[Thu, 2 Sep 2010 13:39:01 GMT]
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As of today, BlackBerry owners can download the Starbucks mobile app ? just like those snooty iPhone owners.
India added Google and Skype to its electronic security crackdown on Wednesday and began accessing some of the traffic carried on its initial target, Research In Motion's BlackBerry.
Indian authorities are scheduled to meet Monday evening to decide whether to ban some BlackBerry services in India, one day ahead of a government-imposed deadline for the device's maker Research In Motion Ltd. to give security agencies access to encrypted data.
Samsung sold more than one million Galaxy S Android smart phones in the U.S., the company announced. In a month and a half, the combined sales of T-Mobile Vibrant and AT&T Captivate topped one million, in a boon for Google Android's fight for supremacy against Apple's iPhone.
While it may seem obvious that the true cost of your smart phone is its sticker price plus service, it pays to sit down, read the fine print, and calculate it out. You may be surprised how much you can save ? or end up in the hole.
Microsoft is rapidly developing Windows Phone 7, a smart phone platform to compete with iPhone, Android and BlackBerry. The launch will probably cost the company at least a billion dollars. But is that enough? Let's look at what a billion really means in the wireless business.
Dell said Tuesday its Aero smart phone is now on sale in the U.S. for $99 with a two-year AT&T contract.
The seemingly recession-proof smart phone is suffering from a side effect of the rough economy: Manufacturers simply can't build enough of the gadgets because chip-makers that rolled back production last year are now scrambling to play catch-up.
Bank of America, the largest U.S. consumer bank, and Visa, the world's largest payment processor, plan to begin a test program next month that lets customers use smart phones to pay for purchases in stores.
The more phones that hit the market using Google's Android operating software, the harder it is for each offering to stand out from the black-and-silver crowd. Samsung's Galaxy S line of phones do.
Udoay Ghosh sat sipping coffee before an early morning flight from Dubai International Airport, looking with affection at his two ? yes, two ? BlackBerry smart phones laid out in front of him.