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You may recall some of us being upset with how some carriers are describing its next-generation mobile networks as “4G” even though standards bodies didn’t designate technologies as such. Well, the International Telecommunication Union Radiocommunications has finally designated which wireless technologies should be called 4G but don’t expect that to clear up the confusion. The…
HTC is partnering with TomTom to make the navigation features on its smartphones better. You may be asking why the company needs to do this, as many of its best-selling Android phones come with Google Maps and Google Navigation for the heavy lifting on location but the handset maker is trying to offer its own…
An Acer executive reportedly downplayed the Apple iPad and said people would “return to their senses” and move back to traditional computers and laptops. Acer Chairman JT Wang also said that many in the press have been mesmerized by the positives of the Apple iPad but haven’t really focused on the negatives. For example, he…
It would be impossible to say that the iPad isn’t a runaway hit. Apple has been selling its tablets like hotcakes with no formidable competition currently available but Apple doesn’t have the advantage it had with the iPhone. The times, they are a changing, and at least one analyst believes that some of the predictions…
While AT&T is supposed to be the “premier” carrier for Windows Phone 7, T-Mobile will also be strongly supporting the Microsoft mobile operating system with multiple high-quality smartphones in the next few weeks. The fourth-largest U.S. carrier will soon be offering the HTC HD7, Mozart and the Dell Venue Pro. Each of these devices should…
Microsoft is not messing around when it comes to smartphones, as the software giant has just introduced its Windows Phone 7 handset with nine handsets for 30 carriers. Will this new platform be enough for the company to compete in an incredibly crowded space filled with strong competitors like Apple, Google, Research In Motion and…
If you’ve been drooling all over the Windows Phone 7 smartphones announced this morning but are sick because you’re stuck on CDMA, don’t worry, as HTC has your back. The HTC 7 Pro will bring Windows Phone 7 to Sprint in the first half of 2011. This is consistent with what Microsoft has said in…
Microsoft is all set to formally introduce its Windows Phone 7 platform Monday (check out our ultimate preview) and Verizon and Google are already trying to downplay it. It’s like they say: Haters gonna hate. In a long-ranging interview with CNET, Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam didn’t sound too impressed with the upcoming Microsoft Windows Phone…
The brains behind Android, Mr. Andy Rubin himself, sat down recently to talk about the Google mobile operating system. He spoke to PCMag about carrier and OEM involvement of the creation of Android handsets, and the best features of the OS, and a small snippet of Gingerbread. Very small. When asked about his favorite features…
Yahoo made a series of improvements to its search engine today and those have trickled down to its mobile search products. I’ve played with the new Yahoo mobile search and I think it’s actually cool. If you don’t know, Microsoft’s Bing is actually doing the heavy lifting on the back end for the searches but…