Sunday, May 22, 2011

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China Telecom trying to get iPhone as well

Posted: 21 May 2011 07:24 AM PDT

China Telecom has proclaimed that it, too, is in talks with Apple to carry the iPhone on its network. China Telecom is the smallest of the three major carriers in China, and maintains a CDMA network, which would require a CDMA-compatible iPhone. China Mobile recently announced that it has signed an agreement with Apple to carry the iPhone 4, though it is still not available on its network. Currently, China Unicom is the only carrier in China to carry the iPhone.
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Nokia will use Qualcomm processors for WP7 phones

Posted: 21 May 2011 06:23 AM PDT

Nokia has announced that it has chosen Qualcomm processors to power its upcoming line of Windows Phone 7 devices. Nokia settled on Qualcomm after negotiating with several different chip manufacturers. Qualcomm has powered every Windows Phone 7 smartphone to hit the market, though Microsoft has said that it will allow other chip manufacturers to power WP7 devices in the future. One of the companies Nokia talked to was ST-Ericsson, prompting ST-Ericsson's CEO to proclaim that its chips would power the new phones. It is possible that ST-Ericsson's CEO misspoke, or that Nokia is merely planning to use Qualcomm for its initial devices and ST-Ericsson's at a later date, since Qualcomm's chips are the only ones supported by Microsoft at this time.
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Android Honeycomb tablets have a hidden Gingerbread smartphone UI

Posted: 21 May 2011 05:58 AM PDT

It appears that Android Honeycomb tablets have a hidden Android Gingerbread smartphone user interface lurking inside them, as demonstrated by a YouTube user.
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Apple inks deals with record companies for streaming music - report

Posted: 21 May 2011 05:37 AM PDT

Apple has inked deals with record companies that will allow it to stream music to users on handheld devices, if sources reporting to Bloomberg are to be believed. These deals would give Apple a leg up on competitors Google and Amazon who have not been able to lock down agreements with the record labels yet.
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