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Free Cellular Data From Karma, Where Available

Comments | Max Cherney, BYTE | April 02, 2013 12:00 PM
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If you're lucky to be where they have signal then Karma, an $80 LTE hotspot, is a great deal. Karma provides free LTE hotspot bandwidth on the Clearwire network. Bandwidth costs $14/GB and you can earn 100MB by signing up friends. Read More >>

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Dell Latitude 10-ST2 Windows 8 Pro Tablet: the Good and the Bad

Comments | Chris Spera, BYTE | April 01, 2013 11:50 AM
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The Dell Latitude 10-ST2 is billed as a full Windows 8 Pro tablet and Microsoft Surface Pro competitor. Like Windows 8 itself, the product isn't completely baked yet. Read More >>

Category: Tablets
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iPad nano Fills Micro-Tablet Niche For Apple

Comments | Larry Seltzer, BYTE | April 01, 2013 05:00 AM
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Formerly known as the "iPod Touch" Apple is recasting this product as an affordable, easy-to-handle micro tablet. "It's the best 4-inch iPad we've ever made!" says Apple's Phil Schiller. Read More >>

Commentary

Gmail Users Cut Off in Windows 8

Comments | Larry Seltzer, BYTE | March 29, 2013 07:45 AM
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The new Calendar and Contacts apps in Windows 8 will not synchronize with Google at all, and Google email is limited to IMAP from now on. Google users will probably have to use the browser versions because Google has no plans to write Windows 8 apps. Read More >>

Commentary

Windows Blue's Got Me Down

Comments | Chris Spera, BYTE | March 28, 2013 01:33 PM
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Microsoft has allowed that something called "Windows Blue" exists. Too bad the company seems hell-bent on taking Windows in the wrong direction. Read More >>

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BlackBerry Balance - The Real Reason To Buy It

Comments | Larry Seltzer, BYTE | March 27, 2013 10:45 AM
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The BlackBerry Z10 is a good phone, but it doesn't get really cool until you use it as both your work and personal phone. BlackBerry 10 has a series of features the company calls "BlackBerry Balance," to make both roles work well and to protect each from the other. Read More >>

Category: Smartphones
Commentary

Windows Blue/9: No Desktop? No Way!

Comments | Larry Seltzer, BYTE | March 25, 2013 11:03 AM
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A leak of an allegedly major revision of Windows 8 hit the web last week. Microsoft's focus seems to be on developing the Metro interface, but will they ever actually remove the desktop? Absurd!The desktop is a major strength of Windows! Read More >>

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BlackBerry Q10 - Feel the Keyboard

Comments | Larry Seltzer, BYTE | March 25, 2013 08:45 AM
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Next up for BlackBerry is the Q10. It has a smaller screen than the now-available Z10, but also has the hard keyboard that made BlackBerry famous. Here we have a short video demo of the Q10 and its differences from the Z10 Read More >>

Category: Smartphones
Commentary

AT&T’s New Data Plans Dissected

Comments | Serdar Yegulalp, BYTE | March 21, 2013 09:00 AM
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Unlocked Android Smartphones Will Free Consumers

Comments | George Ou, BYTE | March 20, 2013 10:00 AM
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Look Out Below! Here Come Smartphone Prices! Locked iPhones and Samsung Galaxy phones can only be successful in the market at their current prices when subsidized by carriers. Low-cost unlocked Android phones from Google and smaller companies like Blu Products will break that model. Read More >>

Category: Smartphones
Commentary

Samsung Galaxy S4 - Peak Smartphone?

Comments | Serdar Yegulalp, BYTE | March 20, 2013 08:00 AM
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It’s not about this smartphone or that. Most of the really inventive things we do with our devices come from software added either by the phone markers, users or by the value provided through network-based services. Read More >>

News

Mac as a Tablet?

Comments | Max Cherney, BYTE | March 19, 2013 08:48 AM
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The Modbook Pro transforms the MacBook Pro into a device that mimics a tablet, without a touch screen. Read More >>

Category: Tablets
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Samsung? BlackBerry? Who Will Win the Containerization Wars?

Comments | Larry Seltzer, BYTE | March 19, 2013 07:30 AM
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Mobile Application Management vendors all perform containerization, wrapping apps in a security management layer of code. 3rd parties like Box that distribute lots of apps would want to be able to distribute a wrapped version in the app stores, but every MAM vendor uses a different wrapper. Will one win out? Is there a role for standards? Read More >>

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BlackBerry Z10 Hands-On: First Impressions

Comments | Larry Seltzer, BYTE | March 18, 2013 09:00 AM
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BlackBerry 10 — not just the phones, but the BlackBerry Enterprise Server 10 software — will make or break the former smartphone giant. BYTE obtained an BlackBerry Z10 for evaluation. We haven't yet tested the most interesting enterprise features, but some features of the phone, especially the predictive soft keyboard, have already won us over. Read More >>

Category: Smartphones
News

AT&T 4G Takes First Place in Speed Tests

Comments | Esther Shein, BYTE | March 15, 2013 08:15 AM
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Verizon's LTE network is available in more markets and has a better reliability rate, however, according to findings by independent analytics firm Root Metrics. Read More >>

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