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Growth in the Smartphone Market Under Pressure
PUBLISHED: 3/11/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
The global smartphone market grew strongly in 2008, but that growth was showing signs of slowing by the end of the year. Several device makers enjoyed strong growth, but much of this came at the expense of Nokia.
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Turn Your Centro into a Palm Pre with TealOS
PUBLISHED: 2/21/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
Those who can't wait to get their hands on a Palm Pre might be interested in TealPoint's new TealOS, which tries to simulate the card-based interface of the Pre's own webOS.
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Buy a Refurbished iPhone or BlackBerry from AT&T, Save Money
PUBLISHED: 2/21/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
Want to buy a smartphone but don't want to put down big bucks during these hard economic times? Consider getting something refurbished from AT&T. Some of this carrier'sbest devices, including the Apple iPhone 3G, can be found at surprisingly low prices and in good condition.
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Adobe Reader Mobile SDK Will Lead to Better PDFs and Ebooks for Phones
PUBLISHED: 2/17/2009  BY: AWright
Adobe has released an Adobe Reader Mobile Software Development Kit (SDK) which will enable content publishers to create optimized PDFs and ebooks for mobile devices.
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Pocket Tunes 5.0 Lets Palm OS, Windows Mobile Users Sync with iTunes
PUBLISHED: 2/12/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
The latest version of NormSoft's Pocket Tunes adds a number of new features: direct podcast downloads, support for streaming audio in WMA format, and the the ability to synchronize iTunes playlists.
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It's Official: No More Palm OS Devices
PUBLISHED: 2/11/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
Palm's CEO confirmed something today many have suspected: there will be no more new models running the Palm OS. Ed Colligan also talked extensively about plans for the webOS -- Palm's new operating system.
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Donna Dubinsky, One of Palm's Co-Founders, Is Leaving the Company
PUBLISHED: 2/4/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
Donna Dubinsky, who co-founded Palm, Inc. along with Jeff Hawkins in the 1990s, is leaving Palm's Board of Directors. She's not being forced out, but this still amounts to a significant "changing of the guard".
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Palm Centro Now Available in Canada from Bell Mobility
PUBLISHED: 2/2/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
Canada's Bell Mobility has released the Palm Centro, an inexpensive, consumer-oriented smartphone with 3G support that runs the Palm OS.
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Smartphones Driving Strong Growth in Mobile Gaming
PUBLISHED: 2/2/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
In the previous year, the iPhone and BlackBerry Curve have replaced the Motorola RAZR and low-end flip phones as the most popular mobile gaming platforms. And the number of people downloading a game to their phone is up 17%.
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Redefining the Smartphone
PUBLISHED: 1/29/2009  BY: AWright
Antoine Wright is proposing a new definition of a "smartphone", one that takes into account more than just the device's features, but also what these products enable us to do.
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Get 15% Off All Proporta's Accessories Today Only
PUBLISHED: 1/27/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
Today is Lewis Carroll's birthday, and to celebrate the British retailer Proporta is offering everyone 15% off the price of its entire line of smartphone and PDA accessories.
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Access' ALP Appears... in a Camera?
PUBLISHED: 1/22/2009  BY: AWright
Despite not shipping in a smartphone or PDA in N. America, Access Linux Platform (ALP) has made an appearance with Sony's CyberShot DSC-G3 model.
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