»

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SMARTPHONES   |  Comment

Why Is Dell's Mini3i Smartphone China-Only?

The long-awaited entry of the venerable PC maker into the smartphone business is almost here. But only in China. The specter of the iPhone casts a global shadow.READ»

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NOKIA CHINA   |  Comment

Nokia Lifts the Veil on Its China Testing Site, but Why Now?

Nokia may be the world's biggest cellphone maker, but it generally keeps its operations seriously under wraps. That's why the recent decision to open up its Beijing test center to select visitors is a deft public relations move at a time when one of its biggest competitors, Apple, is being scrutinized for its operations in China.READ»

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Is Verizon Giving Up the Storm Too Soon?

Telecom titan Verizon Wireless has sent two letters to lawmakers this week offering to limit the amount of time it keeps its handsets carrier-exclusive. Such proprietary deals surfaced on the radar of Department of Justice regulators ...READ»

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Nokia Wants You To Control Your Phone Without Buttons

Apple isn't the only company with some creative plans for smartphone UIs: Nokia just revealed how it thinks we might control our phones in the future. There'll be a lot of waving them in the air. Though Nokia was horribly late to ...READ»

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Nokia Profits Slump: Is The Cellphone World About to Change?

Though Nokia's not a massive name in the U.S., across the rest of the world it's enormous--the biggest cell-phone retailer by far. But the giant company's just announced its second-quarter profits, and they're terribly bad. In fact, ...READ»

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Iranians Revolting Against Nokia for Alleged Spying Complicity

The tech-savviness of the Iranian people served them well during the protests against corruption in the recent election, and now it's making them turn against cellphone giant Nokia--a government colluder in their eyes.READ»

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Google Voice Starts Singing for BlackBerrys And Androids

Google's been busy this last week or so, starting with the excitement of Chrome OS and now with Google Voice for smartphones getting its roll-out. The BlackBerry and Android apps dropped this morning, but iPhoners will have to ...READ»

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Apple's Latest Figures Prove There's Just One App Store to Rule Them All

Apple just dropped the official statistics on the iTunes App Store's first year in business, and they're astonishing, on all sorts of scales. Turns out over 1.5 billion apps have been downloaded by iPhone users across the ...READ»

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LG BL40 Chocolate Phone Video Gives Us Widescreen Envy

Last week some bloggers dug out the secret of LG's upcoming Chocolate smartphone--a cinema-aspect widescreen. It sounds amazing, but little else was known about it. Until this video leaked. And boy it's impressive. Now we know the ...READ»

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Watch Out Nokia: Sony Ericsson's Got the Hang of Smartphone Design

More images of Sony Ericsson's upcoming Android Rachael smartphone have leaked and confirm it's a real looker, right up with the iPhone's minimalistic beauty. Nokia, with its clunky retro-boring N97 should watch out.The Racheal's ...READ»

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Layar Opens API to Developers: What Augmented Reality Apps Do You Want?

tweetmeme_style = 'compact'; Layar is the first viable augmented reality app for smartphones. Now it's just released its API to developers, which should pave the way for an armload of augmented reality apps.Layar's API isn't ...READ»

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