Owners of the Motorola Droid, the original Verizon Wireless Android smartphone, will start to see the Android 2.2 update on devices next week. Verizon Wireless has confirmed that FroYo will start rolling out to the Droid after the weekend. ...
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According to sources cited by the Wall Street Journal, Nokia Siemens Networks is talking to buy-out firms in hopes of securing a minimum of $1 billion in cash. The company has been in talks with a handful of firms, ...
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Documents recently published on the Bluetooth Special Interest Group web site confirm some details about an unannounced handset from Samsung. The SGH-i917 Cetus will run Windows Phone 7, and is among the first handsets confirmed to have the unreleased ...
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RadioShack has announced plans to expand its mobile phone retail footprint by installing kiosks inside Target stores. The kiosks will be branded "Bullseye Mobile" and won't be identified with RadioShack. The kiosks will be installed in most of Target's ...
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ZTE today announced that it has licensed Nuance Communication's T9 predictive text entry software for use in its handset portfolio. ZTE said it will make use of T9, XT9, T9 Write and T9 Trace, all of which help speed ...
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The FCC has approved a phone identified as the Samsung R900, which has LTE capabilities using the 1700 / 1900 radio bands. As PhoneScoop reported this past March from the CTIA show, MetroPCS has already announced plans to launch ...
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Sprint has announced that its first WiMAX handset, the HTC Evo 4G, will also be the first carrier offering to push Android 2.2, or FroYo, to owners. Starting next Tuesday, August 3, Evo 4G owners will begin to receive ...
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This minor update to the Intensity sports a better display, but is otherwise similar. This affordable CDMA messaging phone sports a standard bar design plus a slide-out QWERTY text keyboard. Key features include 1.3-megapixel still camera, memory card slot, music player, and stereo Bluetooth.

Research In Motion today began distributing BlackBerry App World 2.0 to registered testers in its BlackBerry Beta Zone program. Beta Zone members can expect to receive an email from RIM with a link to the application. BlackBerry App World ...
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This Symbian smartphone is similar to the N97, with a large touch screen, slide-out keyboard 5-megapixel camera, 3G data, WiFi, and GPS navigation.

Verizon Wireless and Samsung today announced the availability of the Intensity II, a sideways slider messaging device with full QWERTY keyboard. The Intensity II features a 2.2-inch display, 1.3 megapixel camera with video capture and infrared night vision, stereo ...
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This Symbian smartphone is very similar to the popular E71-E73 series, with a simple slab design and QWERTY keyboard. Key features include 3G data, 5-megapixel camera, 3.5mm audio jack, GPS, Wi-Fi, and a memory card slot.

Access today announced that it has joined the Open Handset Alliance and plans to further its support for the Android platform with new products and services. The company is the latest to join the dozens of companies supporting Google's ...
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This affordable messaging phone sports a QWERTY keyboard, WiFi data, 3.5mm audio jack, memory card slot, and 2-megapixel camera.

Motorola today announced that the City of San Francisco has selected it to build a Long Term Evolution network in the 700MHz band that will be used for the municipality's public safety agencies. The LTE network will cover portions ...
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Mobile security firm Lookout has exposed a wallpaper application available in the Android Market that collects personal information and sends it to a web site in China. The application, developed by Jackeey Wallpaper, snags data from users such as ...
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Best Buy and Clearwire today announced a new partnership whereby Best Buy can offering Clearwire's WiMax services as its own Best Buy Connect wireless broadband product. Starting in 2011, Best Buy will add a 4G option available to customers ...
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FCC documents have revealed a curious new EV-DO device from ZTE headed for Sprint. The Peel, as FCC photos suggest it will be called, seems to be a carriage sled for a tablet style device like the iPod touch. ...
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Boost Mobile today announced two new Motorola handsets, the Rambler and the Bali. Shared features include clamshell designs, 1.3 megapixel cameras with video capture, stereo Bluetooth, and support for microSD cards.Rambler: This flip phone has a full QWERTY keyboard ...
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Sharp fields its first phone for AT&T. The FX is a quick messaging device that carries forward Sharp's messaging phone lineage, though it's not the sharpest knife in the messaging phone drawer.
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