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Smartphone Buyer's Guide: What are the choices on my carrier?

Page 2I cannot get to Page 2 of the November 9th article. Clicking on the "Let's see what AT&T has" link leads to Page 2 of the November 1st article.Correction - The 1,2,3,4 workThe blue links with the next carrier to be reveiwed do not work, but the Page...

Tags: Handhelds, Cellular phones, Smartphone, smart phone, Page 2, Smartphone buyer

Discussion threads 2009-11-09

Smartphone Buyer's Guide: What are the choices on my carrier?

I recently posted the 2009 Holiday Guide for smartphones and in that guide posted about just one smartphone from each carrier. There are more selections than just one though and now that most all of the announcements for the holidays have been made I thought you might like to know...

Tags: Smart Phone, Smartphone, Carrier, Smartphone Buyer, Smart Phones, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2009-11-09

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Hands-on with the HTC HD2, most impressive Windows Mobile device to date

I like what HTC is doingYou've got the Hero and the HD2. I'd like to see what the difference is in performance between the two, but the Hero has a slower processor. Personally, I like the Windows Mobile platform, and it is the best option for Windows-based IT...

Tags: Smart phones, Notebooks, Operating systems, mobile device, Apple iPhone, HTC HD2, High Tech Computer Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Mobile

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

News to know: Exchange 2010; Google; Oracle and EC; CIO priorities; Smartphone buyer guide

Handicapping Exchange 2010; Google buys AdMob and CIO priorities under the microscope lead today's news. by Larry Dignan

Tags: Google Inc., CIO, Oracle Corp., Priority, Smartphone, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-11-10

Verizon's HTC DROID ERIS may be the best $100 smartphone

Power of the Linux distro model!Yes, the claimed 'niche' Operating System as theMS fans scream does not appear to be a 'niche'anymore...;)Sorry butMS fans by their nature will consider anything that is not a PC to be a niche product.The whole point of Android is it can be done either...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Smart phones, phone, Verizon Communications Inc., HTC Droid Eris, smart phone, OTA, phone company, High Tech Computer Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

B&N's Nook e-reader: Weirdly unrevolutionary

In addition to this posting, please visit this clarifications posting to get the whole picture. It would be nice to say, as Matt Miller has, that the e-book and e-reader market was revolutionized today. It simply got more interesting. A careful reading of the $259 Nook's...

Tags: E-reader, Device, E-book, Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble Inc., Wireless, B&N, Nook, Cover-flow, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Mitch Ratcliffe

Blog posts 2009-10-20

Nokia N86 packs a powerful digital camera

There is a new addition to the list of the best camera phones on the market: the Nokia N86. Released this week, the 5.2-ounce smartphone is packed with an 8-megapixel camera, a 2.6-inch display but not a touchscreen, a dual LED flash and a 28 millimeter wide-angle Carl Zeiss lens...

Tags: Nokia Corp., Digital Camera, Camera, Nokia N86, Camera Phones, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Rachel King

Blog posts 2009-09-29

Office 2010 for students excludes Office Web Apps

I have to defend Microsoft hereThey have chosen to play in the price game so that's what you get: a price.You don't get a Rolls-Royce for the price of a Ford Ka now do you?MS has enormous investment costs to recover here. I'm no MS lover but their stock...

Tags: cloud computing, Web application, Office Web Apps, Office Web, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office

Discussion threads 2009-09-17

Sony, Nokia plan premium netbooks

Good dealWell, they need a better display for sure!:)RE: Sony, Nokia plan premium netbooksWhen Sony do something like release notebooks with a chiclet keyboard or release an ultra thin model it's often refered to as emulating some mac or other product but just to keep in mind this is a...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Nokia N900, Maemo, netbook, Sony Corp., Nokia Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-09-04

News to know: Snow Leopard; YouTube; VMWorld; Google Books

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Ryan Naraine: Snow Leopard ships with vulnerable Flash Player Sam Diaz: Report: EC considering delay of Sun-Oracle over...

Tags: Google Inc., Andrew Nusca, YouTube Inc., Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Desktop Virtualization, Desktops, Data Centers, Virtualization, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, Storage, Data Management

Blog posts 2009-09-03

Has Apple quelled smartphone buyer expectations for finished products?

MOPushing out products too fast seems to be the MO among companies. They want to make a buck, don't they?People seem to be so focused on features, features and even more features that some are blind to the obvious, that the gadget's first duty is to be useful and usable.What...

Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, I-don't-know-what, smart phone, operating system, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-09-02

Has Apple quelled smartphone buyer expectations for finished products?

I have been spending a lot of time with my T-Mobile Touch Pro2 over these last few weeks and it has made me pause and think a bit more about firmware updates and how they relate to mobile phones. In the late 90s and early 2000s we never really thought...

Tags: Phone, Mobile, Smart Phone, Apple Inc., Smart Phones, Handhelds, Cellular Phones, Advertising & Promotion, Telecom & Utilities, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Marketing, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2009-09-02

News to know: Clearwire; Google Caffeine; innovation; Office and Nokia; VMWare; Windows 7

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Clearwire bets on fourth quarter WiMax tipping point Garett Rogers: Google to Caffeinate search results ...

Tags: Innovation, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Google Android, Nokia Corp., Clearwire Corp., Andrew Nusca, Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft Windows, VMware Inc., Matthew Miller, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Mobile Operating Systems, Data Centers, Smart Phones, Virtualization, Microsoft Office, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Office Suites, Software

Blog posts 2009-08-12

News to know: Office 2010; Dell; Moon tech; Apple; Software buyer's bill of rights

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ed Bott: Office 2010 makes splashy debut Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft to deliver tech preview build of Office 2010...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Apple Inc., Digital Camera, Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Microsoft Windows 7, Digital Cameras, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows, Digital Photography, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Office Suites, Software, Operating Systems, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-14

Google Chrome OS is a game changer

Google Chrome OS is a game changerthis is just another silly ideadon't you understand that people want more than web-surfing on computers? be it netbook, notebook, desktop or what ever.if google means business then it means my smartphone offers more capabilities than this so called web OS calle google chrome...

Tags: Operating systems, Games, operating system, Google Chrome OS, Google Inc., Chrome OS, Google Chrome, game, Chrome, game changer, Web, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-07-08

Google ChromeOS: Have people taken leave of their senses?

Reading the commentary from the likes of TechCrunch, Mashable, The Guardian and even our own esteemed Sam Diaz on the pre-launch (you've got another YEAR to wait) you'd think the Google ChromeOS was the closest thing to the second coming of Jesus Christ. Get a grip people. First up MG...

Tags: Google Inc., Operating System, Microsoft Corp., Netbook, Register, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Linux, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Open Source, Hardware, Software, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-07-08

Apple thumbs nose at Palm, reports 1 million iPhone 3G S units sold in 3 days

Apple thumbs nose at Palm, reports 1 million iPhone 3G S units sold in 3 days"Think Again"?Like they're bragging about 1M for Palm's sake?What is Apple worried about, then?If they have to go out of their way to defend their sales of a device that has been on the market...

Tags: Sales strategy, Cellular phones, Apple iPhone 3G, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, Pre, Palm Inc., developer

Discussion threads 2009-06-22

Netbook market looks lost to Microsoft

Netbook market looks lost to MicrosoftSmartphone functionality on NetbooksThe next generation of netbooks aka smartbooks are likely to include hardware typically found in smartphones (i.e. touchscreen, 3G, GPS, accelerometer, compass, etc.). This hardware will enable smartphone functionality like location-based services, cell phone calls, SMS, automatic screen rotation, etc.Desktop OSes don't...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Smart phones, Operating systems, Cellular phones, Apple Mac, netbook, Netbook market look, Microsoft Corp., Netbook Market, operating system, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-06-02

Why Microsoft won round one of netbook wars

Why Microsoft won round one of netbook warsIt's round two they won.Remember? They didn't even show up for round one.I think you nailed an important point.I think you nailed an important point. Marketing is a huge factor in the OS wars. Apple and Microsoft are very good at it.Linux...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, netbook, Microsoft Corp., netbook war

Discussion threads 2009-04-14

How vulnerable are the iPhone and BlackBerry juggernauts? Very.

How vulnerable are the iPhone and BlackBerry juggernauts? Very.My question is about the Palm PreI've heard that you can't access the Graphics subsystem through the SDK. Does this mean that there'll be no games at all, or will all of the games be flash based?bad analysis"Commodity market. And commodity markets...

Tags: Handhelds, Digital media, Digital music, Apple iPhone, RIM BlackBerry, BlackBerry juggernaut

Discussion threads 2009-04-02