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Should HTC launch a new series or brand name in 2012?

Business And Money The third installment of this impromptu series on HTC has me attacking this HTC “breaking the monotony” thing from a different angle. Thankfully, though, HTC has actually spurred this little bit of change in tactics,...

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Are you invested in an ecosystem?

Lifestyle For smartphones, it isn’t just about the phone anymore. Sure, the phone is a big part of it, but it isn’t the whole show anymore. I’ve seen the word “ecosystem” pop up a few times recently, and it made me realize that I’ve made a few...

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Should Motorola bring back names like the ROKR or SLVR?

Business And Money Did anyone expect Motorola to have the guts to bring back the RAZR name ? After all, it wasn’t too long ago that folks were talking about whether or not Motorola would be around for much longer. But, thanks to the Motorola and...

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Is the youth really fed up with the iPhone?

Android Today marks one of the most confusing days in news that I’ve been happy enough to experience. Why? Because it’s one of those times that a higher-up at one of the world’s largest smartphone manufacturers says something so bewildering, that...

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Do you keep all of your old phones?

Lifestyle Every carrier out there wants you to sign your name to a contract. They’d love it if you’d put your John Hancock on a two-year contract, but some of you out there much prefer only a year’s worth of a ball and chain....

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Will you play streaming video games on your phone?

Lifestyle For as long as I can remember, I’ve considered myself a gamer. I’ve loved to play video games since the Atari, and I don’t imagine it will ever stop. They’re a great way to experience entertainment, and most of them (okay, some of them)...

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Do you think Verizon is in the wrong for this Google Wallet situation?

Business And Money Interpretation. You’ve heard that the law is all about interpretation, and that’s very true. I’m going to go ahead and get the obvious out of the way and say that I’m not a lawyer, and nor am I going to try to...

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Should carriers start using three year contracts to further subsidize phone prices?

Business And Money I’m not quite sure where I saw it, as I like to read the comments section on stories all over the Internet, but I’m pretty sure it was someone commenting on the current situation with Verizon’s Galaxy Nexus. The...

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Is BlackBerry 10 and the Milan enough?

Blackberry Os You have probably heard by now that BBX is no more . It boils down to a lawsuit (as most things do), and now Research In Motion has to figure out a name. I should put that in the past tense, I imagine, since the clever minds up there...

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Is Verizon forsaking Windows Phone by waiting to launch a device that is LTE compatible?

Windows Phone 7 At first, Verizon wasn’t all that impressed by Windows Phone. And then they launched the HTC Trophy . And, well, up until some recent news hit the wire that was pretty much the end of the story. Windows Phone and Verizon...

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Did US Cellular make the right move in waiting for an LTE iPhone?

Ios Ah, the iPhone. We’ve been watching the device since its inception. We’ve watched other manufacturers be sued because their products might look too much like the iPhone. We’ve seen people stand in line to get it....

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Verizon would have already launched the Galaxy Nexus had it been a DROID phone

Android At this point, talking about how disappointed I am (we all are?) in the way that Verizon has handled the launch of the first Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich phone here in the States seems pointless. I’ve already made it pretty...

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Is Google pushing Google+ too hard?

Android It’s been a few months since Google launched Google+, the search giant’s huge leap into the social networking scene. They’ve tried it before, but we all know how those endeavors worked out: they didn’t. And...

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Does the DROID brand mean anything anymore?

Android Whether you’re someone who is currently on Verizon’s network, or you just watch the phone industry as a whole, then you know that the Big Red carrier is starting to get out of hand with their phone releases. That would...

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Is it right to consider the Nexus line Google's iPhone?

Android The iPhone killer. You’ve heard of the mysterious device, the ever elusive creation that has already been released, or will never be released. It was the trademark of many phones, and it’s the title for plenty of phones that have yet to be...

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What happened to Nokia's customization of Windows Phone?

Windows Phone 7 Way back in the beginning of the year, February to be exact, the world watched as Microsoft and Nokia came together to build a “strategic partnership.” There were plenty of people out there who thought the move was an excellent one, which...

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Does Verizon care at all about the blundered launch of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus?

Business And Money Let’s run through a couple of scenarios this morning. All of them are going to deal with the way that Verizon has handled the launch of the first Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich device in the United States, and, to be honest, I don’t think...

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Can HTC break the monotony?

Business And Money It wasn’t too long ago that I asked you whether or not you think HTC should make some big changes to their proprietary user interface lovingly known as Sense UI. I say lovingly because there’s no denying that people like...

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Should Android see more revolutionary changes?

Android Since the launch of Google’s mobile operating system Android, the main argument between Apple loyalists and those who follow within the ranks of the Android Army, has been that the little green ‘droid is all about customization and input,...

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Why can't HTC or Motorola make a truly flagship device?

Business And Money We see a lot of phones these days, and not just because there are a lot of manufacturers out there. No, we see a lot of phones these days because there are a lot of manufacturers out there, and they are making a lot of phones. There...

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Right now, Beats Audio is just a gimmick in the HTC Rezound

Business And Money We all know what a gimmick is. As consumers, we can see a gimmick from a mile away, and depending on that particular gimmick, we can start to make a decision on whether or not we want to buy something. Interestingly enough, while...

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Is Research In Motion just aiming for the bottom now?

Blackberry Os You’ll have to forgive me; I’m at a bit of a loss right now. You see, I was actually pretty excited for Research In Motion. In fact, I was thinking that this was the company to watch; that these would be the folks to pull the comeback of...

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Why are we still talking about Android fragmentation?

Android How many times can we talk about Android fragmentation ? I don’t mean that in some kind of rhetorical question, either. I’m serious. How many times can we talk about this ? I will go ahead and admit that fragmentation ...

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Google Music hit more marks than it missed

Android There are probably a few people out there who are excited for Google Music now that it is the real deal, and no longer weighed down by that ‘beta’ tag. Betas are an integral part of Google’s way of life, though, and I’m going to admit that...

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Should AT&T already be talking about Advanced-LTE?

4g Ah, 4G. It’s great, isn’t it? Our smartphones have access to the Internet faster than some people ever thought possible. They really are like little computers now (not that they weren’t before, technically), fully capable of browsing the...

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HTC's Sense UI needs a visual reboot

Android Before Android officially launched, Google was busy showcasing the new mobile operating system’s features. Multitasking, the ability to move widgets around your multiple home screens, and more multitasking. Great features,...

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Is it a bad sign that the Motorola DROID RAZR doesn't have a removable battery?

Android That’s right; I’ll go ahead and admit it. Today is a battery day, apparently. Because earlier this morning we talked about how the HTC Rezound’s battery may not be powerful enough to actually let you enjoy the things you buy that...

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Is the HTC Rezound's battery not good enough?

Android The HTC Rezound is one of the three powerhouse devices heading to Verizon’s store shelves in the next couple of weeks, and with its specifications and good looks, it’s a handset that’s obviously on folks’...

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After 23 hours, my Windows Phone is still not unlocked

Windows Phone 7 It has been almost exactly a year since the world was made aware of the unlocking business for Windows Phone 7. Back then the conversation wasn’t just about the unlocking tools that were being developed, but mostly about where Microsoft...

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Why is Verizon unwilling to support Windows Phone?

Business And Money So we’ve passed the one year mark for Windows Phone. We’ve hit that huge bump in the road, so to speak, where people are looking at the mobile platform and evaluating its position in the market. Now, after we’ve seen it out in the wild for...

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