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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: smartphones

smartphones stories: 86 news summaries

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Robot-Man Behind Google Phone

Engineer Andy Rubin: Gadget fanatic, longtime smartphone innovator

Nov 4, 07 11:33 AM CST
(Newser) - The man behind the Google Phone is gadget guru Andy Rubin, a robotics fanatic whose love of cutting-edge toys puts him at odds with the Google anti-conspicuous-consumption ethos. A Times profile finds Rubin at home in a palace of technology, with a retinal scanner at the door and a robotic... More »

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Google • iPhone • Google phone • smartphones • Andy Rubin • gadget

BlackBerry To Grow in China

RIM takes smartphone into untapped market

Oct 24, 07 11:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - BlackBerry developer Research in Motion is pushing its smartphone into the huge Chinese market for personal communications devices, with major multinationals its first market target. Reuters reports RIM's Chinese partner, China Mobile, already has a two-thirds market share, but the Blackberry is expected to face tough opposition from a low-cost... More »

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China • wireless • Jim Balsillie • BlackBerry • smartphones • RIM • Research in Motion • China Mobile • RedBerry • Alcatel Lucent

Apple to Firms: It's OK to Write iPhone Software

After update uproar, specific developers may get access to platform

Oct 5, 07 5:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Having roused the ire of iPhone third-party software developers and users when its software update 1.1.1 permanently deactivated modified handsets, Apple is now corralling a groups of developers under strict confidentiality who may be given free reign to develop native apps for the iPhone, Fortune reports. More »

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iPhone • Apple • smartphones • Sidekick • T-Mobile

Google Phone Rumors Build

Consumers would trade free minutes for targeted advertising

Sep 29, 07 7:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Consumers may soon be able to trade free phone calls for targeted advertising, if Google gets its way. Industry experts speculate that the tech giant is quietly developing plans to market cell phones with an ad-based service in exchange for free minutes, BusinessWeek reports. The big wireless carriers, while privately... More »

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Google • cell phones • Verizon • AT and T • Sprint Nextel • advertisements • phone service • smartphones • Virgin Mobile

Smartphones Flunk IQ Test

Joe Nocera concludes that packing in features is making many phones dysfunctional

Sep 8, 07 9:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - In a New York Times piece sure to resonate with frustrated smartphone owners everywhere, Joe Nocera unspools a Treo horror story that runs the gamut from weird, intermittent glitches to a lethal software upgrade. After turning in his moribund phone for a new one, and finding the replacement  as balky... More »

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cell phones • Treo • smartphones • telephone

iPhone Rings High Note
for Apple

Smartphone may surpass hype,
drive stock up to $160

Jun 7, 07 4:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - With buzz over Apple's new iPhone vibrating on high, investors are betting that Apple's stock—which has doubled in the past year to $122 per share—will climb to upwards of $160. The iPhone hits stores June 29, and is set to achieve Apple's once far-fetched goal of selling 10... More »

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stock market • iPhone • Apple • mac • stocks • iPod • buzz • BlackBerry • smartphones • gadget

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