72 percent of adults are text-messaging now
More American adults have taken to texting in the past year, but teens still take the crown when it comes to using their phones for text-messaging, with 87 percent of them doing so, a new study says.

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Text messaging - Mobile Computing - Wireless Data - Short Messaging Service - Network Specific
[Thu, 2 Sep 2010 13:39:01 GMT]
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Verizon to sell smart phones for prepaid service
Verizon Wireless on Thursday announced it's opening up access to smart phones for customers who prepay for service, such as people with poor credit and those who don't want to be tied down by long-term contracts.

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Verizon Wireless - Smartphone - Prepaid - Verizon - BlackBerry
[Thu, 2 Sep 2010 20:35:50 GMT]
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Google challenges Jobs over activation numbers
It seemed like a "mine is bigger than yours" kind of comment by Steve Jobs Wednesday, when he said that Apple is activating more mobile devices a day than Android because many of its activations are upgrades. Google says that's not so.

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Google - Steve Jobs - Apple - Android - Searching
[Thu, 2 Sep 2010 16:54:35 GMT]
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At last! Starbucks mobile app for BlackBerry

As of today, BlackBerry owners can download the Starbucks mobile app ? just like those snooty iPhone owners.As of today, BlackBerry owners can download the Starbucks mobile app ? just like those snooty iPhone owners.




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iPhone - BlackBerry - Smartphone - Handhelds - Starbucks
[Thu, 2 Sep 2010 15:19:20 GMT]
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Windows Phone 7 phones likely by holidays
Windows Phone 7 OS was released to manufacturers Thursday, meaning that it's ready to be baked into new phones and carrier networks.

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Windows Mobile - Windows Phone 7 - Communications - Windows Phone 7 OS - Shopping
[Thu, 2 Sep 2010 19:35:15 GMT]
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'Ping' social network for music announced by Apple
"Ping," a social network for Apple's iTunes Store music users was unveiled Wednesday by CEO Steve Jobs.

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Apple - Steve Jobs - iTunes - IPod Touch - iTunes Store
[Wed, 1 Sep 2010 17:47:21 GMT]
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India says will ask Google, Skype for data access
India on Wednesday launched a clampdown on major Internet communications firms, including Google and Skype, and began accessing some BlackBerry traffic in a campaign driven by security fears.

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Google - Skype - India - BlackBerry - Searching
[Wed, 1 Sep 2010 13:37:17 GMT]
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India to target Google and Skype for data access

The Google logo during a news conference at Google headquarters in Mountain View, January 5, 2010. REUTERS/Robert GalbraithIndia 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.




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India - BlackBerry - Research in Motion - Asia - Interior ministry
[Wed, 1 Sep 2010 20:13:59 GMT]
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Indian officials to meet to decide BlackBerry ban

A man chats on his mobile as he walks past the hoarding of BlackBerry mobile in Ahmadabad, India. 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.




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Research In Motion - India - Government - BlackBerry - Saudi Arabia
[Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:32:32 GMT]
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Samsung sells 1 million Galaxy S phones in U.S.

The Samsung Galaxy S has specs that place it among the top devices on the Android platform.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.




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Android - Apple - Smartphone - T-Mobile - iPhone
[Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:30:55 GMT]
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Beware the smart phone data plan con

A customer tries out the newly released Sprint HTC EVO 4G phone at a Sprint store in San Jose, Calif., last June. Because of steep data costs, it's important to look beyond the sticker price, and calculate the total two-year cost of ownership when buying any smart phone.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.




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Smartphone - Smartcards - Hardware - Telecommunications - Business
[Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:10:34 GMT]
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Microsoft's $1B smart phone bet? That's chump change

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.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.




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Microsoft - iPhone - Android - Smartphone - Handhelds
[Fri, 27 Aug 2010 22:34:32 GMT]
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India may extend deadline on BlackBerry security row
India may extend an August 31 deadline in its standoff with Research In Motion over access to Blackberry data, if the Canadian firm says it has a solution and asks for time, a government source said on Friday.

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India - BlackBerry - Smartphone - Research In Motion - Handhelds
[Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:23:37 GMT]
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Dell launches $100 smart phone in U.S. on AT&T

The Dell Aero uses an older version of Google's Android operating system than many competing phones on the market todayDell said Tuesday its Aero smart phone is now on sale in the U.S. for $99 with a two-year AT&T contract.




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AT&T - Dell - United States - Android - Dell Streak
[Tue, 24 Aug 2010 22:10:27 GMT]
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iPhone 'kill switch' would use voice, facial recognition
Apple patent proposal includes Big Brother-ish ways to detect those who jailbreak their iPhone, or hack into others' devices.

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iPhone - Apple - Jailbreak - IOS jailbreaking - Patent
[Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:10:12 GMT]
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Hot Android smart phones in short supply

HTC's Evo 4G is among the smart phones that are back-ordered because of the shortage of certain chips by manufacturers, who cut back on production last year.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.




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Smartphone - Manufacturing - IPhone - Apple - Shopping
[Fri, 20 Aug 2010 20:53:01 GMT]
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Bank of America, Visa to test cell phone payments

Paying bills via cell phone is "a critical capability given the increasing acceptance and adoption of bank services on the phone," said Laurie Readhead, Bank of America's head of electronic commerce.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.




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Visa - United States - Bank of America - Mobile phone - Business
[Thu, 19 Aug 2010 23:22:13 GMT]
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Review: Samsung Galaxy S phones have star power

From left, the Samsung Captivate, Samsung Epic 4G and the Samsung Vibrant phones, all different versions of Samsung's Galaxy S phones.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.




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Android - Samsung Group - Samsung i7500 - Samsung Galaxy - Galaxy S
[Wed, 18 Aug 2010 22:14:53 GMT]
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T-Mobile plans high-speed Android phone
T-Mobile  has announced that a phone based on Google's Android software will be the first phone to take advantage of a new high-speed upgrade to its mobile network.

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Android - T-Mobile - Google - Telecommunications - Smartphone
[Wed, 18 Aug 2010 20:55:35 GMT]
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BlackBerry users eye alternatives as curbs loom

A woman uses her BlackBerry on Sheikh Zayed highway in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Tuesday Aug. 17, 2010.  Dubai, one of the world's busiest layover stops for long-haul international passengers has given the Canadian company until October to comply with its laws or face bans on e-mails, messaging and Web services. Neighboring Saudi Arabia has threatened to block the devices' popular BlackBerry Messenger service. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)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.




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BlackBerry - Smartphone - Dubai International Airport - United Arab Emirates - Apple
[Wed, 18 Aug 2010 13:19:38 GMT]
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