Wednesday, February 1, 2012

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Sprint extends LightSquared approval deadline to March

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 01:27 PM PST

Sprint will give LightSquared six more weeks to gain regulatory approval for its proposed 4G LTE network before it backs out of the agreement between the two companies. Sprint had initially set a deadline of December 31, 2011 for approval, which it later extended to January 31, 2012.
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Amazon Kindle sales up 177 percent in Q4 2011

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 01:21 PM PST

Amazon just released its Q4 2011 financial results, and while it didn't reveal exactly how many Kindle Fire tablets (or even how many Kindles in total) were sold during the holiday shopping season, it did say that Kindle device sales were up 177 percent over last year. This impressive growth was most certainly spurred on by the popularity of the Kindle Fire, though Amazon's Kindle Touch and basic Kindle e-readers were surely popular as well (and have been on sale for much longer). During December, Amazon revealed that Kindles were selling more than 1 million per week. Analysts have estimated that Kindle Fire sales for the quarter were in the neighborhood of 6 million, which would be significantly more than any other Android-powered tablet on the market.
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White Nokia Lumia 800 not headed to Australia - at least not yet

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 10:18 AM PST

Yesterday Nokia released a statement announcing the Australian launch of the Lumia line of smartphones, starting with the Lumia 800. While we were happy to see that Australians would soon be able to get their hands on the latest from Espoo, what piqued our interest more was the mention that the Lumia 800 would be available in white in addition to the black, cyan, and magenta models available in other markets. Well, today is another day, and from the looks of things, it seems that the mention of a white Lumia 800 was a mistake and the Australian launch will only include the previously released colors.
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Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 ban in Germany upheld by appeals court

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 09:28 AM PST

An appeals court in Dusseldorf, Germany has upheld the ban on sales of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet that went into effect in August, 2011 and upheld in September 2011.
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Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX review - the best LTE device on Verizon

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 08:39 AM PST

The new Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX Android smartphone is likely the best 4G device on Verizon for one (very large) reason - it's 3300mAh battery. While we loved the super-thin DROID RAZR, the new MAXX edition is worlds more practical due to its Olympic athlete-like staying power. Michael tells us all about it in this review.
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T-Mobile offering both free and paid family member tracking services

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 08:22 AM PST

T-Mobile today announced its new FamilyWhere Check-In service that lets family members provide location updates over SMS to others that are on their plan. It is joined by the FamilyWhere Locate premium service that offers richer GPS tracking features.
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Sprint launches rugged Kyocera DuraPlus with push-to-talk

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 07:51 AM PST

Sprint expanded its push-to-talk lineup today with the rugged Kyocera DuraPlus cell phone. Unlike most push-to-talk phones, which have a flip form-factor, the DuraPlus sports a candy bar design.
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Press Release: Samsung Launching Revolutionary Galaxy Note Super Phone with 90-second Super Bowl Commercial

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 07:18 AM PST

Samsung Telecommunications America (Samsung Mobile), the No. 1 mobile phone provider in the U.S., is launching a revolutionary super phone, the Galaxy Note in the first-ever Super Bowl ad in the technology giant's 71-year history.
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Verizon offers App Pack bundle for smartphone users

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 06:46 AM PST

Verizon Wireless has announced a new Smartphone App Pack bundle that offers six different apps for one price. The bundle includes some of the carrier's most popular services and apps, such as NFL Mobile Premium, Verizon Video, VZ Navigator, Visual Voicemail, Usage Controls, and a Ringback Tones subscription. Priced at $12.99 per month, the Smartphone App Pack costs less than if a user bought all of the apps and services separately; VZ Navigator and Verizon Video are both $10 monthly on Android, for example. Customers can purchase the Smartphone App Pack through the My Verizon app on their Android, BlackBerry, or iPhone handsets. Those that already own some of the apps included can pick up the others for little or no extra cost. Verizon says this is a limited time promotion, but did not indicate when it would end.
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Independent review says RIM CEOs should not be Chairmen of the Board

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 06:22 AM PST

An independent review of RIM's corporate structure has decreed that RIM's CEOs should not also serve as Chairmen of the company's board at the same time. RIM's former co-CEOs Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie enjoyed such a privilege for quite some time before stepping down from their positions earlier this month.
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Apple could sell 40 million iPhones in China in 2013, says investment bank

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 05:54 AM PST

Investment bank Morgan Stanley recently released a report that claims that Apple could possibly sell as many as 40 million iPhones in China in 2013 if it is able to launch the device on multiple carriers. Currently, the iPhone is solely available from China Unicom, but it has long been rumored that Apple is in talks with the country's other big carriers, China Mobile and China Telecom, to bring the iPhone to their networks.
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NEC MEDIAS ES N-05D - another super-slim smartphone for Japan

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 05:20 AM PST

NEC recently took the wraps off of the MEDIAS ES N-05D, another super-slim smartphone that will be headed to the Japanese market. The MEDIAS ES N-05D measures a scant 6.7mm thick, putting it in a league with the Fujitsu ARROWS ES IS12F and Huawei Ascend P1 S.
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