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  • iPhone 4 Complaints Mounting: A Rocky Rollout

    Verizon mocked Apple and its new iPhone 4 in a New York Times ad this week. Promoting its flagship Droid X, Verizon's ad states: "Most importantly, it comes with a double antenna design. The kind that allows you to hold the phone any way you like and use it just about anywhere to make calls."

    Written by Tom Kaneshige • 08 July 10 09:33

  • Nokia asks Russia for help retrieving N8 prototype

    Nokia has asked Russian authorities to help retrieve what it says is an unauthorized model of a future phone that a blogger wrote about and photographed on a phone review site.

    Written by Nancy Gohring • 08 July 10 05:38

  • LG announces plans to jump on Android tablet bandwagon

    Like virtually every other hardware vendor, LG has announced plans to join the tablet PC revolution. It seems that LG might be following in HP's footsteps, though, by abandoning the Windows 7 tablet prototype it has been promoting in favor of a tablet built on a mobile OS platform.

    Written by Tony Bradley • 06 July 10 05:21

  • Apple Quick Tips: Set Up iOS 4 Folders Wisely

    iOS 4, Apple's newest OS for the iPhone, has a helpful new folder feature that lets you reduce the number of iPhone app screens you must scroll through to find the app you want. You may be able to consolidate to just two screens. But using iOS 4 folders can be a little frustrating, as iPhone owners try to drag apps into folders using their bulky fingers.

    Written by Tom Kaneshige • 01 July 10 01:50

  • Nokia on long comeback trail after smartphone misses

    Nokia still sells more phones than Samsung, LG and Research in Motion (RIM) put together, but its inability to produce high-margin, high-end smartphones that can compete head-to-head with Apple's iPhone and Android-based smartphones is causing it major problems.

    Written by Mikael Ricknäs • 03 July 10 01:49

  • Apple blames faulty formula for iPhone 4 problems

    In response to mounting reports that the iPhone 4 offers sub-par call reception, Apple today admitted that an algorithm used in its new smartphone is flawed and promised to update its iOS 4 in the next few weeks.

    Written by Gregg Keizer • 03 July 10 02:59

  • Price Cut Won't Save the Kindle DX

    Amazon had no choice but to slash the price of the Kindle DX, the bookseller's oversized e-reader, to $US379--a substantial $US110 drop. The device is facing competitive pressure at both ends of the e-book spectrum, and it increasingly looks like an oddity among Apple iPad-style tablets and smaller, more conventional e-readers.

    Written by Jeff Bertolucci • 02 July 10 06:35

  • HP closes Palm deal, confirms WebOS tablet

    Hewlett-Packard on Thursday finalized its acquisition of Palm and confirmed it will use the company's WebOS in future tablets and netbooks.

    Written by Stephen Lawson • 02 July 10 04:18

  • eBay sellers capitalize on iPhone 4 antenna problems

    The uproar over the iPhone 4's call reception, and Apple's suggestion that users slap a case around their new phone, has delayed shipments of the company's own "bumper" casing and driven up prices on eBay.

    Written by Gregg Keizer • 01 July 10 06:30

  • iPhone Restaurant Apps: 6 Alternatives to UrbanSpoon

    Apps for finding cool places to grab a bite to eat are some of the most popular in the App Store. Of course, most iPhone owners know about the gorilla in the category, UrbanSpoon. But have you seen these six worthy alternatives?

    Written by Tom Kaneshige • 01 July 10 01:50

  • Alcatel-Lucent acquires Web mashup API directory

    Alcatel-Lucent has acquired ProgrammableWeb, which hosts an on-line directory of over 2,000 open web APIs (application programming interfaces) that developers can use to build 'mashups' of Web services.

    Written by Mikael Ricknäs • 30 June 10 04:50
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