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Garmin and Asus are calling it quits next year, and that may allow Asus to revisit Android to make a smartphone worth buying. According to rumors, Asus may be putting Windows Phone 7 on the back burner to focus on Google’s mobile OS. We know Asus has been working on a Windows Phone 7 device…
Here we go again with Nexus Two rumors. Fresh rumors of a Nexus Two have resurfaced, but this time around it won’t be sold exclusively from Google. Carphone Warehouse and Google have allegedly inked a deal to sell the Nexus One follow-up, running Android 2.3 Gingerbread, and will be available for the holidays. I find…
Sprint is launching WiMax in New York City next week, which is one of its biggest markets to date. Its 4G network will cover all five boroughs, from the Bronx all the way down to Staten Island and everywhere in between. However, coverage will vary dramatically even from street to street and depending on the…
Sony’s shares went up three points in Japan after a Barron’s analyst made some off-handed speculation that Apple could make a bid for Sony, Disney, Adobe, or other major players with the oodles of money it’s been making lately. Even though this was just some innocent analysis of commentary from Steve Jobs, who said “there…
Amazon wants to make it easier for you to spend your cash from your iPad and the company has released a new shopping app called Windowshop. Amazon already had an app for the Apple iPad but it wasn’t really optimized for the big beautiful screen. It was essentially just the iPhone app with a few…
It looks like Verizon may be trying to refresh their entire Droid lineup with an HTC Droid Incredible HD offering, as we’ve already seen the Droid 2 Global, the Merge, and the Droid X SE. We may be looking at a Droid Incredible HD — possibly the HTC Desire HD for Verizon — right here,…
The CherryPad, a cheap, sub-$200 Android tablet, was turning heads for being able to deliver the Android experience at such a low price. Folks jumped right on it and were waiting for the CherryPad tablet to start shipping in early to mid-October. Well, it’s almost Halloween and the CherryPad still hasn’t shipped out. What gives?…
PayPal is making a very big push in mobile payments today with a number of announcements, and one is a partnership with VeriFone. The two are teaming up as VeriFone becomes the first to partner with PayPal for mobile payments, and will join the dev ecosystem for the development of new apps. According to PayPal:…
Apple is reportedly teaming with Unisys to make its iPhone and iPad lineup more attractive to corporate clients. Should Research In Motion be quaking in its boots? According to BusinessWeek, Unisys will do the maintenance and other back-end services for governments, education entities and other big businesses which want to use the iPhone or iPad…
The FCC recently gave a big thumbs up to an HTC handset that sports the curious combination of CDMA connectivity and the Windows phone operating system. The SAR and HAC reports from the FCC present the results of cellular radio testing and in doing so paints a picture of a handset with EV-DO, WiFi, and…