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Commentary

Ubuntu For Phones: Beautiful, Elegant, Doomed

January 03, 2013 08:30 AM
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How good could an UbuntuPhone really be? It can't possibly be unique enough and have enough of a value proposition to break into a market that's... Read More >>

News

Battery Life Boost Coming From New Antenna Tech

December 31, 2012 08:30 AM
The amplifier for the data transmission on a mobile phone's antenna is the device's biggest power guzzler, wasting up to 65 percent of its juice... Read More >>

Category: Smartphones
Commentary

QWERTY Keyboards Are Here To Stay

December 12, 2012 09:15 AM
Alternative keyboards are voodoo ergonomics. If the keyboard is going to be killed by anything, it'll be by the one holy grail of user interfaces:... Read More >>

Category: Desktop PCs
Commentary

T-Mobile Ending Phone Subsidies: A Victory For Transparency

December 07, 2012 08:40 AM
The traditional subsidized phone contract that has made mobile phones seem more affordable is in fact a convoluted scheme to maximize carrier... Read More >>

Category: Smartphones
Reviews

Skype For Android 3.0 Excels At Voice, Transfers

November 21, 2012 08:02 AM
Skype for Android 3.0 improves voice quality and adds new tablet-specific features -- but requires the latest hardware and Android platform for... Read More >>

Reviews

Dazzling Screen In Supersized HTC Droid DNA

November 16, 2012 09:00 AM
HTC's Droid DNA for Verizon doesn't have much in the way of business-oriented features and might be too big for some hands, but it's powerful,... Read More >>

Category: Smartphones
News

HTC Droid DNA Boast: 'Most Advanced Smart Phone'

November 13, 2012 02:02 PM
Citing its high-end hardware, HTC says its new Droid DNA is the most advanced smart phone to hit the market yet, and the "ultimate" Droid. Read More >>

Category: Smartphones
News

CEA: Tablets And Smartphones Still King In 2013

November 13, 2012 08:32 AM
As the markets for smart phones and tablets have grown, the markets for other consumer electronics products, such as dedicated GPS and... Read More >>

Commentary

Mobile Office: Partial Functionality Not Enough

November 08, 2012 08:31 AM
The rumors are hot again that Microsoft will release an Office version for the iPad and iPhone, but all indications are that it will be little... Read More >>

Briefs

Verizon Wireless Waives Billing For Some Sandy Victims

November 07, 2012 04:17 PM
Verizon says customers in parts of New York and New Jersey -- those affected by Hurricane Sandy -- won't be billed for domestic voice or text... Read More >>

Commentary

Crapware Lives On Windows 8

November 02, 2012 09:02 AM
Windows 8 is a clean slate in many ways. But one scourge that is not gone is crapware, a.k.a. bloatware, junkware, trialware, and stupid games... Read More >>

Category: Operating systems
News

Google Announces Android 4.2, New Nexus Tablets, Phone

October 29, 2012 01:10 PM
The new Nexus 4 phone and Nexus 7 and Nexus 10 tablets keep the competition fierce in the tablet world. Google claims the Nexus 10 tablet has "the... Read More >>

Reviews

FreedomPop: 4G Data For Free, If You're Careful

October 25, 2012 09:00 AM
FreedomPop offers free -- yes, free -- 4G cellular data on the Sprint / Clearwire network. It can be a great deal, but you have to buy some... Read More >>

Commentary

iPad Mini: Apple Could Have Done More

October 24, 2012 02:08 PM
It's Just A Smaller iPad. Yes, the components in Apple's devices keep getting better and faster, but they haven't really done anything bold and... Read More >>

Category: Tablets
Reviews

Cloud-Integrated WinZip Disappoints

October 19, 2012 01:04 PM
The latest version of WinZip tries to make the case for spending money on an archiving utility by expanding its reach into cloud services Dropbox,... Read More >>

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