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Where now for Microsoft and Windows Phone? – Forbes
TIME Where now for Microsoft and Windows Phone?ForbesApple have had a historic quarter, Android devices have the lions share of the market, so where now for Windows Phone? Let's be honest here, Microsoft will not go gently into the good night of the smartphone wars. Windows Phone is going to get a lot of... »
Sprint Launches Rugged Kyocera DuraPlus Phone With Direct Connect
The rugged Kyocera DuraPlus mobile phone on Sprint’s network can survive in a meter of water and features Direct Connect push-to-talk connectivity. – Sprint and Kyocera Communications have unveiled the rugged Kyocera DuraPlus mobile phone to withstand the extreme conditions of military, public safety, construction and utility work. The DuraPlus is one of the... »
Nokia, with Samsung Right Behind, Still Leads Global Phone Market
Nokia led the overall phone market during the fourth quart and all of 2011. Apple leapt ahead of LG for third place, while number-two Samsung was on Nokia’s heels. – Apple topped the smartphone market during the fourth quarter of 2011, but add in features phones and it’s Nokia that, despite falling shares, is... »
Verizon LG Spectrum Gingerbread Phone Sports Eye-Catching HD Touch screen
Verizon Wireless Jan. 19 began selling its first new significant Android smartphone of 2012, the pretty LG Spectrum, which costs $199.99 on contract. LG hasn’t pumped out many smartphones in the U.S., but this Android 2.3 Gingerbread handset is a beauty, boasting a 4.5-inch True HD IPS (in-plane switching) 16.7M Color TFT touch screen... »
iPhone thieves find Apple support helpful to them, too – Reuters
Globe and Mail iPhone thieves find Apple support helpful to them, tooReutersBy Mitch Lipka (Reuters) – When Apple Inc (AAPL.O) set up its customer service plan for the iPhone, it seems to have had the best intentions of humanity in mind — any phone under warranty can get serviced because it's the phone that's... »
Microsoft’s Windows Phone Beats iOS by 2015: Analyst
Microsoft’s Windows Phone will beat iOS in the smartphone market by 2015, coming in second to Google Android, according to a new analyst report. – Microsoft could seize second place in the smartphone operating-system market by 2015, largely on the strength of Nokias Windows Phone line, according to a new report by IHS. Nokia... »
Italy Looks Into Captain’s Phone Calls – Wall Street Journal
Wall Street Journal Italy Looks Into Captain's Phone CallsWall Street JournalBy STACY MEICHTRY A view taken from a ferry boat shows an officer looking at the cruise liner Costa Concordia aground in front of Giglio island. ROME—An Italian investigation into the shipwreck of the Costa Concordia is looking into phone calls between …Costa Concordia's... »
Nokia’s Lumia 710 Wal-Mart Price Cut Not a Sign of Trouble
NEWS ANALYSIS: Price cuts to Nokia’s Lumia 710 at Wal-Mart aren’t a sign of more systemic trouble for the Finnish phone makers Windows Phone strategy. – What price a Nokia Windows Phone? Days after Nokias Lumia 710 arrived on store shelves, big-box retailer Wal-Mart began offering the midrange smartphone for free with a two-year... »
Microsoft’s Windows 8 Includes Tablet Hardware Requirements
Microsoft’s Windows 8 will require certain minimum hardware on tablets, according to a recently released document. – Microsofts Windows Phone came with a fairly strict set of hardware requirements for the devices, tied to a straightforward goal: Establish a consistent user experience across multiple manufacturers offerings. The companys next big mobile effort, Windows 8... »
As French Vote Nears, Sarkozy Is Haunted by Grim Economy – New York Times
Telegraph.co.uk As French Vote Nears, Sarkozy Is Haunted by Grim EconomyNew York TimesPARIS — Hakim Benselama, 32, an industrial engineer, nearly had a job in the autumn of 2008, but as the world economic crisis hit, he said, “I got phone call after phone call telling me that the projects I had interviewed for... »