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There are a few things you can bet on during the Consumer Electronics Show: companies will try to lure people in with swag and eye candy, you’ll be sick of Vegas by the time it’s over and that Microsoft will be giving the opening day keynote. Well, it looks like that last tradition is coming…
The International Trade Commission said Motorola was infringing on one smartphone patent Microsoft was suing it for but the preliminary decision didn’t find violations in six other patents Microsoft had issue with. The patent in question involved syncing of calendars across devices and the ruling may give Microsoft more leverage in signing a licensing agreement.…
I get the feeling that many of you will be playing Angry Birds over the holidays on your new gadgets but I’ll bet that you haven’t decorated your house with these birds and pigs in Christmas light form. That’s what the video below shows and it’s either really, really cool or an obsession taken too…
While Siri isn’t perfect, the voice-controlled assistant is definitely an innovative feature of the iPhone 4S and it’s something that may make Android fans jealous. While we’ve seen some Siri competitors on Android before, we’ve been fans of Vlingo for a long time and the company just put out an infographic about why it offers…
It’s an exciting time in the mobile world, as all four major carriers have a 4G network deployed but we all know that not all 4G is created equal. When you think of “4G,” you should be thinking about LTE because this mobile data technology delivers speeds which really can change the way we work…
Well, the $39 billion bid from AT&T to buy T-Mobile is now officially over and AT&T is going to have to lick its wounds and figure out other ways to nab some new spectrum. While the move may cost AT&T a lot of money and some public face, it’s a much larger blow to T-Mobile.…
After the long wait, the Verizon Galaxy Nexus is finally here and we got our hands on the first Ice Cream Sandwich phone and it’s quite a site to behold. We’ve already reviewed the international version and we’re not expecting too much different with the Verizon version. It’s a little bit larger thanks to the…
After what seemed like forever (but was really only a few months), the Verizon Galaxy Nexus will officially be available online and in stores for $299.99 with a new, two-year contract. While there has been a bit of a wait, the first Android Ice Cream Sandwich phone may be worth waiting for. By now, you…
Sprint and the National Basketball Association have signed a multiyear marketing deal and the partnership will also include a Sprint-exclusive NBA app. The deal will lead to an app called “Sprint NBA Mobile” and I’d expect it to be preloaded on many devices similar to how the Nascar app was or how the NFL Mobile…
Now that Apple is making Siri the focal point of its iPhone 4S, the competition is going to have to catch up and Google is reportedly baking its voice-control response under the code-name “Majel,” according to a report from AndroidandMe. Why Majel? Well, Majel Barrett-Roddenberry was the proper name of the voice of the computer…