HTC Seeks To Reverse Sliding Smartphone Sales

HTC Seeks To Reverse Sliding Smartphone Sales
CIO Today
The worst might still be ahead for Taiwan's HTC. The first company to make Android-based smartphones, HTC is struggling to halt a slide in sales amid Apple and Samsung's market domination. HTC's unfamiliarity with Western markets puts it at a...

CIO Today

Nokia announces Lumia 822 Windows smartphone
USA TODAY
2012 - Ahead of Microsoft's smartphone event later today, Nokia has announced the Nokia Lumia 822 Windows Phone 8 smartphone on Verizon. The phone has ... The first phones from Nokia,Samsung and HTC are expected to hit store shelves next month.

Prediction: Google will sell Android to Samsung
Unwired View
Android is a failure. Yes, I know it's the most popular – used – smartphone OS on the market right now. Does not matter. It's a loser because, ultimately, Android is a business. Or at the very least, a business strategy. In both cases, it has failed ...

iPad 4 vs iPad Mini vs iPad 2: Which Apple iOS Tablet Should You Buy?
PC-Tablet
Apple quietly discontinued iPad 3 online and kept iPad 2, so customers are now left with three tablet options – iPad 2, iPad Mini and iPad 4. At first glance, all iPads looks like smaller and larger version of each other and boasts same Operating ...

ZTE Quietly Grabs Larger Chunk of Smartphone Market
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Samsung Electronics Co. and Apple Inc. have seen their share of the world-wide smartphone market expand over the past year at the expense of struggling handset makers like Nokia Corp. and HTC Corp. But there is another smartphone maker that has also ...

Nokia Launches Verizon Smartphone
Wall Street Journal
Competitors including HTC Corp., Samsung Electronics Co. and Huawei Technologies, have also announced that they will sell devices running the new Windows Phone 8 software. AT&T earlier this month said it will sell the Lumia 920 flagship device in the ...

Microsoft bets on Windows Phone 8 to regain foothold in smartphone market
The Seattle Times
"Within a few days of each other, Microsoft is launching a new tablet platform, a new PC platform, a new phone platform," said Michael Gartenberg, an analyst with research firm Gartner. "We're ... "All four large U.S. carriers, especially Verizon ...

Samsung Galaxy Note II is fun to use with S Pen and big screen
Examiner.com
That's approaching tablet size. It dwarfs the 3.5 inch screen of the old iPhones 3 and 4. Galaxy Note II is about halfway between the size of the old iPhones and the newiPad Mini. It's also noticeably larger than the screen of the last big Samsung ...

Examiner.com

Google Unveils New Android Nexus Hardware - Mike Isaac - Mobile ...
By Mike Isaac
Google pulled back the curtain on a suite of new Android products on Monday morning, showing off a new smartphone and tablets. ... Among the new features are gesture-based typing (like that you've seen in the “Swype” feature running on some Samsung Android tablets), streaming-media sharing between mobile devices and HDTVs, and a mode called “daydream,” which shows ... There's also theNexus 10, a Samsung-manufactured larger tablet aimed at the media-hungry market.
AllThingsD

Google's First 10-Inch Android Tablet Caught On ... - Business Insider
By Steve Kovach
That hasn't stopped the leaks though. BriefMobile posted a brief clip of Google's upcoming 10-inchNexus tablet, which was made by Samsung. The tablet is said to have a higher resolution than theiPad's Retina display. Google tells us it's still ...
Business Insider

Nexus 4 official: Android 4.2, Snapdragon S4 Pro, 4.7-inch 1280 x ...
By Darren Murph
Zip around the web, experience rich 3D graphics and gameplay, and effortlessly switch between multiple apps without ever missing a beat. With 2GB of RAM and the fastest version of Android ever,Nexus 4 is the snappi-est Nexus smartphone ...
Engadget

Nexus 4 and Android 4.2 Get the Hands-on Treatment in New Video
By Nick Summers
nexus 4. The much anticipated LG Nexus 4 smartphone has been shown off in a video uploaded to YouTube. Throughout the video the user, 3Sverige, is happy to show off the device from almost every angle, revealing a glossy black and chrome colour scheme and a slightly ... At the moment it is unclear whether the event will be rescheduled, although we expected to see a 32GB version of theNexus 7 (as well as a version with HSPA+ [3G] support), along with a new 10 inch tablet.
The Next Web

The LG Nexus 4 Gets Official: 4.7″ Screen, 8 Or 16GB of Storage ...
By Darrell Etherington
Google finally introduced its latest Nexus Android reference phone to the world (meaning the device that gets major OS updates first, and the one that's..
TechCrunch

FreedomPop Launches Market-Disruptive 4G iPod touch Sleeve, Transforming ...
Sacramento Bee
"Until today, the iPod touch has been a Wi-Fi only device. As of today, consumers can ...FreedomPop's initial free high speed wireless internet service runs on Clearwire's 4G network and is scheduled to expand on Sprint's 4G LTE network in 2013. For ...

