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Archive for October 21st, 2008

Google Releases Android Open-Source Code

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Google today released the open-source code which powers its Android mobile operating system.

The open-source code comes a day before the launch of the Android-based T-Mobile G1, Google’s challenge to the Apple iPhone.

The G1 offers many of the features of the iPhone and Research in Motion’s popular BlackBerry including a touch screen [...]

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Sprint to Join Rivals in Cutting Early Termination Fees

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Following its competitors, Sprint will soon begin reducing the fees customers face for canceling their cell phone service early.

CEO Dan Hesse said today that Sprint could start lowering the early termination fees as soon as December, once the company updates its billing software.

The fee of $200 or more is charged to consumers who cancel their [...]

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Apple Profits Up 26 Percent on iPhone Boom

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Apple today said its profit jumped 26 percent in the fourth quarter as the iPhone 3G outsold the market-leading BlackBerry from Research in Motion.

Cupertino, Calif.-based Apple’s profit beat expectations, but sales missed. Sales jumped 27 percent to $7.9 billion from $6.22 billion in the year-ago quarter. Analysts had expected the [...]

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Apple's profit up 26 percent on iPhone boom (AP)

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AP – Apple Inc. said its profit jumped 26 percent in its fiscal fourth quarter as the newest iPhone 3G outsold the market-leading BlackBerry from Research in Motion Ltd.

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AT&T Launches All-Bands Samsung Epix Smartphone (NewsFactor)

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NewsFactor – AT&T has just launched yet another trendy 3G smartphone with advanced touchscreen capabilities. Called the Samsung Epix, the new enterprise-class handset will be exclusively available in the United States through AT&T, just like Apple’s iPhone 3G.

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Samsung Epix Smartphone has Optical Mouse, Touch Screen

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AT&T today launched the Samsung Epix, a Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional smartphone with touch screen and new optical mouse technology.

The Epix is a sleek, silver finish handset equipped with a full QWERTY keyboard. It has multiple ways to navigate its large 2.5-inch touch screen. Located between the right and left soft keys, [...]

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Motorola Aura Luxury Phone Inspired by Swiss Watches

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Motorola today introduced the Aura, a handset with the first circular display inspired by luxury watches and fine handcrafted design.

The Aura has a Swiss-made main bearing and more than 200 parts. The round liquid-crystal display offers 16 million colors at 300 dpi resolution. It is capped with a Grade 1, 62-carat sapphire crystal lens, one [...]

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Samsung I7110 Symbian Smartphone with Pedestrian Navigator

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Samsung Electronics today announced the I7110, a slim smartphone based on S60 and Symbian OS.

The I7110 offers a 2.6-inch AMOLED (Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diode) screen and geo-tagging and navigation capabilities. With Pedestrian Navigator, the handset functions in pedestrian and driving modes in 10 cities such as Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Helsinki, London, Madrid, Milan, [...]

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Nokia 2228 Lightweight Phone has Flashing LED Indicator

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Nokia today announced its 2228 handset, a slender monoblock device that combines an ultra lightweight design with an LED indicator.

The 2228 has an integrated 1.3-megapixel camera and built-in media player. It comes with speaker dependent voice recognition, an integrated handsfree speaker and can be used as a modem to connect to a PC for Internet [...]

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Taliban orders mobile shutdown in Afghan province (Reuters)

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Reuters – Taliban insurgents said Tuesday they had told mobile phone operators to shut down their networks during the day in the Ghazni province, southwest of Kabul, saying signals help track insurgent fighters.

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