Archive for November 11th, 2009

Sprint Plans to Cut 2,500 Jobs

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Sprint, the third-largest U.S. carrier, said it plans to cut up to 2,500 jobs, or 6 percent of its work force, as part of an effort to slash annual expenses by at least $350 million.

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Chicago court OKs $10 refunds for ringtones, games (Reuters)

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Reuters – A settlement between mobile phone users and companies that charged them for downloaded ringtones and games they thought were free was approved by a court on Tuesday.

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Apple tops phone chart as Nokia, Samsung step up (Reuters)

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Reuters – The world‘s two largest cellphone makers, Nokia and Samsung Electronics, unveiled on Tuesday their latest rivals to the iPhone as Apple became the top profit generator in the handset industry.

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Nokia, Samsung step up smartphone battle (Reuters)

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Reuters – The world‘s two largest cell phone makers, Nokia and Samsung Electronics, have unveiled their latest attempts to keep pace in the battle with smartphone rivals like iPhone and Blackberry.

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Samsung Spotlights its Feature-Phone OS (PC Magazine)

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PC Magazine – Samsung appeared to announce a new mobile-phone OS today, but it didn’t really. Bada is an extension of Samsung‘s long-time, proprietary feature-phone OS, but it’s also open to developers.

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