Samsung Not Interested in Buying RIM

By Ryan Punzalan | 1/18/2012

A rumor reported earlier this morning that RIM was hoping to be purchased by Samsung. However, a spokesman for the company said that they are not interested in buying the maker of BlackBerry smartphones.

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Sprint to Start Removing Carrier IQ This Month

By Ryan Punzalan | 1/18/2012

According to HTC, Sprint will be disabling the application Carrier IQ from its devices starting this month. Some have accused this controversial app of being spyware.

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It's Make or Break Time for the BlackBerry

By Andy Patrizio | 1/18/2012

If there was a tech company that wanted to put 2011 behind it, Research in Motion would have to be up there. Lost market share, lost stock value, increasingly loud doubt over its leadership and several network outages made the last year a generally awful one for the once-dominant smartphone leader.

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What's Wrong with CES? Plenty

By Ed Hardy | 1/15/2012

The Consumer Electronics Show is a week-long annual celebration of technology in all its forms. It's a venue where over a hundred thousand digerati show up to see the latest and greatest from a huge number of companies. It also has some horrible flaws.

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Verizon Commits to 4G LTE on Virtually All Future Smartphones

By Ryan Punzalan | 1/12/2012

A Verizon Wireless executive, speaking at the CES tradeshow, has revealed that just about all of his company's smartphones released in the future will be able to run on the carrier's 4G LTE network. This includes BlackBerry, Windows Phone, and maybe iPhone.

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CES 2012: Day Two Notes from the Tradeshow Floor

By Ed Hardy | 1/11/2012

Yesterday was the second day of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The Brighthand editors and staff spent the day looking at new smartphones and accessories as fast as we could, and we're bringing you the best of them.

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BLOG: A BlackBerry Without a Keyboard Is Like a Fish Without Gills

By TechnologyGuide Staff | 1/5/2012

The most recent blog post from Brighthand's site editor covers today's unconfirmed report that there is only going to be a single BlackBerry smartphone released this year, and it will not include a keyboard.

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RIM Could Be Prepping a Single BlackBerry 10 Smartphone

By Ed Hardy | 1/5/2012

If a new report is correct, Research In Motion is putting all its eggs in one basket: it is supposedly working on just one model to run the upcoming BlackBerry 10 operating system. All the others have been dropped.

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Most Popular Smartphones for December 2011

By Ed Hardy | 1/1/2012

Each month, Brighthand publishes a list of the smartphones that readers have shown the most interest in during the preceding four weeks. Samsung and Apple dominate the December list, just as they have begun to dominate all phone sales.

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Big Wins and Epic Fails in the 2011 Smartphone Market

By Ed Hardy | 12/29/2011

Looking back over 2011, there have been some spectacular failures, but some big successes, too. The Brighthand editorial staff considers the previous 12 months and picks the winners and losers, from Apple to Windows Phone, from AT&T to Verizon.

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Verizon Having Another Data Outage

By Ed Hardy | 12/21/2011

Verizon Wireless subscribers across the U.S. had problems getting data service this morning. The problem has been fixed for some of the carrier's customers, but not all. UPDATED

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T-Mobile Throws 4G Super Sale Today and Tomorrow Only

By Valerie Sarnataro | 12/17/2011

For all of you last minute shoppers out there, T-Mobile is helping you out this holiday season by throwing a two-day 4G Super Sale, which begins today and ends tomorrow. A range of models are available for very low prices: Android, BlackBerry, and Windows Phone. UPDATE: It's now over

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