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Android nabbing more than half of new smartphone buyers

Posted on February 20, 2012 by buxplode

Apple sold the most smartphones in Q4 2011, butAndroid might win the race as it is attracting more first-time buyers than iOS, according to NPD research.
Apple was named the best-selling U.S. handset brand during the fourth quarter, according to a [...]

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Not everyone loves Apple’s stock

Posted on February 18, 2012 by buxplode

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Apple shares may have closed at a record high on Valentine’s Day, but not everyone is head-over-heels in love with the company.
Following an 8-day run up that sent shares of Apple (AAPL, Fortune 500) to [...]

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Apple’s smartphone share rises, but Android still on top

Posted on February 4, 2012 by buxplode

Apple andAndroid both grabbed a bigger piece of the pie last quarter, but Google’s mobile OS kept the top spot with almost half of all U.S. smartphone customers.
For the quarter, Android’s market share rose to 47.3 percent, according to ComScore, [...]

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Nokia profits dive as new phones slow to take off

Posted on February 3, 2012 by buxplode

A text message of the Q4 Nokia results is seen on the screen of an early Nokia mobile phone in this photo illustration taken in Paris January 26, 2012.
Credit: Reuters/Mal Langsdon
HELSINKI (Reuters) – Nokia Oyj reported a 73 percent [...]

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SciTechTalk: Smartphone keyboards bring hands-on debate

Posted on February 1, 2012 by buxplode

As modern smartphones begin to look more alike, there is one user preference difference that has kept phone design firmly in two camps: the keyboard — virtual or physical.
All smartphones offer a virtual keyboard that pops up on screen for [...]

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Android screen chaos: A feature, not a bug

Posted on February 1, 2012 by buxplode

Phones come in many sizes, and Android (on the two Nexus models here) is designed to span the range.
(Credit:phone-size.com)
One of the pesky fragmentation issuesAndroid programmers must worry about is different screen sizes.
With resolution changing from one phone to another, programmers [...]

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Pantech Burst: First Look at an Inexpensive LTE Android Phone

Posted on January 28, 2012 by buxplode

I got a quick look at the Pantech Burst shortly after it was announced at the AT&T Developer Summit keynote. the 4G LTE-capable Pantech Burst will cost $49 with a two-year contract; when bundled with the Pantech Element Honeycomb tablet [...]

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LinkedIn IPO to be priced, called “LNKD”

Posted on January 27, 2012 by buxplode

The professional social network LinkedIn is expected to be priced today in its highly-anticipated IPO. on the new York Stock Exchange (NYSE), LinkedIn will be known as “LNKD”.
According to Forbes, LinkedIn’s financial team has raised the asking price from $42/share [...]

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Tethering: A Quirky Conundrum

Posted on January 23, 2012 by buxplode

It’s a weird thing, a service that’s either free or $50. but the way today’s wireless customers are expected to pay for data plans today, that’s how it stands for anyone who wants to use their phone to connect a [...]

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LG Prada Phone 3.0 Coming To T-Mobile

Posted on January 22, 2012 by buxplode

The LG Prada Phone 3.0 has been added to T-Mobile’s coming soon page and is due to launch at the start of next month.
We already knew that the luxury mobile would be stocked by Phones 4U, but we’re grateful you’ll [...]

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