Review: Livescribe's Smartpen Gets Wi-Fi, Embraces Evernote
TIME
It's introducing a new flagship model, the Sky, and the major improvement to the hardware is that the pen now incorporates built-in wi-fi, eliminating the need to do transfers via USB. The Sky also introduces a software change which is just as ...

TIME

Shipments for all iPad Minis with Wi-Fi pushed back 2 weeks
CNET
The Wi-Fi only model, which starts at $329, will launch Friday. Apple plans to ship an iPad Mini withLTE service toward the end of November. It had been rumored that the iPad Mini with LTE would be available two weeks after the Wi-Fi-only model, but ...

Google Defends Leaving LTE Out Of The Nexus 4: None Of Its Excuses Are ...
TechCrunch
Reading through the Nexus 4′s spec list is like checking boxes on a list of what's required for a smartphone to be competitive, until you hit its wireless connectivity standards, and find that LTE is missing, with only HSPA+ speeds supported. What's ...

Smartphone Powerhouses, Exclusive Gaming Experiences and Unlimited ...
DailyFinance
BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Continuing to deliver on choice, value and amazing 4Gexperiences this holiday, T-Mobile USA, Inc. today unveiled its full lineup of smartphones, tablets and innovative services for the upcoming season. Featuring ...

Digital Divide Set to Grow with Misfired Broadband Strategy
Business Insider
If there's one thing we know, it's that people want the fastest broadband speeds they can get. For some lucky businesses in Kansas City, whom Google recently gifted with superfast broadband, this means connecting to the internet with speeds up to 100 ...
Internet a growing source for campaign news, study finds
State Journal
As technology becomes more widely available, the way voters gather information about candidates has changed, even since the last presidential election. According to Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism, more people are watching ...

There's A Huge Plan In The Works To Give The UN Control Of The Internet
Business Insider
When delegates gather in Dubai in December for an obscure UN agency meeting, fighting is expected to be intense over proposals to rewrite global telecom rules to effectively give the United Nations control over the Internet. Russia, China and other ...

4G World 2012 Showcases Exhibitor Announcements
Sacramento Bee
Agilent Technologies (Booth #322) will demonstrate its newest LTE and WLAN test and measurement solutions, which cover the global technology and applications ecosystem for next-generation mobile broadband networks. Berkeley Varitronics ... 4G World is ...

FreedomPop ships its 4G-enabling iPod touch case, lets us nearly ...
By Jon Fingas
"Until today, the iPod touch has been a Wi-Fi only device. As of today, consumers can now receive fast and free Internet for their iPod on-the-go," said Mauricio Sastre, Vice President Product, FreedomPop. "By leveraging a VoIP app such as ...
Engadget

iPad Mini Wi-Fi Preorders Sold Out - John Paczkowski - Mobile ...
By John Paczkowski
Order a Wi-Fi-only model now, and it won't ship for another two weeks. No word yet on just how many iPad minis Apple has sold, though we'll likely hear something from the company after the device becomes available for purchase at its retail ...
AllThingsD

Logitech Broadcaster Wi-Fi Webcam test drive | TUAW - The ...
By Steven Sande
... and power button on the back. On the bottom is a hemispherical bump for placing the camera on its stand (more about that in a minute), and on the top is a large round capture button, a Wi-Fi signal strength indicator, and a battery level indicator. ... In fact, once you've set up the Broadcaster to work with Ustream, you don't even need to use a Mac or iOS device to stream your video (assuming you're still in range of the configured WiFi network). Just turn on the camera and press the ...
TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

How Will Hurricane Sandy Affect The Internet? [VIDEO]
By Neha Prakash
Hurricane Sandy is threatening the Eastern Seaboard, and meteorologists are predicting no mercy from the Category 1 storm's rain and winds. Apart from the water and wind damage, hurricanes have a history of knocking out the tech that ...
Mashable!

Philips Hue First Impressions: Wi-Fi Lighting Plus Fun
By Brent Rose
Philips Hue First Impressions: Wi-Fi Lighting Plus Fun So, remember when we said bulbs with wireless radios are the future of lighting? We weren't lying. Philips just upped the ante by making bulbs that can not only cast four gorgeous shades ...
Gizmodo

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