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Could soon-to-be-obsolete Windows Phone 7 build mobile market share for Nokia and Microsoft?

Susan Wilson — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 23:15:55 +0000

According to one analyst, if Microsoft is really going to be able to make inroads in the huge leads that Apple and Google [..]

This summer Verizon is upgrading four phones to global phones

Susan Wilson — Tue, 22 May 2012 03:04:05 +0000

Verizon has acknowledged that four of its current model phones will be upgraded to global phones sometime this summer. Three Motorola phones, the Droid RAZR, RAZR [..]

Use your multicore Android phone for your Ubuntu computer

Susan Wilson — Fri, 04 May 2012 18:40:43 +0000

You could use your current dual or quad core Android phone or any old multicore Android phone as an Ubuntu Linux computer. All you need is a [..]

Google wants chunk of iPhone takings

John Lister — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:21:01 +0000

Google has made it clear that if and when it completes a takeover of Motorola, it will continue to make the same demands on patent licensing that the phone company has previously made. That includes taking 2.25 percent of the revenue on sales of [..]

iPhone sales ban a mere blip

John Lister — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:03:37 +0000

Motorola has just had one of the least overwhelming victories in the smartphone patent wars. It successfully enforced an injunction to ban multiple Apple devices from sale inGermanythis morning, only to see Apple get the injunction put on hold within a few hours.

A [..]

CES smartphone news roundup

John Lister — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:46:37 +0000

Although the Consumer Electronics Show is not traditionally the place for new smartphone announcement, this year’s event saw several manufacturers revealing what’s in the works. Here are some of the main stories from the Las Vegas Event.

Quad-core handsets are on [..]

Verizon confirms 4 LTE handsets

John Lister — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 18:32:40 +0000

Understandably most of the recent attention towards Verizon has been centered on it finally getting its hands on the iPhone. But while it’s being playing catch-up regarding Apple, the network has also taken a step towards the future with four manufacturers announcing LTE phones.

While [..]

Android phones dominate Consumer Electronics Show

John Lister — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 17:07:36 +0000

If hype is anything to go by, Android will dominate 2011. Announcements this week include a phone that borrows from TVs and digital cameras, a phone that turns into a laptop, and the “slimmest smartphone ever.”

In theory the Mobile World Congress held in Barcelona [..]

Verizon bringing Android phones, tablets to LTE

John Lister — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 17:43:21 +0000

Verizon has confirmed a Motorola smartphone will be among the first devices launched on its high-speed LTE service next year. It’s also strongly hinted that there will be Android handsets on the network, with other rumors pointing to LTE tablets as well.

LTE, [..]

Apple patent lawyers give two-fingered salute

John Lister — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 15:18:46 +0000

It’s hardly shocking news that mobile company A is suing mobile company B over alleged patent violation. But surprisingly it appears Apple’s new suits against Motorola is the first time Apple has gone to court over patents that explicitly cover [..]