Cell Phones Watch

iPhone 5 rumors for the week ending May 18

phonefreak — Fri, 18 May 2012 19:59:14 +0000

Perhaps the Next iPhone won't be called iPhone 5 but the Zombie iPhone, in honor of the new spate of rumors that the late Steve Jobs is still with us in a sense, as the chief designer of the upcoming handset.

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John Dvorak's Second Opinion: Keeping

phonefreak — Fri, 18 May 2012 19:12:18 +0000

Making the new iPhone “Steve’s last phone” will surely create a huge seller, despite the fact that the screen will be too small for the changing market, writes John C. Dvorak.

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Google (Lack of) Support Hampers Android,

phonefreak — Fri, 18 May 2012 18:47:27 +0000

Adoption of Android tablets and smartphones in business is "severely limited" because of the complexities of managing the various Android models, a Gartner report asserts.

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Sacto 911: Man arrested on suspicion of snatching

phonefreak — Fri, 18 May 2012 17:50:36 +0000

A woman standing near a market in Oak Park had her cell phone snatched from her hand — but police were later able to recover it.

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Cell phone of slain bride's husband tracked

phonefreak — Fri, 18 May 2012 17:01:57 +0000

The FBI has tracked the cell phone of a Burbank, Ill., man suspected of killing his new bride to the Texas-Mexico border.

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Android in enterprises 'severely limited'

phonefreak — Fri, 18 May 2012 16:25:42 +0000

Computerworld – Adoption of Android tablets and smartphones in large businesses has been "severely limited" because of the complexities of managing the various Android models and versions, market research firm Gartner said in an evaluation of 20 mobile device management (MDM) software vendors released Friday.

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Samsung Focus 2 Review – the first LTE Windows

phonefreak — Fri, 18 May 2012 14:50:35 +0000

The Samsung Focus 2 is the successor to 2010's Focus and is the first Samsung Windows Phone smartphone with 4G LTE support. Is that enough to make the Focus 2 a winner? Read the full story here.

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Developers, busy with Ice Cream Sandwich,

phonefreak — Fri, 18 May 2012 14:47:03 +0000

Android developers at this week's AnDevCon developer conference were too busy dealing with current releases like Android 4 "Ice Cream Sandwich" to stall their development efforts for yet another OS upgrade. "You have to deal with what's available now," said Chris Morris, a developer for the Weather Channel

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As Nokia burns through cash, analysts worry

phonefreak — Fri, 18 May 2012 14:34:42 +0000

A poll of analysts conducted by Reuters reveals that they're concerned Nokia will cut through nearly 2 billion euros of cash in just three quarters, putting strain on its reserves.

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Are Android Tablets Dead?

phonefreak — Fri, 18 May 2012 14:31:06 +0000

First quarter numbers from IDC showed that Android tablet shipments declined in Q1-12 from Q4-11, while cruised ahead, reasserting dominance of the tablet market. Looking a bit deeper, we see that Amazon?s Kindle Fire tablet, a deviation from Android, is becoming dominant, and all the tablets from , Moto/, and other mainstream CE and PC …

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