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Fri Jan 29, 2010 5:34 am | By Allen Tsai
Apple is allowing iPhone owners to use Internet calling services like Google Voice and Skype over AT&T's 3G cellular network, after the Federal Communications Commission became concerned that blocking those applications could violate open-Internet access rules.
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Fri Jan 29, 2010 4:21 am | By Allen Tsai
Samsung turned to a profit in the fourth-quarter and said it plans to focus on touch screen devices and smartphones amid a rapidly recovering handset market.
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Thu Jan 28, 2010 9:56 pm | By Allen Tsai
Motorola showed some signs of life by swinging to a fourth-quarter profit, as it outlined plans to launch 20 smartphones, including a Google-powered phone sold directly to consumers, in the coming year.
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Thu Jan 28, 2010 5:18 am | By Allen Tsai
Nokia reported a 65 percent rise in fourth-quarter profits and said it had gained market share in smartphones despite strong competition from rivals Apple and Research in Motion.
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Thu Jan 28, 2010 3:44 am | By Allen Tsai
LG Electronics reported a fourth quarter profit and said it plans to launch 20 smartphones -- most of them running Google's Android software -- amid a recovering global economy and increasing consumer demand.
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Thu Jan 28, 2010 1:20 am | By Allen Tsai
AT&T has agreed to pay $18 million to settle claims that it imposed unfairly high early termination fees on subscribers who wanted to end their contracts.
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Wed Jan 27, 2010 10:21 am | By Allen Tsai
The Federal Communications Commission escalated its inquiry in the telecom sector by asking all of the major carriers, and Google, to explain how they tell their customers about early termination fees.
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Wed Jan 27, 2010 6:20 am | By Allen Tsai
Google said it has unveiled a new version of its Google Voice application for the iPhone, whether Apple likes it or not.
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Wed Jan 27, 2010 2:23 am | By Allen Tsai
China said it will not limit smartphones running Google's Android software so long as they comply with Chinese laws, as the government tries to sooth investor confidence in its market despite their dispute over Internet censorship.
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Tue Jan 26, 2010 9:32 am | By Allen Tsai
Apple said a surge in iPhone sales worldwide resulted in record-high fourth-quarter profits, a day before the company is expected to unveil its new tablet computer.
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Tue Jan 26, 2010 8:03 am | By Allen Tsai
Motorola said that buyers in China of its Android smartphones can opt to search through Baidu instead of Google, following the Internet giant's threat to exit the country due to cyber attacks.
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Tue Jan 26, 2010 7:07 am | By Allen Tsai
Verizon said it added 2.2 million wireless subscribers, showing resilience in the face of tougher consumer spending, despite posting a fourth-quarter loss due to its shrinking landline business.
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Sat Jan 23, 2010 4:30 am | By Allen Tsai
Motorola has filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission accusing Research in Motion of infringing on its patents and seeking to block U.S. imports of the BlackBerry maker's handsets.
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Fri Jan 22, 2010 3:37 am | By Allen Tsai
Sony Ericsson posted a narrower fourth-quarter loss as new smartphones and lower costs helped lift its slumping sales, indicating that the company may be slowly progressing in its turnaround plans.
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Thu Jan 21, 2010 6:25 am | By Allen Tsai
Nokia began offering free navigation software on 10 of its smartphones, matching a move by Google and putting more pressure on mapping leaders Garmin and TomTom.
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Thu Jan 21, 2010 5:18 am | By Allen Tsai
Sony Ericsson plans to launch the Vivaz, a Symbian smartphone with HD video recording capabilities, in the coming months, hoping the handset will help turn around its sagging sales.
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Thu Jan 21, 2010 1:57 am | By Allen Tsai
T-Mobile has begun selling the MyTouch 3G Fender Edition, an Android-powered smartphone with a guitar-inspired wood-grain finish, for $180 with a two-year contract.
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Wed Jan 20, 2010 7:22 am | By Allen Tsai
Apple is in talks with rival Microsoft about switching the iPhone's default search engine to Bing from Google, a move that reflects the increasing competition between Apple and Google.
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Wed Jan 20, 2010 2:27 am | By Allen Tsai
Verizon said it has removed ten handsets from its list of "advanced phones" subject to higher early termination fee, after a government probe questioned the carrier for doubling its exit penalties to $350 from $175.
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Tue Jan 19, 2010 8:47 pm | By Allen Tsai
Motorola plans to launch the Roi, a Android-powered smartphone with an 8.0-megapixel camera that records HD videos, in Korea this quarter, with the U.S. following shortly thereafter in March.
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